Subimal (Chuni) Goswami

Subimal (Chuni)  Goswami

Subimal Goswami was an Indian professional footballer who played as a striker or winger, captained both the Mohun Bagan club and the Indian national team.

 Popularly known as Chuni Goswami, he scored nine goals in 30 international appearances

He was an Olympian, represented India national team at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

He also led the team to achieve the gold medal at the 1962 Asian Games and earn the runners-up position at the 1964 AFC Asian Cup.

He was also a first class cricketer, playing Ranji Trophy for Bengal. He captained his team to the final of the tournament in 1971–72.

awards
    1962 Best Striker of Asia Award
    1963 Arjuna award
    1983 Padma Shri award
    2005 Mohun Bagan Ratna

which country banned all new offshore oil exploration?

which country banned   all new offshore oil exploration?

Options

1) new Zealand

2)Australia

3)south Africa

4)none of the above

answer

1) new Zealand


Other details

New Zealand bans all new offshore oil exploration as part of 'carbon-neutral future'

The New Zealand government will grant no new offshore oil exploration permits

The ban will apply to new permits and won’t affect the existing 22, some of which have decades left on their exploration rights and cover an area of 100,000 sq km.

where will Junior World wrestling championship 2017 be organized?

where will Junior World wrestling championship 2017 be organized?


Options

1) Finland

2)Norway

3)Sweden

4)Estonia


answer








1) Finland

Other details

The Junior World wrestling championship will be held in Tampere, Finland

where was Ravindranath Tagore born?

where was Ravindranath Tagore born?

Options

1) Kolkatta

2) Midnapore

3) Asansol

4) Bhuvaneshwar


answer

1) Kolkatta

other details

Rabindranath Tagore,

Born 7 May 1861

Death 7 August 1941)

also known as Gurudev.

 Author of Gitanjali
He was  the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.

His compositions were chosen by two nations as national anthems: India's Jana Gana Mana and Bangladesh's Amar Shonar Bangla.

 The lyrics and music for the original song of Sri Lanka's National Anthem were his works

Parker Solar Probe is space mission of which space agency?

Parker Solar Probe is space mission of  which space agency?

Options

1) NASA

2)ISRO

3)ESA

4)roscosmos

answer


1) NASA

Other details

Parker Solar Probe is a planned NASA robotic spacecraft to probe the outer corona of the Sun. It will approach to within 8.5 solar radii to the 'surface' of the Sun.

who was first Indian to join the I.C.S?

who was first Indian to join the I.C.S?

Options

1)Satyendranath Tagore

2) Ram charan

3) suresh babu

4) Parakash nath


answer

1)Satyendranath Tagore

other details

Satyendranath Tagore was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service.

He was an author, song composer, linguist and made significant contribution towards the emancipation of women in Indian society during the British Raj.

Born 1 June 1842
Calcutta, Bengal, British India

Died 9 January 1923 (aged 80)
Calcutta, Bengal, British India

 In 1832, the posts of munsif and sadar amin were created and opened to Indians

Satyendranath was selected for the Indian Civil Service in June, 1863. He completed his probationary training and returned to India in November 1864

Satyendranath was posted to Bombay presidency, which then covered western parts of present-day Maharashtra, Gujarat and Sindh

 He translated Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s Geetarahasya and Tukaram’s Abhang poems into Bengali.

He served in the ICS for about thirty years and retired as Judge of Satara in Maharashtra in 1897

who established shantiniketan?

who established shantiniketan?

Options

1) subhash chandra bose

2) Raja ram mohun roy

3) ravindra nath tagore

4) bipin chadra pal

answer

3) ravindra nath tagore

Other details

Santiniketan  is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India, approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata

. It was established by Rabindranath Tagore.

The money he received in Nobel Prize was used for  expanding the school and renamed Visva-Bharati University.

list of alumni
Nobel-winning economist Amartya Sen,

filmmaker Satyajit Ray

 art historian, R. Siva Kumar,


 Rabindranath Tagore wrote many of his literary classics in Shanti Niketan, and his house is a place of historical importance.

Monomohun Ghose started which newspaper in 1861

Monomohun Ghose started which newspaper in 1861

A)Daily Mirror


B)Indian Mirror


C)Freedom Mirror


D)None


Answer:

B)Indian Mirror

Other Details: 

Period (March 13, 1844 – October 16, 1896) 

 Monomohun Ghose was the first practicing barrister of Indian origin.

He contributed towards the fields of women’s education.

He with Keshub Chunder Sen started the Indian Mirror

Warren Hasting was the first?

Warren Hasting was the first?

1) governor General of Bengal

2) Deputy Marshal

3) Vice roy

4) Chief commander

answer
1) governor General of Bengal

other details

Warren Hastings, was the first Governor-General of Bengal from 1773 to 1785.

He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1814

What is the name of songs composed by Ravindranath tagore?

What is the name of songs composed by Ravindranath tagore?

Options

1) Ravindra sangeet

2) Bangla geet

3) Bharat sangeet

4) Meet sangeet

answer
1) Ravindra sangeet

Other details

Rabindra Sangeet  also known as Tagore Songs, are songs written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore

One Rupee coins in India are ISSUED by?

One Rupee coins in India are ISSUED by?

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For English

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Options

1) RBI

2) SBI

3) Central Government

4) NSDL

answer

1) RBI

Other Details

Coins are minted at the four India Government Mints at Mumbai, Alipore(Kolkata), Saifabad(Hyderabad), Cherlapally (Hyderabad) and NOIDA (UP). The coins are ISSUED for circulation only through the Reserve Bank in terms of the RBI Act.

Capital of West Bengal is

Capital of West Bengal is

Options

A) Kolkata

B)Kavaratti

C)Puducherry

D) None

Answer

A) Kolkata

Other Details

Legislative Capital

Kolkata

Judiciary Capital

Kolkata

Rabindranath Tagore was born on

Rabindranath Tagore was born on 

a) May 7, 1861

B) July 7, 1861

C) June 7, 1861

D)Sept 7, 1861 

Answer: a) May 7, 1861

Other Details: 

Born 7 May 1861

Kolkata, Bengal Presidency, British India

Died 7 August 1941 

Kolkata, Bengal Presidency, British India

parents Debendranath Tagore (1817–1905) and Sarada Devi (1830–1875)

Author of Gitanjali 

His compositions were chosen by two nations as national anthems: India's Jana Gana Mana and Bangladesh's Amar Shonar Bangla

Battle of Plassey fought in

Battle of Plassey fought in 


a) 1767



B)1717



C)1787



D)1757


Answer: D)1757


Other Details: 


fought between

Siraj-ud-daulah,  and the British East India Company.


Siraj-ud-daulah,was the last independent Nawab of Bengal



British fought under Colonel Robert Clive and Admiral Charles Watson

ISRO Mars orbiter won which award

ISRO Mars orbiter won which award

a) vikram sarabhi award

b) Nasa award

c) Rakesh sharma award

d)  Space Pioneer Award 


Answer d)-> Space Pioneer Award 

Indian Space Research Organisation

Founder: Vikram Sarabhai

Founded: August 15, 1969

Motto: Space Technology in the Service of Human Kind

A S Kiran Kumar, Chairman

Headquarters Bangalore, India

Space Pioneer Award will be given by the National Space Society during the International Space Development Conference to be held in Toronto from May 20-25 -> 2015.

The mission was launched on November 5, 2013 and went into Mars orbit on September 24, 2014.