3. 2. ID X & Y
• X read about the founding of Intel in Electronic Engineering Times at
the age of fourteen and this inspired him to pursue technology as a
career
• X later co-founded Y, which was a company that sold computers,
computer components, computer software, and information
technology services
• Facebook bought Y’s former campus to set up it’s headquarters there
• Part points available
15. 13. ID X, Y & Z
• During an accidental meeting between X and Y on a ship in 1893
when they had travelled together from Yokohama, the latter had
inspired X to set up a research and educational institution Z.
• Few years later, Y received a letter from X, requesting him to head Z
that he had set up in 1909. But, Y declined the offer saying that it
conflicted with his spiritual interests.
• Part points available
16. 14. ID
• Arthur Gilligan first visited India in 1926 and was very much
impressed by ________ in India. Gilligan praised Indian ________and
promised to press for its inclusion in the _____ if all the promoters of
the _________ in the land came together to form a single entity
• An assurance was given and a meeting held in Delhi on November 21,
1927 and hence X was formed in 1928 under the Tamil Nadu Societies
Registration Act
• Id the organization X
17. 15.
• X regained its original name in 1818 when the Peshwas got control of
the city. The Peshwa rule however, did not last long and the British
captured X in the very same year.
• In 1840, one of the first modern libraries of Bombay Presidency was
founded at X.
• British also built golf course at X which was one of largest in Asia
19. 17
• In the early 1960s, while on a visit to Cheranmahadevi town in
Tirunelveli district, then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Kamaraj noticed a
boy herding cattle and asked him why he was not in school. The boy
replied: "If I go to school will you give me food to eat? I can learn only
if I eat." His response prompted Kamaraj to start X.
• What is X, which was later adopted across the country by the mid
1990s after its success in Tamil Nadu?
20. 18
• The exact location of this town X is a matter of speculation. Many are
of the opinion that it may be Coimbatore, with a river on one side,
forest on the other, and many similar buildings and lanes as X such as
Lawley road, Variety Hall, Bombay Anand Bhavan, etc. It is also
speculated that X may be ________on the river Kaveri, or Yadavgiri in
the erstwhile state of Mysore. The author subsequently clarified in an
interview that he loved Malleshwaram and Basavanagudi, two
prominent old areas of Bangalore, and hence it is possible that the
name X may have been derived from these two areas.
• Id X
21. 19
• Ancient Greeks visited the Indian port town X — called Maisolos or
Masalia in ancient times —for trade in muslin. Some believe the word
"muslin" originated from "Maisolos". Marco Polo visited the Kakatiya
kingdom in which X was located and praised the muslins available
there in his book "The Travels".
• Id the port town X, which was famous for popularising muslin cloth ,
which originated in Bangladesh , to the Middle East and Europe.
22. 20
• This place, formerly known as "Sweta Durgam", was the military base of
the Kingdom of Valluvanadu in the medieval period. Later it was invaded by
Tipu Sultan and when the latter succumbed to British Rule, the people
challenged the British rule with cultural confrontation.
• The confrontation was started by Kunhikuttan Thampuran, who translated
the Mahabarata and it was continued with PS Varier who fought for the
cultural resurrection of the state. He started a school which specialised in
imparting a science which has been synonymous with this place ever since.
He started the school after seeing the degradation of this indigenous
practice and the institute till today continues to teach its students this
science.
• Name the place and what science does this institute teach ?
• Part points available.
23. 21
• The Ramappa Temple, situated in Warangal, was completed in the
year 1213 during the rule of the Kakatiya king Ganapati Deva. The
presiding deity is in the form of an amalgamation of Shiva, Vishnu and
Rama.
• What is unique about this temple, something which no other temple
in India can lay claim to?
