6. 2. What’s the phrase ?
Speaking at a party function, ruling Pakistan Peoples Party
(PPP) leader Imtiaz Safdar Warraich said: "We are being
blamed for the wrong doings of others." In an obvious dig at
the opposition, Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N), he
said: "Our situation is such that we can only say, ‘X ____
___ Y ___ ____."
Punjab law minister and PML-N stalwart Rana Sanaullah
was quick to latch on to the opportunity. "What a pity that
the PPP leader has termed the entire party as X," he said,
adding that "this X is not getting a bad name because of Y
but because of her own actions".
12. 4.
It was being noticed that the forest situated on the Budharaja
hillock in the town of Sambalpur has been turning grey due to the
increased smuggling for timber.
Earlier, it was the Budharaja Suraksha Samiti which was working
single-handedly to protect the trees. However, the outcome was
never fruitful. So, now the organization decided to join in hundreds
of young women who are basically college students to participate
in this initiative and bring about a difference.
With Y holding an importance in the lives of Indians, an initiative
was devised around this occasion. In one of the most novel and
innovative ways, these women decided to do X. The essence of
the festival can be depicted clearly with such an act..
The forest is covered over 126 acres of land and has been host to
some of the major events in history. These include the battle
fought by Veer Surendra Sai (who was a freedom fighter) against
the British.
14. Answer :
Tied Rakhis around the trees and vowed to
protect their tree brothers at any cost.
15. 5. Trademark for what???
X, has filed applications to "trademark the two names under various product
categories—from tobacco, rugs and carpets to automobiles, retailing, leather
goods and baby foods.It has also filed trademark applications for firearms,
ammunition and explosives, medical instruments, promotional materials, cards,
carrybags, furniture, kitchen utensils, clothing, and dozens of other products"
The objective behind these applications is to safeguard the potential misuse of
these immensely popular characters who rose to the hall of fame with the 2003
release of Y . Trademark lawyer Neil Mason opines that the applications
suggest that the company might be looking at licensing both the names for
businesses. “Maybe eventually they are looking at merchandising,” he said.
“These names are generally associated well with couple of characters and they
probably want to utilize them.” However, the production house denied any
immediate plans of licensing and merchandising.
It is interesting to note that the Trademark office has already raised objections
against the applications as similar trademarks such as Circuit House and Circuit
World already exist. Similarly, Murphy India Ltd (which was amalgamated with
Ceat Ltd) holds the trademark registration for the name Z ,under radio receiving
sets, record players, amplifiers and television gadgets among others.
20. 7. Give me “Y”
The Z marketed by Fisher Pen Company, is a pen that uses
pressurized ink cartridges and is claimed to write in Y,
upside down, underwater, over wet and greasy paper, at any
angle, and in extreme temperature ranges.
It was invented by American industrialist and pen
manufacturer Paul C. Fisher and is manufactured in Boulder
City, Nevada, United Stated of America. Paul C. Fisher first
patented the AG7 “____ ______” pen in 1965. Pens
claiming some or all of the same abilities have also appeared
on the market from other manufacturers.
21. 8.
The Custodian of _____ _____ for India is an Indian government
department that is empowered to appropriate property in India
owned by Pakistani nationals. After the Indo-Pakistani War of
1965, the ______ ________ Act was promulgated in 1968 . The
act authorised the Central Government of India to appoint a
custodian for ________ _______ for India and one or more
deputy/assistant custodians as assistances. There is also a
provision which validates the appointments made under the
Defence of India Rules 1962 and 1971 . The Pakistani nationals in
question were citizens of undivided India before the Partition of
India in 1947 took place, and left India to settle down in Pakistan.
24. 9. Who is Y ?
Y was an Indian politician who, as a candidate of Janata Party for the Lok
Sabha in 1977, ran for office in Rae Bareli constituency and defeated Indira
Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India He was the Minister of Health during
Morarji Desai's ministry.
Y was the only politician who defeated Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister
of India, in the 1977 Lok Sabha elections in Rai Bareli. (Although he was
defeated by her in 1971 elections.) Y accused Indira Gandhi of election fraud
and filed an election petition against her. The Allahabad High Court, on 12 June
1975, upheld the accusations and set aside the election of Indira Gandhi and
also disqualified her from running in the Lok Sabha elections for next 6 years
27. 10.
