1. 1. Preliminary Round
2. 2. Question 1: X was born on 10th Nov,1848. After graduation, X travelled to England with Ramesh and Bihari. X founded The Bengali in 1879 and he was later arrested for publishing remarks in contempt of court of the British Empire. Xs arrest created upsurge of protest in Pune, Amritsar, Faizabad and lahore. Identify X.
3. 3. Answer: Surendranath Banerjee
4. 4. Question 2: X was initially called Fylfot or Haken Kreuz in the advent of popularization in second century BC. It was adopted from Devanagari and the word Fylfot is associated with architecture. According to many, the origin of X is Latin sign Gamma. What is X.
5. 5. Answer: Swastik
6. 6. Question 3: In the year 2003, Operation Enduring Freedom took place as US President George Bush was relentless to topple the government of Saddam. In order to access the city of Umm Qasr, the US Marines were facing tumultuous trouble. The president formed a regiment with 75 volunteers called School of Kingss Troop to foster access to that inaccessible passage to the city. Who were the volunteers of this regiment?
7. 7. Answers: Dolphins
8. 8. Question 4: X was popularized in Europe in sixteenth century. Jonas Hanway, the founder of Magdalen Hospital, brought X for the first time in Portsmouth. X was also popular as Hanways Hand in England. In 1880, Alexandeb H. Ege acquired patent of modern form of X. The city of Shangyu in China has the most production houses of X in the entire world. The study of X is called Brolliology. What is X.
9. 9. Answer: Umbrella
10. 10. Question 5: Antonio De Madalina, a Portuguese monk visited X in 1586 and stated, extraordinary construction that cannot be described through pen and it cannot be compared with any other thing in the world. The towers and refinements are hard to be believed as the creation of human beings. Xs literal meaning is capital city and it is a vernacular form of Nokor that originated from Sanskrit Nagara. As per Purana, Indra ordered X as a capital for his son Jayanta. Id X.
11. 11. Answer: Angkor Wat
12. 12. Question 6: , , - Who is the unconventional writer of these literary pieces?
13. 13. Answer: Soumitra Chatterjee
14. 14. Question 7: , , , ; , ; , ; , , - Who is the author and name the book
15. 15. Answer: Leela Majumder/ Beraler Boi
16. 16. Question 8: Draw Connection between: ,, ,,
17. 17. Answer: Based On Naxal Movement
18. 18. Question 9: X is said to be the favourite food of Yamaraj as in rural Bengal, X is presented as Prasad to Dharmaraj. X is popular in Bengal from sixteenth century and it was mainly produced through the hypothecation of the Portuguese. It was also the favourite food of Ashutosh Mukherjee as he used to purchase it while returning from the remote villages of Hooghly. He used to take cart full of containers of X and it is said that he used to eat 80% of X before reaching Kolkata. Identify X. (Be specific)
19. 19. Answer: Jol-Bhora/ Talshas Sondesh
20. 20. Question 10: X is a famous painter and his elder brother is his namesake. X painted roughly 900 paintings in his last 10 years and he is also admired for his beautiful style of writing letters. Xs friend Theo Emerald had revealed approximately 800 letters with enigmatic design and colour. X devoted the earlobe to his girlfriend. X died in Auvers-sur-Oise of France in the year 1890. Identify X..
21. 21. Answer: Vincent Van Gogh
22. 22. Question 11: Mohan Bagan won their first trophy Coochbehar Cup in 1904. In February of 1905, the club participated in X tournament at Chinsurah where they defeated reigning IFA Shield Champion Y by a margin of 6-1 in the finals to accomplish their second achievement. Identify X and Y.
23. 23. Answer: X- Gladstone Cup. Y- Dalhousie
24. 24. Question 12: In 1953, East Bengal partook in a tour to Soviet Russia to participate in Communist Confederation Cup where they conceded 32 goals in four matches. In the second match of group stage against X, East Bengal scored their solo goal of the tournament but also embraced 13. What was the name of their opponent in that match?
