Bally Library Open Prelims.pdf

1. Bally General Library Presents.. An open General quiz Prelims • Two members team • 8 teams into finals 13th January, 2 pm Bally General Library hall • Prize for podium holders • No entry fee QM- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

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9. • 20 questions • 4, 7, 12, 15, 19 Are star marked question • Star-marked questions are meant for tie-breaking • No part stars will be given • Count back will the observed for breaking the tied stars • Top 8 teams will qualify for finals • Qm’s Decision is Final and binding RULES

11. 1 • Popularly known for his works of literary translations, this Bengali writer worked for several advertisement companies including D. J. Kimer. During school life, he used to practice magic tricks with his famous classmate P. C. Sarkar. His book “Jadukahini" on the strange and intriguing adventures of P. C. Sarkar received the "Narsimhadas" prize from the University of Delhi. • Identify him. Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

12. Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) 2 • The British India Society was founded in 1839 by British and American abolitionists, East India Company men, private traders, and members of the Bengali elite. Which Indian society had a close tie-up with this organization, a political association of zamindars? • During 1937, the problems of peasants of India were unsolved and no elite was interested in talking about their problems. Thus a peasant movement started in the region of Bihar against Zaminders to fight forceful eviction of peasants from Bakasht lands which is called the Bakasht Movement. From all these incidents, the govt had to pass a certain act which gave relief to peasants. Which act? ½ + ½ =1

13. 3 • According to popular belief this temple was built by emperor Ashoka when he was in the campaign of Kalinga war. Mostly popular for the 16-handed Durga deity which was more than 700 years old and called Mata Solha Bhuji by the local Munda language. Name of the temple please which was located in Ranchi, Jharkhand. • The allure of Jharkhand’s Lodh fall extends back through time, even capturing the hearts of British officials who frequented this natural heaven for moments of tranquil rejuvenation. Amidst the core of beauty, the only depriving situation about the nearby area is that it is still affected by Naxalite movements which is not only defaming the state but also the tigers as Lodh Falls is located in the middle of this tiger reserve which is the only one in Jharkhand. Which tiger reserve? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) ½ + ½ =1

14. 4 • This painting by English Cartoonist E. L. Sambourne depicts a Congolese worker entangled by a rubber snake with the head of someone. Who is that? The reason why he sketched this is the atrocities were made by him against the Congolese for the exports of rubber. • Before June 30, 1966, the capital of Congo was named after him as he had supreme power in that particular area. However, it changed after some obvious reasons that decreased everyone’s extreme anger a little bit. So what is the current name of the capital of Congo that reminds us of the name of a champion athlete? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) ½ + ½ =1

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16. 5 Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) • In 2015, a Pulitzer Prize-winning article written by Ken Armstrong and T. Christian Miller discusses the series of rapes in the American states of Washington and Colorado that occurred between 2008 and 2011 and the subsequent police investigations. It says that the rapes were perpetrated by Marc Patrick O'Leary, an Army veteran who had been stationed near Tacoma. The first victim, an 18-year-old woman known as Marie, reported to Sergeant Jeffrey Mason and Jerry Rittgarn that she had been raped at her home in Lynnwood, Washington. According to a later report, the bullying and hounding of her by the detectives led Marie to recant her statement, resulting in her being charged with making a false report of rape. • Based on this article what is the inspired screening we can see on Netflix?

17. 6 Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) • This popular power-dressing brand for men and women, had partnered with inStem - a research institute for stem cell science to manufacture a new type of affordable masks. Through this collaboration, they launched lab-licensed masks with germicidal technology that claims to disable the Sars- Cov2 virus on contact with the fabric, unlike other masks that function as mere protective barriers. • Which clothing brand?