The story connected with this place (sthala purana) is that in the fourth incarnation
(Avathara) of Mahavishnu, Narasimha (a manly form with the head of a lion), after killing
the demon Hiranyakasipu, was still ferocious and angry. In response to the prayers of
Prahlada, the son of Hiranyakasipu and a great devotee of Mahavishnu, Lord Narasimha
blessed him and disappeared in the form of a shell (Saligramam) and was worshipped in
this form by Prhalada. When Mahavishnu took the incarnation Rama, as the Prince of
Ayodhya, Hanuman – the Monkey faced devotee of Rama, brought the hill on which the
life-saving herb Sanjivini was supposed to be, from the Himalayas. After restoring Rama’s
younger brother Lakshmana back to life with the herb, Hanuman replaced the hill in the
Himalayas and on his return he brought the shell Saligramam. On his return journey by
air, as it was day break, Hanuman placed the shell (Saligramam) near the tank called
Kamalalayam, in __________, to do his morning prayers to the Sun God
(Sandhayvandanam). The goddess Mahalakshmi was doing penance to unite with her
husband Mahavishnu in the Kamalalayam. After his prayers, when Hanuman tried to lift
the Saligramam, he could not move it! Surprised, Hanuman prayed to Mahavishnu and
the Saligramam grew into the rock __________. A voice asked him to return to Sri Lanka
to complete his services to Rama and return in a later age – Kaliyuga, the present age –
to worship at ___________.
33. 12. What's the event ?
Ever since a certain event the telephone of an hitherto unknown school in the
non-descript town of Fatehpur Shekhawati in Sikar district has not stopped
ringing.
"I don't know how it happened and what to do, the phone numbers on ____
______ are that of my school, said Om Prakash Jakhar, owner of New
Rajasthan Secondary School in Sikar. He said that ever since this event , he has
been receiving around 400 phone calls per day.
35. Answer:
The landline and mobile phone numbers listed on the poster of the movie
Dabaang are that of the school.
36. 13. Name the disease/virus…
________ is a widespread tick-borne viral
disease, a zoonosis of domestic animals and wild
animals, that may affect humans. The pathogenic
virus, especially common in East and West Africa,
is a member of the Bunyaviridae family of RNA
viruses. Clinical disease is rare in infected
mammals, but commonly severe in infected
humans, with a 30% mortality rate. Outbreaks of
illness are usually attributable to handling infected
a
39. 14.
The X dynasty ruled Kamarupa from their capital
at Hadapeshvar in the present-day Tezpur after
the fall of the Varman dynasty. The rulers were
aboriginals, though their lineage from Narakasura
was constructed to accord legitimacy to their rule.
X (from Vedic Sanskrit meaning "barbarian") is a
term for people who did not conform with the
moral and religious norms of the Vedic society.
42. 15. Fill in the blanks….
The Ambubachi Mela is the most important mela celebrated in the
Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam. This yearly mela is
celebrated during the monsoon season that happens to fall during
the assamese month Ahaar, around the middle of June, when the
Brahmaputra river is in spate. It is the celebration of the yearly
___________ course of goddess Kamakhya. It is believed that the
presiding goddess of the temple, Devi Kamakhya, the Mother
Shakti, goes through her annual cycle of _________ during this
time stretch. It is also believed that during the monsoon rains the
creative and nurturing power of the _________ of Mother Earth
becomes accessible to devotees at this site during the mela. There
is no idol of the presiding deity but she is worshipped in the form of
a yoni-like stone instead over which a natural spring flows.
45. 16
X (26 June 1874-6 May 1922) was the Maharaja of the Indian
princely state of Kolhapur between 1884 and 1922.
First king in India to have implemented Reservation Policy
( Provided 50% Reservation in his state, on 26 July 1902). He
also Appealed for caste-free India and abolition of
untouchability. Pioneer of Student Hostel Movement for
Bahujan Samaj.
