Quiz conducted by me at Infosys Hyderabad

1. General Knowledge
Soumya Sarkar

2. Sudarshan Fakhir was the first Bollywood lyricist to have won a
Filmfare Award for the very first song he wrote. He composed. lyrics
like “Woh kagaz ki kashtii”, “Ye daulat bhi le lo, ye shoharat bhii le lo”
and was the favorite poet of Begum Akhtar.
He also composed a song X for an Indian organization Y, that’s sung
to this day with much fervor.
Identify X andY
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3. Hint

4. X – National Cadet Corps
Y – “Hum Sab Bharatiya Hain…”

5. Company X was formed by the 1995 merger of the three
Swiss companies: Geigy, Sandoz Laboratories and Ciba. Y
was formed in 2000 by merger of X Agribusiness and Zeneca
Agrochemicals
Name X andY
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6. Hint !
• X andY are/have been Infosys clients

7. Novartis and Syngenta

8. Identify the Company
• The psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) were discovered at ______ in 1943 by Arthur
Stoll andAlbert Hofmann. ______ began clinical trials and marketed the substance, from 1947 through
the mid-1960s, under the name Delysid as a psychiatric drug, thought useful for treating a wide variety
of mental ailments, ranging from alcoholism to sexual deviancy. ______ suggested in its marketing
literature that psychiatrists take LSD themselves, to gain a better subjective understanding of the
schizophrenic experience, and many did exactly that and so did other scientific researchers.
• The ______ product received mass publicity as early as 1954, in aTime Magazine feature. Research on
LSD peaked in the 1950s and early 1960s. ______ withdrew the drug from the market in the mid-1960s.
• The drug became a cultural novelty of the 1960s after psychologistTimothy Leary at Harvard University
began to promulgate its use for recreational and spiritual experiences among the general public.
THE REST IS HISTORY
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9. SANDOZ

10. The First married Christina, the daughter of a Scandinavian sea captain, Eric the
Rover. The Second married Marabella, the granddaughter of Christopher
Columbus. Another is supposed to have married William Shakespeare’s niece
and still another took a Mongol princess as his bride.
Who?
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11. The Phantom

12. Oscar de La Renta (recently deceased) clothed some of the
most powerful and beautiful women in the world and found
his own label.
He was however under the tutelage of another fashion great
early on in his career where he learnt his ropes.
Who?
Jacqueline
Kennedy
Hillary
Clinton
Michelle
Obama
Nancy
Reagan
Betty
Ford
Audrey
Hepburn
Queen Sophia
of Spain
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13. Cristóbal Balenciaga

14. ________ was a rishi in Hindu mythology. He was son of Bhrigu and is known for
his rejuvenation through a special herbal paste known as __________ , which was
first prepared for him some 10,000 years ago, at his Ashram on in modern day
Haryana. According to the Mahabharata, although very old, he was powerful
enough to oppose the Vajra of Indra due to the effects of this herbal paste.
Identify the rishi and the herbal paste
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15. Rishi Chyavana (Sanskrit: च्यवन, Cyavana) Chyawanprash

16. In 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, the managing director of the ____X____ ________, went
on a hunting trip with friends in Ireland. Though he considered himself an
excellent shot, Beaver was unable to bag any golden plovers. Wounded, Beaver
suggested the bird might be the fastest in Europe. Sir Beaver did not sit quiet and
started a chain of events to put an end to unresolved pub betting.
What did he do?
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17. He commissioned the Guinness (X)
Book of World Records

18. Once Vishnu was reborn on earth to take back Lakshmi who
had come away after a fight. In that birth he needed money
to marry her and he borrowed it from Kubera since he had
none.
What Hindu tradition has started over this mythological loan?
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19. CONTRIBUTING
MONEY/VALUABLES to the HUNDI at
temples to repay the loan from
Kubera.

20. According to Phantom legend, The Phantom had two rings.
>> One has a pattern formed like four crossing sabres, "The Good Mark", that he leaves on
visitors whom he befriends, placing the person under his protection.
>> The other, "The Evil Mark" or "Skull Mark" has a skull shape, which leaves a scar of the
corresponding shape on the enemies he punches with it. He wears the Good Mark on his left hand
because it is closer to the heart, and the Evil Mark on his right hand. The Skull Ring was given to
the first Phantom by Paracelsus. The original owner of the Skull Ring was Emperor Nero of the
Roman empire.
According to the same legend, what was the Skull Ring made of ?
EVIL
MARK
GOOD
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21. From nails that hung Jesus
to the cross