Mind Game: Archive::QM:- Sudip Roy Part 1

1.what is the single word in Sanskrit / Bengali to describe heaven and earth together ?

2.In one of the Indian epics, One character married the girl who his cousin loved and wanted to marry. The son of the cousin however was a close ally of the uncle. Name the three.

3.Rabindranath Tagore was keen on sports like jujitsu, gymnastics.... even football, but not much is known about his liking for the game of cricket. Poet's active interest in cricket is recorded to have lasted only for 3 months in the year 1898 at the ripe age of 37 when his elder brother Satyendranath tried to initiate him to this game. however Tagore got injured in a practice session at a ground opposite his elder brother's residence in Ballygunge and that was the end of his active interest in the game. Nevertheless, in the Ashad issue of the magazine 'masik basumati', in the bengali year 1362, a story entitled 'kabigurur crickret khela' was published where Tagore was potrayed to have played a cricket match in a team called 'Tagore Wanderer's' comprising of the then bidyotjans against a team of 'princes eleven' comprising of then maharajas and princes. while Rabindranath led his team, Who in the story led the princes team ?

4.coming to word play, which cardinal number in Tamizh is synonymous to 'alongwith' in another north indian language ?

5. which surname of bengalis is shapeless and white in taamizh

ये क्रांति नहीं अब रुकनी है

जैसा मन भावन रूप तेरा ,
वैसी मन भावन बात तेरी ।
अन्ना तुझको नाम दिया ,
गाँधी का तुझे काम दिया ।

लो आज सजा फिर मंच तेरा ,
जनता बिछाती पलक पांवड़े ।
स्वागत है हे जनता जनार्दन ,
कर दो तुम सत्ता का मर्दन ।

अफसोस, नहीं हम पास तेरे ,
फिर भी हर पल हैं साथ तेरे ।
ये क्रांति नहीं अब रुकनी है ,
यहाँ विश्व की निगाहें टिकनी है ।

यह सम्राट अशोक की धरती है ,
सत्य,अहिंसा की यह जननी है ।
यहाँ गाँधी ने उपवास किया ,
और बुद्ध ने यहाँ वास किया ।

नमन तुझे है आज के गाँधी ,
आभार तेरे पथ प्रदर्शन को ।
मेरी आँखे तरस रही हैं कबसे ,
तेरा दर्शन प्रत्यक्ष करने को ।

कटिबद्ध है तेरे संग हम सब ,
जन लोकपाल को लाने को ।
बिना रक्तमय क्रांति किये ,
भारत से भ्रष्टाचार मिटाने को ।
By:Vivek Mishra

AQAD - 382

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The GuestQuiZMAster (GQM): Ayush Sinha

Q1. Identify this and when do you see this?

Q2. Put Funda.

Q3. Put Funda.

Q4. Identify the instrument.

Q5. In the Harry Potter, there are 3D animations like moving giant bird that can be touched by Harry, flying bird with horse-like feets carrying Harry. And The tri-wizard tournament dancing fireworks and many more. Anyone knows the animation software behind it?

Mind Game: Archive::QM:- Sneha Jha Part-1

1.X adopted the famous pseudonym after a stint of imprisonment ,as an anagram of the Latinized spelling of the original surname and the initial letters of 'le jeune' meaning 'the younger').The name also echoes in reverse order the syllables of the name of a family chateau, which is now a museum. The town of Ferney, where X lived out the last 20 years, is now named Ferney-X in honor of its most famous resident. Also famous are X's last words were: "Now, now, my good man, this is not the time for making enemies." Identify X.

2.Born as Angelina Yeoward, she was one of the first performers to record music on the first 78 rpm gramophone record in India. She has recorded in more than ten languages including Bengali, Hindustani, Gujarati, Tamil, Marathi, Arabic, Persian, Pushto, French, and English.She popularised light Hindustani classical music and also the technique of condensing performing the elaborate melody Hindustani classical style to just three and a half minutes. She gave her maiden performance at the royal courts of Darbhanga Raj. She was famously invited to perform at the coronation of King George V at Delhi Durbar. What is she better known as?

