3. 1)As tech firms and law enforcement
experiment with radio jammers and net-
wielding interceptor drones to take down
rogue quadcopters, police in the
Netherlands are trialling a simpler solution.
They have teamed up with a company
named Guard From Above. What method
are they planning to use?
5. 3)11.12.63,a new miniseries, which premiered
on Hulu, is based on the bestselling book of the
same title by Stephen King. It follows Jake
Epping (James Franco), a high school English
teacher who travels back in time with a mission
to prevent the ____________ __ ___? What
role does the man pictured play?
6. 4)These were the initial designs suggested for
the shape of this entity. The English spelling of
the thing in question did not have an e while the
French did(the French version was finally
adopted). In both languages, the word means
agreement, harmony or union. What?
7.
8. 5)She was arrested in
1932, and sentenced
to life imprisonment by
the British. Nehru met
her at Shillong jail in
1937, and promised to
help with her release.
He gave her the title of
‘Rani’ (queen). Who is
this?
9. 6)Which company is now expanding to fresh-
grocery deliveries in parts of San Francisco and
Los Angeles?
10. 7)This is a monument to an incident that
happened in Iraq in December in 2008.Which
incident is this?
11. 8)A play on the condition that it suffers from,
what did the conservationists who discovered
the turtle, name it?
14. 11)The clock shown in
the figure
communicates with the
family member’s
smartphones to
periodically update on
their location than the
actual time. What
inspired its creation?
15. 12)Born to Jewish immigrants from Poland, he
had tested his invention on his wife and children
before he used it on others. When he was
asked who owned the patent to his invention he
said “The people, I would say. There is no
patent. Could you patent the sun?”
18. 14)When Mumbai hosted a Make in India
event, the chief minister of Haryana had a
riddle for those present in the audience,
“Gita hamare dil mein hain, Dil ke beech
mein Gita dalo tho kya milega?” When the
audience didn’t get the answer, he said it
makes “________. We want to be _______
Haryana.”
19. 15)“Tikhor aru Chutibai”written by
Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezbaroa, in“Burhi
Aair Sadhu” – the first collection of Assamese
folk stories published more than 100 years
ago. Tikhor, a naughty, energetic orphan boy,
not only plays various pranks in the story, but
by his presence of mind also helps his sister
Chutibai survive all odds including fighting a
tiger that had plotted to eat them. Why is this
name back in popular conscience?
20. 16)X, the guy featured in the picture told the
Guardian in 2013, were “cultural replicators, the
cultural equivalent of a gene, the cultural
equivalent of DNA”, adding “the internet is a
first-class ecology for Xs to spread”
21. 17)What is the name of the virtual
assistant being developed by Facebook,
similar to Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s
Cortana. The single alphabet chosen as
the name is also the name of a film
directed by Fritz Lang.
24. 19)Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons from the movie
‘The man who knew infinity’. Id the roles they
are portraying.
25. 20)Scholars have referred to the “unfinished,
premature, aboriginal, savage, exotic look” of
the deities; the use of wooden idols to point out
their tribal origin. The sacred food in Puri is
called Kaivalya, which is similar to the Jain
notion of salvation by which Jains also claim the
deity. The Buddhists too claim him, stating that
the three idols represent not Hindu gods but the
“three jewels” or “tri ratnas” that are the central
principles of Buddhism.
Which deity?
26. 21)This is the world’s only floating national park
and is located in India. Give me the name of the
national park or the lake on which it ‘floats’.
28. 23)Kamaraj was a bus driver employed by
the Bharathidasan Engineering College,
Vellore. What was unusual about the
cause of his death which became the first
confirmed event of its kind to occur in the
21st century. The odds of being killed in
such a manner was between 1 in 700,000
and 1 in 250 million according to some
experts.
29. 24)The company was incorporated on 16
September 2015-about 5 months ago--and has
three directors: Mohit Kumar Goel, Sushma
Devi and Rajesh Kumar. One picture shows the
logo of the company, while the other picture
shows one of the products it had launched
earlier. What is their most famous product?
32. 1)As tech firms and law enforcement
experiment with radio jammers and net-
wielding interceptor drones to take down
rogue quadcopters, police in the
Netherlands are trialling a simpler solution.
