Test Your Knowledge_5

Test Your Knowledge_5

QUESTIONS

01. In 1991, a fire-accident burnt down "Star Theatre"—an old theatre in Calcutta. In the same year, in a separate fire-accident, the priceless historical collection of a company was gutted in Calcutta. What is the company/institution? And what sort of collection it had?
02. Considered among the most influential personalities in the Bombay film industry, this gentleman's name means "new happiness" as his year of birth also saw the conclusion of a major war. Who is being referred to?
03. What is the common characteristic between Drona, Dhristadyumna, Jarasandha and Sita?
04. Which Indian revolutionary was a founding member of the Mexican Communist Party?
05. Name the state in India that does not have a public seat at the Lok Sabha.
06. Who is the director of the Indian film that won the award for Best Film Live Action 6–12 category in the 2005 Kids for Kids festival, Naples? What is the name of the film in English and in vernacular language?
07. During World War II, Country A was under the colonial rule of Country B. Country B was at war with Country C. Faced with attack from C, B had to withdraw from A. Now, in A, there was a freedom struggle going on to free the country from B. The leader of this struggle was Person D. So when C drove B out of A, D welcomed C as its deliverer and joined his forces with C’s armies. But C treated A so badly that within a couple of years, D switched sides and allied himself with B once again. The Country A got its freedom a few years after WWII. Name A, B, C and D.
08. Once when a soldier said 'I'm proud be in the Forgotten Army', which army he was referring to.
09. Which actor turned politician was also a nominee for a Nobel prize?
10. Who was the first actor in India to get elected as a member of LokSabha, from which place and which year?

ANSWERS

01. Bourne & Shepherd Photographic studio, established by Samuel Bourne and Charles Shepherd. It contained lots of Raj era photos.
02. Naushad
03. All had unnatural births. Sita was got from a furrow when ploughing a field, daughter of earth; Drona was born a brahmin, son of sage Bharadwaja, in modern day Dehradoon (a modification of dehra-dron, a clay pot), which implies that he was not gestated in a womb, but outside the human body in a Droon (earth pot); Drupada aka Drishtadyumna was got from doing a yagnam, born out of the fire. Jarasandha was born in two halves in 2 mothers. Each half was dead and were thrown away. A rakshasi named Jara collected the 2 pieces and joined those. That's why the name: Jara sandha.
04. M. N. Roy (Manabendra Nath Roy (21 March 1887 – 26 January 1954))
05. Mizoram ("land of the hill people")
06. Sahiful Mandal, for "We are"/"Aamra".
07. A is Burma; B is British Empire; C is Japan and D is Aung San and the Burmese National Army.
08. The British Fourteenth Army
09. Jayalalitha. She is a nominee for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
10. Kongara Jaggayya (also transliterated as Jaggaiah). He was an MP from Ongole.