3.X was given the nickname Y for being as soft as silk at birth. The nick Y became popular thanks to X's father, when he named their house after Y. He also wrote a set of five different books comprising of tales from Panchatantra and named it after Y as the stories were written as narrated to X as a kid. X? Y?

4.The symbol X is a common substitute for the English word Y and is a ligature of the letters in the Latin word for Y.Through popular etymology, it has been claimed that the French physicist Ampere used X in his widely read publications, and that people began calling the new symbol "Ampere's Y". X and Y please.

5.X spent forty-five years of his life on travels away from his home. He became a buddhist monk and eventually took up Marxist Socialism. He was also an Indian nationalist, having been arrested and jailed for three years for creating anti-British writings and speeches.Although he did not have any formal education, in view of his knowledge and command over the subject, University of Leningrad appointed him Professor of Indology in 1937-38 and again in 1947-48. Identify X.

QuiZZInG for Beginner (QFB) By Srishti Jain Part -3

1. Amid a shortage of chopsticks in China, which US company has started exporting millions of traditionally eating accessories to the country?

2. Facebook’s Director of marketing ____, sister of social network’s founder Mark Zuckerberg is leaving her brother’s firm to start her own new social media firm.

3. Which company is the world’s largest maker of video game machines?

4. Which is the world’s most powerful and biggest economy?

5. Which two multinational drug majors have filed separate patent infringement cases against Hetero Drugs in two US courts?

6. Which international rating agency has downgraded the US credit ratings?

7. Which billionaire entrepreneur purchased 5.5% stake in India’s third largest mobile service provider Vodafone Essar for Rs. 2900 crore?

8. Which Japanese fashion giant is in talks with Aditya Birla Group and DLF Retail to enter the Indian Market through a joint venture?

9. Bill Gates’ which investment vehicle has become the largest shareholder in Deere and Co.,with a 5% stake?

10. Who is currently the president of rating agengy Standard and Poor’s ,and was one of the key players behind the historic downgrade of US in credit ratings?

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Olivia Wilde (right) and Emma Stone have been announced as the new faces of Revlon cosmetics. Cowboys and Aliens star Olivia and Emma - leading lady in the new Spider-Man movie - have been named global ambassadors for the brand.

AQAD - 381

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Reader's Digest Unveils Once-in-a-Lifetime Contest for U.S. Residents: Be Published to Its 30 Million Readers and Receive $25,000

It's called, "Your Life: The Reader's Digest Version." The venerable magazine is willing to shell out $25,000 if you can keep The Story of You to a crisp and compelling 150 words (words, not characters—this isn't Twitter).
The contest is a real-time version of the highly-anticipated book, Life... The Reader's Digest Version, available starting today in e-book and hardcover and the first in a series of The Reader's Digest Version books. The book is excerpted and a cover story in the September issue of Reader's Digest magazine.

Mind Game: Archive::QM:- Anindya Bhattacharjee Part-1

1. Which artform is believed to have originated time of the Ramayana, when King Janak ordered the artists in his kingdom to make beautiful paintings for the wedding of his daughter, Sita, to Lord Rama?

2. Phulkari is a style of embroidery. What is the term for a cloth which is fully covered with phulkari?

3. According to legends a demon frequently plundered this place. Terrorized by him the locals pleaded with Lord Brahma forprotection. Brahma then "pulled out of his own body", an eight armed goddess who vanquished the demon. Brought to his knees, the demon implored the goddess to take his name and built a temple in her honour. She is considered the patron of salt collectors and fishermen. Who is she/What is named after her?

4. In 1834 a committee appointed by William Bentick came up with what conclusion which was followed up by “experiments” in north Bengal and later north east?


5. In 1932 what first in the world was accomplished at the Palamau Forests after considering
a. Pug Marks
b. Length of stride.
c. Details of walk speed.
d. Surface and texture of the ground (hard or soft).
e. Information on the surrounding area.
f. Scratch marks.
g. Visual sightings.
h. Time/Date/Signature
i. Anything else considered to be of importance