2. PRELIMS
Q:1
The circle topped with a two bar cross in which the word X
resides is a variant of the Y logo, and is either "an early
European symbol for quality" or a Cross of Lorraine, as
carried by the Knights Templar into the Crusades. The X's
a dot with four radiating outward either resembles a four-leaf
clover or the cross pattee, also associated with the Knights
Templar, as well as with the German Military and today's
Freemasons. What famous design pattern is being discussed
here?
3. *Q:2
lTopeka is the capital city of Kansas.
lOn March 1, 2010, Topeka Mayor Bill Bunten
issued a proclamation to change the name of
Topeka to Google.
lThe name change was to "re-brand" the city with
a simple gesture.
lGoogle jokingly announced that it would change
its name to Topeka to "honor that moving gesture"
on April 1, 2010 and changed its home page to
say Topeka.
lWhy?
4. Q:3
lBefore coming up with the name Intel, Robert
Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to give their
company a different name. However, they decided
against it, owing to the fact that it would be an ill-
suited name for an electronics company. What
name? And why did they decide against it?
5. Q:4
Q. The pictures below are of US patent 5255452.
Identify the patent holder and the function of the
invention.
11. Q:8
Long ago, in the villages of Germany, lovers
whose families opposed their marriage would
jump off a cliff to prove their love. But women,
when their turn came after seeing their men
jump off, would get cold feet and return home,
and marry someone else.
Which famous phrase came into existence due
to this ?
12. Q:9
The picture shows the ‘Platform Call’ for a very special
Honorary train for a Movie. The name of the station is
also the name of a very dominating character from the
movie. Identify the movie or the character.
18. *Q:15
P. B. Kasbekar ,a joint secretary in the banking
department attended the meeting convened by the
then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi to take a key
decision. Kasbekar had kept a wedding invitation in
his shirt pocket which was orange in colour and with
a dash of red and saffron. PM liked the combination
and chose the colour scheme and design for ‘X’.
Identify X.
19. Q:16
X holds the record of a politician remaining in power
longest. In 2008, X resigned after 49 years, 10 months
and three days in power. Only monarchs have been in
power longer.
The leader of the Cuban revolution holds another
peculiar record. According to his former security chief,
the number of assassination schemes or actual
attempts by the Central Intelligence Agency to kill X is
638.
Identify X.
21. Q:18
The islands in picture are of international
significance as they form the boundary but two of
the most prominent nations of the world. Identify
the place or the countries.
25. <Q1>
The X symbolized the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing
Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the
end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolized efforts by the Soviet Union
to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the west and non-
Soviet-controlled areas. On the east side of the X were the countries that were
connected to or influenced by the Soviet Union. On either side of the X, states
developed their own international economic and military alliances:
Member countries of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance and the
Warsaw Pact, with the Soviet Union as the leading state
Member countries of the European Community and/or the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization and with the United States as the leading country
Physically, the X took the form of border defenses between the countries of
Europe in the middle of the continent. The most notable border was marked by
the Berlin Wall and its Checkpoint Charlie which served as a symbol. What is
X???
26. <Q2>
On 19 February 2012, 17–year–old male X and his father travelled to Sanford, Florida
to visit his father’s fiancée in the Retreat at Twin Lakes housing development.. During
the halftime of the NBA All–Star Game on 26 February, X walked to a nearby
convenience store to get an iced tea and a bag of Skittles for himself and his
stepbrother–to–be. X caught the eye of Neighborhood Watch volunteer George
Zimmerman, a 28–year–old Hispanic man, as he drove his car on an errand.
Zimmerman had previously reported suspicious individuals to the Sanford Police
Department on five occasions, including an incident on 2 February 2012, when he
reported two young black men, who went on to burglarize a house four days later.
Zimmerman called the Sanford Police Department to report X. As Zimmerman called the
police, X was on the phone with his girlfriend, and told her that someone was following
him. While Zimmerman spoke to the police dispatcher, X fled, and the dispatcher asked
him not to pursue him. Zimmerman pursued X anyway. An altercation occurred between
the two, which Zimmerman has claimed was initiated by X. Zimmerman sustained
injuries to his nose and the back of his head. A witness called 911; cries for help and a
gunshot can be heard on the call audio. Stanford Police officers arrived, followed by
Sanford Fire Rescue. Martin was pronounced dead at the scene, and Zimmerman
admitted to shooting X. The police took Zimmerman in for evidence collection, but
eventually freed him at 1:00 AM that night. Police Chief Bill Lee cited Florida’s Stand
Your Ground law and claimed he lacked the evidence necessary to negate
Zimmerman’s claim that he shot Martin in self–defense. On 11 April, Zimmerman was
charged with second–degree murder by Angela Corey, a Florida prosecutor. On 13 July
2013, Zimmerman was found not guilty of all charges. Our study ends with the reactions
to Zimmerman’s arrest through 30 April 2012 and does not consider his trial and
27. <Q3>
The X’s unusual design features – the round building,
bulge in the middle, the narrow taper at the top and
spiraling design – create an impact in more ways than you
might think. The cylindrical shape minimizes whirlwinds
that can form at the base of large buildings, something that
can be predicted by computer modeling using the math of
turbulence.
