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RULES:

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30 questions. 50 points. 3 sections of question.

Answers should be phonetically correct. Minor spelling variations are

allowed .

Blanks are indicative of number of letters in a word.

Starred questions will decide a tie. They are mentioned before each

section.

Section 1

Total 15 questions. 1 question carry 1 point each.

Section 2

Total 14 questions. 1 question carry 2 points each.

Part points are allowed.

Section 3

1 question. 7 variables. Total 7 points.

SECTION 1

15 questions.

1 question carry 1 point each.

1, 5, 10 and 15 are starred questions.

1. He is one of the most famous musician of India. On 20th December, 1995,

while he was busy in the shooting of his TV serial The Awake i g , he

wrote a song to perform in a meeting on 27th December, 1995 on the

request of Bijit Saikia and Alam at Hotel Luit, Tezpur. This sketch by him is

found along with the song in his official pad.

Which song?

Ei Prithibi Ek Krirangan by Dr. Bhupen Hazarika

Theme song of Guwahati SAF Games 2016.

2. This is a song called "The Surrender" sung by two famous Manipuri singers,

Roshibina, and Sando. The so g s like a conversation of two broken hearts, deeply

in love. Roshibina was singing in Manipuri and Sando in English.

It is based on the novel by X . The cover is a white silhouette of a Manipuri bride in

Potloi.

X received the Padma Shri in 1976, followed by Sahitya Akademi Award in 1979

for the novel (translated: The Princess and the Political Agent) based on the true

life story of a Manipuri princess, daughter of Maharaj Surchandra Singh.

X (the author) ??

The Surrender Live

The novel is

Bodo Saheb Ongbi Sanatombi

X – M.K. Binodini Devi

3. Once upon a time, a heavenly creature swallowed the moon and the whole earth

was plunged into darkness. Goddess Khuazingnu put a couple from each human

clan and representatives of each species of animals into a pit and sealed it with a

huge rock called the Chhinlung to protect them.

Some generations later, the goddess opened the mouth of the pit. Droves of

humans emerged and she closed the Chhinlung for she reasoned there were

enough people on earth. Among the people who emerged was a powerful man

named Thlanrawkpa. He was named king and to celebrate he planned to host a

feast, later to be known as the Thlanrawkpa Khuangchawi.

He, however, forgot to invite his father-in-law, Sabereka, who was furious and

caused thunderstorms that washed away all the earth of the village, leaving behind

only rock.

What tradition thus started among the Mizos ??

The legendary rain is said to be why a traditional Mizo

house is built on stilts, to avoid such calamities.

4. X was born into a family of Bangladeshi refugees. Since his father had just his tiny

sweet shop as the only source of income, he was raised with limited resources. His father

struggled to give him good education, but some how managed to send the boy to Dhaka

University to study statistics.

It was in 1985, he started working for BRAC, an international development agency based

in Bangladesh. The organisation trained him and appointed as a field officer in one of the

most poverty-stricken areas of Bangladesh.

Besides a Rs 1.75 lakh borrowed from a local moneylender at an interest rate of 7.5

percent per month, the Rs 25,000 borrowed from his sister and brother-in-law was the

only capital for his work as no commercial bank was willing to give money. In the early

days, he had only two staff members — Partha Samanta and Fatik Bera.

Who am I talking about ??

Chandra Sekhar Ghosh

(founder of Bandhan Bank)

5. He was born in 1932 in the Bombay Presidency of British India. He established an

ashram in the Chuchuyimlang village in Nagaland in 1955. At that time, the Naga

rebels and the Indian army were constantly at war and hence the militants considered

any "Indian" as a "spy" and they warned villagers not to shelter or aid him.

During his stay in Nagaland, he has been attacked and threatened by insurgents several

times to leave the state. Jawaharlal Nehru had encouraged him to stay in the village and

to continue his work; Nehru also allotted funds to promote his initiatives. Due to his

efforts, an extension centre of National Institute of Electronics and Information

Technology was started in Chuchuyimlang village in 2006.

For these tireless efforts for the people of Nagaland, he is called Nagala d s ______ .

FITB.

Nagala d s Gandhi.

He is Natwar Thakkar.

6. The poem, Vir Ko Parichay (Hallmark of the Brave), contributed by a then

unknown X , was published in the local weekly Kanchendzonga in 1968. This

was his first published poem.

He wrote three volumes of poetry namely Early Poems (Praumbhik

Kavitaharu), Perennial Dream: My Reality and Mo Ko Hun (originally in

Nepali, consists of 41 poems composed and written by him between 1986-

92).

X ??

Pawan Chamling Kiran / Pawan K Chamling

He is the Chief Minister of Sikkim. He is the longest standing Chief

Minister and has won the legislative assembly elections for 5

terms in a row and will

be completing 25 years

of governance by the next

legislative elections, (2019)

creating a political history

in India.

