B. Answer the following questions.
1. Name the first feature film of India
2. Name the day celebrated by the Sikhs
3. What was the older name of chess ?
4. Name any two Christian festivals.
5. Who is Viswanathan Anand ?
Answers
Answer:
5. chess former world champion
1. alam aara
4. chritmas and good friday
2. guru nanak jayanti
1.ans:Raja Harishchandra (1913
Raja Harishchandra (1913), by Dadasaheb Phalke, is known as the first silent feature film made in India. The first Indian sound film, Ardeshir Irani's Alam Ara (1931). Kisan Kanya (1937) was first colour film which was directed by Moti B. Gidwani and produced by Ardeshir Irani of Imperial pictures. .
2ans:.Vaisakhi, also spelled Baisakhi, is one of the most important dates in the Sikh calendar. It is the Sikh New Year festival and is celebrated on April 13 or 14. It also commemorates 1699, the year Sikhism was born as a collective faith
4ans:(a)..Easter
Easter is the most important Christian festival. It celebrates Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead, three days after he was executed by crucifixion
(b).The Christmas period, late November to early January. Advent, the period leading up to Christmas: begins on the Sunday closest to 30 November.
3ans:,Indian chess is the name given to a variation of chess played in India in the 18th and 19th centuries. The more ancient forms are known as chaturanga, and spread to the west via Persia in the 7th Century.
5.ans:Viswanathan Anand, known as Vishy, (born 11 December 1969) is a former World Chess Champion. He comes from India. Vishy is the oldest player in modern times to become classical World Champion for the first time: he was 37 when he won in 2007. When the world championship was split, Anand played in both versions.