This person is Chandranath Bandyopadhyay, who was better known by his pen name Kakababu. He was a Bengali writer, journalist and humorist, best known for creating the fictional character of Byomkesh Bakshi, the Bengali Sherlock Holmes.
Question 34:
• Xworks as the CEO of McCann World group as we better know X for his
prolific contribution in the field of arts, literature and advertising that has
also helped him to be awarded with Padma Shri in 2015. X own the Filmfare
award for three times for the films like Bhaad Milkha Bhaag and Fanaa. X is
a two time National Award Winner for Chittagong and Taare Zameen Par. X
was part of the select three-member Core Creative Advisory Committee for
the Commonwealth Games 2010 opening and closing ceremonies, with
Shyam Benegal and Javed Akhtar. X is appointed in the supreme designation
of a non-profit organization Y recently that has enabled all the film
industries and the filmoholoics of India to take a deep sign of relief. ID X
and Y. (I want the specific name of Y)
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Answer: Sheriff ofKolkata
• The Sheriff of Kolkata does not have any administrative power but can take
affirmative action in the development and prosperity of city. The Sheriff
ranks just below the Mayor and presides over various city-related functions
and conferences and is in charge of receiving foreign guests of the
government. Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata are the only cities in India to
maintain the post of Sheriff. In the early years the Sheriff of Calcutta was
the executive arm of the judiciary and responsible for the provision of
jurors, the safe custody of prisoners and the seizure of goods. From the mid
1800s the power of the position was gradually reduced until it became
today's ceremonial post.
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Question 38:
• C.S.Lewis is a British novelist who was very fond of depicting non-linear
stories of medieval Europe in his novels. This Oxford Alumni used to write
about social norms and biblical passages with his Anti-Renaissance attitude.
The grave pity of WWII devastated him as he focused himself to find a path
for escapism through novels for children. Henceforth, he wrote a series of five
novels about a Utopian place that can procure a remedy for the pity injustice
called war. The books were used by Andrew Adamson to create the
blockbuster hit fantasy adventure in 2005 and the success inspired him to make
two sequels of the series. The Silver Chain and The Magician's Nephew are the
upcoming movies in this series. Liam Neeson voices for the main non-human
character of this film series. Just name the imaginary place or the film series.
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Question 39:
• Xaspired to be a doctor but later joined IMA in 1932 and that aided later as X
received honours like Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan. During action in
World War II, X was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. But all the Indians
should remember X for the role played in the decision making process in 1971
Indo-Pak War. Following X’s strategy, the army launched several preparatory
operations in East Pakistan including training and equipping the Mukti Bahini. X
helped in making wise decisions in consultation with Indira Gandhi as X directly
said no to her order to start war immediately. X urged for permission to prepare
conflict on X’s term with assurance of triumph to prevent wastage of life and
resources as X had only 12 combat ready tanks on that day and the Himalayan
passes were soon to be flooded to spoil all the efforts of the Indian army.
Identify X.
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Question 40:
• Xis a literary character who lives at Sardar Sankar Road,
Lake Market, Kalighat, Kolkata. X is the friend of the
father of the main protagonist as they were neighbours in
their ancestral place in Bangladesh. We have seen
Harindranath Chatterjee, Ajit Banerjee and Haradhan
Banaerjee to play this character on screen. However, the
enhancing tech-savvyness of the protagonist has raised
questions about the relevance of the existance of X in
recent cinematic presentations. Identify X.
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Answer: Colonial Controversy
•The Congo province was a colony of Belgium as the nearby placed were all
occupied by the European super powers like Spain, France, Portugal and
Great Britain. Herge depicted the territory with their colonial names as that
incurred sheer controversies as he changed those parts in the colour edition
in 1946.
• As example: Tintin said in a village school: “Lets learn something about your
country, Belgium and its history. Later in this colour edition, he changed that
part like this, “Boys and girls, I am going to teach you Mathematics today”.
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31.
Question 42: Identifythe singer
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Question 44:
• Xis the only English football player to win Golden Boot in 1986 World Cup
in Mexico. X is also the only player to win Golden Boot in EPL with three
different clubs that are Leicester City, Spurs and Everton. In X’s 461 club
football appearance and 80 international appearances, X never received a
yellow or red card. X played a massive role to invest gargantuan money to
save Leicester City from bankruptcy. There is a snack food on X’s name in
England. After retirement, X involved in humanitarian works like advocacy
for refugees through the media. X works as chief presenter of BT Sports
and The Sunday Telegraph. Apart from that, X hosts a television show for
philanthropic purpose as X also made a cameo appearance in Bend It Like
Beckham. Who is X?
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Question 45:
• BhoyonkorSundor is the first published novel of Kakababu by
Sunil Ganguly. The entire storyline took place in Kashmir valley.
In this story, Kakababu was said to be in search of mines of
Brimstone. The place of research was Wangath Nala, an
important place of the Silk Route. What historic sensation was
Kakababu finding in real? Though he discovered that thing but
lost that in river forthwith.
• Hint: The discovery of the historically important thing could
reveal the Face of a Faceless man who have a major dominance
in Indian and Chinese history but no one knows how he did look
like as there are no believable Faces available till date.
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Answer: Denise TheMenace
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52.
Question 47:
• Xhails from Kalna of Burdwan district and currently pursuing
undergraduate course in History honours from Serampore College.
