?UIZ24TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2016

?UIZPRELIMINARY

ROUND

CONDUCTED & PREPARED BY:SASWATA CHAKRABORTY

Rules - • 15 questions of two marks each would be asked in the written prelims.• No negatives, feel free to guess and answer• Anyone found using any illegitimate means will be immediately disqualified.• Question numbers 3, 6,9,12 & 15 are starred.   Starred questions will be used to break ties.• Question numbers 1 – 10 are dry questions; they will be repeated at the end.  • Question numbers 11-15 are audio.   The audio clips would be played only once. Only the questions would be repeated.  So listen to the clips attentively!  • Phonetically correct spelling in Bengali and English would be allowed, no short cut writings and symbols will not be granted as correct answers!  No part marking!

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"Bu l i¡m¡ Mu¡m M¡m¡ / üfe c¡m¡ e¡¢Q u Bu, / Bu l f¡Nm B h¡m a¡ h¡m / jš j¡cm h¡¢S u

Bu ... ... ... ""  jO j¤m¤ L T¡fp¡ l¡ a, / l¡jde¤ Ll BhÚR¡u¡ a, /

a¡m ha¡ m Mu¡m p¤¤ l, / a¡e d l¢R Lã f¤ l ... ... ... "

- L¢h p¤¤L¥j¡l l¡ ul L¡mSu£ ‘B h¡m a¡ h¡m’ L¡hÉNË ¿Ûl HC Ap¡d¡lZ c¤C pª¢ø- l j dÉ

HL¢V ¢h no ¢jm B R z ¢L pC ¢jm ?

1

‘The Musalman’ is the oldest newspaper in India published from Chennai with only 4 pages.

What makes it unique that it is the only

and the last newspaper in the World?

2

“The town that lives forever” was the seat of power of the

Satavahana Empire. Also having strong mythological association,

what is this place?

3*

Who received the Sahitya Akademi Award 1986

for her English novel, ‘Rich Like Us’?

4

In the movie ‘Bajirao Mastani’, name the character

played by Priyanka Chopra.

5

Who is the first cricketer to score a double century

in ODIs?

6*

If, ‘Selfie’ means taking an image of oneself; ‘Groupie’ means ‘Group + Selfie’;

‘Celfie’ – Selfie in Prison; ‘Squelfie’ – Selfie with Squirrel;

then what is ‘Velfie’?

7

Identify the company/organization from its tagline:

“The name that everybody trusts”.

8

Francisco Acuña de Figueroa is the first person to achieve this feat in 1846.

Who the only other person to have equalled the feat

till date?

9*

Arindam Shil’s ‘Har Har Byomkesh’ is based on which basic novel of Sharadindu Bandopadhyay?

10

Identify the Speaker.

11

Identify the Poem and the Poet

12*

Identify the Singer

13

Identify the Singer

14

Identify the Singer

15*

A quick re-cap of the dry questions

(nos. – 1-10)

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?UIZ1) "Bu l i¡m¡ Mu¡m M¡m¡ / üfe c¡m¡ e¡¢Q u Bu, / Bu l f¡Nm B h¡m a¡ h¡m /

jš j¡cm h¡¢S u Bu ... ... ... ""  jO j¤m¤ L T¡fp¡ l¡ a, / l¡jde¤ Ll BhÚR¡u¡ a, / a¡m ha¡ m Mu¡m p¤¤ l, / a¡e d l¢R Lã f¤ l ... ... ... "`L¢h p¤¤L¥j¡l l¡ ul L¡mSu£ ‘B h¡m a¡ h¡m’ L¡hÉNË ¿Ûl HC Ap¡d¡lZ c¤C pª¢ø- l j dÉ HL¢V ¢h no ¢jm B R z ¢L pC ¢jm ?2) ‘The Musalman’ is the oldest newspaper in India published from Chennai with only 4 pages. What makes it unique that it is the only and the last newspaper in the World?

*3) “The town that lives forever” was the seat of power of the Satavahana Empire. Also having strong mythological association, what is this place?

4) Who received the Sahitya Akademi Award 1986 for her English novel, ‘Rich Like Us’?

?UIZ5) In the movie Bajirao Mastani, name the character played by Priyanka Chopra.

*6) Who is the first cricketer to score a double century in ODIs?

7) If, ‘Selfie’ means taking an image of oneself; ‘Groupie’ means ‘Group + Selfie’; ‘Celfie’ – Selfie in Prison; ‘Squelfie’ – Selfie with Squirrel; then what is ‘Velfie’?

8) Identify the company/organization from its tagline: “The name that everybody trusts”.

9) Francisco Acuña de Figueroa is the first person to achieve this feat in 1846. Who the only other person to have equalled the feat till date?

10) Arindam Shil’s ‘Har Har Byomkesh’ is based on which basic novel of Sharadindu Bandopadhyay?

Please submit Your answer-sheets

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HC c¤C¢V Rs¡l e¡j ‘B h¡m a¡ h¡m’It is hand-written

Amaravati

Nayantara Sehgal

Kashibai

Belinda Clark

Video + Selfie

Sarada

Rabindranath Tagore. The feat is to author national anthems of two countries

Banhi Patanga

Mark Zuckerberg

‘If’ – Rudyard Kipling

Nazia Hassan

Sonakshi Sinha

Parbati Das Baul

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