24. 22
• X was originally attached to direct the film adaptation of the novel Y. He
was attracted to the novel particularly because its main character also
comes from Pondicherry, where X was born. X later dropped out, citing
scheduling issues. He said "I was hesitant to direct because the book has
kind of a ________. And I was concerned that as soon as you put my name
on it, everybody would have a different experience. It would detract from
the whole point of the book with the audience thinking ' Where is he going
with this'? "
• Incidentally, parts of the movie adaptation of Y were shot in Pondicherry.
• X? Y? Part points available.
25. 23
• Late Communist leader Indrajit Gupta remains top in the list of MPs with
the longest Lok Sabha experience, having served the lower house for 11
terms. Second spot on the list is shared by three leaders: AB Vajpayee,
Somnath Chatterjee and X.
• X served the Lok Sabha for ten consecutive terms from 1967 till his death in
2005, representing the constituency Y.
• X was also Power Minister in the first UPA government.
• X? Y? Part points available
26. 24
• National Highway 223 , otherwise known as the Great Andaman Trunk Road,
connects Port Blair and Diglipur.
• The Society for Andaman and Nicobar Ecology filed a petition with the Calcutta
High Court asking the road to be closed in 2012, which the Court granted. The
Court furthur banned all commercial and tourism activities within a five-km
radius of the ______.
• However, till today the road has not been closed and is still used for ferrying
tourists. This has angered both human rights organisations and conservation
groups.
• Why did the Court ban the use of the road OR Why was the Andaman Trunk Road
in the news in 2012?
27. 25
• The phenomenon was first observed by the Zeme Nagas, the inhabitant tribe of the region in the
early 1900s. It frightened them so badly that they sold their land to Jaintias and left the place in
1905.The famous late naturalist E. P. Gee brought this phenomenon to global attention in the
1960s. The following reasons have been mooted for this phenomenon happening
• Disorientation at high altitudes and high speed winds due to the widespread fog characteristic at the time
• Weather conditions make changes in the magnetic qualities of the underground water in this area. These
changes disturb the physiological rhythm of the local ____ and they start behaving abnormally towards the
sources of light
• The _______are disturbed by high velocity winds at their roost
• Even Salim Ali was baffled. “The most puzzling thing to me about this phenomenon is that so
many species of diurnal resident _____ should be on the move when, by definition, they should
be fast asleep", he once wrote.
• The ______ come in only from the North and land only on a well-defined strip in the village – 1.5
km long and 200 meters wide. Lights placed along the southern side of the village have failed to
attract any _______.
• What bizarre annual phenomenon is this ?
28. 26
• Past winners of which tournament, traditionally held in West Bengal ? This is the fourth oldest club cup tournament in the world.
Year Winner Runner-up
• 2014 Mohammedan Sporting Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi
• 2013 Prayag United East Bengal
• 2012 East Bengal Prayag United
• 2011 Churchill Brothers Mohun Bagan
• 2010 Tournament not held
• 2009 Churchill Brothers Mohun Bagan
• 2008 Mahindra United Santos FC
• 2007 Tournament not held
• 2006 Mahindra United Mohun Bagan
• 2005 FC Bayern Munich II Eveready
• 2004 Myanmar F.R F.C Mohun Bagan
• 2003 Mohun Bagan East Bengal
• 2002 East Bengal Churchill Brothers
29. 27
• Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal and social agreement
between cities to promote cultural and commercial ties. The modern
concept of town twinning, conceived after the Second World War in
1947, was intended to foster friendship and understanding between
different cultures and between former foes as an act of peace and
reconciliation and to encourage trade and tourism.
• The Portuguese cities of Coimbra and Loures are twinned with which
Indian city/cities?
30. The car in pic was designed by automobile designer Dilip Chhabria. It was first
showcased at the 2008 Delhi Auto Expo. It has a Rolls Royce-developed V12
engine and a 3-seat configuration with doors that open skywards. Three 7” LCD
screens with internet, satellite navigation, camera output and video conference
dominate the interiors. Name the car on which its design is based.
