Re quizzition 2012 prelims
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Prelims
Dr. Ambik Majumdar, well-versed in musical notations, adapted the notations to the song while another Indian played it on the piano. The final version was given
to Dr. Eigel kruettge, the conductor of the radio symphony orchestra of
Hamburg, who made minor changes to it before coming up with the final piece. What was thus done for the first time?
QUESTION 1
Painting by Fournier. There are many stories to how the person being cremated died – his boat sank, or it capsized, he was killed for political reasons, attacked by pirates, etc. Who?
QUESTION 2
QUESTION 2
Which term was introduced by Wilford E. Deming, in one of his articles, for the magazine “The
American Cinematographer” ? [Hint : The term was basically a
portmanteau of two words]
QUESTION 3
QUESTION 4
Which event sparked the set up of The Astronomical Society of India, in
1910, with 192 members from all over Calcutta?
If the El Classico involves Real Madrid and Barcelona, whom does the ‘O Classico’ involve?
*QUESTION 5
When Alexander The Great’s army invaded India what did they
refer to as “Honey-filled bamboos” ?
QUESTION 6
Sir, your profile of Satyajit Ray (Aug 9) states that I “Prompted” him to take
action against the producers of E.T for lifting ideas from the 1967 screenplay, The
Alien (co-authored by my then partner , Mike Wilson). I wrote to Ray pointing out
some striking parallels between the two screenplays
and suggesting that he contact Spielberg. My chief concern – and Ray’s – was
that he might be accused of plagiarism, if The Alien was
ever made.
Who wrote this letter (beside)?
QUESTION 7
If
New York city = Gotham
Hiawatha, Kansas = _____________ ?
QUESTION 8
Fill in the blank (exhaustive list in all probability)
Ron Barassi (football player)Dick Reynolds (football player)
Leigh Matthews (football player)Haydn Bunton, Sr. (football player)
Don Bradman (cricket player)Keith Miller (cricket player)Bill Ponsford (cricket player)Dennis Lillee (cricket player)
______________________Betty Cuthbert (track and field)
Shirley Strickland (track and field)
QUESTION 9
He is an air-force pilot by profession and works under the name Flight
Lieutenant W. Wales. He took his first overseas military tour to Mt. Pleasant air base, Falkland islands in February
2012. Who are talking about ?
*QUESTION 10
X is a ‘chief happiness officer’ by profession since 2003 and is the
second most recognizable character in the world, only after Santa Claus. His friends include the Hamburglar, Grimace, Birdie the Early Bird, and The Fry Kids. Identify X? (Only the correct name will fetch full points)
QUESTION 11
According to an advertisement, dated 27th Magh, 1279 (according to the
Bengali calendar), from the Manomohan Basu edited magazine
Madhyastha, something happened for the first time as a part of that year’s Chaitra/Paus Mela. This was the first ever specimen of something that has now become an indispensible part of
our city-calendar. What was it the first specimen of ?
QUESTION 12
Born on 10 March 1985, an outspoken political figure. He considers himself a socialist and is a friend of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. He started his
career in Italy in 2003. But later he faced a controvery in 2007 and
disqualified for a quite a bit of time. Presently he is again climbing upwards
in his career. Who?
QUESTION 13
What is unique about the first series of books by Janet Evanovich where
Stephanie Plum is the main character, the first book of the series being
“One for the Money”?
QUESTION 14
In Sweden, every year only ten applications, to move graves, are accepted.
When X’s daughter applied for X wife’s grave to be moved from its original site to
a place beside X’s grave in 2007, the quotas were already fulfilled. Eventually X-wife’s grave was moved but she had to be
buried under X’s name, thus making X, officially, the only person to have two
graves under his name. In 2011, Bank of Sweden announced that 2014 onwards X's portrait will feature on the country’s 200
kronor banknote. Identify X.
*QUESTION 15
If legends are to believed, once this weapon was drawn out in battle, it
had to taste blood. If the owner couldn’t use it to kill/injure others he
would have to make himself bleed. Which weapon ?
QUESTION 16
The technique was named _________ , derived from the French word for glue by Picasso and Georges Braque in the beginning of the 20th century, and was first used at the time of the invention of paper in China, around 200 BC.
However it was later popularized by the Japanese calligraphers, who used it while writing their poems. Nowadays though the
technique is not quite related to poem writing, but a common phenomenon in another field. Fill
in the blank.
QUESTION 17
Which person along with two of his daughters authored “The Meat Free Monday Cookbook” as a part of the Meat-
Free Monday Campaign?
QUESTION 18
This Car company was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company by Sir William Lyons in 1922, originally
making motorcycle sidecars before evolving into passenger cars. The name
was changed to X after the Second World War to avoid the unfavorable
connotations of the SS initials (Schutzstaffel, a major paramilitary
organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.).Identify X.?
QUESTION 19
Although native to Tibet, the large-scale
poaching of this animal is currently a major
problem in India. It is the source of a very
famous Indian product (although currently
banned). What is the product?
*QUESTION 20
Whose accounts were for the first time put to paper by his fellow prisoner, Rustichello di Pisa ?
*QUESTION 21
The ones who introduced this word seem unsure about its actual meaning but sources have confirmed that it is an Urdu word. The meaning though is still ambiguous, but the probable list of meanings include specifications like:-
• son of love
• a mad lover who starts flying.
• Lovers from two different communities (mostly religious)
QUESTION 22
What, for the first time, appeared on January 10th, 1929, in the newspaper, Le Xxe Siecle ?
QUESTION 23
QUESTION 24
The picture on your right is of a 5-inch aperture Zeiss telescope. It was given to the Rana of Nepal, in 1938, by Hitler. Later on, The Rana’s son then gave it away to X, in 1968, as a gift of a feat X had achieved. X eventually passed it on to the Himalayan Mountaineering inst. Darjeeling (Photo on the right.). Identify X.