"LES QUIZARABLES" is a All- Assam open general prize money quiz competition held on 5th October, 2014 at Nalanda Public School, Nalbari, organised by Quiz- The Windows of Life( a branch of the socio-cultural organization SUBHAKAMANA and conducted by Dhrubajyoti Barman.
4. RULES
Total 22 questions.
2Marks for every questions.
No negative marks
2,7,12,17,19 & 22 questions are starred. They will come
into play in case of a tie.
Wrong spellings shall be accepted.
Mobile phones of the participants shall remain
in switched off mode.
Quizmaster’s decision shall be final and binding.
7. 2)One of the most striking
features of Indian Classical
dance is the use of hand
gestures, which is called
Mudras.
What is illustrated by this
Mudra?
9. 4) He is regarded as the founder of the Bombay School
of Batsmanship. His international career includes two
tour of England upon which he scored amazingly over
800 runs. Famous English Cricketer CB Fry exclaimed “
Let us paint him white and take him with us to Australia
as an opener” !!!.
Who is he??
10. 5)It is a statue from the
Victoria and Albert
Museum, London. It is
simply a tiger with a
Organ Keyboard. Name
it-
11. 6) According to Mahabharata, they are collectively known
as what??
1)Daksha 2) Prachetas 3) Pulaha 4) Marichi 5) Kasyapa
6) Bhrigu 7) Atri 8) Vasistha 9) Gautama 10) Angiras
11) Pulastya 12) Kratu 13) Prahlada 14) Kardama
12. 7) He started his career as a Lecturer in the English
Department in Cotton College. Later he has given his
services to American Standard Vacuum Oil Co. In
Mumbai in 1961. Most notably in 1968-69 he established
a Degree College in Guwahati City known as Guahati
College as its founder principal. Who is he?
13. 8) This is a famous poem by
Walt Whitman from the
book ‘Leaves of Grass’.
What is the title of the
poem, which was borrowed
by a famous English author
for his one of the most
famous 1924 book?
14. 9)
•“X” is also known as ‘Eye of the Idol’. It is named after a
famous place of India. The original owner of ‘X’ was
Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple. But current owner of ‘X’ is
Edward J. Hand.
•In December 1982, BMI airlines purchased a McDonnell
Douglas DC-9 aircraft from KLM. Two months later, the
plane was in the United Kingdom with the name ‘X’.
•ID ‘X’
15. 10) if “Satyameva Jayate” is the national
motto of India. What is the national motto of
Nepal?
17. 12) the name of the
statue is same with the
name of the novel ‘Y’.
Now ‘Y’ is the sequel of
the famous novel ‘X’. ID
‘X’ & ‘Y’
18. 14) ‘X’ is a hill station in the
Western Ghats in the state of
Maharashtra, India, about 3
kilometres from Lonavala and
7 kilometres from Karjat.
Tiger’s Leap, Amrutanjan
Point, Duke’s Nose are some
of the public interest spot of
the place ‘X’. This place has a
great musical reference. Id the
place ‘X’
19. 15) The administrative headquarters of this Institution was
named as the Sudan Block, in honour of the sacrifices of
Indian soldiers in the Sudan theatre during the East African
Campaign. It was inaugurated by then Ambassador of Sudan
to India, Rahmatullah Abdulla. Which institution?
20. 16) ‘X’, a senior ISRO scientist become the first Indian
to achieve “SOMETHING” in September, 2014. To
achieve this feat, he paid a hefty fee of around Rs 15
lakh. He achieve the feat within 48 minutes. Who is ‘X’
and what is his achievement?
21. 17) During the launch of the singing reality
show India’s Raw Star. What is the claim to fame
of the man( Indicated by the red arrow)???