The document contains an induction quiz with 30 multiple choice questions covering topics such as landmarks, literature, history, and current events. Some of the questions provide additional context and require identifying multiple parts. The questions are across 3 sections and include blanks to be filled in and connections to be made between ideas, people, or events.

1. Induction Quiz
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2. Section 1

3. Q.1. It is a 235-metre (771 ft) tall tower
located in Delhi, built in 1988, with an
observation deck. It is the 15th tallest
structure in India.

4. Q 2. Students from the Indian Institute of Technology-
Bombay (IIT-B) fell prey to what could be termed
as one of the most successful mass pranks played
on April Fool's Day, in 2011. At midnight on March
31, the students received an e-mail stating that the
institute had X. The mail solicited applications
asking students to write a 250-word essay on why
they deserved X.
• In less than an hour, 675 of the country's brightest
youngsters sent in detailed requests. "I have
secured All India Rank 30 in IIT-JEE and state rank
1 in MP-PET. My Cumulative Point Index is 9.36,"
said an applicant's essay.
• The techies weren't shy to boast. "I have designed
three add-ons for the Mozilla Firefox, which has
had over 60,000 downloads so far," said an essay.

5. Q.3. Tony Blair was a British PM. There was another
well known Blair born in India who lived from 1903
to 50. How do we better know him as.

6. Q.4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy was a famous novel written by
Douglas Adams. In the novel, he relates
the story of a race of hyper-intelligent
pan-dimensional beings who built a
computer named Deep Thought to
calculate the Answer to the Ultimate
Question of Life, the Universe, and
Everything. When the answer was
revealed Deep Thought explained that
the answer was incomprehensible
because the beings didn't know what
they were asking. It went on to predict
that another computer, more powerful
than itself would be made and designed
by it to calculate the question for the
answer. What was the Answer?

7. Q.5. A South Asian Centre for Art and Culture is to
come up at a seven decade old house in Mumbai, once
owned by X.

8. Q.6. An 11-year-old schoolgirl, Cerys
Cooksammy Parnell in the UK recently made
news by achieving the highest possible score
of 162 on an IQ test organized by
______, making her brainier than scientists
Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein.
The grade six schoolgirl took up the IQ test
with the aim of beating her father's score of
142.
• ____ is non-profit organization open to
people who score at the 98th percentile or
higher or have a score of 140 or more on a
standardized, supervised IQ test.
• Fill in the blanks

9. Q.7. At a point when X was killing numbers of Pandava
troops, Krishna advised Yudhishthira to adopt a plan to kill
X. Krishna advised that it be proclaimed that Y was killed
in battle, at which out of grief, it was expected that X would
lay down his arm.
Yudhishthira, being a proponent of truth, hesitated at
this, at which his brother Bhima killed an elephant in the
Kuru army named Y, and proclaimed "Y is dead, Y is dead".
The proclamation had its effect, and X lay down his
weapons, at which Z, born to King Drupada, beheaded
him.
Give X, Y and Z.

10. Q.8.Following is a
Famous Bronze sculptor
by Auguste Rodin. It is
almost held
synonymous with the
subject of Philosophy
and finds its mention on
many famous pieces of
work on Philosophy.
What is the name of this
sculpture?

11. Q.9. Godwins Law is an observation made by Mike
Godwin in 1990 that has become an internet adage now.
It states,"As an online discussion grows longer, the
probability of a comparison involving X and Y
approaches 1.‚
X and Y are synonymous with each other.

12. Q.10. Only 2 Indian Army Regiments have had the
__X__ as one of the criteria for recruitment, the
Grenadiers and __Y__. The grenadiers has abolished it
while ___Y___ continues to have it. The army justifies
__X__ as a requirement for the nature of ceremonial
duties of __Y__.
X- Min 6 ft height

13. Section 2

14. Q.11. The founder of X was Thomas X.
He opened Britain's first known shop of
its kind at No. 216 Strand, London, in
1706; it still operates today. The firm's
logo, created in 1787, is the world's
oldest in continuous use. It is London's
longest-standing rate-payer. It holds a
royal warrant and is now owned by
Associate British Foods.

15. Q.12.Nielsen Holdings is a leading global
information and measurement company that enables
companies to understand consumers and consumer
behavior. It measures and monitors what consumers
watch (programming, advertising) and what
consumers buy (categories, brands, products) on a
global and local basis.
Which company is the parent company of this
company which itself is a global leader offering
unique financial service worldwide .

16. Q.13. X literally "singing place", or "building
for musical competitions"; from the verb
aeidō, "I sing", is the name for several
ancient Greek and Roman buildings built for
music: singing exercises, musical
shows, poetry competitions, and the like.
In a general way its construction was similar to
that of an ancient Greek theatre.
It gives name to something famous in
Contemporary Biz-Ent parlance.

18. Q.14 He was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He
pursued his undergraduate studies in Economics
(Honors) from St. Stephen's College. He then went on to
the London School of Economics, to do his M.Sc in
Economics completing it in 1974. He remained at the
London School of Economics for his PhD, from 1974 to
1976. He served as chief economic advisor to the Finance
Minister. On September 5, 2012, he was appointed Chief
Economist at the World Bank. He created Dui-doku, a
competitive two-player version of Sudoku.
Who?

19. Q. 15. X-Euro = 13,000
X-USD = 17,222
X- GBP = 11,111
A dozen barrels of expensive Dornish
wine can be purchased with 100 X. The
exchange rate is calculated by averaging
the price of fine wine in the real world
and Dornish Wine has a standard 225
liters wine barrel.
What is the currency in question?

