Bangaliyana Quiz (Prelim)

Questions by Ashoke (QLoK)Bangaliyana Quiz (Prelims) I IFAQ-2017, CMC, Kolkata
This is an ancient ritual of worshiping nine types of plants.
They are together worshiped as a symbol of the goddess.
Find the missing name.
1. ____ _____
2. Colacassia (Kochu)
3. Pomegranate (Dalim)
4. Turmeric
5. Rice
6. Ashoka
7. Jayanti
8. Wood Apple (Bel)
9. Arum (Mankochu)

Questions by Ashoke (QLoK)Bangaliyana Quiz (Prelims) FAQ-2017, CMC, KolkataI I
Kola Gaach or the Banana Plant
Nabapatrika, being an important part of Durga Puja, is worshipped during
Bodhon. The nine plants of Nabapatrika represent the nine Goddesses.
The Banana plant or the "Kola Gaach" represents Goddess Brahmani,
Colacassia plant represents Goddess Kalika,
Turmeric plant symbolizes Devi Durga,
Jayanti denotes Kartiki,
Bel or Wood Apple denotes Lord Shiva,
Pomegranate (Dalim Gaach) Raktadantika,
Ashoka tree symbolizes Sokrahita and
Arum plant ("Maankochu") represents Chamunda and the
Rice plant Goddess Lakshmi.
These Goddesses are the nine forms of Devi Durga.

Which Bengali term X comes from the Urdu word
meaning ‘foundation’?
Those families which were responsible for laying the
foundations of the city of Calcutta began to be
collectively called as X.

Bonedi

Which Bengal King who reigned in 7th century
AD, contemporary of Harsha, created the first
separate political entity in a unified Bengal?
The development of the Bengali calendar is often
attributed to this King because the starting date falls
within his reign.

King Shashanka

This is one of the
old X catalogues
for their customers
for a household
brand of the
Company which
got established in
1920.
Identify the brand
X.

Duckback

This popular relish is a fixture in Bengali households
for generations, made with locally available
ingredients that make it a preferred accompaniment
with a lot of main course dishes well known for its rich,
intense and no nonsense flavor, to give them an extra
tang.
It is not only used as an accompaniment, but also to add
flavor to other dishes .
Clue : Only dish that normally cannot use it is mutton.

Kasundi

A small hamlet founded by a landlord named
Gopinath Chattopadhyay & was originally called
Gopinathpur. The name we all know it today
possibly came from one of his sons. The township
was designed by Joseph Allen Stein & Benjamin
Polk.

Durgapur

Who is the 2nd Bengal bowler, born in Comilla, to
take a first class hattrick after T C Longfield,
thanks to a debutant Gopal Chakraborty?

Probir Sen

What is common? (Not exhaustive)
* The character of Utpal Dutta in ‘Do Anjane’
* The character of Smita Patil in ‘Arth’
* The character of Ranjit Mallick in ‘Shatru’

Sanyal

Name the district where the mask dance, locally called
"Mokha Nach" which is the common festival among
the people of the rural areas of that area representing
the various ethnic groups.
The masks are made of the woods locally available.
Halna -Halnani is a kind of folk opera where Halna is
a male and Halnani is a female .

South Dinajpur

One can have a glimpse of which heritage building
concealed by the monstrosity that Metro Railway has
constructed in front of this century-old building
adjoining Belgachhia Metro station, which in its hey
days had the film of Purnendu Patri’s ‘Strir Patra’ shot
in its entirety here?

Dhurjati Dham

Questions by Indranil (QLoK)Bangaliyana Quiz (Prelims) I IFAQ-2017, CMC, Kolkata
It was a cold but crisp and sunny afternoon of mid November ,
when X received the telegram redirected from Kolkata by his
son-in-law Nagendranath. At that time X was discussing with
one of the teachers of the institution named, Nepal Chandra
Roy, in the matter of funding and budget of constructing the
drainage system of some portion of the area. X glanced idly at
the address; tearing it open he ran his eyes over the contents. He
blinked, read the lines thrice, wondering if the language was
incorrect or if he was, perhaps, misinterpreting the meaning.
After a little pause, he handed over it to Nepalbabu, and said,
‘Now Nepalbabu, your problem on funding of Drainage system
has been solved.’
Now what was the subject of the telegram?

Questions by Indranil (QLoK)Bangaliyana Quiz (Prelims) FAQ-2017, CMC, KolkataI I
News of Rabindranath getting Nobel Prize

It was an early 20th century research of physician Dr.
Duncan MacDougall who attempted to show
scientific proof of the existence of the immortal
human soul by recording a loss of body weight
(representing the departure of the soul) immediately
following death. The research by MacDougall
attempted to follow the scientific method and
showed some variance in results (‘three-fourths of an
ounce’, which has since been popularized as ------ is
the reported weight loss from the death of the first
subject). MacDougall’s research was the title of a
significant Hollywood creation of 2003 but
recently influenced the Kolkata cultural diaspora too.
Fill in the blanks.

21 Grams

Id. these fictional duo from the Bengali Children’s
literature, whose illustrations surely remind you the
Matinee-Idols of Tollywood.

Bimal & Kumar

In 1957, the then CM of West Bengal, Bidhan Chandra Roy
suggested a controversial and historic suggestion that certain name
or title, which encouraged “localism, provincialism and
communalism” should be disallowed but no avail. This concept
came to Dr. Roy’s mind after several unfortunate and unwanted
incidents were happening at the heart of Kolkata starting from
1949, which usually never happened before 1947. Such incidents
happened so often that from 1951, the CM was forced to call
several meetings and came up with several plans to increase the
police force to stop such unsporting violence. But Dr. Roy’s
concept never materialized, though in quite a similar line of
thinking in a broader aspect was suggested by Mahatma Gandhi in
1945 in Bombay and was duly accepted. So, what was Dr. Roy’s
proposal in 1957 which never materialized ?

