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2008 03 06: Q0007

"Well said." "He is such a nice orator." "Waoh...his words penetrate deep inside. ..simply brain storming"
Such words we utter for some great thinkers' popular statements which have now become the legacy of the history. Some quotations were the result of depression, some came out of joy, some words had been said to promote nationalism & impart the feeling of oneness, some were said to praise the nature, and some even to curse it. Lets answer the following questions about Great Thinkers and Quotations of all times.
1. "Dilli Chalo" - the slogan to inculcate the feeling of patriotism and the zeal to fight against the imperial British, during the Indian struggle for Independence was given to masses by which patriot?
2. To glorify the democratic form of the government, a great leader said it to be : "of the people, by the people, for the people". Name that great leader.
3. "If there is paradise on earth it is here, it is here, it is here." This is a poetic expression for one of the world's nicest hill stations. Which place is in the context?
4. "Arise! Awake! And stop not till the goal is reached." Think and name the great personality who said these words.
5. "If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone." Who said?
6. One of the greatest writers of all times said: "Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood." Who was he?
7. "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him." Who said?
8. He is said to be one of the greatest thinkers and the propagator of the socialistic movement. He once said, "Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form." Tell his name.
9. "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." These words were once uttered by the perosn who changed the fundamentals of the Physical Sciences. Name him.
10. "To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered." Who said these words?
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1 comment:

KA said...

Hi Nitin,

Very good collections of articles I will call it a information bank. I am going to steal some ideas from your blog.

Cheers !!!
Regards: Krishan