7. This was a propaganda film produced by the American Office of War

Information. The movie was narrated by Ronald Reagan. Here is a clip

showing a scene about the Chindits . It is the story

of Scots, Irish, English, Americans, Africans, Indians,

and Chinese working together to win the war, and

that they are now ready to work together to win a

peaceful post war world as well.

Name the movie.

The chindits clip ronald reagan

The Stilwell Road

8. They, also known as the Mizo, the Kuki, the Chin, the Zomi and a number

of other names, are a large group of related Tibeto-Burman tribal peoples

spread throughout the northeastern states of India, northwestern Myanmar

(Burma), and the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. After the British

Colonizer ruled over India for a hundred years and Burma for fifty years; they

started invading the country from different corners and at last, the British

divided the country with the people living therein into different segments.

Attempts were made to come to an agreement, and all of them failed. And

then, this organization was formed. R Thangmawia, head of the organization,

was found dead in a Geneva hotel on July 20 last year.

Name the organization.

ZoRO - Zo Reunification Organization/ZOROLAND

9. Lai Haraoba is celebrated in honor of the sylvan deities known as

Umang Lai, the festival represents the worship of traditional deities

and ancestors. In this festival, Marjing, the god of a local tribe in

the correspondent state is offered ertai thi gs . The festival also

has a sequence dealing with the search of bride on the part of

Maibi with the help of the thing. Also the Maibis performs a unique

dance form with this thing in hand.

What does the god represent ??(image in the next slide)

Polo/ Sagol Kangjei They offered polo mallet and bamboo root to Lord Marjing.

10. X is a Nepali traditional home-made, sweet, ring-shaped rice

bread/doughnut. It is mostly prepared during Tihar, a widely

celebrated Hindu festival in Nepal and Sikkim. It is made of rice flour with

adding customized flavours. It is customary for the groom to gift a bucket full

of freshly fried X s to the ride s parents during marriage. Also when the

bride visits her other s house and returns back to her hus a d s house, she

should carry a thumsey(local name for bamboo basket) full of fresh X s. This

tradition, in Nepali language, is known as Pani roti . Though a food made

during festivals, it is also used by the local people as sources of income.

X ??

Sel Roti

11. Popular film actor late Bijoy Sankar acted in this iconic song. Since Bijoy Sankar was

not giving his confirmation for a long time whether he would act or not in this song

that had drunken scenes, this situation compelled director to take advice from Biju

Phukan for alternative. Biju Phukan told director Samarendra Narayan Dev that except

Bishnu Khargharia there was no any alternative for that song. Director then sent a

telegram to Bishnu Khargharia and called immediately to location. Bishnu Khargharia

thought that since Biju Phukan and Deuti Barua were there in the location, that was

better to go there. He came. He stayed there for 4 days. He even heard this song so

many times so that he could express required mood during acting. He did rehearsals

too for this song. It was night time. This song was to shoot on next day morning. But

suddenly Bijoy Sankar arrived there. This situation compelled director to think again.

Ultimately Bijoy Sankar acted in this song and Bishnu Khargharia was given a role of a

ill s manager.

Which song ??

Dinor Pohor Rangchangia

Dinor pohor, film - aranya

12. Born in the small village of Hnahthial in Mizoram, X is an Indian footballer

who currently plays for Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League.

He scored the only goal in a win against Afghanistan in the SAFF Cup group stage

match in Bangladesh. He led the Indian U19 team to the South Asian games in Sri

Lanka. In the last group stage match he scored a hat-trick against Pakistan in a 5–1 win. He also scored four goals in his first three senior appearances for

the Indian national football team.

He was the highest Indian scorer in ISL 2014 and second highest scorer in ISL

2015 (after Sunil Chettri).

X ??

Jeje Lalpekhlua

13. This is a photograph

of the Comilla Branch of

the Tripura Royal Family.

The person standing at

the middle (top row) is

Nabadwipchandra

(surname not mentioned

due to some reason), a

noted Indian sitarist and

Dhrupad singer.

Id the person (his son)

whose face is being

circled.

Sachin Dev Burman

14. Playwin is run by the Sikkim government. Established in November

2001, it has operations in many Indian towns and promoted by the Essel

Group through Pan India Network Infravest Ltd.

Playwin has five lotto games:

Jaldi 5 , Jaldi 5 Double +, Thunderball, Thursday Super and Saturday Super.

What is Playwi s significance in Indian business ??

I dia s first o li e lottery

15. The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-

states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the

course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece. This battle has

remained an icon of western civilization ever since it was fought. The movies The

300 Spartans (1962) and 300 (2007) were based on the events during and close to

the time of the battle. Simonides, a Greek lyric poet, wrote the following lines in

memory of the Spartans :

Oh stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that

we lie here, trusting their words

An English classicist, dramatist and poet was inspired by this to write four such

stanzas. A misquotation of one of them can be found in a certain place in North

East India. Which place ??

