5. 1.
It is a wearable
mobile machine that is
powered by a system
of motors,
pneumatics, levers,
or hydraulics that allow
for limb movement, increased
strength, and endurance.
Proposed uses include
rehabilitation
of stroke or spinal cord
injury patients and
augmenting strength of
soldiers in warfare.
What is the popular name
used in media to describe
these type of powered
exoskeletons.
6. 2.
Many game reserves in South
Africa started adopting an
innovative technique to prevent
poaching of this animal. The
technique involves drilling a
hole and injecting under
pressure a compound made up
of ectoparasiticides and
indelible pink dye ( that is used
to foil bank robbery). Anyone
who consumes the body part
risk suffering nausea, stomach
ache and diarrhoea. The dye
injected into the organ can be
detected by airport scanners.
Identify the animal and the
organ
7. 3.
Hiroaki Kitano is
a Japanese scientist. He is well
known for founding of the
robotic world cup tournament
known as Robocup in 1997. He is
also known for developing a
iconic series of robots starting
from 1999 until 2006 when the
company stopped its production.
In 2006, the robot was added
into Carnegie Mellon University's
"Robot Hall of Fame" with the
description “ ---------- represents
the most sophisticated product
ever offered in the consumer
robot marketplace.“
Identify the robot whose name
sounds similar to a Japanese
word that means "pal" or
"partner" in.
8. 4.
The image on the right is a
novel monument, built in
premises of Faculty of
Chemical and Food
Technology of the Slovak
University of Technology
in Bratislava, Slovakia
which is dedicated to the
memory of a scientist.
Identify the scientist who
was neither born nor
studied here.
9. 5. Automobile maker Tata Motors has to rename its
new hatchback X as Tiago, following a crowdsourcing
hunt for a new name. Identify the old name X. Why
did TATA motors change the original name?
10. 6. The gold medallists of Sochi winter Olympics were given an
additional medal each to mark the anniversary of an event.
These additional medals were expected to be delivered to the
winners during the Olympics but the International Olympic
Committee said no other medals other than official medals
could be handed out during the event. So the medals were
sent to the respective Olympic Committees of the Olympic
winners after the Olympics was over. Identify the anniversary.
11. 7.
Hortus Malabaricus (meaning "Garden
of Malabar") is a comprehensive
treatise that deals with the medicinal
plant properties of the flora in
the Indian state of Kerala. Originally
written in Latin, it was compiled over a
period of nearly 30 years and published
in Amsterdam during 1678–1693. The
book was conceived by Hendrik van
Rheede, who was the Governor
of Dutch Malabar at the time.
Identify the person from Calicut, who
had this monumental work translated
into English and Malayalam. It took
more than 40 years of his life to
complete this work that involved
learning Latin too. Queen Beatrix
bestowed on him Netherland’s highest
civilian order — Officer of the Order of
Orange — Nassau on him in 2012.
12. 8. On April 30th 2016, one of the world’s most complex and expensive
scientific instruments, X, was shut down by a weasel that chewed
through the wiring.
The weasel caused a short circuit by damaging a 66-kilovolt transformer.
It’s actually not the first time an animal briefly shut down X, since in
2009 a bird dropped a bread-piece on an external electrical power
supply and the ensuing chain reaction shut down a part of the X’s
cooling system.
Identify X
13. 9. Sriramamurthy Suri, in 1983 established National Institute of Amateur Radio
with the initiative and support of X, whose call sign is VU2RG. X has taken up
the initiative to promote HAM radio in a very big way in India.
It is said that, X’s love and affection for ham radio and radio hams was so
much that even on the very last day of his life, he made his last call on ham
radio from the city of Visakhapatnam on board a flight.
Identify X
14. 10. “In 1816, I was consulted by a young woman labouring under
general symptoms of diseased heart, and in whose case the application
of the hand was of little avail on account of the great degree of fatness.
The other method of direct auscultation was rendered inadmissible by
the age and sex of the patient.........”.
