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 Pandit Ravi Shankar

composed the music for the
theme song to celebrate the
tercentenary of Kolkata.

 Who wrote the lyrics?

 Pulak
Bandopadhyay
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 Whose telephone number in

the year 1929 was „Burra
Bazaar 1945‟?
Rabindranath
Tagore
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 Which well known place in

Kolkata got its name from the
husband of Rani Rashmoni,
Babu Raja Chandra Das?
Babughat
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 Whose epitaph reads, „He was

a wanderer, who after
sojourning for a long time in a
land not his own, returned to
his Eternal Home‟?
Job Charnock
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 He was the 1st Indian footballer to
play in a European club. In 1936 he
went to Scotland and joined Celtic FC.
There he had to play with „Boots‟ by the
direction of a Scotish Court. At that
time an article was published in Scotish
Daily Express with his large photograph
with the heading „The Indian Juggler-
new style‟. The kinder side of him was
that whatever money he had earned
from Celtic, donated it for the
improvement of orphans.
 Identify him.
Md. Salim
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 After seeing an engrossing film,

Satyajit Ray commented, “At the
end of 10th reel, at least the
director should know where did
the heroine go.”
 The director of the film replied, “I
made the film for you to see and
suffer.”
 Identify both the film and the
director.
Ekdin Pratidin
&
Mrinal Sen
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 Rabindranath Tagore gave the

name of the renowned singer
Smt. Purabi Mukhopaddhay. He
himself gave an explanation
for giving her such a name.

 Why did he name her Purabi?

She was born on
24 Baisakh, so
th

Pu-Rabi or before
Rabi
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 Gurmukh Rai Mussadi was the

financer behind the foundation of
this iconic Kolkata landmark(X).
Initially it was agreed upon that X
would be named after Y (a
legendary figure associated with X)
but later X was named something
else.

 Identify X & Y .
Star Theatre
&
Nati Binodini
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 He was the first Chief Election
Commissioner of India. He also
served as the first Chief Election
Commissioner of Nepal & Sudan. A
road was named after him in
Khartoom.
 Ramachandra Guha hailed him as
one of the heroes of independent
India in his book “India After
Gandhi”.
 Who?
Sukumar Sen
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 In the Byomkesh story “Shojarur
Knata”, the main character
Debashish Bhatta had an
anatomical anomaly which helped
Byomkesh to catch the culprit. This
anatomical anomaly was also
present in the James bond villain
Dr. No.

 What was that strange anatomical

anomaly ?
Dextrocardia
(heart in the
right side)
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 John Elliot Drinkwater _____
was an Anglo Indian lawyer & a
law member of governor-
general‟s council. However, today
he is remembered more as an
educationist than a lawyer. The
educational institution that was
started by him bears his surname
till today.

 Name the institution.

Bethune College
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What is the significance of these

following lines - “In recognition of
his rare mastery of the art of
motion pictures, and of his
profound humanitarian outlook,
which has had an indelible
influence on filmmakers and
audiences throughout the world.”?
Satyajit Ray‟s Oscar
citation
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 He was born in Jounpur(UP),

studied in Mungher & Calcutta,
worked in Bombay with
Bombay Talkies, spent his
later life in Poona & had a pen
name „Chandrahas‟.

 Name him.
 Sarodindu
Bandopadhyay
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 I was the first Indian to be a

High Court Judge. I have a
street and an institution
named after me.

 Who am I?
Shambhunath
Pandit
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 A 19th century rhyme went : „Jat

marley tin Sen-ey‟ (Caste has
been destroyed by three Sens).
Among the three, two were
Keshab Seney (referring to
Keshab Chandra Sen, founder of
Brahma Samaj) & Wil-Seney
(referring to Wilson‟s Hotel).
 Who or what was the third Sen?
 Isti-Seney(referring
to railway stations, as
strictures of caste
could not be kept on
rail journeys)
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 Which landmark Hindi movie

was dubbed in French as
„Calcutta Ville Cruelle‟?
Do Bigha Zameen
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 “Ghoro Timiro Ghono Nibiro ,

Nishithay Pirito Murchhito
Deshe ,
Jagrata Chhilo Tabo Abichalo
Mangalo ,
Nato Nayanay Animeshe ….”

 Identify the literary work

from which above is an
excerpt.
 This is the2nd stanza
of “BHARATBIDHATA”.
The first stanza is sung
as our national
anthem.
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 Samresh Majumder‟s novel “Arjun
Berie Elo” was published for the
1st time in the “Pujabarsiki
Anandamela”, way back in 1990;
where the main protagonist Arjun
would make a time travel to
Siliguri of 2090 A.D. So, the author
made a few predictions of what
life would be like 100 years from
1990. One of his prediction is a
concrete reality even in today‟s
date. What?
T-20 Cricket
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 “Not all Indians are polite,

hospitable and vegetarian.”
This is a line from a famous
advertising campaign.

 Identify.
 “Incredible India”
campaign featuring
the Royal Bengal
Tiger.