5. Which Australian Cricket player,
part of the 2003 and 2007 WC
winning squad, is jokingly called
'Postman' in the dressing room,
owing to his previous career as a
mail delivery man in Australian
Postal Service?
8. A revivalist movement in Sunni Islam, centered
primarily in India, and rest of South Asia,
originated in an Islamic school situated in this town
in Uttar Pradesh.
This movement is named after the town, which,
ironically, is supposed to take its name from the
Sanskrit for "A forest of the Goddess" owing to the
Puranic stories about monsters killed by Goddess
Durga at this place.
Name the town.
11. This old man was a chairman and CEO who passed away in
Jan-2013.
Explain what was the hugely popular ‘sticky’ deal between
these three in December 2012!
13. Arbaaz Khan secured rights from Pidilite
(whose chairman B K Parekh passed away
recently), to use brand name Fevicol in a
song in Dabangg2, sung by Mamata
Sharma.
14. With historical significance, especially
because of eternal military presence,
which mountain range was known by
the names "Caucasus Indicus" in
Greek and "Pāriyātra Parvata“
(पारिरियारत्र पवतर्वत) in ancient Sanskrit
texts?
17. From 1059 the election of the Pope
became the responsibility of the cardinals.
When, after the death of Clement IV
(1268), the cardinals were confused for
more than two years, the local magistrate
locked them in the small palace and fed
them only bread and water until they
elected new pope, Gregory X.
This locking up episode has contributed to
the English language with which word
used for a 'Private meeting'?
20. The concept of this instrument is supposed to have been the
brainchild of the physician Hakim Abu’l-Fath Gilani, at the court
of the Mughal emperor Akbar.
In the earliest form, the spherical base was cut from coconut,
giving it the name Nargile (from Narikela in Sanskrit), still used
in Middle East.
Its names in different parts of world are:
Europe - Lula
North Africa - Shishe
Iran - Qalyan
Maldives - Gudugudaa
What is the better known Indian name?
25. The stoves at Sistine Chapel which are
used to indicate the decision on
election of new Pope. White smoke
indicates successful conclusion of
elections.
26. This term, very popular among cricket
commentators, comes from name of a
device, that has a heavy lead ball, attached
to the end of a rope, used to gauge the
straightness of a wall or surface.
This word also gives its name to a particular
profession.
What word?
29. This flower, called 'Thistle' is the national flower of Scotland
and features on many a national symbols of Scotland like
coins, awards, police insignias, FC insignias etc.
The most significant presence of this flower is found on the
logo of a company, founded in Scotland in the 1770s. The
company claims to have been successful due to
contributions from more than 100 Nobel Laureates. Which
company?
32. Complete this and tell me who wrote this in
a newspaper article in March 2013?
"Everybody in Argentina can remember
'the ____ __ ___' in the England match in
the 1986 World Cup.
Now, in my country, the same '____ __
___' has brought us an Argentinian pope."
35. Since the regular CAG reports are not
understandable by common man, recently, CAG of
India, Vinod Rai has come up with idea of small
booklets about its findings.
These booklets will be miniature versions of the
mammoth audit reports written in easy to
understand language for different stakeholders and
also for the common citizens.
After which fictional character are these small
booklets named?
38. The next slide shows the 4 steps in a
natural phenomenon, as theorized by
Darwin.
The 4 steps might take centuries to
result into what is shown in the last
picture.
What is this?
42. On 18 May 2011, Microsoft released an update to
Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems
for a specific purpose.
If you install this update and press the Alt key and
simultaneously press 8377 on the Num pad, in a
Windows Word document, what character will you
get?
45. After logging into your google account, if you
start typing this phrase in Google, the
instant autocomplete feature pops up a
calculator and displays the answer as 42.
What is this non-numeric phrase?
“answer to ____, ________ and
_________”
Search picture on next slide…
49. Named after the Latin word for 'Elbow', this
unit of measurement of length is based on
the length of the forearm from the elbow to
the tip of the middle finger.
The earliest mention of this unit is in the
Bible and is used to describe dimensions of
Noah's Ark in the Bible. Which unit?
