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Question 1: +40/-40X was born myopic in one eye and blind in

the other but that disability could notprevent the journey of creativity through thepathway of modernism. In 1949, X joined asthe curator at the Nepal GovernmentMuseum in Kathmandu. There are morethan 300 regular students in his school atMussoorie that was set up in 1952 throughthe initiative of X’s wife Leela. Id X

Answer: Benod Bihari Mukherjee

Question 2: +35/-35 X helped her Trinidadian friend to stage his play

“Toussaint Louverture” which was banned forportraying radical politics with Paul Robeson in thetitle role. She married Donald Hesson in a summer of1940 in Chicago. She was greatly influenced by KrishnaMennon who insisted her to visit India to witness thestruggle for freedom. She helped ChidanandaDasgupta to set up Federation of Film Societies ofIndia. In 1984, she was awarded with Padma Bhusan.Identify this lady.

Answer: Marie Seton

Question 3: +30/-30 This literary piece was awarded with James Tait Black

Memorial Prize in 1924 whereas Times magazine hasmentioned its name in the "All Time 100 Novels" list.The title of this book was inspired from WaltWhitman’s collection of poem ‘Leaves of Grass’ in1870. This book brings out a boil of the common racialtensions and prejudices between Indians and theBritish based on a court case. Edward Said termed thispiece as one of the most prolific representations of theOrientalism of British India. Identify this novel.

Answer: A passage to India by E.M.Forster

Question 4: +25/-25 In the last years of life, X worked as the Goodwill

Ambassador of UNICEF. X’s final resting place is Tolochenaz Cemetery in Vaud. X made cameo appearance is Spielberg’s 1988 movie “Always”. G.W. Bush awarded X with Presidential Medal of Freedom. Though X promoted the brand of Haute Couture, X’s main preference was simple and trendy clothes. X even used to perform as a chorus singer in West End musical theatre. Identify X

Answer: Audrey Hepburn

Question 5: +20/-20 This movie had a cast of Esmond Knight, Nora

Swinburne and Arthur Shields. MA Partha Sarathy was the music director of this movie. The National Board of Review in the United States decided that it was among the ‘Top Five Foreign Films for 1951’. Martin Scorsese termed this as one of his all time favouritemovie for the excellent direction, cinematography through shots of Technicolour and great portrayal of the beauty of river Ganges. What is the name of this epic movie?

Answer: The River

Question 6: +15/-15 This organization was found by D.K.Gupta in 1943 and

its office was in front of Sanskrit college near thearcade of College Street. Most of the popularcollections of poems by Jibanananda Das waspublished from this organization. Jawaharlal Nehru’sDiscovery of India was first brought out by thisorganization. Identify the organization.

Answer: Signet Press

Question 7: +10/-10 Chris Ebert has termed him as the modern day

example of the Auteur for his master class narrativestyle and distinctive visual. The Royal Tenenbaumsprovided him with first nomination in AcademyAwards in 2001. His first movie Bottle Rocket wasreleased in 1996 that was based on a crime caper. Isleof Dogs is his next upcoming film with actors like BillMurray and Edward Norton. Who is he?

Answer: Wes Anderson

Question 8: +5/-5 The 44th International Film Festival of India had

awarded Kaushik Ganguly for this movie in November2013. Ardhendu Banerjee played a lead role who hastaken voluntary retirement from clerkship of a centralgovernment office and the report of India Today hadbrought him in limelight again. Name the movie.

Answer: Apur Panchali

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