History::General::::2014-12-24
Q.1 When George -I became king of England, he and the prime minister Robert Walpole talked to each other in Latin, why?
George - I was German born and did not know English and Walpole did not know German.
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Q.2 In which city the Japanese surrender was signed ending the WW-II?
It was not signed in any city but on board the USS Missouri (American ship) on 2-Sep 1945
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Q.3 What is common to the US presidents James Garfield, Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley and John F Kennedy?
All were assasinated
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Q.4 At what age Pu-yi became emperor of China?
2 years. He was the youngest Emperor of China. His father was the regent.
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Q.5 After his name there was a country and a scholarship that is still given. Name him.
Cecil John Rhodes. Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) was named after him and we all know about Rhodes scholarship.
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History::WWII::Atomic Bomb::2014-12-18
Q.6 The atomic bomb dropped on 6th August 1945 on Hiroshima was called "Little Boy" and dropped from a B-29 plane which was nicknamed "Enola Gay". The nickname was painted just before the flight took off. Who was Enola Gay?
She was mother of the pilot Colonel Paul Tibbets. He incidentally was US military attaché to India in 1964.
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Q.7 The second bomb was dropped on 9th August 1945 on Nagasaki from another B-29 plane nicknamed "Bockscar" also sometimes called the plane that ended WW-II. What was the bomb nicknamed?
Fat Man
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Q.8 Fatman was originally not planned to be dropped on Nagasaki but on another city. But the plan was changed as there was haze on that city and target was not visible. Name it.
Kokura
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Q.9 A plane nicknamed "Necessary Evil" followed Enola gay through out the operation. what was its job?
To film the whole episode. Its original name was "The great Artiste"
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Q.10 The four possible targets chosen were Hiroshima, Kokura, Nagasaki, and Niigata of which Nagasaki replaced the original city earmarked. Henry Stimson, the war secretary, had a special place for this city personally as he spent his honeymoon there and saved it from being the target. Which was that city?
Kyoto
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Q.11 Fat man on Nagasaki exploded on a sports arena. What was that?
A Tennis Court
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Business::General::::2014-12-06
Q.12 Which company changed its logo of all uppercase letters to all lower case letter since 2009?
Pepsi
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Q.13 Kremlin security agency is procuring an equipment to use in office to stop leakage of information. Name this equipment whose popularity has come down in 2000s.
Typewriters
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Q.14 Who are called Steel collared workers?
Industrial robots
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Q.15 This is a small apparatus used in game of football and many other sports. Ralph Nader, the American civic activist coined a term using this replacing other similar meaning terms like snitch or leaksmith. which is the sports apparatus we are talking about? And what is the term that is widely used in industry, corporate wold and politics?
Whitsle and Whistleblower
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Q.16 In WWI in British Mesopotamia (modern Iraq and nearby area) certain imports were brought from an Indian company though there was strong opposition to it. What was the imported item and from which Indian company was it imported?
Steel rails for setting up railways in Mesopotamia from TISCO.
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Business::::Facebook::2014-12-05
Q.17 Inside Facebook office what are "Beacon," "Knife at a Gunfight," "Subprime Mortgage?"
Conference rooms named after bad or failed ideas
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Q.18 Which country is using Facebook to write the constitution?
Iceland. The initial draft documents were posted on a facebook wall and it was open for comments and suggestions.
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Q.19 the 2010 film "The social Network" had tagline "You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies" was adapted from a book ___ ____________ ______________ by Ben Mezrich
The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal
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Q.20 What happens if you type www.facebook.com/4?
You go to Mark Zuckerberg's wall similarly other co-founders like Chris Hughes is assigned number 5 and 6 to Dustin Moskovitz.
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Q.21 Before it became Facebook what was the name of this social networking site?
thefacebook.com. the was dropped later.
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Q.22 Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly red-green colour blind. How did this affect facebook as a product?
This is the reason Facebook logo and theme is in blue.
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Business::Indian company::Logo::2014-12-04
Q.23 Which Indian company's logo consists of 15 dots or circles?
Spicejet

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Q.24 the Indian Railway logo had 16 stars till 2010 representing the railway zones and there after another star was added to make it 17. Why?
The Metro of Kolkata was added as another Indian Railway Zone.

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Q.25 Logo of which company depicts two elephants pulling chains in two opposite direction.
Fevicol

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Q.26 Which company's logo has a shopping cart?
flipkart

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Q.27 The logo of this company is stylized double helix. Identify this biopharmaceutical company.

Biocon
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Q.28 Identify the logo. It is one of the first logos of the world.

East India Company. though this is not an Indian company but features here as it primarily was aimed to do business in India.
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Q.29 Logo of this company has 26 icons embedded in it. Some of them are lips, sun, hands, bee, spoon, fish, palm tree. Identify the company.
Unilever

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Q.30 Logo of this company depicts diffrent flavour for each day of the month. Identify this yummy company.
Baskin Robbins. the number 31 is represented in pink meaning each day of the month one can have a different flavour.

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Q.31 The logo of this company is adapted from ancient chemical symbol of iron, a circle with and arrow diagonally pointing upwards to the right. Name the company.
Volvo

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Culture::Dance::Dance of India::2014-12-03
Q.32 Dancers of this Indian classical dance do not wear ankle bells (ghungroo) and also do not strike their feet very hard on the ground. Identify the dance form.
Answer:CManipuri Dance.

Q.33 This classical dance is the oldest of all classical dances of India. And the movement of hands and legs are little restricted and sometimes contorted unlike other dance forms as it has roots in temple sculptures. Identify the dance.
Answer:DOdissi. The temple sculptures have restricted limbs as they have to be carved out of rectangular slabs.

Q.34 The dancers of few Indian classical dances wear ornaments shaped like moon and sun and are called Chandra-prabha (the Moon) and Surya-prabha (the Sun). They are fixed on the left (the Moon) and the right (the Sun) sides of the hair parting of their hair. Identify the dance form that do not have such accessories.
Answer:DKathakali. Rest all the three Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi and Mohiniattam have these ornaments as part of the dance jewelry.
Info Q.35 In Kathakali a dancer playing a noble character like Arjun will paint his face with ________ colour.
Answer:AGreen. Same goes with Bhima and Nala. characters like Ravan and Duryodhan put green with a red stripe.

Q.36 Which Indian classical dance resembles the Spanish dance form called Flamenco?
Answer:AKathak
