4. *Q-2. X wrote only one opera, Fidelio, a fiercely
humanistic opera. He worked on it for 11 years,
revising it over and over again. It was produced in
1805. ID X.
6. Q-3.
Originally a sleepy mining town, X became
famous in India in owing to its connection with
a nationally broadcast radio service Y.
A large number of song requests on the Y
programmes would come from X. Young
listeners from this town would compete among
themselves to send out the most song requests
in a day or month.
Identify X and Y.
8. *Q-4. X was a leading politician and
Journalist. X was publishing leading
newspapers from Lucknow. He was an alumni
of London School of Economics.
X married Y in 1942.
Y's father opposed their marriage and
approached Z to dissuade the young couple
but to no avail.
Both the sons of X are immortalized in
Mumbai.
Identify X, Y, Y's father and Z.
12. *Q-6. "Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne,
and I have founded empires. But on
what did we rest the creations of our
genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ
founded his empire upon love; and at
this hour millions of men would die for
him. "
Identify the speaker.
15. Eric Hollies - an English cricketer, who is
remembered for taking the wicket of Don
Bradman for a duck when 4 runs were
required by him to have a test average of
100.
Don Bradman is
bowled for a duck
by Eric Hollies
16. Q-8.
Schindler’s List
Letters from Iwo Jima
Saving Private Ryan
The Colour Purple
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Munich
Close encounters of the Third Kind
The Sugarland Express
(An in-exhaustive list)
All these movies have been directed by?
18. *Q-9. Apart from being our independence
day, 15th August is also the birth day of a
very eminent philosopher, teacher and
freedom fighter. Name him.
20. Q-10. X originated when ingredients for the
production of Coca-Cola became difficult to import
into Nazi Germany during World War II. As a
result, Max Keith, the man in charge of Coca-Cola
Deutschland during the Second World War, decided to
create a new product for the German market, using
only ingredients available in Germany at the
time, including ’whey’ and ’pomace’ – the "leftovers of
leftovers", as Keith later recalled. The name was the
result of a brief brainstorming session, which started
with Keith exhorting his team to "use their
imagination" , to which one of his salesmen, Joe
Knipp, immediately retorted “X!”