He was born as Yeshwantrao Ghatge, eldest son of Appasaheb
Ghatge, chief of Kagal (senior) by his wife Radhabai, a
daughter of the Raja of Mudhol in present-day Karnataka. He
was adopted by Anandibai, widow of Raja Shivaji IV, in March
1884. Several generations of inter-marriage had ensured that X's
family was connected intimately with the ruling dynasty of
Kolhapur, which is apparently what rendered him a suitable
candidate for adoption, despite his not being a male-line
member of the Bhonsle dynasty. A council of regency was
appointed by the British government of India to oversee affairs
of state during X's minority. X was invested with ruling powers
upon coming of age in 1894.
51. Answer……
Cyberdyne is the company that created
TERMINATOR robots
Cyberdyne is a Japanese company which makes
Hybrid Assistive Limbs(HAL)
HAL is the name of the computer in 2001 Space
Odyssey
55. 19. Who's the poet ?
Cancer’s a Funny Thing:
I wish I had the voice of Homer
To sing of rectal carcinoma,
Which kills a lot more chaps, in fact,
Than were bumped off when Troy was sacked.
Yet, thanks to modern surgeons' skills,
It can be killed before it kills
Upon a scientific basis
In nineteen out of twenty cases.
I noticed I was passing blood
(Only a few drops, not a flood).
So pausing on my homeward way
From Tallahassee to Bombay
I asked a doctor, now my friend,
To peer into my hinder end,
To prove or disprove the rumour
That I had a malignant tumour.
They pumped in BaSO4 ........
56. contd.....
(*In India there are several more
With extra faces, up to four,
But both in Brahma and in Shiva
I own myself an unbeliever.)
62. 34. Fill in the blank.
It is an old Indian connection, going back more than 700 years—to a
visit by the Sufi saint Baba Farid, who came to _________ while on a
journey of exploration of Islam. In a gesture of respect, the governor of
the region offered him hospitality inside the Islamic precinct and the two
rooms where he stayed became a holy site for Indian pilgrims over time,
eventually expanding into the impressive Indian Hospice or Zawiya Al-
Hindiya as it exists today.
In the early 1950s and ’60s, the place buzzed with hundreds of
pilgrims, families packed into a room, eating and enjoying chai in the
serene courtyard. They would come on their way back from the Haj,
equipped with their holdalls and supplies of rice and dal. During World
War II, the hospice served as a leave camp for the 4th Indian Division of
the British Army, with tents for the soldiers pitched all around the
building.
66. 38. Connect the poem to the picture.
Sons of Ind, why sit ye idle,
Wait ye for some Deva's aid?
Buckle to, be up and doing!
Nations by themselves are made!
Yours the land, lives, all, at stake, tho'
Not by you the cards are played;
Are ye dumb? Speak up and claim them!
By themselves are nations made!
What avail your wealth, your learning,
Empty titles, sordid trade?
True self-rule were worth them all!
Nations by themselves are made!
Whispered murmurs darkly creeping,
Hidden worms beneath the glade,
Not by such shall wrong be righted!
Nations by themselves are made!
Are ye Serfs or are ye Freemen,
Ye that grovel in the shade?
In your own hands rest the issues!
By themselves are nations made!
Sons of Ind, be up and doing,
Let your course by none be stayed;
Lo! the Dawn is in the East;
By themselves are nations made!
69. 21. ID the animal....
The X is a fiercely territorial medium-sized cat ranging over
Western Asia and Africa. The word X comes from a Turkish
word meaning "black ear". In North India and Pakistan, the X
is locally known as syahgosh or shyahgosh, which is a
Persian-derived term meaning black ears. Although it has
traditionally had the alternative names Persian Lynx, Egyptian
Lynx and African Lynx, it is no longer considered to be an
actual lynx. Instead, it is now believed to be closely related to
the African golden cat and the Serval. In India they are found
in the nature reserves of Ranthambore and Sariska.
74. 22. Id the bird ....
The X , Batrachostomus moniliger, belongs to a group of tropical
nocturnal birds related to the nightjars.
This species is found only in the Western Ghats in southwest India
and Sri Lanka. Its habitat is dense tropical forest. A single white
egg is laid in the fork of a tree and incubated by the female at night
and the male in the day.
