2nd Annual Literary Meet

1. QUIZ

2. Rounds
1 - GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 – SOCIAL SCIENCE
5 - CURRENT AFFAIRS
4 - GENERAL SCIENCE
7 - SPORTS
6 - LITERATURE
9 - AUDIO
8 - VISUALS
3 – IRAMDAM KHANGMINNASI

3. Round 1 - General Knowledge
Question No. 1 Question No. 2 Question No. 3
Question No. 4 Question No. 5 Question No. 6
Question No. 7

4. Q1 - General Knowledge
Under article 120 of the Constitution, Members of the
Parliament (MPs) can express themselves in the house in
three languages.
1) English 2) Hindi 3) ???
What is the third one?
Ans: Their own mother tongue.

5. Q2 - General Knowledge
Ans: The voice of the people
For every Saturday, there is a column on Manipur daily
newspaper Poknapham called “Vox Populi”.
What is the meaning of Vox Populi?

6. Q3 - General Knowledge
Ans: Antonio Guterres.
(Former Prime Minister of Portugal)
Who is the current Secretary General
of the United Nations (UN)?

7. Q4 - General Knowledge
Ans: Assamese film ‘Village Rockstars’
Which film is selected for India’s official entry to the Oscars
2019 (91st Academy Awards) under Foreign Language Film
category?

8. Q5 - General Knowledge
Ans: Polygraph
What is the name of the device
used in a lie detecting test
(usually during interrogations)?

9. Q6 - General Knowledge
Ans: Voice over Long Term Evolution
JIO, the revolutionary mobile/
internet service provider runs on
VoLTE technology.
What is the full form of VoLTE?

10. Q7 - General Knowledge
Ans: Sikkim
Which Indian state became “India’s first fully organic
state”?

11. Round 2 – Social Science
Question No. 1 Question No. 2 Question No. 3
Question No. 4 Question No. 5 Question No. 6
Question No. 7

12. Q1 – Social Science
Akbar,the great Mughal Emperor,
in1582 AD, founded a religious path
intending to merge the best elements of
the religions of his empire, and thereby
reconcile the differences that divided
his subjects.
What is the name of the religion?
Ans: Din-e-Ilahi

13. Q2 – Social Science
Netaji Subhash Chandra was ousted from the
leadership positions of the Indian National
Congress following differences with Mahatma
Gandhi and other party leaders in 1939. He
soon formed a new party and continued the
freedom struggle.
What is the name of the Party?
Ans: All India Forward Block

14. Q3 – Social Science
Who coined the slogan
“Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it”
during the Indian freedom struggle?
Ans: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

15. Q4 – Social Science
In Indian Agriculture,
White revolution is related to Milk and Dairy Products
Green Revolution to food grains
Red Revolution to Meat.
Which product is associated
with Blue revolution?
Ans: Fish Production

16. Q5 – Social Science
The Government of India, constituted
the NITI Aayog on January 01, 2015 to
replace the outdated Planning
Commission as the Policy Think-Tank of
the Government.
What does “NITI” in NITI AYOG stand
for?
Ans: National Institution for
Transforming India

17. Q6 – Social Science
The modern Flag of The Republic of India
consists of three colours
1.Saffron signifies sacrifice and patriotism.
2.White stands for truth in word and actions
and purity in our thoughts and
3.Green represents life and prosperity.
In the middle is a blue wheel with 24 spokes.
What does the chakra signify?
Ans: It stands for progress. The Chakra or the
wheel also symbolizes the Power of the State
governed by Dharma.

18. Q7 – Social Science
Which country is formerly known
as Siam?
Ans: Thailand

19. Round 3 – Iramdam Khangminnasi
Question No. 1 Question No. 2 Question No. 3
Question No. 4 Question No. 5 Question No. 6
Question No. 7

20. Q1 – Iramdam Khangminnasi
Nemcha Kipgen is the only woman
MLA/Minister in the N. Biren led
Government.
Name the constituency represented by
this social welfare minister.
Ans: Kangpokpi

21. Q2 – Iramdam Khangminnasi
Manipur became a part of India as a third class state on
15 October 1949 under a Merger Agreement
signed between Bodhchandra Singh, Maharaja of Manipur
and Shri Vapal Pangunni Menon, Advisor to the Government
of India in Shillong.
On which date was the merger agreement signed?
Ans: 21 September 1949

22. Q3 – Iramdam Khangminnasi
Chief Minister of Manipur,
N.Biren Singh declared Manipur
as the 23rd open defecation free
(ODF) state of India recently.
From which date did Manipur
became ODF?
Ans: 2nd October, 2018. (On National
Cleanliness day, 149th birth anniversary of
Gandhi.)