He often referred to X as "the cylinder," and as he neared death ,he
bequeathed his own X to his nephew, referring to it as "the greatest
legacy of my life.“
Identify X from the above information.
15. 11.
Sajan Raj Kurup of creative
land Asia created an two
part advertisement for a
brand that became a viral
phenomenon. The second
part (2015) was conceived
as a prequel to the first
advertisement (2014).
Identify this Television
commercial that was
launched during a India-
Pakistan cricket match
series .
16. 12. X’s paper, The Chemical Basis for Morphogenesis was
published in 1952 in the Philosophical Transactions of the
Royal Society B, shortly after X was sentenced to chemical
castration. (Morphogenesis is the biological process that
causes an organism to develop its shape. It is one of three
fundamental aspects of developmental biology).
Identify X
17. 13. Mediastan is a 2013 documentary film, directed
by Johannes Wahlström and produced by X, Rebecca O'Brien
and Lauren Dark. Its release was timed to challenge that of a
Hollywood movie of the same theme, the movie which X did
not agree to. Identify X and the central theme of both the
Hollywood movie and the documentary.
18. 14.
A Indian celebrity was inspired to buy a
bike and placed the order. On knowing
about the order, the managing director of
the company customised the bike before
delivering the bike personally at the actor’s
residence.
The bike has a customized embossing of
the first letter of the Celebrity’s name on
the fuel tank and one-off graphic design of
“Chote Lal” affectionately inscribed on the
rear seat cowl.
On receiving the bike the celebrity
quipped “ It is a special bike and I wouldn’t
compare it with anything else. It has a
piece of history ingrained into it”.
Identify the actor (.5 marks), name of the
bike (.25 marks) and the historical
significance (.25 marks).
20. 16.
Despite once claiming to be a
technological naiveté, X has
expanded one’s social media
presence by joining Instagram,
launching the new account with a
picture of oneself alongside the
caption “pray for me”. X’s
Instagram account has racked up
thousands of followers since its
first post, but the account has
some way to go to catch up to
the site’s most popular users –
the pop stars Selena Gomez and
Taylor Swift currently stand at
about 70 million followers each.
Identify X
21. 17. Facebook has been offering this service for its employees in the US since
2014. The policy is designed to attract and keep top talent, by helping them
balance and plan career & life. Apple had followed suit from January 2015.
Both companies are offering up to $20,000 for US employees covered by their
insurance plans, to finance this procedure. Even though welcomed by some,
many have criticised the initiative as a short-cut approach towards human
resource development or as a capitalist exploitation.
Identify the service offered by these companies for some of their employees.
22. 18.
American W. Douglas Burden
set off to the Lesser Sunda
Islands of Indonesia to capture
some animals (X) for the
American Museum of Natural
History. His memoir of the
expedition , gave the animals
(X) their nickname and his
tales of adventures and
confrontations with the ‘hoary
beast’ inspired the famous
movie ‘Y’ produced in 1933.
Identify X and Y
23. 19.
When the declining of numbers and
skills of students applying for
Computer Science in United
kingdom became a concern for a
team at the University of
Cambridge, it led to the idea of
forming a foundation to "promote
the study of computer science and
related topics, especially at school
level, and to put the fun back into
learning computing. The
foundation developed a computer
that has sold over 8 million since
its inception in 2012, making it the
best selling British computer ever.
Identify this credit card sized
computer model whose name
sounds like a dessert (picture on
the right).
24. 20. In 1948, in the wake of the Jim Corbett’s book Man-Eaters of
Kumaon's success, a Hollywood film, titled X, was made, directed
by Byron Haskin and starring Sabu, Wendell Corey and Joe Page. The
film did not follow any of Jim Corbett's stories; a new story was
invented. The film was a flop, although some interesting footage of the
tiger was filmed. Corbett is known to have said that "the best actor was
the tiger".
Identify the name of the movie.
26. 1.