The __________ is about 23 cm long. It looks large-headed, and
has a large flattened hooked bill and huge frog-like gape. The
female is rufous, lightly spotted with white. The male is grey and
more heavily spotted.
79. 23.What is X ?
X is a massive city modernisation scheme launched by Government of
India. It envisages a total investment of over $20 billion over seven
years. The scheme was officially inaugurated by the prime minister,
Manmohan Singh on 3 December 2005 as a programme meant to
improve the quality of life and infrastructure in the cities. It has two
sub-missions:
the Sub-Mission for Urban Infrastructure and Governance administered
by the Ministry of Urban Development, with a focus on water supply
and sanitation, solid waste management, road network, urban transport
and redevelopment of old city areas.
the Sub-Mission for Basic Services to the Urban Poor administered by
the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation with a focus
on integrated development of slums.
85. 25.
The term Z supposedly originates in the Kama Sutra.
Modern translations of the ancient text are all based
on original writings attributed to Vatsyayana, a
Hindu philosopher in the Vedic tradition who is
believed to have lived during time of the Gupta
Empire (4th to 6th centuries CE). Deshmukh, the
psuedonymous creator of ______ , claims to have
chosen as its name the anglicization of the Sanskrit
term for an untranslated and forbidden sex position
in the uncompiled Kama Sutra, much like the
mythical Venus Butterfly position in the West. This
position is known as the “Z”.
88. 26.Etymology of Z
This word is derived from Latin word for "pregnant
animal," or "womb," or "source, origin," or "mother."
Sense of "place or medium where something is
developed" is first recorded 1550s; sense of "embedding
or enclosing mass" first recorded 1640s. Logical sense of
"array of possible combinations of truth-values" is
attested from 1914.
91. 27.
The Z syndrome is an extremely rare intestinal
condition in humans resulting from eating hair
(trichophagia). Trichophagia is sometimes associated
with the hair pulling disorder trichotillomania.
94. 28. Fill in the blanks
The main theory of ________ ______surrounded turbulent
and laminar airflow. Turbulent air separates from the surface
of the X later than laminar flow air, so that the separation
point moves toward the back of the X on the turbulent side.
On the laminar flow side it remains towards the front;
inducing a greater lift force on the turbulent airflow side of
the X . When calculated the net lift force doesn't provide
enough to force for the amount of swing observed, the
additional force is provided by the pressure-gradient force.
To induce the pressure-gradient force the Y must create
regions of high and low static pressure on opposing sides of
the ball. The X is then "sucked" from the region of high
static pressure towards the region of low static pressure.
97. 29.
A Y is a mass found trapped in the gastrointestinal
system (usually the stomach), though it can occur in
other locations. A pseudo-Y is an indigestible object
introduced intentionally into the digestive system. Y
were sought because they were believed to have the
power of a universal antidote against any poison. It
was believed that a drinking glass which contained a
Y would neutralize any poison poured into it. The
word Y comes from the Persian pâdzahr, which
literally means "protection from poison."
100. 30. Fill in the blanks (all are same)
An ______ is a mystic troubadour or traveling bard, in
Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, and Iran who sings
and plays the saz, a form of lute. ______' songs are semi-
improvised around common bases.
The _______ tradition in Turkic cultures of Anatolia,
Azerbaijan and Iran has its origin in the Shamanistic beliefs
of ancient Turkic peoples. The ancient _______ were called
by various names such as bakhshi (Baxşı), dede (dədə), and
uzan or ozan. Among their various roles, they played a major
part in perpetuation of oral tradition, promotion of
communal value system and traditional culture of their
people.
103. 31. Who’s X ???
X (born 13 October 1947), is an English football
manager and former player, His career has spanned
over 30 years and 10 different countries. A tall and
powerful striker, he was a prolific goal scorer for all
four of his clubs, most notably for Fulham F.C.. He
is most famous for taking Swedish club Malmö FF to
the 1979 European Cup Final, where they lost to
Nottingham Forest.
106. 32. What’s X ???
Selaginella bryopteris, known commonly as X ,is a
lithophytic plant. It is used medicinally in India. X
grows on the hills of tropical areas, particularly the
Arawali Mountain terrains from east to west in India.
