Question set 4

Quiz questions set 7 from Pankaj R

Question set 3

1)      What is common to Guwahati in Assam, Penang in Malaysia, Ko Mak in Thailand and Fua Mulaku in Maldives?

-All these places have been named after the Areca nut (Supaari)

2)      Who completes this list?

Dhanvantari, Kshapanak, Amarasimha, Shanku, Vetal bhatt, Ghat karpar, Varahamihira, Vararuchi and ________(the most famous one in the list).

-Kalidasa (The seven jewels of court ofVikramaditya

3)      The first one in the series was named ‘Apsara’ by Pandit Nehru, for what he called its ‘spectacular beauty’. It was followed later by CIRUS, Kamini, Drhuva, Purnima and Zerlina? What?

-The nuclear reactors at BARC

4)      W What is this list in chronological order?

The Tiger

The Blessed

The Great

The world conqueror

The king of the world

- Meanings of names of Mughuls Babur (Tiger), Humayun (Blessed), Akbar (Great), Conqueror (Jehangir), King of world (Shah Jahan)

5)      Before being adopted by Kuntibhoja, Kunti's name was ______ and one of her sons, takes the name _____________.

-Prutha, Partha

6)      Before Tagore popularized the epithet 'Mahatma' (the great soul) for M.K. Gandhi, this epithet was popularly used to refer to a social revolutionary of the 19th century from Maharashtra. Who?

-Mahatma Jyotiba Phule

7)      The ______ _ ______ Memorial Trophy Inter School Astronomy Quiz Competition, started in 2001 is a quiz competition held at national level in Sri Lanka every year.

This trophy is named after ________ who emigrated from England to Sri Lanka in 1956 largely to pursue his interest in scuba diving where, that year, he discovered the underwater ruins of the ancient Koneswaram temple in Trincomalee. He was awarded Sri Lanka's highest civil honour, Sri Lankabhimanya, in 2005. Who?

-Arthur C. Clarke

8)      South Africa has never played in the finals of a Davis cup tournament. Still, in 1974, South Africa was handed over a “walk over victory”. Why and against whom?

-Against India, since India refused to play against SA as a part of boycott against apartheid.

9)      Held twice, each year which traditional European horse race gives its name to a popular car model?

-Palio

10)   Who is the alter ego of Prince Adam and defends Eternia and the secrets of Grayskull from the evil forces of Keldor?

-He Man 

11)   She has served as Indian ambassador to Spain, Mauritius and UK and is the only daughter of Freedom fighter and former deputy PM of India, Babu Jagjivan Ram. Who?

-Meira Nair

12)   Between 1778 and 1783, Austria attempted to establish a colony on this land, on the mistaken assumption that Denmark had abandoned its claims to it. On 16 October 1868 Denmark formally sold the rights to this land to Britain. Which land?

-Andamans 

13)   It was founded by Serge Kampf in 1967 as an enterprise management and data processing company. The company was inaugurated as the Société pour la Gestion de l'Entreprise et le Traitement de l'Information (Sogeti).

In 1974, after acquisition of two major European IT companies, its name was changed to the one we know it today with. Which company?

-Capgemini (Cap + Gemini) 

14)   Which technology company's logo is inspired from the iconic Golden Gate bridge in USA and the name of the company is derived from the name of the financial and cultural hub of the San Francisco Bay area?

-Cisco (San Francisco) 

15)   Who was given a posthumous Grammy award in 2010, for what the academy says,  "spawned the entire music industry"?

-Thomas Edison for Gramophone

16)   If National capitals of the all countries worldwide are arranged in alphabetical order, which city would end up last?

-Zagreb (Croatia)

17)   In 1975, typhoon Nina wreaked havoc in China's Henan province, causing widespread destruction and loss of about 250000 lives.

What is the connection of this disaster to a famous Indian controversy in 2011?

-This disaster is subject of the movie Dam999. 

18)   Which cricketer is voted as among top 10 cricketers of South Africa of the century, despite having played no match for SA?

- Basil D’Olivera. 

19)   With which product from UK, very much in news in July 2011, would you associate the motto :

"All human life is there".

-News of the world

  

20)   What is the name of the secret religious cult that Amrish Puri heads in the Indiana Jones movie 'Temple of Doom', an Indian word that has found its way to the Oxford English Dictionary?

-Thug.

21)   A Hindu temple is located at The Alamgiri gate of the famous Lahore Fort (Shahi Quila).

The temple is a tribute to the Hindu God who founded Lahore city. Which God?

-Luv, Rama’s son after whom Lahore is supposed to be named.

22)   What two word term is used for a word that occurs only once within a context, either in the written record of an entire language, in the works of an author, or in a single text?  

-Hapax Legomeon

23)    अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पयुर्पासते।

              तेषां िनत्यािभयुक्तानां _____ _______।

              

The last two  words of this Mahabharat shloka is the motto of a famous company. What words, which company?
 
 - योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम LIC (Life Insurance Corporation of India)

24) This phrase is derived from the belief that English law allowed a man to beat his wife with a stick, until the stick was no thicker than _____.In 1782, this was legalized and the Judge who made the ruling was caricatured in a famousCartoon, as Judge _____. 
      What Phrase?

         

         - Rule of Thumb

25)  Under Theodore Roosevelt, the USA provided support for the separatist movement of a country, for facilitating the construction of one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever.
The country gained independence in 1903. Which country and What project?   

-Panama Canal and Panama that gor separated from Columbia.