The War Cemetery in Kohima, which commemorates the fallen of

the Battle of Kohima in April 1944.

SECTION 2

14 questions.

1 question carry 2 points each. Part points are allowed.

1, 5 and 10 are starred questions. Both parts should be

answered correctly for consideration of breaking a tie.

1. X is in league with the other significant writers of our century- Gabriel Garcia

Marquez, R.K. Narayan, O.B. Vijayan in whom the place which they create, itself

grows into protagonist. In Marquez it is Macondo; in R.K. Narayan we have the

Malgudi; in O.B. Vijayan we have the tales of Khasak, and in X, we have ________.

________ is the Gauripur of the mid twentieth century, the hometown of X.

________ had Rajabahadur, the zamindar, village priest Gagan Thakur; nonchalant

tabla ustad Paresh Ghosh alias Felubabu, temperamental homeopath practitioner

Dinesh Doctor, the astrologer Satya Ganak; Chandra Seal, the biri company dancer;

thatched and bamboo house making expert Parashu Dafadar, ill tempered Keval

mama; ever happy tea stall owner Ramprasad; freaky Atapjan Pagli; singing

mendicant Sadhubaba, etc.

(a) Who is X ?? (1 point)

(b) Fill in the blanks. (1 point)

X - Sheelabhadra

Blank - Madhupur

2. Jaswant Singh Rawat was an Indian soldier who won the Maha Vir Chakra

posthumously.

According to a popular local story, it was the final phase of the Sino-Indian war in

November, 1962. Even as his company was asked to fall back, he remained at his post

and held back Chinese soldiers for three days assisted by two local Monpa girls named

X and Y . They set up weapons at separated spots and maintained a volume of fire

that made Chinese think they were opposed by a body of troops. But finally Chinese

soldiers got the trick and attacked in force, X died in a grenade burst, Y was

captured and Jaswant shot himself with his last cartridge when he realized that he was

about to be captured. To mark the tragic story, two places in Arunachal Pradesh are

named after the two monpa girls X and Y .

X and Y ?? (1 and 1 point each)

X - Sela/ Sela Pass

Y -Nura/Nuranang Falls

3. The band X derives its name from a cinema hall in the city. The band is

known for its revolutionary lyrics and folk music against the Armed Forces

Special Powers Act.

This song called Eche by the band was released in 2010 and was based on

Y .

(a) Name the band (X). (1 point)

(b) Whom the song is based on?? (Y) (1 point)

Eche mp3

X - Imphal Talkies

Y - Irom Sharmila Chanu

4. She(depicted in the painting) was a talented

artist and dancer lived in a hill, on the bank of

the river Brahmaputra.

He(the artist of the painting) was also a

talented artist and dancer. Without him the

scenario of Assamese culture is incomplete.

(a) Who is she ?? (1 point)

(b) Who is he ?? (1 point)

She- Chitralekha.

He- Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha.

5. On 27th April, 1901, X gave a historic speech at Shillong, which was his last

public appearance. In April, 1901, X visited the then undivided Assam from

Dhaka. From Assam, X sanctified the city of Shillong. During that time his health

deteriorated considerably and in order to improve his physical condition he visited

Shillong on an invitation of Y . X stayed in the house of Rai Saheb Kailash

Chandra Das at Laban, which is now known as La a House . About the place, X

said, I a o k s life, taking pilgrimages is their duty. And so he came to Shillong

via Kamakhya. Moreover, in a place where there is a person like Y that place itself

becomes a pilgrimage. Y is a person who understands I dia s problems very well

and wants its betterment. The Laban house where X stayed has gone on to

become a major pilgrimage site for visitors and tourists.

Identify X and Y (1 and 1 point)

X - Swami Vivekananda Y - Henry Cotton

6. Gaipajama is a fictional Indian principality located in British India. The

principality is located between 100 and 200 kilometres north of Delhi. The ruler of

Gaipajama is the Maharaja of Gaipajama.

The principality has a palace, the Royal Palace of Gaipajama. The palace as well

the principality appears in two books in a long series, say X . The protagonist, in

the first one, leaves Egypt and visits this place, and in the second book, he leaves

from there to China.

The palace was modelled after Y .

(a) Which series ?? (X) (1 point)

(b) After which was it modelled ?? (Y) (1 point)

X – Tintin (Cigar of the Pharaoh and

The Blue Lotus)

Y – Ujjayanta Palace, Tripura

7. The person, who established X , went to the 5th Dalai Lama.

When he sat down, Dalai Lama drew blood from his nose, and with

the help of five fingers, he drew the picture of Y in Kaw and

Thanka scroll. The painting was enclosed in a copper tube. Its

mouth was sealed with Dalai Lama with his own seal. He then

wrapped it in a silk cloth, sealed it and handed it over to the

person. Dalai Lama asked him to establish X and keep the sealed

scroll depicting Y in X .