The dry plants have traditionally been used as an
remedy for several human health complications for
centuries in India, particularly by tribal peoples.
Traditional uses include relief from heat stroke,
dysuria, irregular menstruation, and jaundice, but the
effectiveness has not been scientifically validated.
109. 33. Fill in the blank….
Gustav Robert ________ (12 March 1824 – 17
October 1887) was a German physicist who
contributed to the fundamental understanding of
electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of
black-body radiation by heated objects. He coined
the term "black body" radiation in 1862.
112. 34. What are they betting on now ???
Paddy Power is Ireland’s largest bookmaker. Offline
it conducts business through a chain of licensed
betting offices and by operating Ireland's largest
telephone betting service. Online it offers sports
betting, online poker, online bingo, online casino
games and spread betting.
Paddy Power was founded in 1988 by the merger of
three existing Irish main street bookmakers. The
company also markets its services in the UK and is a
publicly quoted company, listed on the Irish and UK
stock exchanges.
115. 35.
He was born in Bangalore and was brought up in Bombay
and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Science from the
Elphinstone College of the University of Bombay, received
an LL.B. from the Government Law College, Mumbai, an
LL.M. from the University of Bombay, and stood second in
the University. He holds an M.A. in Sanskrit from the
University of Mysore, a diploma in Urdu and a postgraduate
diploma in Indian Aesthetics from the University of
Bombay. He knows twelve languages including his mother
tongue Kannada. In 1967, entered private practice in the
Bombay High Court, specializing in labour and industrial
law and was counsel for a number of large corporations.
Besides appearing in the High Court, he also argued cases in
the Supreme Court of India, and was designated as a Senior
Advocate in 1987.
123. Answer…
After a legal battle of two and half years, Namgyal
Dolkar Lhagyari became a Tibetan-Indian after a
Delhi High Court ruling on 22 December 2010. She
was given Indian citizenship according to India’s
Citizenship Act of 1986.
124. 38.Fill in the blank…..
Advertising sanitary pads on selected billboards in
Pakistan's financial capital Karachi, the latest
catchphrase is: “________... Butterfly doesn't". The
clever campaign was devised by ad agency RG Blue
Communications. “We have received a huge
response from the public, and everyone has
commended us on it,” said Syed Amjad Hussain,
head of business development at the agency.
131. 40.
The Aarne-Thompson classification system is a system
for classifying X. First developed by Antti Aarne and
published in 1910, it was translated and enlarged by
Stith Thompson. As a treatment of morphology, it
uses motifs rather than actions to group the X . Over
all, the X are grouped by Animal, Fairy , Religious,
Realistic, X of the Stupid Ogre, Jokes and
Anecdotes, and Formula X. Within each group, they
are further subdivided by motifs until the individual
type.
134. 41.
The word X is derived from Arabic words meaning "to
throw" and "place where something is thrown“.
During the Crusades, Europeans adopted the Arabic
method of sleeping on cushions thrown on the floor,
and the word X eventually descended into Middle
English through the Romance language
137. 42. Fill in the blanks (All are same)
A recent DNA test on ______'s relatives resulting in the findings of
Haplogroup E1b1b chromosome. This is a prove that ______’s
ancestry was a Jewish, or African.
Haplogroup E1b1b (E-M215) is a Y-chromosome haplogroup. It's a
part of haplogroup E, the chromosome which is linking from father to
son, back to a common male ancestor..
Haplogroup E1b1b are believed to be first appeared in East Africa
about 22,400 years ago.
In it's distribution, Haplogroup E1b1b spreads to parts of Eastern,
Western, and Southern Africa, West Asia, Mediterranian, and Balkans.
Haplogroup E1b1b is very common amongst Afro-Asiatic speakers.
Amongst population with an Afro-Asiatic speaking history, a
significant proportion of Jewish male lineages are Haplogroup E1b1b
(E-M35). Haplopgroup E1b1b appears to be one of the major founding
lineages of the Jewish population.
Haplogroup E1b1b are very rare to be found in Western Europe. If
______'s relatives have Haplogroup E1b1b in their DNA, most likely
they are not from Western Europe lineage.
140. 43.Which movie ?