28 (bigger pics on next slide)
33. 30
•Abid Hasan was the secretary and interpreter for X . X
wanted an Indian form of addressing each other. Abid
first suggested "Hello" and was snubbed for that. He
later suggested “____", which X liked and adopted it as
the formal manner of greeting for revolutionaries and
members of Y.
•Id X, Y and the blank
36. In 1967 Air India commissioned Salvador Dali to produce a limited
edition ashtray which was to be given to a select group of lucky first-
class passengers. Dali produced a small unglazed porcelain ashtray
composed of a shell-shaped centre with a serpent around its perimeter.
37. 2. ID X & Y
• X read about the founding of Intel in Electronic Engineering Times at
the age of fourteen and this inspired him to pursue technology as a
career
• X later co-founded Y, which was a company that sold computers,
computer components, computer software, and information
technology services
• Facebook bought Y’s former campus to set up it’s headquarters there
• Part points available
38. X – Vinod Khosla Y – Sun Microsystems
• X : Vinod Khosla : IIT Delhi, India
(Bachelor of Technology in Electrical
Engineering), Carnegie Mellon
University (Masters in Biomedical
Engineering), and Stanford Graduate
School of Business (MBA)
• Y: Sun Microsystems
Sun’s Campus at Menlo Park
California was sold to Facebook,
after Sun was acquired by Oracle
41. 4. ID and Connect
Think Infrastructure, think ___ Hope for the Poor
42. The new banks approved by RBI
• RBI has decided to grant approval to set up new banks in the country
to two financial services companies
• IDFC Limited (Infrastructure Development Finance Company)
• Bandhan Financial Services Private Limited.
44. कच्छी दाबेली
Dabeli literally means "pressed" in Gujarati language.It is said to be
invented by one Keshavji Gabha Chudasama alias Kesha Malam,
resident of Mandvi, Kutch in the 1960s.
45. 6.
Which sporting event in India has the trophy for its best player named
after a late liquor baron ?
48. Anish Kapoor – Leviathan
• Civilian honours
2003 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
2011 French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
2012 Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour.
• 2013 Knighthood
49. 8. Trivia
Who was the first occupant of “Rashtrapati Bhawan” of India ??
Hints ??
50. Hint
• He was on the cover of Time Magazine: 1920s - 12 Apr. 1926
55. Foot in Mouth
• UP Minister – Raja Ram Pandey made a sexist comment about K
Dhanalaxmi ( district magistrate of Sultanpur) in a similar fashion like
Barack Obama did about Kamala Harris ( Attorney General)
57. Answer
• Lt. Cdr. Abhilash Tomy ( Indian Navy), the first Indian to complete non-
stop solo circumnavigation
• He became the first Indian, second Asian and 79th sailor globally to
circumnavigate the globe, solo and non-stop on 31 March, 2013.
59. Answer
Modern Day Aesop’s
• Rahul Roushan, founder editor : Faking News
• Karthik Laxman and CS Krishna (right),founder members : The UnReal
Times;
• Tanay Sukumar, founder : News That Matters Not
60. 13. ID X, Y & Z
• During an accidental meeting between X and Y on a ship in 1893
when they had travelled together from Yokohama, the latter had
inspired X to set up a research and educational institution Z.
• Few years later, Y received a letter from X, requesting him to head Z
that he had set up in 1909. But, Y declined the offer saying that it
conflicted with his spiritual interests.
• Part points available
61. Answer
• X – Jamshedji Tata
• Y –Swami Vivekananda
• Z- Indian Institute of Science
62. 14. ID
• Arthur Gilligan first visited India in 1926 and was very much
impressed by ________ in India. Gilligan praised Indian ________and
promised to press for its inclusion in the _____ if all the promoters of
the _________ in the land came together to form a single entity
• An assurance was given and a meeting held in Delhi on November 21,
1927 and hence X was formed in 1928 under the Tamil Nadu Societies
Registration Act
• Id the organization X
64. 15.