25. 25. Answer: Dynamo Kiev
26. 26. Question 13: X is a Bengali movie that was released in 1997 and became a commercial success for soothing songs and plot. In 2001, Suraj Barjatya bought the copyright of the movie and made a star struck but super flop movie Y that was ventilated in 2003. The movie X is miles ahead in quality than Y but unfortunately, Suraj Barjatya ensured that no copy of X would be available in Internet sites. Till date, you will not find an original DVD of X in market except pirated copies and only the videos of the songs are available in YouTube. Identify X and Y.
27. 27. Answer: X- Sedin Choitro Mas. Y- Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon.
28. 28. Question 14: Anton Stradivari, Andrews Guarneri and X were three pioneers of Y in seventeenth century in Italy. X first presented the modified and modernized form of Y in Cremona of Italy. Indranarayan Acharya was brutally murdered for having possession of Y made by X. Identify X and Y will follow the track automatically.
29. 29. Answer: X- Nicolo Amati. Y- Violin
30. 30. Question 15: On this very day, X received a Jamaican state funeral after Xs demise due to Acral Lentiginous melanoma on 11th May. X was a supporter of Santos Football Club and footballer Allan Cole was Xs manager in 1970. X once said, "If you want to get to know me, you will have to play football against me and the Wailers. Identify X.
31. 31. Answer: Bob Marley
32. 32. Question 16: Football: A game that is played with 11 players in each team Foot-sol: A game that is played with 5 players in each team Beasal: A football game that is player on sand in the beaches. Then what is Futelama? (Be precise please)
33. 33. Answer: Mud Football (Generally played on muddy beaches of Amazon)
34. 34. Question 17: Fazal Mahmood was the first Pak cricketer to take 100 wickets. He used to play for Northern India in Ranji Trophy. In 1947-48, he was brutally beaten by some radical Hindus while he was returning from the training camp of Ranji Trophy in Pune. On that same train, a Hindu cricketer of Indian national team was travelling and he saved Fazal that day by attacking the goons with his bat. In later days of Fazal in Lancashire, he named his house after that great man. Id that Indian cricketer..
35. 35. Answer: Cornel C.K.Nayadu
36. 36. Question 18: X is saying about YIT is like sticking the emblem of the highest peak of the world on the body of Mount Everest. Identify X and Y (Hint: Take your memories back to the previous year.One of them has already left us..Guess the context and the names will follow)
37. 37. Answer: X: Leonard Cohen, Y: Bob Dylan
38. 38. Question 19: Xs films are characterized by nonlinear storylines and anesthetization of violence. Xs first movie was My Best Friend's Birthday. In December of 2015, X received Hollywood Walk of Fame for the contribution to the industry of American movies. The ventilation of Jackie Brown led X into legal and social controversies. Some of Xs produced movies are Iron Monkey and Hell Ride. Identify X.
39. 39. Answer: Quentin Tarantino
40. 40. Question 20: X was born on 21st December, 1503 in a French island. X served as a physician. X was married to Henriette d'Encausse in 1931 but his wife and son were died due to plague. Dr. Garencires is popular for translating Xs works in English. In 2012, X suddenly came into news for some specific reasons. Identify X.
41. 41. Answer: Nostradamus
42. 42. Question 21: What is happening here?
43. 43. Answer: Shooting of MGM Lion Leo
44. 44. Question 22: Solve the equation
45. 45. Answer: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
46. 46. Question 23: Identify the person in left
47. 47. Answer: Hariprasad Chaurasia
48. 48. Question 24: Identify the girl or state the significance of this particular incident
49. 49. Answer: She is Ruby Bridges. She is the first Afro- American child to attend a white elementary school on 14th November, 1960
50. 50. Question 25. Identify this vibrant Pulitzer winning picture
51. 51. Answer: Saigon Execution by Eddie Adams
52. 52. Question 26: Identify the singer
53. 53. Answer: Parambrata Chatterjee
54. 54. Question 27: Identify the singer
55. 55. Answer: Srikumar Chatterjee
56. 56. Question 28: Identify the movie
57. 57. Answer: Satyamev Jayate
58. 58. Question 29: ID the voice
59. 59. Answer: Pahari Sanyal
60. 60. Question 30: Identify the singer
61. 61. Answer: John Denver