What’s more, the bulging middle and tapered top give the
illusion of a shorter building that doesn’t block out sunlight,
helping to maximize natural ventilation and saving on air
conditioning, as well as lighting and heating bills. Built with the
help of CAD (Computer Aided Design) and parametric modeling,
the X is now a distinctive feature in London’s city skyline. Identify
X
28. X is an infrastructural company founded in 1978,
employing the Public Private Partnership model ,it has
successfully implemented several iconic infrastructure
projects in India. Although the company started with
Agri based industries like Jute/Sugar/Breweries but
slowly moved in the Infrastructure space over the past
decade. Now X interests lie in areas of Airports, Energy,
Highways and Urban Infrastructure... The Group also
has around 806 mn tons of coal reserves in Golden
Energy Mines, Indonesia and 104 mn tons in PT
Barasentosa Lestari, Indonesia.
It was also the owner of Delhi Daredevils in the
inaugural IPL.
The Group has seven operating assets in the Highways
sector : Tambaram - Tindivanam (93 km), Tuni-
Anakapalli (59 km), Ambala-Chandigarh (35 km), Adloor
- Pochanpalli (103 km), Hyderabad - Vijayawada
(181 km), Chennai Outer Ring Road (30 km) and
Hungund - Hospet (99 km) which is partially operational.
The Group’s projects in the Urban Infrastructure sector
include a multi-product SEZ and Large Area
Development in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, a captive port
based multi-product SEZ in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh,
Aviation and Logistics SEZ around the Hyderabad
<Q4>
29. <Q5>
X is a sport which was invented in 2008 by Bill Gibson in Villanova,
Pennsylvania.It is played only in the United States, with professional
league games taking place in Philadelphia.Gibson decided to
include elements of different
sports: soccer, basketball and handball. The main philosophy of X is
to introduce a new gameplay experience to the world of sports, this
is why the main slogan of X is “join the revolution." This sport
combines classical activities (football, basketball, handball, rugby…)
into a common sport where players can contribute their unique skill-
sets to the game. The website of the American X league also works
like a social network where fans and players can stay in contact.
Identify the sport…
30.
31. X has been the subject of a number of documentaries, television series, talk
shows, advocacy and awareness films. X has been awarded the following
national and international honors
2014:Y
2009: Defenders of Democracy Award (US)
2008: Alfonso Comin International Award (Spain)
2007: Gold medal of the Italian Senate (2007)
2007: recognized in the list of "Heroes Acting to End Modern Day Slavery" by
the US State Department
2006: Freedom Award (US)
2002: Wallenberg Medal, awarded by the University of Michigan
1999: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Award (Germany)
1998: Golden Flag Award (Netherlands)
1995: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award (US)
1995: The Trumpeter Award (US)
1994: The Aachener International Peace Award (Germany)
1993: Elected Ashoka Fellow (US)
Identify X &Y…
<Q6>
32. <Q7>
The X is a region of the Solar System beyond the planets, extending from
the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun.It is
similar to the asteroid belt, but it is far larger—20 times as wide and 20 to 200
times as massive.Like the asteroid belt, it consists mainly of small bodies, or
remnants from the Solar System's formation The X is home to three IAU-
recognized dwarf planets: Pluto, Haumea, and Makemake. Some of the Solar
System's moons, such as Neptune's Triton and Saturn's Phoebe, are also
believed to have originated in the region.
Pluto is the largest member of the X, and the second largest known TNO, the
largest being Eris in the scattered disc.Originally considered a planet, Pluto's
status as part of the X caused it to be reclassified as a "dwarf planet" in 2006.
It is compositionally similar to many other objects of the X, and its orbital
period is characteristic of a class of KBOs, known as "plutinos", that share
the same 2:3 resonance with Neptune. Identify X…
33.