This hindi movie released in 1965 was inspired by
D.H. Lawrence’s works. A English version of the
same movie was also shot and was titled Oh Boy And
Three Girls which had five english songs by
Harindranath Chattopadhyay.
143. 44. Which Painting ???
According to an art historian, Carla Glori, a three
arched bridge which appears over the left shoulder of
the woman is a reference to Bobbio, a village which
lies in the rugged hill country south of Piacenza, in
northern Italy. Her theory is based on the recent
discovery by art historian, Silvano Vinceti, of the
numbers 7 and 2 artfully concealed in the span of
stone bridge. Glori believes the numerals are a
reference to 1472, the year in which devastating
flood destroyed Bobbio’s bridge.
152. 47. X and Y please….
In 1962 X got a call from British Indian Motilal
Kothari inviting him to discuss the idea for a film on
Y. When a year later, X met Nehru in New Delhi to
seek his approval for the project , Nehru’s only
advice to him was: “Whatever you do , do not deify
him- that is what we have done in India- and he was
too great a man to be deified.”
155. 48.Why was this guy in news recently ?
Anthony Horowitz (born 5 April 1956) is an English
author and screenwriter. He has written many
children's novels, including The Power of Five, Alex
Rider and The Diamond Brothers series and has
written over fifty books. He has also written
extensively for television, adapting many of Agatha
Christie's Hercule Poirot novels for the ITV series.
He is the creator and writer of the ITV series Foyle's
War, Midsomer Murders and Collision.
157. Answer…..
He has been chosen by Arthur Conan Doyle Trust to
write the next Sherlock Holmes novel.
158. 49. Fill in the blank
_________ is a Swedish Internet service provider
founded in 1994 by Oscar Swartz in Uppsala and
was the first independent ISP in Sweden. Today the
company is represented in Stockholm, Göteborg,
Uppsala, Borlänge, and Lund.
164. 51.Name him or the bacterium he
discovered
Theodor _______ (29 November 1857 – 15 February
1911) was a German-Austrian pediatrician and a
professor at universities in Munich, Graz, and
Vienna. He discovered a bacterium, which was
named after him in 1919, and determined its
properties.
167. 52.Identify X
Somnium (The Dream) was written by X in 1611. Part of the purpose of
Somnium was to describe what practicing astronomy would be like
from the perspective of another planet, to show the feasibility of a non-
geocentric system. The manuscript, which disappeared after changing
hands several times, described a fantastic trip to the moon; it was part
allegory, part autobiography, and part treatise on interplanetary travel
(and is sometimes described as the first work of science fiction). Years
later, a distorted version of the story may have instigated the witchcraft
trial against his mother, as the mother of the narrator consults a demon
to learn the means of space travel. Following her eventual acquittal, X
composed 223 footnotes to the story—several times longer than the
actual text—which explained the allegorical aspects as well as the
considerable scientific content (particularly regarding lunar
geography) hidden within the text.
170. 53. Fill in the Blanks
Khushwant Singh about Amrita Pritam
“ When I translated Pinjar, I gave half the share of royalties due to me to
her on condition that she would tell me her life story and her love life.
We had many sessions. She conceded she had been in love with Sahir
Ludhianvi and no one else. He came over to Delhi to meet her. It came
to nothing. I told her her love life could be written behind a postage
stamp. She used it as a title of her autobiography _____ ____. About
Imroz, the one who devoted most of his life to her, she had not much to
say. (He is not Muslim as the name might indicate, but a clean-shaven
Sikh.) He not only loved her, painted her eyes on doors and walls,
designed book jackets for her but in the past few years of her life,
when she was unable to move, looked after her to the last. He gave me
a line drawing of Waris Shah, which I keep in my studio as an emblem
of eternal love.”
173. 54. Fill in the blanks…
Inspired by Gandhiji’s Dandi March to break Salt Law
___________ planned a march from Tiruchi to
Vedaranyam . On April 30, 1930 he started from
Tiruchi and he was joined by large numbers of
people at Thanjavur , Kumbakonam and other
places.Sixteen days later , _____ and his followers
picked up a handful of salt and were immediately
arrested and sentenced to six months imprisonment.