A Special Quiz on a not-so-popular topic. The Quiz will be open till 7th May 00 00 hrs. So rack your brains till then!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev
2. Who is the person blanked out in the image? Which famous co-operative organisation did he help found?This is one of the most iconic images in Indian Political History-What is the funda behind this image ? (3 Points)
Ans. A.K Gopalan
He was instrumental in the setting up of the Indian Coffee House Co-operative Society
The photo is of the 'Navaratnas' or the first ever Politburo of the CPIM
The members were: P.Sundarayya (General Secretary), E.M.S Namboodaripad, A.K Gopalan, M.Basavapunniah, B.T Ranavide, Jyoti Basu, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, P.Ramamurthi and Pramode Dasgupta
3. Connect the images to a famous political personality. Explain the connection(s) (1 Point)
Ans. Brinda Karat (She was originally an Air Hostess with Air India, she is involved in a public war of words with Baba Ramdev, she acted in 'Amu' and Prannoy Roy of NDTV is her brother-in-law)
4. ID the personality? Which famous political manuscript did he co-author? (2 Points)
Ans. Freidrich Engels
He co-authored the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx
5. Z is the name of a village and a region in the northern part of West Bengal. It comes under the jurisdiction of Darjeeling district with its sub-divisional headquarters at Siliguri. Something very famous happened here in the late 1960s that has lead the village's name to become synonymous with a term that is commonly in the news. What term (derived from the village name)?
(1 Point)
Ans. Naxalpuri, from which 'Naxalism' and 'Naxalite' was derived
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