34. <Q8>
X, is the difference between the value of money and the cost
to produce and distribute it. The term can be applied in the
following ways:
X derived from specie—metal coins—is a tax, added to the
total price of a coin (metal content and production costs),
that a customer of the mint had to pay to the mint, and that
was sent to the sovereign of the political area.
X derived from notes is more indirect, being the difference
between interest earned on securities acquired in exchange
for bank notes and the costs of producing and distributing
those notes.
However, monetary X refers to the sovereign revenue
obtained through routine debt monetization, including
expanding the money supply during GDP growth and
meeting yearly inflation targets.
X is a convenient source of revenue for some governments.
Identify X…
35. <Q9>
The X is a collegiate athletic conference comprising sports
teams from eight private institutions of higher education in
the Northeastern United States. The conference name is
also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a
group. The term X has connotations of academic
excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism.
The term became official after the formation of
the NCAA Division I athletic conference in 1954.The use of
the phrase is no longer limited to athletics, and now
represents an educational philosophy inherent to the
nation's oldest schools. Seven of the members were
founded during the United States colonial period; the
exception is Cornell, which was founded in 1865. X account
for seven of the nine members chartered before
the American Revolution, the other two being Rutgers
University and College of William & Mary.
X financial endowments range from $3.2 billion to $36.4
billion , the largest financial endowment of any academic
institution in the world.
Identify X…
36. <Q10>
X was an American singer, film actor, and comedian. At the peak
of his career, he was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer".
Numerous well-known singers were influenced by his music,
including Bing Crosby[3] David Bowie,Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart and
others.
In the 1930s he was America's most famous and highest-paid
entertainer.Between 1911 and 1928, X had nine sell-out Winter
Garden shows in a row, more than 80 hit records, and 16 national
and international tours. Although he is best remembered today as
the star of the first 'talking picture', The Jazz Singer (1927), he later
starred in a series of successful musical films throughout the
1930s. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was the first star to
entertain troops overseas during World War II. In 1950 he again
became the first star to entertain GIs on active service in
the Korean War, performing 42 shows in 16 days.According to
the St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, “X was
to jazz, blues, and ragtime what Elvis Presley was to rock 'n' roll.
He enjoyed performing in blackface makeup, a theatrical
convention since the mid 19th century. With his unique and
dynamic style of singing black music, such as jazz and blues, he
was later credited with single-handedly introducing African-
American music to white audiences.As early as 1911 he became
known for fighting against black discrimination on Broadway.Who
was X??
40. • Q - X is an irrefutable takeover offer made to a target
company by an acquiring company. Typically, the
acquisition price's premium is extremely generous
compared to the prevailing market price. Therefore, if the
target company's management declines the offer,
shareholders may initiate lawsuits or other forms of revolt
against the target company for not performing their
fiduciary duty of looking out for the best interests of the
shareholders. What is this kind of an offer popularly
known as?
41. Q) A certain bowler from the English Cricket team
performed a spectacle during a match. The villagers of the
county from
which he came, wished to reward him so they pooled in
some
money and bought him X. From X comes a famous phrase
used often in sports.
Identify X and the spectacle.
42. lX is sent from the County Clerk Office in Texas to
the International Space Station.
lOnce X has been received at the International
Space Station, it is utilized for its purpose and sent
back to County Clerk Office usually within a day.
lThe County Clerk Office is the only place on earth
capable of sending X.
lX is usually sent once in 4 years.
lID X.
45. Q: Identify X and Y.
X -- Shiite Muslims who have long felt marginalized in the majority Sunni country Y --
abducted the President's chief of staff over the weekend, then took over the presidential
palace in the capital and the largest city in the country ,Sana’a on Tuesday. One
government minister called it "the completion of a coup,“ but rebels said they had not
asked the president to step down.
46.
47. Q:
In the Harry Potter novel series, the incantation X is known as the Killing Curse.
During an audience interview at the Edinburgh Book Festival on 15 April 2004, series
author J. K. Rowling had this to say about the fictional Killing Curse's etymology:
"Does anyone know where X came from? It is an ancient spell in Aramaic, and it is the
original of Y, which means 'let the thing be destroyed.' Originally, it was used to cure
illness and the 'thing' was the illness, but I decided to make it the 'thing' as in the
person standing in front of me. I take a lot of liberties with things like that. I twist them
round and make them mine."
Y can always be related to Great people of a Profession Z(HOUDINI).
Identify X or Y, and Z.
building that doesn’t block out sunlight, helping to maximize natural ventilation and saving on air conditioning, as well as lighting and heating bills. Built with the help of CAD (Computer Aided Design) and parametric modeling, the X is now a distinctive feature in London’s city skyline. Identify X