• X regained its original name in 1818 when the Peshwas got control of
the city. The Peshwa rule however, did not last long and the British
captured X in the very same year.
• In 1840, one of the first modern libraries of Bombay Presidency was
founded at X.
• British also built golf course at X which was one of largest in Asia
68. 17
• In the early 1960s, while on a visit to Cheranmahadevi town in
Tirunelveli district, then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Kamaraj noticed a
boy herding cattle and asked him why he was not in school. The boy
replied: "If I go to school will you give me food to eat? I can learn only
if I eat." His response prompted Kamaraj to start X.
• What is X, which was later adopted across the country by the mid
1990s after its success in Tamil Nadu?
70. 18
• The exact location of this town X is a matter of speculation. Many are
of the opinion that it may be Coimbatore, with a river on one side,
forest on the other, and many similar buildings and lanes as X such as
Lawley road, Variety Hall, Bombay Anand Bhavan, etc. It is also
speculated that X may be ________on the river Kaveri, or Yadavgiri in
the erstwhile state of Mysore. The author subsequently clarified in an
interview that he loved Malleshwaram and Basavanagudi, two
prominent old areas of Bangalore, and hence it is possible that the
name X may have been derived from these two areas.
• Id X
71. 18 ( Ans)
• Malgudi (Mal from Malleshwaram and Gudi from Basavangudi)
72. 19
• Ancient Greeks visited the Indian port town X — called Maisolos or
Masalia in ancient times —for trade in muslin. Some believe the word
"muslin" originated from "Maisolos". Marco Polo visited the Kakatiya
kingdom in which X was located and praised the muslins available
there in his book "The Travels".
• Id the port town X, which was famous for popularising muslin cloth ,
which originated in Bangladesh , to the Middle East and Europe.
74. 20
• This place, formerly known as "Sweta Durgam", was the military base of
the Kingdom of Valluvanadu in the medieval period. Later it was invaded by
Tipu Sultan and when the latter succumbed to British Rule, the people
challenged the British rule with cultural confrontation.
• The confrontation was started by Kunhikuttan Thampuran, who translated
the Mahabarata and it was continued with PS Varier who fought for the
cultural resurrection of the state. He started a school which specialised in
imparting a science which has been synonymous with this place ever since.
He started the school after seeing the degradation of this indigenous
practice and the institute till today continues to teach its students this
science.
• Name the place and what science does this institute teach ?
• Part points available.
75. 20
• Kottakkal which is famous for Ayurveda
• Kotakkal is just 50 km from Kozhikode
76. 21
• The Ramappa Temple, situated in Warangal, was completed in the
year 1213 during the rule of the Kakatiya king Ganapati Deva. The
presiding deity is in the form of an amalgamation of Shiva, Vishnu and
Rama.
• What is unique about this temple, something which no other temple
in India can lay claim to?
77. 21
• Only temple in India to be named after its architect and not the
presiding deity
78. 22
• X was originally attached to direct the film adaptation of the novel Y. He
was attracted to the novel particularly because its main character also
comes from Pondicherry, where X was born. X later dropped out, citing
scheduling issues. He said "I was hesitant to direct because the book has
kind of a ________. And I was concerned that as soon as you put my name
on it, everybody would have a different experience. It would detract from
the whole point of the book with the audience thinking ' Where is he going
with this'? "
• Incidentally, parts of the movie adaptation of Y were shot in Pondicherry.
• X? Y? Part points available.
79. 22
• M Night Shyamalan (who was born in Pondicherry)
• Life of Pi
80. 23
• Late Communist leader Indrajit Gupta remains top in the list of MPs with
the longest Lok Sabha experience, having served the lower house for 11
terms. Second spot on the list is shared by three leaders: AB Vajpayee,
Somnath Chatterjee and X.
• X served the Lok Sabha for ten consecutive terms from 1967 till his death in
2005, representing the constituency Y.
• X was also Power Minister in the first UPA government.