18. 7 • Maharaja Sansar Chand Museum in Himachal Pradesh is one of the preservers of this authentic artwork once patronized by the Rajput kingdom. During the patronage of Maharaja Sansar Chand, these paintings reached its zenith. Which paintings? • Which popular spiritual person once came here to inaugurate this museum, whose name is not important rather than his designation? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) ½ + ½ =1

19. 8 • The tomb we can see here is of the influential Irani poet who wrote Shahnama, the national epic of Iran. Who? • For all his literary contributions, he was not recognized during his life. It wasn’t until 1934 under the control of X, the first king of the Pahlavi dynasty, recognized his cultural and literary value of him and erected this permanent tomb in his honor. Who was that king? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) ½ + ½ =1

20. 9 • In the late 1930s, Jamshedpur felt that water scarcity could hit the people of the city as the population was growing rapidly. To deal with the crisis, Dimna Nala Water Supply Scheme was introduced. Thus Dimna Lake was created. Who was the popular biz-company that introduced the process? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

21. 10 Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) • Just like veg and non-veg marks on packaged food products, this FPI mark is also seen in packaged and safe processed foods. It is a certification mark and mandatory for all kinds of processed food that are prepared with a certain type of food product. • Which kind of food product?

22. 11 • India did not send its top diplomat to Beijing for the Winter Olympics 2022 as this Chinese Winter Olympian named Qi Fabao was selected by the Chinese government as the torch bearer for the 2022 Winter Olympics at an Olympics Park in Beijing. • Why this kind of move was seen from the side of India as a protest? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

23. 12 • Logo of which popular transportation system of south Florida? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

24. 13 • The Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster was a large- scale incident of occupational lung disease in the 1930s as the result of the construction of the Hawks Nest Tunnel near Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, as part of a hydroelectric project. This project is considered to be one of the worst industrial disasters in American history. • Which subsidiary company is being charged for pushing the workers to do this extensive hardworking and unsafe task at gunpoint? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

25. 14 • Popularly known as "Davidbabu", in his short life, he made a major contribution to the study of Hindu terracotta and brick temples of Bengal and was also one of the first scholars to write a study of the emerging field of Indian writing in English. It was while on shooting location in Birbhum district for a certain film in 1962, that he developed a fascination for the brick temples scattered across the Bengal landscape. Who? • Around 1960 he met and developed an important friendship with the film director of that 1962 movie as They both shared a taste for Western baroque music. The director asked him to help translate his film dialogue from Bengali into English, a task that helped inversely to increase Davidbabu’s command of Bengali. Which director? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) ½ + ½ =1

26. 15 • There are a lot of examples when The Simpsons predicted the future. One such instance is this where a tiger attacks his own master. What incident it signifies? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

28. 16 • Route of which famous boat race rivalry? / Who are the participating teams? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

29. 17 • Historically, this city from southern Iraq is one of the ports from which the fictional character Sinbad the Sailor journeyed. The city was built in 636 CE and played an important role in the Islamic Golden Age. Which city? • Before the establishment of Kolkata there was an old mosque in the place of present X Mosque. The present mosque was built in 1219 Hijri by Jafir Ali. The mosque was named after X. X was a saint who was from the above-mentioned city in Iraq and settled in Kolkata sometime between 1760 and 1790. After his death, a shrine was made by his followers. Which mosque of Calcutta we are talking about? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) ½ + ½ =1

30. 18 • Pandit Shiv Charan Vohra was conferred with title of 'Rai Bahadur' by the British Raj in 1919 for his services and loyalty. His famous son planned and executed the 1929 bomb blast under the train of Viceroy Lord Irwin on the Delhi-Agra railway line. The viceroy escaped unhurt and Mahatma Gandhi thanked God for the narrow escape, condemning the revolutionary act through his article The Cult of Bomb. Who was the son? • In response to Gandhi's article that son, in consultation with Chandrasekhar Azad, wrote an article entitled X . It appealed to youths to come forward and join them. Which famous article am I talking about? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) ½ + ½ =1

31. 19 • Name of the album please Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

32. 20 • In 1939, Mahatma Gandhi sent a postcard to this cartoonist for his cartoons on Jinnah and offered him advice on the ethics of cartooning. “Your cartoons are good as works of art. But if they do not speak accurately and cannot joke without offending, you will not rise high in your profession. Which cartoonist am I talking about? • In this cartoon (next slide) by that particular artist, what is being portrayed here is a situation made from the decision by Sir James Grigg , the then Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament from 1934-38 in India. Which situation? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) ½ + ½ =1

33. 20 Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) ½ + ½ =1

34. Please Submit your answer sheets Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

36. Ansar was cam sooning........

37. 1 • Popularly known for his works of literary translations, this Bengali writer worked for several advertisement companies including D. J. Kimer. During school life, he used to practice magic tricks with his famous classmate P. C. Sarkar. His book “Jadukahini" on the strange and intriguing adventures of P. C. Sarkar received the "Narsimhadas" prize from the University of Delhi. • Identify him. Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

39. Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) 2 • The British India Society was founded in 1839 by British and American abolitionists, East India Company men, private traders, and members of the Bengali elite. Which Indian society had a close tie-up with this organization, a political association of zamindars? • During 1937, the problems of peasants of India were unsolved and no elite was interested in talking about their problems. Thus a peasant movement started in the region of Bihar against Zaminders to fight forceful eviction of peasants from Bakasht lands which is called the Bakasht Movement. From all these incidents, the govt had to pass a certain act which gave relief to peasants. Which act? ½ + ½ =1

40. Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) 2 ½ + ½ =1

41. 3 • According to popular belief this temple was built by emperor Ashoka when he was in the campaign of Kalinga war. Mostly popular for the 16-handed Durga deity which was more than 700 years old and called Mata Solha Bhuji by the local Munda language. Name of the temple please which was located in Ranchi, Jharkhand. • The allure of Jharkhand’s Lodh fall extends back through time, even capturing the hearts of British officials who frequented this natural heaven for moments of tranquil rejuvenation. Amidst the core of beauty, the only depriving situation about the nearby area is that it is still affected by Naxalite movements which is not only defaming the state but also the tigers as Lodh Falls is located in the middle of this tiger reserve which is the only one in Jharkhand. Which tiger reserve? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) ½ + ½ =1

43. 4 • This painting by English Cartoonist E. L. Sambourne depicts a Congolese worker entangled by a rubber snake with the head of someone. Who is that? The reason why he sketched this is the atrocities were made by him against the Congolese for the exports of rubber. • Before June 30, 1966, the capital of Congo was named after him as he had supreme power in that particular area. However, it changed after some obvious reasons that decreased everyone’s extreme anger a little bit. So what is the current name of the capital of Congo that reminds us of the name of a champion athlete? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) ½ + ½ =1

45. 5 Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) • In 2015, a Pulitzer Prize-winning article written by Ken Armstrong and T. Christian Miller discusses the series of rapes in the American states of Washington and Colorado that occurred between 2008 and 2011 and the subsequent police investigations. It says that the rapes were perpetrated by Marc Patrick O'Leary, an Army veteran who had been stationed near Tacoma. The first victim, an 18-year-old woman known as Marie, reported to Sergeant Jeffrey Mason and Jerry Rittgarn that she had been raped at her home in Lynnwood, Washington. According to a later report, the bullying and hounding of her by the detectives led Marie to recant her statement, resulting in her being charged with making a false report of rape. • Based on this article what is the inspired screening we can see on Netflix?

47. 6 Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) • This popular power-dressing brand for men and women, had partnered with inStem - a research institute for stem cell science to manufacture a new type of affordable masks. Through this collaboration, they launched lab-licensed masks with germicidal technology that claims to disable the Sars- Cov2 virus on contact with the fabric, unlike other masks that function as mere protective barriers. • Which clothing brand?

49. 7 • Maharaja Sansar Chand Museum in Himachal Pradesh is one of the preservers of this authentic artwork once patronized by the Rajput kingdom. During the patronage of Maharaja Sansar Chand, these paintings reached its zenith. Which paintings? • Which popular spiritual person once came here to inaugurate this museum, whose name is not important rather than his designation? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) ½ + ½ =1

51. 8 • The tomb we can see here is of the influential Irani poet who wrote Shahnama, the national epic of Iran. Who? • For all his literary contributions, he was not recognized during his life. It wasn’t until 1934 under the control of X, the first king of the Pahlavi dynasty, recognized his cultural and literary value of him and erected this permanent tomb in his honor. Who was that king? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) ½ + ½ =1

53. 9 • In the late 1930s, Jamshedpur felt that water scarcity could hit the people of the city as the population was growing rapidly. To deal with the crisis, Dimna Nala Water Supply Scheme was introduced. Thus Dimna Lake was created. Who was the popular biz-company that introduced the process? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

55. 10 Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) • Just like veg and non-veg marks on packaged food products, this FPI mark is also seen in packaged and safe processed foods. It is a certification mark and mandatory for all kinds of processed food that are prepared with a certain type of food product. • Which kind of food product?