23. Q5 – Iramdam Khangminnasi
April 14, 1944 was the day when the Indian tricolour
was unfurled for the first time on a liberated Indian
soil. Led by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the Indian
National Army (INA) defeated the British, to establish
the provisional independent government in Moirang.
Name the INA volunteer from Manipur who
established contact with Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
who later became CM of Manipur?
Ans: Mairenbam Koireng Singh

24. Q4 – Iramdam Khangminnasi
The seventh bottling plant of India Oil Corporation Ltd
(Assam Oil Division), for LPG is in Manipur.
Where is the bottling plant located?
Ans: At Sekmai, about 20km from Imphal

25. Q6 – Iramdam Khangminnasi
18 precious lives were lost in police firing
in June, 2001 when Indo - Naga ceasefire
was extended into the state Manipur
protesting violently against the word
“without territorial limit’.
Who was the governor of Manipur when
The Great June Uprising happened?
Ans: Ved Marwah

26. Q7 – Iramdam Khangminnasi
Who was the King of Manipur
shortly before the
Seven-years-of-devastation
(chahi-taret-khuntakpa)
in Manipur?
Ans: Marjit Singh

27. Round 4 – General Science
Question No. 1 Question No. 2 Question No. 3
Question No. 4 Question No. 5 Question No. 6
Question No. 7

28. Q1 – General Science
What is the name of the
compound added to detect
leakage of LPG from cylinders?
Ans: Ethanethiol, commonly known as
ethyl mercaptan (CH3CH2SH)

29. Q2 – General Science
What is the Branch of biology in which we
study about relationship between living and
their environment?
Ans: Ecology

30. Q3 – General Science
The roots of a plant always
grow downwards while
shoots usually grows upwards
and away from the earth.
What is the name known for
this law?
Ans: Geotropism or Gravitropism.

31. Q4 – General Science
What is the name of the bacteria that
causes TB in the human body?
Ans: Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

32. Q5 – General Science
A light-year is the distance that light can travel in one year
Light moves at a velocity of about 300,000 kilometers /second.
Then, How many Kilometers are there in one light year?
Ans: 1 light year = 9,461,000,000,000 km
= 9.461 X 10^12 km

33. Q6 – General Science
How many Gigabytes (GB)
are there in a Terabyte
(TB)?
1TB = How many GB???
Ans: 1 TB = 1024 GB

34. Q7 – General Science
What is the most abundant metal in the
human body?
Ans: Calcium

35. Round 5 – Current Affairs
Question No. 1 Question No. 2 Question No. 3
Question No. 4 Question No. 5 Question No. 6
Question No. 7

36. Q1 – Current Affairs
The Nobel Peace Prize 2018 was awarded jointly to
•a Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege and
•an Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist who lives in
Germany
"for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as
a weapon of war and armed conflict.“
Name the Iraqi human rights activist.
Ans: Nadia Murad Basee Taha

37. Q2 – Current Affairs
Chief Minister of Manipur Shri N. Biren has been adjudged
•the third best Chief Minister among all the Chief Ministers
of the country and
•the best Chief Minister among all BJP-ruled States
according to a poll conducted recently. Who conducted the
Poll?
Ans: India Today Axis – My India Poll

38. Q3 – Current Affairs
6 young woman Officer of the Indian Navy
successfully circumnavigated (sail-around)
the globe on a sailboat named INSV Tarini
recently.
It was Asia’s first all-women mission and
took them more than 8 months.
Among them was a Manipuri. Name her?
Ans: Lieutenant Shougrakpam Vijaya Devi

39. Q4 – Current Affairs
India signed a deal with Dassault Aviation of France in Sept., 2016
to buy 36 fighter jets at a cost of around Rs 58,000 crore (7.8
billion dollar).
The deal has faced strong criticism from opposition parties citing
corruption in the deal.
What is the name of the fighter jet?
Ans: Dassault Rafale

40. Q5 – Current Affairs
A person from the North East is presently the
Chief Justice of India and he is also the first
person to become the Chief Justice from the
NE region. Who is the person?
Ans: Ranjan Gogoi (from Assam)

41. Q6 – Current Affairs
On 11th October, 2018, a strong tropical
cyclone hit parts of Odisha and Andhra
Pradesh killing number of people and
devastated lakhs of hectares of crop. It was
the most intense tropical storm in the Bay
of Bengal in 2018.
What is the name of the deadly cyclone?
Ans: Cyclone Titli

42. Q7 – Current Affairs
What is the new name of Allahabad,
the famous city of Uttar Pradesh?
Ans: Prayagraj

43. Round 6 – Literature
Question No. 1 Question No. 2 Question No. 3
Question No. 4 Question No. 5 Question No. 6
Question No. 7

44. Q1 – Literature
The famous Bengali poet Rabindranath
Tagore received the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1913 largely for one of his
Books (a collection of poems). It is
considered one of the masterpieces of
world literature by UNESCO.
What is the name of the Book?
Ans: Gitanjali