• X? Y? Part points available
81. 23
• PM Sayeed whose name was synonymous with Lakshadweep
82. 24
• National Highway 223 , otherwise known as the Great Andaman Trunk Road,
connects Port Blair and Diglipur.
• The Society for Andaman and Nicobar Ecology filed a petition with the Calcutta
High Court asking the road to be closed in 2012, which the Court granted. The
Court furthur banned all commercial and tourism activities within a five-km
radius of the ______.
• However, till today the road has not been closed and is still used for ferrying
tourists. This has angered both human rights organisations and conservation
groups.
• Why did the Court ban the use of the road OR Why was the Andaman Trunk Road
in the news in 2012?
83. 24
• It passed through the area where the Jarawa tribe lived and was
almost a cause for their extinction, as they were exploited for tourism
• This was in the news in late 2012
84. 25
• The phenomenon was first observed by the Zeme Nagas, the inhabitant tribe of the region in the
early 1900s. It frightened them so badly that they sold their land to Jaintias and left the place in
1905.The famous late naturalist E. P. Gee brought this phenomenon to global attention in the
1960s. The following reasons have been mooted for this phenomenon happening
• Disorientation at high altitudes and high speed winds due to the widespread fog characteristic at the time
• Weather conditions make changes in the magnetic qualities of the underground water in this area. These
changes disturb the physiological rhythm of the local ____ and they start behaving abnormally towards the
sources of light
• The _______are disturbed by high velocity winds at their roost
• Even Salim Ali was baffled. “The most puzzling thing to me about this phenomenon is that so
many species of diurnal resident _____ should be on the move when, by definition, they should
be fast asleep", he once wrote.
• The ______ come in only from the North and land only on a well-defined strip in the village – 1.5
km long and 200 meters wide. Lights placed along the southern side of the village have failed to
attract any _______.
• What bizarre annual phenomenon is this ?
85. 25
• Mass bird suicide in Jatinga village in Assam
• During the late monsoon months, several migratory and local birds
commit mass suicide at the village. Just after sunset, between 7 and
10 pm, hundreds of birds descend from the sky, plummeting to their
deaths by crashing into buildings and trees
86. 26
• Past winners of which tournament, traditionally held in West Bengal ? This is the fourth oldest club cup tournament in the world.
Year Winner Runner-up
• 2014 Mohammedan Sporting Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi
• 2013 Prayag United East Bengal
• 2012 East Bengal Prayag United
• 2011 Churchill Brothers Mohun Bagan
• 2010 Tournament not held
• 2009 Churchill Brothers Mohun Bagan
• 2008 Mahindra United Santos FC
• 2007 Tournament not held
• 2006 Mahindra United Mohun Bagan
• 2005 FC Bayern Munich II Eveready
• 2004 Myanmar F.R F.C Mohun Bagan
• 2003 Mohun Bagan East Bengal
• 2002 East Bengal Churchill Brothers
88. 27
• Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal and social agreement
between cities to promote cultural and commercial ties. The modern
concept of town twinning, conceived after the Second World War in
1947, was intended to foster friendship and understanding between
different cultures and between former foes as an act of peace and
reconciliation and to encourage trade and tourism.
• The Portuguese cities of Coimbra and Loures are twinned with which
Indian city/cities?
90. The car in pic was designed by automobile designer Dilip Chhabria. It was first
showcased at the 2008 Delhi Auto Expo. It has a Rolls Royce-developed V12
engine and a 3-seat configuration with doors that open skywards. Three 7” LCD
screens with internet, satellite navigation, camera output and video conference
dominate the interiors. Name the car on which its design is based.
28 (bigger pics on next slide)
95. 30
•Abid Hasan was the secretary and interpreter for X . X
wanted an Indian form of addressing each other. Abid
first suggested "Hello" and was snubbed for that. He
later suggested “____", which X liked and adopted it as
the formal manner of greeting for revolutionaries and
members of Y.
•Id X, Y and the blank