To Change the name of East Bengal &
Mohammedan Sporting

It was just before the marriage of Farrukhsiyar, the
Mughal emperor with the Rajput princess Indira Kanwar,
the emperor became severely ill and all treatment from the
court physicians had no result. At that time a British Doctor
from the East India Company, Dr. Hamilton’s treatment
made the miracle. And thus the emperor gladly gave the
zamindari of more than a score of villages in Bengal to the
Company as a reward.
Hence ------- --------------- was created in Bengal.
FITB.

24 Parganas

Who has penned these thrillers?

Barun Chanda

Sharadindu in his historical novel - “Tumi Sandhyar Megh”
described that Atish Dipankar went to Tibet, to learn the
knowhow of a military weapon for the interest of the safety
of Bharatbarsha from the attack of Turks and Afghans, after
witnessing how the Tibetan monks used that weapon to
disperse the soldiers of Chedi king of Kalchuri, Laskhmikarna
Dev who made a violent attack to a Buddhist Bihara. Now this
weapon, which was obviously invented by the Chinese or
Tibetans, was termed as AGNIKANDUK by those monks.
Now, my question - what is the modern day version of this
weapon, which is an integral part of military warfare of 20th
century and its current name derived from the French word for
Pomegrenate.

Hand Grenade

During Fall, he stands as a lone postman in the forest. He
knocked the door when the neighbourhood sleeps and asked his
friend “ are you home ?” It is he who can say at his friend’s
demise “ You have left, audacity has departed , humility has
arrived .” He can confess , that he committed murder of a
golden fly. One can find him , roaming at the evening beach
of Cox’s Bazar . He keeps burning hanky , very close to his
heart . He can point his finger to our world , which exists in
religion as well as in an even-toed ungulate mammals. At the
end of the day ,the real power still says “ I could go either way
, but should I ?”
Who is he ?

Shakti Chattopadhyay

Around 1917, Angelo ------------- an Italian by birth and
culture, travelled from Genoa to Calcutta, bringing with
him the flavour of Italy in the city of Calcutta. He opened
the famous restaurant, a tea room that was the favourite
spot for the aristocratic society, which was very much
appreciated even by Lord Irwin and several maharajas. For a
long time it didn’t have an a la carte menu; it was strictly
table d’hote – always a five-course meal. Id. the restaurant,
where one song sequence of Nargis Dutt’s last movie
was being shot.
Pic clue: The founder of Restaurant and an ad of their famous
bread

Firpo’s

One of the all time favourite song of the music lovers… on
whom the song had been picturised?
[such a great song, with worst picturaization]

Debraj Roy

Questions by Somnath (QLoK)Bangaliyana Quiz (Prelims) I IFAQ-2017, CMC, Kolkata
Once upon a time Lakshmi Sal was considered to be one of
the highly revered varieties. Since the time of the Sen-
Rulers, it has been part of an annual tradition that has been
found mention in the works of poet Mukunda Das and
others also. After the introduction of newer varieties, use of
Lakshmi Sal has long stopped, but that tradition is still
being observed especially in the rural Bengal.
Which tradition that has gained a renewed interest in the
present times for a completely different reason is being
talked about?

Questions by Somnath (QLoK)Bangaliyana Quiz (Prelims) FAQ-2017, CMC, KolkataI I
Nabanna

Where, all these strange and unexplained (not exhaustive)
scenes can be seen, almost regularly?

Bombagorh

As mentioned in historical records, this popular sweet-dish
was served to Lord Curzon in 1904 when he visited
Burdwan to award the then king Vijaychandra the title of
‘Maharaja’. The sweet maker, Bhairav Chandra Nag, had
put together this delicious combination on the occasion.
Identify the item that is also said to be the favourite sweet
of one of the leading female characters mentioned in
Indian epics.

Sita Bhog

Declared as one of the ‘Nine Masters’ to be treated as
National Treasures by the Archaeological Society of
India, which maestro was the painter of this watercolour-
work?
(He became the latest bengali to be given a very-special honour that has
been earlier bestowed upon to Rabindranath Tagore,
Satyajit Ray, J.C. Bose and many others)

Jamini Roy

Whose signature is missing
from this piece of official
document, issued
from GPO,
Kolkata?

C.V. Raman

Despite some horrendous
newspaper reporting in the
recent times, Durga Charan
Rakshit of Chandannagar is
the first Indian in which
elite-list of achievers?

1st Indian to receive ‘Legion d’Honour’

During his school days, X was a huge fan of freedom
fighter Dinesh Gupta. After his death, X got entangled
with all these activities of Anushilan Samity which
included smuggling firearms, hidden in tiffin boxes. After
the murder of an informer of the British police, X had to
leave Dhaka while hiding in one of his friend’s car and
reached Kolkata. It was a game-changing event in X’s
career.
How do we better know X?

Bhanu Bandopadhyay

Identify both the singers of this medley.

Timir Biswas & Iman Chakraborty

Towards the end of the 19th century, a strange disease
encapsulated the province of Assam. Called ‘Saheb’s Bimari’
by the locals as they thought that the disease came after the
British-invasion, it was initially investigated by Ronald Ross.
The research was later taken up by this medical practitioner
who came up with the cure while working in an ill-equipped
room in Campbell Hospital. He was duly nominated, albeit
unsuccessfully, for the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1929.
How do we commonly know
‘Saheb’s Bimari’?

Kala-Azar

What is the next line uttered by this English-loving
would-be-Ray Bahadur?

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