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5. It was created at the Baghdad
Conference on 10–14 September
1960, by Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, Saudi
Arabia and Venezuela. Then it was
joined by nine more
governments: Libya, United Arab
Emirates, Qatar, Indonesia,
Algeria, Nigeria, Ecuador, Angola,
and Gabon. It had a headquarters
in Geneva, Switzerland and
11. The name of this fictional character
to be used for an advertisement was
selected by the company only after
thorough checking of the Telephone
Directories and online directories so
as not to insult any person. But it
still fell into controversy when an 11
year old boy from Chandigarh sued
the company for an amount of 1
crore for using his name in a
derogatory manner. Which name are
we talking about?
14. X is a bi-annual fashion event that
takes place in Y. Its Summer-
Resort show takes place in
February whiles the Winter-
Festive show takes place every
August.
The event first took place in 1999
and international models such as
Naomi Campbell have
participated in it. International
17. The Zimmermann Telegram was a
1917 diplomatic proposal from the
German Empire to Mexico to make
war against the United States. The
proposal was intercepted and
decoded by British intelligence.
Revelation of the contents outraged
American public opinion and helped
generate support for the United
States declaration of war on Germany
in April. My question however is
20. Mankind looks grateful now on thee,
For what thou did'st in surgery,
And death must often go amiss
By smelling __________ bliss
The first stanza of a poem written by
a grateful patient is shown above.
What is the blank and who is the
poem about?
21.
22. The poem is about Joseph Lister.
Listerine is named after him. The
blank is “antiseptic”.
23. White Star Line built the three
largest and most luxurious ocean
liners in the world of its time.
Olympic and Britannic were two
of them. Which was the third and
the more famous one?
29. It gets its name from the Latin for
“precede”, as its maker believes that it
is a predecessor for better things to
come.
Wholesale adoption by celebrities
prompted the Washington Post to call it
“Hollywood’s latest politically-correct
status symbol”.
Google offers a subsidy for any
employee who wishes to buy one. What
is it?
