The document contains questions and answers from an open prelims exam in India in 2011. It includes questions about the name of a mall in Bangalore, directors of the Indian Institute of Science, the railway line extension to Bangalore and its impact on demographics, the name of Richard Branson's company, the inspiration for India's 1974 cricket tour of England, and the message in a BMW advertisement.

1. 2011 Ganesh Nayak Open Prelims Answers

2. A picture of the proposed Star Centre mall, a stone ’ s throw from Trinity Circle, Bangalore. What name does the mall have, reflecting its enviable address? 1*

8. A new launch proposed by Richard Branson... What is the company called? 4

10. What name was given to the Indian team ’ s tour of England in 1974, possibly inspired either by the movie on top and/or by India ’ s performance in the Test shown? (bigger pics follow) 5*

14. What is the message in this BMW ad? 6

18. The Islamic Republic of Kamistan was the Middle Eastern nation led by Omar Hassan, and then his widow Dalia Hassan following his assassination, during Day 8. Despite a strong domestic opposition, the Hassans pledged cooperation with the United Nations and the United States to give up its nuclear arms programs and terrorist affiliations. Why do we know Omar Hassan? 8

26. When Petra Kvitova won the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, she was the first left handed player to win the title since Martina Navratilova since 1990 and the first Czech player to win a Grand Slam since Jana Novotna in 1998. What other unique claim to fame did she achieve, one that is the first for any Grand Slam winner of either gender? 12

28. German playwright Benjamin Frank Wedekind ’ s most well known play set Erdgeist (Earth Spirit) & Die B ü chse der Pandora (Pandora ’ s Box) tells the story of an enticing dancer who rises in society through her relationships with powerful and wealthy men but eventually falls into poverty and prostitution. The collective name by which these plays are known inspired what musical collaboration? (Name collaborators and their work) 13

32. In 1974, Roger Penrose produced a periodic tiling in 2 dimensions using tiles of just two irregular shapes , popularly called the Penrose tiles. Dan Schectman, who first identified similar shapes in 3 dimensions in 1984, was ridiculed by Linus Pauling who stated : “ There is no such thing as a ______- _____, only _______-scientists. ” Fill in the first 2 blanks. 15*

34. In medieval music, the Guidonian hand was a mnemonic used to assist singers to learn how to sing by viewing notes, in which each portion of the hand represented a specific note within the hexachord system. The lowest note in this scale was represented by the Greek letter γ followed by ut and would span 3 octaves. This notation gave rise to a word that was initially used in music to represent the entire musical scale but has gone on to be used beyond music as well. What word? 16

36. It is the term used to describe international policy that openly uses economic aid and investment between countries to carry diplomatic favor. The term was prominent during Gulf War I when both Germans and Japanese were unable to commit troops to the war effort due to restrictions placed into their constitutions post WW II. Instead they volunteered large amounts of financing of war effort. In recent times, Gaddafi had used the same in Africa to bring many African nations to the Arabic/Muslim nation fold. What 2 word term? 17

40. This annual auction event used to be a huge revenue generator for middle men, as a result of which the trust board decided to make it an e-auction to rake in the money itself, a decision that resulted in a 30 crore revenue jump over last year. Auctioned items are graded into five varieties, each of which is then graded for color, texture and length. The primary bidders are from the fashion and style industry in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, USA and Western Europe. What auction and who/what conducts it? 19

42. He rode side by side with the Soviet Red Army and would be called the “ Red Hero ” as a result. What capital city does he give his name to? 20*

44. On October 4th this year, the man apparently took down all his websites, deleted online code repositories he owned, killed his Twitter & Google+ account and disabled various addresses. More intriguingly, he set his servers to respond to incoming browser requests with an enigmatic status code number 410 – a status code that indicates permanent expiry, or “ gone ” . Concerned well wishers raised an alarm online, which sent police scampering to the man ’ s home, only to find him hale and healthy and a tad annoyed at the invasion of privacy. Who be this open source god? 21

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47. The popular legend goes that this meat dish made from finely chopped or minced raw beef was named after a nomadic Central Asian tribe who ate raw meat because they rode their horses continuously and hence did not have time to stop and cook. A variation of this story goes that the meat was kept under the horse ’ s saddles to be tenderized by a day ’ s riding. Name this dish that involves marinating slices of meat in wine, spicing them and serving with onions, capers and seasoning, sometimes with a raw egg yolk. 22

49. In 1966, when Alexander Courage was first asked to compose the music for this, he entered into a deal with X, who said he ’ d write the lyrics. The lyrics were never used, but they went as follows: Beyond the rim of the starlight, My love is wandring in star flight. I know he'll find In star clustered reaches Love, strange love A starwoman teaches. I konw his journey ends never. His ____ _____ will go on forever. But tell him while He wanders his starry sea, Remember, Remember me. Name X and what were these the supposed lyrics to? 23

74. VolksWagen

75. 36 Four decades later, this is now being cited as a key source of inspiration for what?