45. Q2 – Literature
Anandamath is a Bengali fiction (Novel), published in 1882. Set
in the background of the Sannyasi Rebellion in the late 18th
century, it is considered one of the most important novels in
the history of Bengali and Indian literature.
Who wrote Anandamath?
Ans: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

46. Q3 – Literature
Who wrote “Bor Saheb Ongi Sanatombi”,
the Sahitya Akademy Award winning novel
based on the love story between the
Manipuri Princess Santombi and Major
Maxwell, the then British Political Agent in
Manipur?
Ans: MK Binodini Devi

47. Q4 – Literature
Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels
written by a British author. The books have
won multiple awards, and sold more than
500 million copies, becoming the best-
selling book series in history. Later it was
adapted into films by Warner Bros.
Who is the author of this famous Series?
Ans: J. K. Rowling (Joanne Rowling).

48. Q5 – Literature
What is the name of the Autobiography of
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam (Avul Pakir
Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam), the 11th
President of India (2002 to 2007), also a
scientist who is better known as the missile
man of India?
Ans: The Wings of Fire.

49. Q6 – Literature
Who is the winner of this year’s Man
Booker Prize?
Ans: Anna Burns of Northern Ireland for
the Novel "Milkman”.

50. Q7 – Literature
Who wrote the Sahitya Akademi Award winning
Manipuri Travelogue - Nungshibi Greece?
Ans: Saratchand Thiyam

51. Round 7 – Sports
Question No. 1 Question No. 2 Question No. 3
Question No. 4 Question No. 5 Question No. 6
Question No. 7

52. Q1 – Sports
Name the state where the 36th National
Games of India is going be held from 30
March 2019 to April 14 2019?
Ans: GOA

53. Q2 – Sports
What is the full form of NEROCA, the famous
football club of Manipur?
Ans: North Eastern Re-Organising Cultural Association

54. Q3 – Sports
A world champion Manipuri Athlete have been
honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
Award recently, along with Virat Kohli, the
captain of the Indian National Cricket team.
Who is the athlete?
Ans: Saikhom Mirbai Chanu (Weightlifting)
???

55. Q4 – Sports
The Famous sports goods manufacturing
company adidas was started by two brothers
Adolf Dassler and Rudolf Dassler in 1924.
Later they parted ways and became rivals.
Adolf owned Adidas, and Rudolf established
Puma.
In which country was adidas originated?
Ans: Germany (Herzogenaurach Town)

56. Q5 – Sports
Who holds the world record for fastest time in
100m race?
Ans: Usain Bolt of Jamaica. 9.58 seconds WR
(Berlin 2009)

57. Q6 – Sports
The 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup will be held from 28
November to 16 December 2018 in India. Which city will
host the event?
Ans: Bhubaneshwar, Odisha

58. Q7 – Sports
India failed to win the Asian Games Kabaddi
Gold medal in 2018 for the first time since its
introduction in Beijing in 1990.
Which country defeated India in both men’s
and women’s Kabaddi events to win Gold
medals this time?
Ans: IRAN

59. Round 8 – Visuals
Question No. 1 Question No. 2 Question No. 3
Question No. 4 Question No. 5 Question No. 6
Question No. 7

60. Q1 – Visuals
Identify the two faces in the
picture. It is a collage/merger of
two well-known athletes.
Ans: Mary Kom / Saina Nehwal

61. Q2 – Visuals
Identify the Two Famous Film
personalities - One from Manipur
and another from Mumbai.
Ans: Bala Hjam / Kareena Kapoor

62. Q3 – Visuals
Identify the name of the country
from this flag?
Ans: NEPAL

63. Q4 – Visuals
Identify the person in this
infamous picture
Ans: AJMAL AMIR KASAB
(Pakistani Terrorist at CST Mumbai)

64. Q5 – Visuals
What does the picture say?
Ans: Be on Time

65. Q6 – Visuals
Your smartphones run on this Mobile
Platform? Identify the Logo
Ans: Android
(Android is a mobile operating
system developed by Google)

66. Q7 – Visuals
Identify the Brand from the Logo
Ans: Nestlé

67. Round 9 – Audio
Question No. 1 Question No. 2 Question No. 3
Question No. 4 Question No. 5 Question No. 6

68. Q1 – Audio
Song: Thengla Ahing Matamsida
Identify the Singer
Ans: Asem Amrajit

69. Q2 – Audio
Song: Loibi chinglon Lanna Lakle
Identify the Singer
Ans: Chandrakumar Pukrambam

70. Q3 – Audio
Song: Eina siraga
Identify the Singer
Ans: Chaoba Thiyam

71. Q4 – Audio
Song: Lounam touduna thamoibu huduna
Identify the Singer
Ans: Maibam Maimu

72. Q5 – Audio
Song: Lirkho wari tamlakho mapao
Identify the Singer
Ans: Tapisana

73. Q6 – Audio
Song: Nangse eigi thawaigi Manini
Identify the Singer
Ans: Y. bilashini