They have teamed up with a company
named Guard From Above. What method
are they planning to use?
36. 3)11.12.63,a new miniseries, which premiered
on Hulu, is based on the bestselling book of the
same title by Stephen King. It follows Jake
Epping (James Franco), a high school English
teacher who travels back in time with a mission
to prevent the ____________ __ ___? What
role does the man pictured play?
38. 4)These were the initial designs suggested for
the shape of this entity. The English spelling of
the thing in question did not have an e while the
French did(the French version was finally
adopted). In both languages, the word means
agreement, harmony or union. What?
41. 5)She was arrested in
1932, and sentenced
to life imprisonment by
the British. Nehru met
her at Shillong jail in
1937, and promised to
help with her release.
He gave her the title of
‘Rani’ (queen). Who is
this?
53. 11)The clock shown in
the figure
communicates with the
family member’s
smartphones to
periodically update on
their location than the
actual time. What
inspired its creation?
55. 12)Born to Jewish immigrants from Poland, he
had tested his invention on his wife and children
before he used it on others. When he was
asked who owned the patent to his invention he
said “The people, I would say. There is no
patent. Could you patent the sun?”
60. 14)When Mumbai hosted a Make in India
event, the chief minister of Haryana had a
riddle for those present in the audience,
“Gita hamare dil mein hain, Dil ke beech
mein Gita dalo tho kya milega?” When the
audience didn’t get the answer, he said it
makes “________. We want to be _______
Haryana.”
62. 15)“Tikhor aru Chutibai”written by
Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezbaroa, in“Burhi
Aair Sadhu” – the first collection of Assamese
folk stories published more than 100 years
ago. Tikhor, a naughty, energetic orphan boy,
not only plays various pranks in the story, but
by his presence of mind also helps his sister
Chutibai survive all odds including fighting a
tiger that had plotted to eat them. Why is this
name back in popular conscience?
64. 16)X, the guy featured in the picture told the
Guardian in 2013, were “cultural replicators, the
cultural equivalent of a gene, the cultural
equivalent of DNA”, adding “the internet is a
first-class ecology for Xs to spread”
66. 17)What is the name of the virtual
assistant being developed by Facebook,
similar to Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s
Cortana. The single alphabet chosen as
the name is also the name of a film
directed by Fritz Lang.
73. 20)Scholars have referred to the “unfinished,
premature, aboriginal, savage, exotic look” of
the deities; the use of wooden idols to point out
their tribal origin. The sacred food in Puri is
called Kaivalya, which is similar to the Jain
notion of salvation by which Jains also claim the
deity. The Buddhists too claim him, stating that
the three idols represent not Hindu gods but the
“three jewels” or “tri ratnas” that are the central
principles of Buddhism.
Which deity?
75. 21)This is the world’s only floating national park
and is located in India. Give me the name of the
national park or the lake on which it ‘floats’.
79. 23)Kamaraj was a bus driver employed by
the Bharathidasan Engineering College,
Vellore. What was unusual about the
cause of his death which became the first
confirmed event of its kind to occur in the
21st century. The odds of being killed in
such a manner was between 1 in 700,000
and 1 in 250 million according to some
experts.
81. 24)The company was incorporated on 16
September 2015-about 5 months ago--and has
three directors: Mohit Kumar Goel, Sushma
Devi and Rajesh Kumar. One picture shows the
logo of the company, while the other picture
shows one of the products it had launched
earlier. What is their most famous product?
87. The Barbie doll
shown in the
picture was made
in tribute to a
fashion designer.
Id the designer
who has appeared
in a cameo in
Friends and for
whom Rachel
worked.
94. The Barbie doll
shown in the
picture was made
in tribute to a
fashion designer.
Id the designer
who has appeared
in a cameo in
Friends and for
whom Rachel
worked.
103. 26)_________ was kind enough to supply a
loophole in section 57.10.
“This restriction will not apply in the event of the
occurrence (certified by the United States
Centers for Disease Control or successor body)
of a widespread viral infection transmitted via
bites or contact with bodily fluids that causes
human corpses to reanimate and seek to
consume living human flesh, blood, brain or
nerve tissue and is likely to result in the fall of
organized civilization,” the company says.