55. In Lawn Tennis, if a player has won at
least one of every possible type of Major
championship available: The singles,
doubles, and mixed doubles, in the
career, what is the player said to have
achieved?
58. In his dancing form
‘Nataraja’, lord Shiva is
depicted standing with
His foot on the corpse
of a dwarf.
This dwarf is
considered to be the
manifestation of
ignorance and Epilepsy
and its name is the
Ayurvedic term for for
Epilepsy.
Name this dwarf.
67. The last time it was out for public display in 2010,
more than two million people turned up to see it.
In 1988, after a radiocarbon dating test, it was
declared to belong to the medieval times.
Having intrigued believers and non-believers alike
for centuries and preserved in the automobile hub
in Europe, it has appeared in popular culture on
many occasions.
Most recently it was depicted in a 2013 Bollywood
action(?) film.
What?
70. Give the first line of this shloka from
Brihadranyaka Upanishada that forms the
motto of CBSE:
______________
तमसोमा ज्योितर् गमय ।
मृत्योमार्मामृतं गमय ॥
ॐ शािन्त शािन्त शािन्तः ।।
73. According to the Hebrew Bible, as part of
the ceremonies of the Day of Atonement,
La Azazel was an animal that was outcast
in the desert of Mount Jabel Muntar (In
present day Syria).
What type of animal was this and what
popular word is the English translation of
'Azazel'?
82. This machine, patented by Edison, consisted of a paper strip
which ran through the machine which printed something and
transmitted it on electrical telegraph (also patented by
Edison). In fact the onomatopoeic term "______" still used,
comes from the sound made by the machine as it printed.
What is this and what term?
88. This is a copy-paste of Oxford English
Dictionary entry for what 7-lettered
word?
“A spicy condiment of Indian origin,
made of fruits or vegetables with vinegar,
spices, and sugar.”
100. When Ivo goes back with the ___, the ___;
Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return;
The welkin will ring loud,
The great crowd will feel proud,
Seeing Barlow and Bates with the ___, the ___;
And the rest coming home with the ___.
What 3 lettered word is blanked out in this historical
poem?
102. Urn.
This poem appeared on the first
Ashes trophy. Ivo is reference to
Ivo Bligh who captained the
England team during the first
series to ‘Regain the ashes’
103. Touching speed of 300 kmph, the 2300
km Beijing-Guangzhou train is world's
longest high speed railway.
Though the railway was ready a few
months back, China officially opened
the line on 26 December 2012. Why
this day?
109. The erstwhile president of India R Venketraman, in
an award ceremony, called the name of X.
X did not come on the stage and among
thunderous claps, the president saw the
discomfort of X and went down the stage to hand
him the award.
The awardee, accepted the award and collapsed,
breathing his last breath. ID X and the award.
112. In ancient England, Kipper fish had to be
salted, dried and smoked till reddish brown,
before they can be served .
Legend has it that escaping criminals in the
17th century would drag this strong-
smelling fish across some part of the trail to
make pursuing blood-hounds lose the scent
and confuse the chasing hounds.
What idiomatic expression owes its origin
to this?
119. Which society (magazine), established
in 1888 in USA has a logo, that has a
perfect vertical rectangle with thick
yellow boundary, and the name of the
society appearing in a custom font
called '________ _________ Vector
font’ besides the rectangle?
122. Two equilateral triangles, one blue
and other yellow are entangled
into each other with the name of
the Bank on the right side of these
triangles.
Which bank's logo?
125. Recall the logos of these companies
and tell me which geometric figure is the
common feature on the logos.
Cadbury’s
Samsung
Hyundai
Toyota
Carrier
128. Similar to the representation of 3 phase
voltage vectors, this logo has three
rhombuses arranged with their longer
diagonal at 120 degrees with each
other. Which company’s logo?
(Automobile, Elevators, Electronic
chips…)
131. The logo of Windows 8 is actually 4
windows of different sizes arranged in
two rows. The logo gives the effect of
looking at these windows from the right
side, so that the distant two windows
appear smaller than the nearer two.
Due to this none of the 4 windows
appears to be rectangular but each
forms the geometric figure of a
________.
