Q.1: While the name might suggest otherwise, this bird has surprisingly nothing to do with office spaces. Its current name is believed to be a corruption of the original Latin name given by taxonomists, as its distinctive gait resembled that of an archer. The 1.3m tall African bird looks like a cross between a crane and an eagle and is known for hunting prey by stamping on them.Identify the name of the bird and what is it a corruption of?
Q.2: A historical site in the eastern part of India earned its name due to the infamous activities of its owner. This building was his residence before he was appointed as the Commander in Chief of his Subha. The palace was fortified with towers and endowed with cannons. However currently, nothing except the entrance gate remains. A secret conference before a certain historic battle is the last significant event that was held at this place.
Interestingly the site shares its name with a 70’s Bollywood film about betrayal.
Identify this monument and its owner.
Q.3: During his tour of South India in 1919, the author spent some days at the Theosophical College at the invitation of its Principal performing a song at the function there. The college authorities, greatly impressed by the lofty ideals of the song, selected it as their prayer song. In the days that followed the author wrote down the English translation of the song along with the principal's wife.
What is the relevance of this song?
Q.4: Identify what the protagonist of the video game God of War II, set in ancient Greece, is fighting and who does it represent/depict?
Q.5: The Enigma by Gustave Dore was painted in 1871, after France had been defeated by the Prussians a year back. One of the main features of the painting apart from the images of the dead and the smoke of the city after being destroyed is the ______.
While ______ has been seen as guardian of the
underworld, in Greek mythology it is seen as a creature of torture and torment. That is one of the reasons why this painting was used for the cover art of a famous tragedy .
What tragedy is being referred to?
Q.6: Scottish Orientalist William Erskine, with his knowledge of Hindu iconography was the first to discover in 1813 after sprinkling some
water and discovering a third eye on the middle figure of the massive statue, that it did not represent the triad it was popularly thought to
depict, but in fact three aspects of the same figure: later identified as Aghora, Sadyojata and Vamadeva.
What are we talking about?
Q.7: This word is derived from the name of a French finance minister who was in charge in 1759, during the Seven Years' War. Due to his austere economics, his name became synonymous with anything done or made cheaply, and so with these outline portraits. Prior to the advent of photography, these profiles cut from black card were the cheapest way of recording a person's appearance.
In the 18th and early 19th century,
"profiles" or "shades" as they were called were made by one of three methods: (i) painted on ivory, plaster, paper, card, or in reverse on glass, (ii) "hollow-cut" where the negative image was traced and then cut away from light colored paper which was then laid atop a dark background; and (iii) "cut and paste "where the figure was cut out of dark paper (usually free-hand) and then pasted onto a light background.
What's the good word?
Answers:
1. Secratary Bird/ Sagittarius
2. Namak Haraam Darwaza(Residence Of Mir Jafar)
3. It contains the lines of Bharat Bhagya Vidhata
4. He's fighting Collassus Of Rhodes which represents Helios, the Sun god
5. The Three Theban Plays, Oedipus the King, The Sphinx
6. Statue Of Lord Shiva at Elephanta Caves
7. Silhouette
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