Big quiz on 5th January 2019, set compiled by Vishnu.

1. Big Quiz
On 5th January 2019
By Vishnu

2. …….(N) Masnuaat-e-Mulki was
started in 1938 by a group of
graduates of Osmania University at
Bhag-i-Aam during the reign of the
Last Nizam of Hyderabad. The original
name …….(N) was changed to ….(A)
in 1949(after Op. Polo), and was
renamed to its original name, the
…….(N) in 2009. ID N And A?

3. Numaish

4. _ _ _ _ _

5. The Jacob
Diamond Fame

6. 0 NOT USED
X Development LLC. Is a semi secret
R&D facility founded by a company(Y)
owned by abc.xyz .
Some of the X Development’s projects include Makani, FSOC,
Barge, waymo, glass, loon, wing, flux, verily, brain, etc.,
ID Y?

7. Google

9. Starbucks

10. 0 NOT USED
=Spin-off in 1992 Acquired by X in 2013 Acquired by = in 2017
Identify company

11. Boston Dynamics

12. After leaving Google to join Nextstop, he thought of
combining location check-ins and popular social games
and created Burbn. He came up with another idea while on
a vacation in Mexico when his girlfriend was unwilling to
post her photos because they did not look good enough
when taken by the iPhone 4 camera. What was thus created
and who is he?

13. Kevin Systrom and
Instagram (filters)

14. 0 NOT USED
• ……. …..(1937)
• Bnegal Rama Rao (1957)
• KR Puri (1977)
• RN Malhotra (1990)
• Bimal Jalan (2003)
• ….. ….. (2018)
FITB and put funda

15. Osborne Smith And Urjit Patel.
RBI governors who resigned
before the expiry of their term.

16. 0 NOT USED
Researchers from Otago University
Australia, after analysing the activities
of this person from 1962 - 2015
concluded that he has a serious health
risk due to his heavy and consistent
drinking habit since last 6 decades. He
was responsible for escorting Queen
Elizabeth to London Olympics opening
ceremony in 2012. Who?

17. James Bond

18. _ _ _ _

22. Books authored by?
• The Problem Of Rupee: Its origin and solution
• Thoughts on Pakistan
• Federation vs Freedom
• Buddha or Karl Marx
• Ranade, Gandhi and Jinnah
• Mr Gandhi And Emancipation of Untouchables
• Pakistan or Partition of India
• Riddles in Hinduism
• State of Minorities
• Administration and finance of EIC
• Ancient Indian Commerce: Commercial relation of India in Middle East
• History of Indian Currency and Banking
• Thoughts on Linguistic States
• Waiting for Visa

23. Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

24. Logo of which entity founded in 1965 head
quartered at Marlborough House, London?

25. Common Wealth of
Nations

26. 22 year old Dinesh Chauhan started Dinesh
Tailors in 1975, his brothers Jitendra and Bipin
used to help him after their school hours. After
their education brothers started Supremo
Clothing and Menswear in Ahmedabad(1981).
Soon they realised that the business would
flourish if they had influential people on their
client list. They made exclusive poly-fabric
clothes for a famous person(X) in Ahmedabad.
They later started Y a retail clothing chain with
51 stores around India. ID X and Y?

27. Narendra Modi and
Jade Blue

28. Founded in 1980. Closed in 2009 during
financial crisis. Who owns?

29. Uncle Vernon from
Harry Potter

30. Its idea was proposed in 1795 by Immanuel
Kant in his book Perpetual Peace: A
Philosophical Sketch. Theodore Roosevelt was
the first US President to support the idea
although the USA never joined it. The term was
coined by the British Scientist Goldsworth
Lowes Dickinson in 1914. Identify?

31. League of Nations

32. Born as Julian Paul Hawkins in Australia. Later took the
surname of his step father which was the anglicisation of
Chinese name Au Sang. He started a controversial group in
2006 which shot to fame in 2010. He also authored a book
“Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet”. ID?
His present residence at
London

33. Julian Assange

34. 1 2
Identify the ruler(X) who minted the coin (1), his dynasty gets its
name from an old Persian word meaning viceroy or governor
of province. In 2nd century CE, X was defeated by a King(Y)
from a dynasty whose name means ‘Driven by Seven’. Y
overstrikes the coin(1) and mints coin(2).
Identify X,Y, their respective dynasties, and the Language on
the coins?

35. Nahapana of Western Kshatrapas,
Gautamiputra Satakarni of
Satavahanas and the language is
Greek

36. The entire system of ……, including the name, was created by
Archibald MacDonald Livingstone, Agricultural and Marketing Advisory
to the GOI, from 1934 to 1941. The system was designed to benefit
local growers throughout India who were receiving less for their
produce from dealers than its true worth.

37. AGMARK

38. Centuries ago near Himachal
Pradesh an unknown person
created something and named it
after his love ‘Vasuvathi’ Which is
now known as ‘_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ’(x).
Centuries later in 1997, this led to
a brief diplomatic crisis in Indo-US
relations. In Sanskrit X means
fragrance.

39. Do you know about the Best feast(in Urdu) at
India Gate or Red Fort from where Kohinoor
was taken away by Nadir Shah ?
If yes, then you don’t need a clue!

40. And the answer is
Basmati

41. GWR 4900 Class 5972 Olton Hall engine
was built in 1937 for Great Western
Railway and later scrapped in 1964 and
kept at National Railway Museum, Durham.
This locomotive suddenly popped into
spotlight in early 2000s. This popularity
was cashed in by Beyond Boundary Travel
by commissioning annual trips on
September 1st every year since 2004.
What was the reason for its popularity?

42. Clue?
I’m the
inspiration behind
that name
Shut
Up! It’s
me

43. Hogwarts Express

44. Loft Chainstore holds the exclusive
rights over the sales of calendar
featuring ‘X’. X Calendars are
outselling other famous Japanese
star calendars since last few years.
Media reports in Japan suggest that
most of the buyers were women who
were drawn to X’s unconventional
style and unashamed machismo.

45. Clue?

46. And the answer is
Putin

47. MGR was hospitalised at USA during 1984
state elections. Despite the fact that AIDMK
was in alliance with INC, he campaigned for
his friend MGR. Recently a poll by CNN IBN
concluded that he is the Greatest Indian
Actor of all time. His debut in 1949 was in a
movie Manadesam based on a novel by SC
Chtarjee. Some of his memorable films in
Tamil include Kalyanam Paani Paar,
Marumagal, Mayabazaar, Thirudatha
Thirudan, Raja Sevai, Kannan Karunai and
many more. Who?

48. Clue?

49. NTR

50. I’m referred as Gorakh in Sikhism,
according to which I have 24
avatars. Some Buddhists call me
Upulvan, custodian deity of
Srilanka and Protector of
Buddhism. Because of a curse by
some sage, you’ll never see a
temple named after me. Who am I?

51. Clue

52. Vishnu

53. Thank you!