QC# 83

1. _____________ is a term which refers to the new economic policies advocated by Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe to resolve Japan's macroeconomic problems. It consist of monetary policy, fiscal policy and economic growth policies to encourage private investments.

2. Identify this novel which tells about the story of two brothers Udayan and Subash, one of which turned to be a naxallite and the other one a professor in New York. This is one of the 13 novels short listed for 2013 Man Booker Prize.

3. Which Indian folk dance was recently included in top 10 list of World's Most Amazing Local Dance according to cheapflights.com, an international travel website. It is a characteristic dance form of Bhils(tribe) in Rajasthan ?

4. The pic given below shows the transformation of a statue in Copenhagen in 2004 as a protest against something. The protest was marked by covering the statue with a burqa. This is one of the most famous tourist destination in Denmark and the statue shares its name with a famous fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. Identify statue and reason for protest ?

5. Ayyappan Pillai, son of well known poet Karimalil Keshava Pillai, was a famous lyricist in Malayalam. He traveled throughout South India to propagate ideals of Gandhiji and later joined Arya Samaj and changed his name to ______________ , by which we know him or he became famous. His debut in film as lyricist also marked the debut of a famous South Indian music director X in Malayalam films.
Identify the lyricist and the music director,X.

QC# 82

1. The disease X is described by WHO as a poverty related disease which is caused by protozoan parasites. It occurs in different forms and the common forms are Cutaneous X, Visceral X and Mucosal X. The most common one is Visceral X 90% of which occurs in Indian subcontinent. The name X is derived from the name of the British Indian doctor who identified the protozoan near Dum Dum area in Kolkatta. As a result earlier it was known by the name "dum dum fever", but the Indian physicians call it by another name. Identify X and the common name in India.

2. Identify the 3rd person in the list

3. Known by the nick name "Miracle Rice", it was developed by International Rice Research Institute and was introduced in India during 1960s when India was on the verge of famine. By what name do we know this?

4. The stamp shown below commemorates 100th anniversary of an organization whose mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported one-to-one relationship with mentors. Name the organization..

5. Which cartoon character created in 1971 for the Hindi magazine Lotpot was played by Raghuvir Yadav in its television series?


Answers::

1. X - Leishmaniasis and the common name in India is Kala Azar

2. Yasir Arafat is the third person and the list is the nobel peace laureates in 1994. remaining two are Yitzhak Rabin - former Isreal PM and Shimon Perez - foreign minister of Israel during 1994 and current president. Award was for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East.

3. IR8

4. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada

5. Chacha Choudary

QC# 81

1. The personality shown in the photo is a western classical music conductor of Indian-Parsi origin who will become the second person to receive Tagore award. Name him and the first person who won the award.

2. In 1955, X was working for El Espectador, a newspaper in Bogota, when in February of that year eight crew members of the Caldas, a Colombian destroyer, were washed overboard and disappeared. Ten days later one of them turned up, barely alive, on a deserted beach in northern Colombia. This book, which originally appeared as a series of newspaper articles, is X's account of that sailor's ordeal. Identify X and the sailor in this story along with the name of the book.

3. Spot the odd one from the below list.
Henri de Baillet-Latour
Sigfrid Edstrom
Avery Brundage
Michael Morris
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Demetrius Vikelas.

4. In June 2013, scientists discovered a complete new species of bird which is given the scientific name " Orthotomus Chaktomuk" and is commonly known by the name ___________ tailorbird. 
Fill in the blank with the name of the country in which it was found.

5. Teg and Tarkash are the elder ones. Name the younger one?


Answers ::

1. The given pic shows Subin Mehta adn the the first person who won the award is Pandit Ravi Shanker

2. X - Gabriel Garcia Marques.
Book is "Story of  a Ship Wrecked Sailor" and the Sailor - Velasco

3. Avery Brundage from USA is the odd one because he is the only non- European president of International Olympic Committee till now.

4. Cambodia

5. The younger one is Trikand.
Teg (Sabre), Tarkash (Quiver) and Trikand (Bow) are the three Talwar class frigates being built in Russia which were inducted into Indian Navy. Trikand is the latest one.