57. 11 • India did not send its top diplomat to Beijing for the Winter Olympics 2022 as this Chinese Winter Olympian named Qi Fabao was selected by the Chinese government as the torch bearer for the 2022 Winter Olympics at an Olympics Park in Beijing. • Why this kind of move was seen from the side of India as a protest? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

59. 12 • Logo of which popular transportation system of south Florida? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

61. 13 • The Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster was a large- scale incident of occupational lung disease in the 1930s as the result of the construction of the Hawks Nest Tunnel near Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, as part of a hydroelectric project. This project is considered to be one of the worst industrial disasters in American history. • Which subsidiary company is being charged for pushing the workers to do this extensive hardworking and unsafe task at gunpoint? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

63. 14 • Popularly known as "Davidbabu", in his short life, he made a major contribution to the study of Hindu terracotta and brick temples of Bengal and was also one of the first scholars to write a study of the emerging field of Indian writing in English. It was while on shooting location in Birbhum district for a certain film in 1962, that he developed a fascination for the brick temples scattered across the Bengal landscape. Who? • Around 1960 he met and developed an important friendship with the film director of that 1962 movie as They both shared a taste for Western baroque music. The director asked him to help translate his film dialogue from Bengali into English, a task that helped inversely to increase Davidbabu’s command of Bengali. Which director? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) ½ + ½ =1

65. 15 • There are a lot of examples when The Simpsons predicted the future. One such instance is this where a tiger attacks his own master. What incident it signifies? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

67. 16 • Route of which famous boat race rivalry? / Who are the participating teams? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

69. 17 • Historically, this city from southern Iraq is one of the ports from which the fictional character Sinbad the Sailor journeyed. The city was built in 636 CE and played an important role in the Islamic Golden Age. Which city? • Before the establishment of Kolkata there was an old mosque in the place of present X Mosque. The present mosque was built in 1219 Hijri by Jafir Ali. The mosque was named after X. X was a saint who was from the above-mentioned city in Iraq and settled in Kolkata sometime between 1760 and 1790. After his death, a shrine was made by his followers. Which mosque of Calcutta we are talking about? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) ½ + ½ =1

71. 18 • Pandit Shiv Charan Vohra was conferred with title of 'Rai Bahadur' by the British Raj in 1919 for his services and loyalty. His famous son planned and executed the 1929 bomb blast under the train of Viceroy Lord Irwin on the Delhi-Agra railway line. The viceroy escaped unhurt and Mahatma Gandhi thanked God for the narrow escape, condemning the revolutionary act through his article The Cult of Bomb. Who was the son? • In response to Gandhi's article that son, in consultation with Chandrasekhar Azad, wrote an article entitled X . It appealed to youths to come forward and join them. Which famous article am I talking about? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) ½ + ½ =1

73. 19 • Name of the album please Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

75. 20 • In 1939, Mahatma Gandhi sent a postcard to this cartoonist for his cartoons on Jinnah and offered him advice on the ethics of cartooning. “Your cartoons are good as works of art. But if they do not speak accurately and cannot joke without offending, you will not rise high in your profession. Which cartoonist am I talking about? • In this cartoon (next slide) by that particular artist, what is being portrayed here is a situation made from the decision by Sir James Grigg , the then Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament from 1934-38 in India. Which situation? Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob) ½ + ½ =1

77. Answers 1) Ajitkrishna Basu, DuckBack 2) Landholders society, Bihar Tenancy Act 3) Maa Dewri Temple, Palamou tiger reserve 4) 2nd Leopold, Kinshasa 5) Unbelievable 6) Van Heusen 7) Kangra paintings, Dalai Lama 8) Tomb of Firdousi, Reza Shah Pahlavi 9) Ratan Tata 10) Fruit Product Order 11) He is a Chinese soldier posted in Galwan during Indo-China skirmishes. 12) TRI-RAIL 13) Union Carbide 14) Satyajit Ray, David MC Cutchion 15) Siegfried and Roy Tiger attack 16) Oxford-Cambridge 17) Basra, Basri Shah Mosque 18) The philosophy of Bomb, Bhagwati Charan Vohra 19) Divide 20) K. Shankar Pillai, Drain of wealth Open General Quiz || Prelims || Bally General Library || Q.M- Sayantan Adhikary (Jacob)

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