It is a wearable
mobile machine that is
powered by a system
of motors,
pneumatics, levers,
or hydraulics that allow
for limb movement, increased
strength, and endurance.
Proposed uses include
rehabilitation
of stroke or spinal cord
injury patients and
augmenting strength of
soldiers in warfare.
What is the popular name
used to describe these type
of powered exoskeletons.
28. 2.
Many game reserves in South
Africa started adopting an
innovative technique to
prevent poaching of this
animal. The technique
involves drilling a hole and
injecting under pressure a
compound made up of
ectoparasiticides and
indelible pink dye ( that is
used to foil bank robbery).
Anyone who consumes the
body part risk suffering
nausea, stomach ache and
diarrhoea. The dye injected
into the organ can be
detected by airport scanners.
Identify the animal and the
organ
30. 3.
Hiroaki Kitano is
a Japanese scientist. He is well
known for founding of the
robotic world cup tournament
known as Robocup in 1997. He is
also known for developing a
iconic series of robots starting
from 1999 until 2006 when the
company stopped its production.
In 2006, the robot was added
into Carnegie Mellon University's
"Robot Hall of Fame" with the
description “ ---------- represents
the most sophisticated product
ever offered in the consumer
robot marketplace.“
Identify the robot whose name
sounds similar to a word that
means "pal" or "partner" in
Japanese.
32. 4.
The image on the right is a
novel monument, built in
premises of Faculty of
Chemical and Food
Technology of the Slovak
University of Technology
in Bratislava, Slovakia
which is dedicated to the
memory of a scientist.
Identify the scientist who
was neither born nor
studied here.
34. 5. Automobile maker Tata Motors has to rename its
new hatchback X as Tiago, following a crowdsourcing
hunt for a new name. Identify the original name X.
Why did TATA motors change the original name?
35. 5. The original name ZICA sounded similar to
the global public health scare ZIKA virus
36. 6. The gold medallists of Sochi winter Olympics were given an
additional medal each to mark the anniversary of an event.
These additional medals were expected to be delivered to the
winners during the Olympics but the International Olympic
Committee said no other medals could be handed out during
the event. So the medals were sent to the respective Olympic
Committees of the Olympic winners after the Olympics was
over. Identify the anniversary.
38. 7.
Hortus Malabaricus (meaning "Garden
of Malabar") is a comprehensive
treatise that deals with the medicinal
plant properties of the flora in
the Indian state of Kerala. Originally
written in Latin, it was compiled over a
period of nearly 30 years and published
in Amsterdam during 1678–1693. The
book was conceived by Hendrik van
Rheede, who was the Governor
of Dutch Malabar at the time.
Identify the person who had this
monumental work translated into
English and Malayalam. It took more
than 40 years of his life to complete
this work that involved learning Latin
too. Queen Beatrix bestowed on him
Netherland’s highest civilian order —
Officer of the Order of Orange —
Nassau on him in 2012.
40. 8. On April 30th 2016, one of the world’s most complex and expensive scientific
instruments, X, was shut down by a weasel that chewed through the wiring.
The weasel caused a short circuit by damaging a 66-kilovolt transformer. It’s actually
not the first time an animal briefly defeated the X, since in 2009 a bird dropped a
bread-piece on an external electrical power supply and the ensuing chain reaction
shut down a part of the X’s cooling system.
Identify X
42. 9. Sriramamurthy Suri, in 1983 established National Institute of Amateur
Radio with the initiative and support of X, whose call sign is VU2RG. X
has taken up the initiative to promote HAM radio in a very big way in
India.
X’s love and affection for ham radio and radio hams was so much that
even on the very last day of his life, he made his last call on ham radio
from the city of Visakhapatnam on board a flight. Identify X
44. 10. “In 1816, I was consulted by a young woman labouring under
general symptoms of diseased heart, and in whose case the application
of the hand was of little avail on account of the great degree of fatness.
The other method of direct auscultation was rendered inadmissible by
the age and sex of the patient.........”. He often referred to X as "the
cylinder," and as he neared death ,he bequeathed his own X to his
nephew, referring to it as "the greatest legacy of my life.“
Identify X from the above information.
