Preliminary round of Prometheus Quiz (Second Edition)

2.  20 Questions
 6 Starred Questions
 Best 6 will Qualify for the Finals
The Game…

3. Q1*
 ID and put Funda

4. Q2
 Whose motto is
“Soft in Temperament, Firm in Action”

5. Q3
 Which South Indian City is known as the “City of Murals”?

6. Q4*
 T.A Varghese, popularly known as “XXX Vavachan” started this family
business back in 1940s. The business has grown through his Son and
branched as the national best both in quality and marketing by the late
1980s. His grand children then thought of having brands on their own.
The cousins, Davis Thayyil and Abraham Thayyil now together owns
75% of the market!!. They not yet branched out of the state because it
is already too difficult to meet Kerala’s own demand!!. ID the Brands.

7. Q5
 Being world renowned as the last word of luxury, this MNC is facing a
CBI Probe for allegedly paying bribes and engaging middlemen in
contracts for supplying engines to the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
ID the company.

8. Q6
 Which cricketer holds the unique record of completing 100 ODI’s
without capping for a single Test match?

9. Q7
 The 284 meter long Admiral Gorshkov, a Russian Aircraft Carrier has
been added to the Indian Fleet recently. By what name we know the
gigantic war machine?

10. Q8*
 Apart from the lion, what are the other 3 animals in Asoka Sthambha,
India’s National Symbol?

11. Q9
 What are the 4 C’s in Diamond?

12. Q10
 ID

13. Q11
 Officially known as “Panchavati”, it spread over 12 acres, comprising
five bungalows including one occupied by Special Protection Group
(SPG) in Lutyens’ Delhi. The complex was built in 1980s and till now
there has been only nine, who hosted the complex.
ID the building.

14. Q12
 This revolutionary gadget will be available in China from 2014 May
onwards with the Dragon Country lifting its 13 year long Ban for the
product, adding to the excitement of Extreme Gamers!!.
ID the gadget.

15. Q13*
 When it was published for the first time in Briton in 1989, she stood first
in the list!!. Years back, in 2014, two Indian Siblings assumed the first
position and she is putted down to a disappointing 285th rank!!.
ID the LIST and tell me who SHE is?!!

16. Q14
 To whom the Florence Nightingale award is meant to?

17. Q15
 23rd May 2014, Russia and China together vetoed a UN resolution
meant to initiate an ICC’s move to prosecute XXXX for war crimes and
crimes against humanity during a 3 year long Civil War. This is the
fourth time these two superpowers blocked the UN Security Council
action on the same issue.
ID X.

18. Q16
 ID

19. Q17*
 This heavy gold ring, with the name ‘RAM’ inscribed on
it in raised devanagari script, has an un usual history
of being taken off the finger of a dead Indian ruler by
the Duke of Wellington who led the war against him as
a personal trophy in 1799.
The ring found its way via the Duke’s niece to the
Raglan Family. It fetched 140,500 pounds (Rs.
1,38,33,335) in an auction held recently.
ID the owner.

20. Q18
 By what name “Ophiophagus hannah” is commonly known among us?

21. Q19
 XXXX is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking
the Moscow River to the south, Saint Basil's Cathedral and Red Square
to the east, and the Alexander Garden to the west. The complex serves
as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation. It is
often used as a metonym to refer to the government of the Russian
Federation in a similar sense to how the White House is used to refer to
the Executive Office of the President of the United States.
ID X.

22. Q20
 ID

23. Please exchange your Answer Sheets....