What is the company in question and what is
the occurrence being described?
106. 27)‘The most famous and enduring
explanation is that a cow kicked over a
lamp while being milked by Mrs. O’Leary,
but this story was a baseless rumor spread
by local papers. It caught on with the
public partly due to anti-Irish sentiment and
the desire for a clear scapegoat for the
destruction that followed’
What was the incident that followed?
109. 28)Id the person in the picture. He was the MD
and CEO of ICICI Bank and later served as the
Chairman of Infosys as well. He has been
nominated by India as the president-designate
of the New Development Bank, a multilateral
institution set up by the BRICS group—Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Africa.
116. 30)When Playboy recently published the
last nude issue, they fittingly chose to put
X on the cover. X has the distinction of
appearing on the cover of Playboy the
most number of times. Who is this?
125. 33)Modelled on the lines of the SAS of the
UK and GSG-9 of Germany, which security
force was set up in the aftermath of
Operation Blue Star in 1984?
128. 35)Gundaberunda is a mythical that is thought
to possess magical strength and is capable of
dealing with forces of destruction. The bird is
generally depicted as clutching elephants in its
talons. Which organisation uses it in its logo?
131. 36)The lead character in the TV series
created by David Shore is modelled on
Holmes. After all, X, too, is a detective,
though a medical one. So, X’s home
address is 221 Baker Street, Apartment B,
Princeton, NJ, 08542. Id the character or
the TV series.
134. 37)This temple was to
honor Pharaoh
Rameses II and his
queen Nefertari. When
the Egyptian
government decided to
build the Aswan Dam,
the whole temple was
relocated. Which temple
is this?
152. 38)In 1939, when X left Vanguard for Random
House, he had one condition for his new
publisher, Bennett Cerf — that he would let him
do an “adult” book first. The result was ’The
Seven Lady Godivas: The True Facts
Concerning History’s Barest Family’. Who is this
author famous for his books for children?
159. 40)Iserlohn is German
hockey team that went
bankrupt in 1987. To
deal with their
financial woes, they
turned to someone
who asked them to
promote something by
incorporating it in their
jersey design. Who?
What?
162. 41)Pictured is a man who discovered among
other things 14 asteroids. His ashes were
attached to the New Horizons and will become
the first human to have his remains sent outside
the solar system. Id.
171. 44) The Khalasis are famous for making
Urus. What is the term that is generally
used to refer to boats that are larger than
usual? The term is also used to refer to
small boats as well at some places. The
term has been in currency since the later
part of 2015.
174. 45)People generally agree that the song
was put to paper in 1893 by Patty Hill, a
kindergarten instructor in Kentucky, with
her sister Milfred, though the melody came
earlier. The copyright of the song will soon
expire and be in public domain. Which
song?
180. 47) More commonly known by the
shortened version of his name, IL Bula was
a Fijian cricketer who played nine first
class matches for Fiji between 1947–48
and 1953–54. His official name literally
means "returned alive from Nankula
hospital at Lakeba island in the Lau
group“. What unique record does he hold?
182. Longest name for any cricketer
Ilikena Lasarusa
Talebulamaineiilikenamainavaleniveivak
abulaimainakulalakebalau
183. 48) Guy de Maupassant was one of the
few people who didn’t much like the Eiffel
tower. So, he chose a particular restaurant
to have his food so that he did not need to
look at it. Where did he usually go to?
186. 49)X believe that Abu-Bakr, father in law of
Muhammed was chosen as the Caliph
after the prophet’s death, while Y believe
that Ali, Muhammad’s son-in-law and
cousin should be acknowledged as the
successor.
X and Y?
189. Differential Scoring
20 if only one team gets the answer
15 if 2-4 teams get the answer
10 if 5- 7 teams get the answer
No change in scores if all the teams get
the answer
198. 5)Titled Flight, the 20 feet by 10 feet, stainless
steel and copper art work, mounted on synthetic
granite,this is the first -ever commissioned piece
by Bangalore International Airport Limited
(BIAL). Who is the artist?