46. 11.
Sajan Raj Kurup of creative
land Asia created an two
part advertisement for a
brand that became a viral
phenomenon. The second
part (2015) was conceived
as a prequel to the first
advertisement (2014).
Identify this Television
commercial that was
launched during a India-
Pakistan cricket match
series .
48. 12. X’s paper, The Chemical Basis for Morphogenesis was published
in 1952 in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, shortly
after X was sentenced to chemical castration. Morphogenesis is
the biological process that causes an organism to develop its shape. It is
one of three fundamental aspects of developmental biology.
Identify X
50. 13. Mediastan is a 2013 documentary film, directed by Johannes
Wahlström and produced by X, Rebecca O'Brien and Lauren Dark. Its
release was timed to challenge that of a Hollywood movie of the
same theme, the movie which X did not agree to. Identify X and the
central theme of both the Hollywood movie and the documentary.
52. 14.
A Indian celebrity was inspired to buy a
bike and placed the order. On knowing
about the order, the managing director of
the company customised the bike before
delivering the bike personally at the actor’s
residence.
The bike has a customized embossing of
the first letter of the Celebrity’s name on
the fuel tank and one-off graphic design of
“Chote Lal” affectionately inscribed on the
rear seat cowl.
On receiving the bike the celebrity
quipped “ It is a special bike and I wouldn’t
compare it with anything else. It has a
piece of history ingrained into it”.
Identify the actor (.5 marks), name of the
bike (.25 marks) and the historical
significance (.25 marks).
53. 14. AMIR KHAN, BAJAJ V15 & bike contains metal from
India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, which played a
decisive heroic role in the 1971 India Pakistan war.
56. 16.
Despite once claiming to be a
technological naiveté, X has
expanded one’s social media
presence by joining Instagram,
launching the new account with a
picture of oneself alongside the
caption “pray for me”. X’s
Instagram account has racked up
thousands of followers since its
first post, but the account has
some way to go to catch up to
the site’s most popular users –
the pop stars Selena Gomez and
Taylor Swift currently stand at
about 70 million followers each.
Identify X
58. 17. Facebook has been offering this service for its employees in the US since
2014. The policy is designed to attract and keep top talent, by helping them
balance and plan the career & life. Apple had followed suit from January 2015.
Both companies are offering up to $20,000 (£12,500) for US employees
covered by their insurance plans, to finance a particular procedure. Even
though welcomed by some, many have criticised the initiative as a short-cut
approach towards human resource development or as a capitalist exploitation
of employees.
Identify the service offered by these companies for some of their employees.
60. 18.
American W. Douglas Burden
set off to the Lesser Sunda
Islands of Indonesia to capture
some animals (X) for the
American Museum of Natural
History. His memoir of the
expedition , gave the animals
(X) their nickname and his
tales of adventures and
confrontations with the ‘hoary
beast’ inspired the famous
movie ‘Y’ produced in 1933.
Identify X and Y
62. 19.
When the declining of numbers and
skills of students applying for Computer
Science in United kingdom became a
concern for a team at the University of
Cambridge , it led to the idea of
forming a foundation to "promote the
study of computer science and related
topics, especially at school level, and to
put the fun back into learning
computing. The foundation developed
a computer that has sold over 8
million since its inception in 2012,
making it the best selling British
computer ever.
Identify this credit card sized computer
model whose name sounds like a
dessert (picture on the right).
64. 20. In 1948, in the wake of the Jim Corbett's book Man-Eaters of
Kumaon's success, a Hollywood film, titled X, was made, directed
by Byron Haskin and starring Sabu, Wendell Corey and Joe Page. The
film did not follow any of Jim Corbett's stories; a new story was
invented. The film was a flop, although some interesting footage of the
tiger was filmed. Corbett is known to have said that "the best actor was
the tiger".
Identify the name of the movie.
