2. ত োমোর মধ্যে মোটিই ছিল। মোটির ত োহো, মোটির তলোক
গোন ছিধ্রধ্ি মোটির কোধ্ি। মৃ যে তকবল ছমধ্যে
তহোক……..
Team Qxerophytes is
deeply saddened by the
tragic loss of everyone’s
beloved Mrinal Mondal
& Gopal Chakraborty.
May their soul rest in
peace
11. RULES
30 Questions
5,10,15,20,25,30 are star marked questions
Top 8 teams in the finals
Score of prelims will be considered in any kind of tie in both prelims &
finals
Count back rule will be applied in case of tied stars
Don’t ask for part stars
Please Google as the QM(s) want you to do so
Nothing much, happy Quizzing
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12. SEQUENCE
QUESTION 1-10 BY JACOB
QUESTION 11-20 BY KARISHNU
QUESTION 21-30 BY KRITADHI
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13.
14.
15. 1
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• On24May2020,severalactivistsof BajrangDaldestroyedatemporarychurchbuiltfora
particulareventinKerala.Theeventconveysaboutatailorandabouthisfatherwhoonceused
tobeaheroinhisparticularfield.ArenownedIndiannonbankingcompanylaunchedtheir
“Minnatelife”campaigntocelebratethisoccation.
• Whichevent/whomamItalkingabout?Namethecompanyalso
½ + ½
16. 2
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• WamiBiratuwasoneofthemostunderratedathletesofalltime.Inapressconferenceheshareshislife-
storywherehesaid.. “OnedaymygrandmothercamefromAddis,wheresheboughtsomecoffee,wrapped
inapaper”
• Healsotoldastorywhichconveysaboutaninternationaltournament.Hesaid… “Eightdaysbeforeour
departureIgotverysick,atfirstnoonetookmetothehospital,andthentheyjustdecided Iwouldstay
behind.”
• whathappenedafterwhenheremainedinhospitalwhichisnowasignificantpartofworldsportshistory?
17. 3
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• X__andMe,Inc.isapubliclyheldpersonalbiotechnologycompany(logoinnextslide)bestknown
forprovidingadirect-to-consumergenetictestingserviceinwhichcustomersprovidea saliva
samplethatislaboratoryanalysed.
• FITB.
18. 3
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19. 4
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• JustbeforetheRussianinvasioninKyiv,probably
thiswasthelastmusicvideowhichwasshotby
anymusicartistinRussia.Afterreleasingofthe
videoinYoutube, thisartistsaidthathe isgoingto
donatehisrecordroyaltiestoanUkrainiancharity
forthesakeofhumanitythere.
• Identifytheartist
• Alsogivemethenameof thesongwhichincludes
morethanasingleprocedure.
½ + ½
20. -
5
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• JosephSalemLelyveldisanAmericanjournalist&PulitzerPrize-winningauthor.In2011he
wroteabookwhichlaterwon Pulitzer.Inhisbook,hemainly talkedabouttwopeople. Mr.
HermannKallenbach,aGermanbodybuilderandhislover.Theloverofthatbodybuilderwas
basicallythemainsubjectof thisbook.Inspiteofthesubjectofthatbookwasarenowned
person,thebookwasbannedinsomeplacesof westernIndia.InfactourPMNarendraModi
conveyedhisexpressionsaboutthisbook,itwasasimpleword“perverse”.
• Identifythesubjectof thatbookwhohadagreatimpactonpoliticalworldand explainthe
reasonforbanningof thatlegitandabitqueerbookwhichwouldhavehelpedIndiatobemore
tidy.
½ + ½
21. 6
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• LeVélowasaleadingsportsnewspaperfromitsbeginingon1December1892untilitstopped
publishingin1904.Mixingsportsreportingwithnewsandpoliticalcomments,itachieveda
circulationof80,000 copiesaday.Theprintingandjournalisticrivalryoccurredwhena circular
motionwascreatedbyanotherlocalnewspaper.
• Identifytherivalnewspaperandthemotiontheycreated.
½ + ½
22. 7
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• XisafamousIndo-Rus paintingbyfamousRussianartistY.Thepaintingisonpermanentdisplay
atYMuseum, New York.ThepaintingcontainsaHimalayanlandscapewheresomeoneisplaying
thefluteunder atreeinblossomwithmajesticsnow-coveredmountainsinthebackdrop.
• YtravelledaroundtheworldandspenthislastdaysinHimachalPradesh,India.Itissaidthatthe
artworkXispaintedbyhimduringhislastdayslivingthere,stronglyinfluencedbySouthAsian
religion.
• IdentifyXandY
½ + ½
23. 8
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• AccordingtoDharmashastra,whenthecommonIndiantraditionaldressSareewasmade,it
wasspecificallydesignedforwomentosavetheirdignity,despitethefactthatitwasmadeto
savetheirwomanhoodfromcheapmen,aparticularbodypartremainedopen.
• Thoughthishasbecomeacommonjokethatitcoversallthecoverablebodypartsexceptthis
particularareawhichattractstheoppositegender, inspiteofit’sinitialobjective.
• SoaccordingtoDharmashashtra,whythatbodypartremainsuncovered?
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9
• StevenBlakeCrowderisanAmerican-
Canadianconservativepoliticalcommentator,media
host,actorandstandupcomedian.HehostsLouderwith
Crowder,adailypoliticalpodcastandYouTubechannel,
whichincludesarecurringsegmentcalled“X”.
• Wenormallyseehimsmilingwithacupof drinkinhishand,
sittinginfrontofatablewithaposterwhichhaswrittena
challengeonit.
• Whyhehasbecamesosensationalinthepop-cultworld
whichmadeusargumentativeagainsthim?
25. 10
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• PuroBlancoisaColombianclothingbrandstartedbyMichael
Blanco.Blancostartedthisbrandinthememoryofhis
infamousmother.Justidentifyhisinfamousmotherwhowas
assassinated.
• Alsogivemethenameofhismother’sanothersonfromher
firsthusbandwhosenamerecallsthenameofanAmerican
technologycompanywhichprovidesfoodserviceaswellto
consumers.
26. 11
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• HarmoniaRosalesisanAfro-CubanAmericanartistwhousuallyworksasaclassicalpainterdepicting
womenandpeopleofcolourassumingrolesofpowerandbeautyinexquisiteimaginingsof ancient
myths,Afro-CubanCultureandRenaissancepaintings.Shethoughtthattherewasahugeamountof
racismandsexisminfamouspaintingssoshedecidedtopaintblackwomeninfamouspaintings.The
nexttwovisualsaretwoof hermostfamousworks.
• Namebothoftheactualpaintings.
27. 11
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53. 1
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• On24May2020,severalactivistsof BajrangDaldestroyedatemporarychurchbuiltfora
particulareventinKerala.Theeventconveysaboutatailorandabouthisfatherwhoonceused
tobeaheroinhisparticularfield.ArenownedIndiannonbankingcompanylaunchedtheir
“Minnatelife”campaigntocelebratethisoccation.
• Whichevent/whomamItalkingabout?Namethecompanyalso
½ + ½