This ppt contains the questions asked in the Mains round of the 2014 Freshmen Quiz of The Assam Engineering College, Jalukbari , Guwahati 13.

1. AEC Quiz Club
Freshmen Social Quiz
(Mains)
For the 2014-18 batch of newcomers (on 23/08/2014)
By
Hirok Nayan Bhuyan, Quizmaster
Co-ordinators- Neeraj Sahu , Mriganka Kumar Nath.

2. Organised by
•Rupak Singh, Debating and
Quizzing Secretary, AECSU
2014-15.
•Follow us at /quizzing@aec

3. 1st Round
•Art and Literature

4. Q1. “A thing of beauty is a
joy for ever” is a line
written by which famous
poet?

5. The Answer is……..

6. John Keats

7. Q2)Identify the painter
and name of the painting
on the Sistine chapel?

8. The Answer is……..

9. Michaelangelo and
Creation of Adam

10. Q3) A Norwegian politician became
a puppet leader of his country
during World War II and his name
became a byword for treachery .
Who was he/ What is the word?
Question 3

11. The Answer is……..

12. Quizling/Quisling

13. Q4) Who is the only person to have
won
Sangeet Natak Akademi award and
Varthur navya Award – 1972
Padmashri– 1974
Padma Bhushan– 1992
Kannada Sahitya Akademi Award – 1992
Sahitya Academy award – 1994
Jnanpith Award – 1998

14. The Answer is……..

15. Girish Karnard

16. Q5) In Assamese literature who is
better known as Surendra Nath Medhi
??

17. The Answer is……..

18. Saurabh Kumar Chaliha (Assamese: স ৌৰভ কুমাৰ
চলিহা ) was a famous Assamese article writer and
short story writer. His real name was Surendra
Nath Medhi. His short story collection Golam won
him the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in
1974.
Assam Engineering College as a lecturer in the
Department of Physics. He retired as the head of
the same department and was honoured as life
time associate of the college in 1990.

19. 2nd Round
•Connect the
pictures.

20. Q1) Connect these five animals

21. The Answer is……..

22. Furious Five from Kung Fu Panda

23. Q2) This is Mahant Bharatdas, a school dropout,
who lives in the hamlet of Banej in the Gir
National Forest. Why is he called India’s most
privileged voter?

24. The Answer is……..

25. The only voter in the polling booth
setup in Banej (manned by 5
officers). He has voted every time!

26. Q3. What is this?

27. The Answer is……..

28. John Lennon Memorial

29. Q4) Where do we come across this ?
(Clue: Tom and Jerry)

30. The Answer is……..

31. M G M –Broadcasters of Tom and
Jerry

32. Q5) The gentleman in the
picture was a polymath
who has an equation, an
institute in Kolkata and a
hostel at IIT KGP named
after him. He prepared the
original plan for the
Damodar Valley Project.
Name him.

33. The Answer is……..

34. Meghnad Saha (Saha-Langmuir
equation, Saha Institute of Nuclear
Physics)

35. 3rd Round
•Taglines and
Logos.

36. Q1) Identify the tagline of this
famous motorcycle
company…
“American by birth
Rebel by choice”

37. The Answer is……..

39. Q2) Link please ??

40. The Answer is……..

41. The only two countries to have their
map drawn on their flags. (Cyprus and
Kosovo)

42. Q3) Which logo
has been taken
from this picture

43. The Answer is……..

46. The Answer is……..

48. Q5) Identify the tagline of this
famous company…
“Because You're Worth It”

49. The Answer is……..

51. 4th Round
•Cinema

52. Q1) This Assamese film of 1954
was directed by Bhupen Hazarika.
It was based on a Hindi novel by
Bhisham Sahni named “Tamas”.
Name the film.

53. The Answer is……..

54. Era Bator Sur (এৰা বাটৰ ুৰ)

55. Q2) This Gyan Mukherjee film was the
first film to feature double role. Name
it ??

56. The Answer is……..

58. Q3) Which famous film personality’s
actual name is Ranbir Raj ???

59. The Answer is……..

60. Raj Kapoor

61. Q4) Name the famous award which is
presented by Hollywood Foreign Press
Association every year since 1943.

62. The Answer is……..

63. The Golden Globe Award

64. Q5) This Bengali
film is titled
"Satyanveshi"
("The Truth
Seeker") and
releases in the end
of August 2013.
Whose last
directorial venture
is this?

65. The Answer is……..

66. Rituporno Ghosh

67. 5th Round
•Mixed Bag

68. Q1) The Land of Fire is a
phrase and an
ancient cultural concept that
denoted either the entire
geographical land or the
metaphysical realm of mortals,
and later became associated
with political sovereignty and
cultural symbolism. This is
reflected in the national
emblem too and is perhaps
symbolic of the ‘eternal fires’,
surface natural oil deposits of
the region.
Also the shirt sponsors of
Athletico Madrid.
Which is this land of fire?

69. The Answer is……..

70. Azerbaijan

71. Q2) The traditional three marks refers to the
three mukti , the soul's three bonds-anava,
karma, and maya.
Also siginifies the Triguna – Satva, Raja and
Tama;
Triloka – Bhuhu, Bhuvaha, Suvaha;
Tritapa – Bbhoutika, Daivika, Adhyatmika.
These marks are made on the body with
sacred ash which is made of burnt dried
wood.
What am I talking about?

72. The Answer is……..

73. Tripundra / Vibhuti
The saivite tilak

74. Q3) What is common among these rare
earth element ?
1-yttrium
2-erbium
3-terbium
4-ytterbium
5-Holmium
6-Gadolinium
7-Thulium

75. The Answer is……..

76. 1-yttrium
2-erbium
3-terbium
4-ytterbium
Named directly after the village of Ytterby,
Sweden where they were discovered
5-Holmium
6-Gadolinium
7-Thulium
Discovered in Ytterby quarry but named
differently.

77. Q4) He won the ______ Medal 2014 in
the International Congress of
Mathematicians held at Seoul. ____
Medal is awarded to
the mathematicians not more than 40
years old. It is awarded once in every
four years and is considered to be
the Nobel Prize for Mathematics and
______ has become the first Person of
Indian Origin (PIO) to won the
prestigious award.

79. The Answer is……..

80. Manjula Bhargava /Fields Medal

81. Q5.When is Pi day celebrated?

82. The Answer is……..

83. If written in MM/DD format
3.14
14 March

84. 5th Round
•Audio Visual

86. Q1) This is a scene from the movie
“The October Sky”. On whom is the
movie based on ?

87. The Answer is……..

88. Homer Hickham Jr. /The Rocket Boys.

90. Q2) Shakira donated the entire money
from this song to a relief organization.
Name it.

91. The Answer is……..

92. WFP ( World Food Programme )

93. Q3) Name the lyricist

94. The Answer is……..

95. Jyoti Prasad Agarwala (Jyoti Sangeet)

97. Q4) Name the Ahmedabad based
company which has acquired The
Brand NaMo.

98. The Answer is……..

99. Taking India Beyond Merchandise

100. Special Thanks to….
• Mriganka Kumar Nath, 5th sem, Chemical.
• Neeraj Sahu, 5th sem, Instrumentation.
• Kritartha Kashyap Neog, 7th sem, Civil.
• Nauman Ali, 7th sem.
• Preetish Kakoty,7th sem.
• Kalyan Lahkar, 7th sem, ENT.
• Kunal Borah, 2016 pass out, Mechanical.