Previously, Arati Saha was the youngest Indian to cross English Channel in
19 years of age whereas X achieved this unique feat with 50 days remaining
to complete 19. The journey was not easy as X’s father had to mortgage their
house to arrange approx. 11 lakhs rupees for starting the journey towards
their dream. Y was the coach of X until Y’s death in 2015 as X dedicated the
success to Y. Y was another famous Indian swimmer who could not cross
English Channel due to financial problems but managed to cross Strait of
Gibraltar as the first physically disabled person in the world. Identify X and
Y.
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Question 50:
• Xwas closed in 2012 after a long period of 219 years of
detention centre and prison services. After that, it was reopened
with new unique services on 2016. X was inaugurated on 5th of
June by Home Minister Naini Narasimha Reddy of Telengana. X
is first of its kind in India whereas in Europe, Kaiserslautern, HI-
Ottawa, Langholmen, Katajanokka and Four Seasons Sultanahmet
are very popular with their unique service features. Identify X and
the new attribute that can only be availed at this place in the
country.
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Answer: Jules VerneRestaurant at Eifel Tower
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Question 52:
• Xis a small and remote village between Chhatna of Bankura and Sirjam of
Purulia. It is gaining popularity gradually as a weekend travel destination for
the serenity lovers of urban area. Years ago, X used to be a place of rough
soil, small hills and deep forest with variety of wild lives and mere number
of dwellers. But, after the release of Charmurti in 1978, X became popular
for the shooting parties as directors like Tapan Sinha, Utpal Dutta and Raja
Sen used the beautiful location. In recent years, Vikramaditya Motwane and
Raj Chakraborty were also at X to shoot scenes of their movies. Id X.
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Answer: Shob Bhuture,Birsa Dasgupta
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Question 55:
• Xwas born on today i.e. 8th September in the year 1956 in Kolkata. X made
his debut in the year 1987 as Gora in a Doordarshan serial made from a story
by Samaresh Majumder. X made his movie debut in Tapan Sinha’s Antardhan
in 1992. Apart from X’s identical character, the movies like Sweth Patharer
Thala, Mahulbanir Sereng, The Nameshake, Dil Se had brought wide
recognition to X. A small but impactful role of a thief in ‘Daamu’ had
brought the Press Club Cine Award to X. X is associated with Charbak
Theatre group since 1983 whereas we have also seen X to play Amal Som,
the mentor of Arjun in the movie Kalingpong-E-Sitahoron. Identify X.
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Question 57:
• Inthe year 1980, Illayaraja was re-recording the soundtrack of Moodupani
which was inspired from Psycho. Just before few months of release date, his
original keyboardist used to come drunk at the studio and henceforth he was
fired by Illayaraja. He was in great peril for completing the recording within
scheduled time when a friend advised him with a probable replacement to
compensate the loss. Hence, a great thing happened for the first time ever in
the history of Indian music. What did happen?
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Answer: 2001: ASpace Odyssey
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95.
Question 59:
• AjobDeshe Amala= Alice In the Wonderland
• Swarpadebir Guha= Mysteries of Snake Goddess
• Jader Nam-e Sobai Voy Pay= Names Feared by All
• Raja Kong-er Desh= King Kong
• Adrishyo Manush= The Invisible Man
• Sundorboner Manush Bagh= Robin Hood
• Manusher Gora Doityo = Frankenstein
• Bisalgorer Dushshason= ????????
Non-exhaustive list of transcreated literary works by Hemendra Kumar Roy
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Answer: Talent byChandril Bhattacharjee
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101.
Question 61:
• OlegGeorgievich Gazenko (December 12, 1918 – November 17,
2007) was a general officer in the Air Force and the former director of
the Institute of Biomedical Problems. He was also elected as the
president of the All-Union Physiological Society named Pavlov in
1987, and retired the following year with the rank of lieutenant-general
in the medical services of the Air Force. A deputy of his country from
1989-1991, he was a member of the Committee on Science and
Education. In a statement made in 1998, for playing a prominent role
in what did he lament in the following language: “The more time
passes, the more I’m sorry about it. We shouldn’t have done it. We did
not learn enough from that to justify the incident”?
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Answer: Sending Laikato space in Sputnik 2,
knowing that she would never come back
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104.
Question 62:
• StephenHunt is a retired Irish international footballer
who played as a left midfielder or left back. Apart from
making 39 appearances for the national team, he also
played club football for Brentford, Crystal Palace,
Reading, Hull City, Wolverhampton Wanderers and
Coventry City. Playing for Reading at the Madejski
Stadium on 14 October 2006, a certain ‘action’ of his
within the first minute of a league match against Chelsea,
resulted in what lasting influence to the world of soccer?
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Answer: It wasdue to a dangerous collision with Reading midfielder
Stephen Hunt that resulted in Petr Cech wearing a Rugby head gear
for the rest of his career.
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Question 63:
• RudyardKipling once said in an interview: “This thing is probably the most
astonishing aspect in the map of India. If you look clearly, you will see it like
a subtle thread of cotton ranging from the far east of Chittagong to the far
west beyond the Hindukush range. It works as the lifeline of India for more
than two millennia”. He also wrote a novel called ‘Kim’ based on the
backdrop of The Great Game, the political conflict between Russia and
Britain in Central Asia. This novel has a great account of the ______ as the
author depicted it as a prior thing to be captured by both the forces to
impose dominance on politics, business and social economy of the Indian
subcontinent and adjacent territories. What is that thing?
• (Hint: Probably every person in this auditorium has come across that thing)
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