(a) What was established ?? (X) (1 point)

(b) What did he draw ?? (Y) (1 point)

X - Tawang Monastery

Y - Goddess Kali

8. This is a song from the Bengali movie Har Har Byomkesh,

based on Saradindu Ba dopadhyay s thriller Banhi Patanga.

Now, this song is a bhajan, in which the singer X pays

tribute to a Bengali film personality Y by recreating a

scene from one of his famous movie based on Byomkesh

Bakshi.

(a) Who is the singer ?? (X) (1point)

(b) Which personality ?? (Y) (1 point)

Visual follows

Chain kaha

prabhu bina mp3

X - Kalpana Patowary

Y - Satyajit Ray

The movie is Chiriakhana.

9. This is a picture of some tribal women weaving some containers out of

bamboo. This is one of the few states in North East India where these are

made out of bamboos. The use of these objects and the strict measures

associated with their use makes the place famous.

(a)What are these ?? (1 point)

(b)Name the place! (1 point)

Dustbins for garbage disposal.

Mawlynnong – the cleanest village/place in Asia.

10. It is a paper cut of a historical news in the sports scenario of Assam.

Assa s win over Orissa in this match is one of the important milestone in

the particular sport. For that day, he (in the paper cut) is the hero for Assam.

(a)Give me the importance of this 1953 match. (1 point)

(b) Name the Hero ?

(1 point)

First win of Assam in a Santosh Trophy football Match.

Nip Baruah(The Hero), who scored the only goal for Assam.

11. It is a famous legend in Arunachal Pradesh. Commonly known as Grep-

fut, the Arunachalis have attributed it with a human face, a long nose,

glittering eyes and a conical forehead. It supposedly has short yellowish-

brown hair all over the body, but the hair on its head stands erect; it can

run with tremendous speed from hill to hill and has a shrill cry.

They are monsters in the long-running science fiction television series X .

They first appeared in the 1967 serial The Abominable Snowmen. They

then returned in the 1968 serial The Web of Fear.

(a) What am I talking about ?? (1 point)

(b) Name X . (1 point)

Yeti

X – Doctor Who

12. This is one of the famous temple of Manali, dedicated to X . It is

the only major temple dedicated to X in India. This temple is built

around a cave where X performed meditation. X was supposed

to have lived here with her brother and not much is known about

their parents. But tradition states that X belongs to (the) great

Bamun family of Nalbari, Assam.

The first capital of a north-eastern kingdom is named after X .

(a) Identify X . (1 point)

(b) Name the place. (1 point) (image in the next slide)

X - Hidimba

And the place is Dimapur, the first capital of Dimasa

Kachari Kingdom.

13. The Nongkrem dance Festival is an extremely popular religious festival celebrated

in the state of Meghalaya. The festival is generally celebrated in the month of

November. It lasts for about five days during the autumn season amidst chilling

winters. It is the most popular festival for the inhabitants of Khasi hills. The most

important part of Nongkrem dance Festival is the ritual of Pemblang

ceremony, which is performed by the Syiem of Khyrim along with the high priest. It

refers to the sacrifice of an animal. The priest then offers an oblation to X ; by

sacrificing a cock. The offerings are made to the ancestors of the ruling clan.

(a) Identify X . (1 point)

(b) What is supposedly named after X ??

(1 point)

X – Leishyllong

Shillong is named after him.

14. In the history of journalism in Assam, the first ever

newspaper edited by a woman is X . It was edited by the

first woman graduate of Kachar Jotshna Chandra. Later she

became Assam Legislative Assembly member. She was an

ardent follower of the person who named the newspaper.

The person was fond of her and also encouraged her to

publish X .

(a) Name X ?? (1 point)

(b) Who named the newspaper ?? (1 point)

X is Vijayini(বিজবিনী)

The person is Rabindranath Tagore

SECTION 3

1 questions. 7 variables.

1 variable carry 1 point each. Total 7 points.

1. A is one of the first and finest musician of Assam. In 1888 he

published his book Gitawoli ,a collection of Assamese songs. He is

the first Assamese to use western notation of Assamese music. His

son is also famous, whose real name is same with a Hindu

mythological character, But become famous with the name B . He is

famous for the role C in the movie D , for which he became the

first Assamese to do so. E is the daughter of B and she is culturally

very active and she is married to F , who is also a famous musician.

F loves G so much that few months ago, G became a national

issue due to F s love towards G .

Solve for all the variables.

A- Laxmiram Baruah

B- Phunu Baruah (Parashurama)

C- Gadapani

D- Joymoti

E- Subhalaxmi Baruah

F- Amjad Ali Khan

G- The Ga ga ( Kha s Sarod)

Thank you!