20. Q.16. Many of us would know about Bretton
Woods Agreement lead to development of
IMF and International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development in 1944
but what did signing of Buttonwood
agreement lead to?

21. Q.17. He was a successful investment
banker at D.E. Shaw & Co, until he
jumped into the world of Technology
seeing its rising popularity, and has made
it really big in the 1990s. He was recently
in news worldwide since his company
acquired Washington Post. Name him.

22. Q.18. It started as a one-man export company of home
furnishings, by John Bissell in 1960, in the two small
rooms adjoining his bedroom in his Golf Links flat. He
used his recently deceased grandmother's $20,000 legacy
as start-up capital. Originally
from Hartford, Connecticut, where his grandfather was
the president of the Hartford Fire & Life Insurance
Company, Bissell, was previously working as a buyer
for Macy's, New York left his position and came to India
in 1958. He was given a two-year grant to instruct Indian
villagers in making goods for export.

23. Q.19. David McConnell founded the
company which was then called California
Perfume Company for middle class white
American women. However he visited
Shakespeare’s Home and was befuddled by
the similarity the countryside and his place
which inspired him to rename the
company.
What did he rename the company as, the
name by which it is known today?

24. Q.20. ID the developer?

25. Section 3

26. Q.21. X wrote the song Y in 1976 while waiting for his girlfriend
Pattie Boyd to get ready for a night out. They were going to a
Buddy Holly tribute that Paul McCartney put together.
• Pattie was married to Z when X expressed his love for her on
the song A. X and Z remained good friends, and Z even
played at their wedding in 1979.
• Pattie would later say: "For years it tore at me. To have
inspired X, and Z before him, to write such music was so
flattering. ‘Y' was the most poignant reminder of all that was
good in our relationship, and when things went wrong it was
torture to hear it.‚
• In Friends episode 625 (the one with the proposal), Y plays in
the background while Chandler and Monica are dancing. This
was also used in the movie The Story Of Us with Bruce Willis
and Michelle Pfeiffer. The song plays in the background as
they eat dinner together at home, even though they had
separated.
• Identify X, Y, Z and A. (1/2 for 2)

28. Q.23.
Q.23. Of the many bookstores in
New Delhi two have shaped the
market by bringing multiple
innovations to the marketplace.
• X originally located at Statesman
House shifted across the street in
its latest avatar. Housing an in
house café Y it serves as an oasis
for book lovers in Connaught
Place.
• Z on the contrary located at
Meher Chand Market Khan’s
poorer cousin is a niche bookstore
that houses art books, cookery
books, coffee table books amongst
others but steers clear from
mainstream works.
Identify X,Y and Z? (1/2 for 2, 1
for all 3)

29. Q.24. Three panels from the Simpsons referencing the work of
2 different famous artists. Name the artists being referenced in
both:

30. Q.25. Identify X
• 1967 Birmingham Test: India’s tour of England
• That is the only time X featured in a test match, it
is said the dressing room was in a state of shock
when Captain Pataudi announced the Starting XI.
• And as one senior player put it- ‚"It was very
unusual looking at a scorecard with X -- against a
side that was thinking of dropping Ray
Illingworth‛
• In 2004, the Board of Control for Cricket in
India conferred on them the CK
Nayudu award, named after India's first Test
captain.

31. Q.26. Connect

32. Q.27. X is an American film festival that takes place
annually in Utah. The festival is one of the largest
independent movie festivals in the United States and
showcases new work from American and international
independent filmmakers. It was founded in 1978 by
Robert Redford, and named after the character he
portrayed in a famous 1979 American Western film.

33. Q.28.Given to the right is the
cover of an upcoming novel
by X. The novel is set to
release in September this year.
It is a sequel to a 1977 novel of
his.
It features the character Dan
Torrance from the previous
novel who is now middle-
aged and is trying to escape
his father’s legacy. What
famous novel is this book a
sequel to and also id X?

34. Q.29. Connect

35. Q.30. The nickname ‚Flying Finn‛ has been given to many
Finnish athletes. Originally, it was given to runners but
gradually, it began being associated with Finnish racing
sportsmen.
‚X‛ was the first famous driver to be given the nickname
when he won the Drivers Championship in 1982. Notable
others have followed such as Mika Hakkinen, Mika Kallio
etc, but ‚X‛ remains the true Flying Finn of Formula One.
ID ‚X‛.

36. Answers

37. Section 1

38. Q.1. It is a 235-metre (771 ft) tall tower
located in Delhi, built in 1988, with an
observation deck. It is the 15th tallest
structure in India.

39. Pitampura TV tower

40. Q 2. Students from the Indian Institute of Technology-
Bombay (IIT-B) fell prey to what could be termed
as one of the most successful mass pranks played
on April Fool's Day, in 2011. At midnight on March
31, the students received an e-mail stating that the
institute had X. The mail solicited applications
asking students to write a 250-word essay on why
they deserved X.
• In less than an hour, 675 of the country's brightest
youngsters sent in detailed requests. "I have
secured All India Rank 30 in IIT-JEE and state rank
1 in MP-PET. My Cumulative Point Index is 9.36,"
said an applicant's essay.
• The techies weren't shy to boast. "I have designed
three add-ons for the Mozilla Firefox, which has
had over 60,000 downloads so far," said an essay.

41. free tickets for the ICC World Cup final
match to be played at Wankhede
Stadium on April 2

42. Q.3. Tony Blair was a British PM. There was another
well known Blair born in India who lived from 1903
to 50. How do we better know him as.

43. Eric Arthur
Blair/George Orwell

44. Q.4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy was a famous novel written by
Douglas Adams. In the novel, he relates
the story of a race of hyper-intelligent
pan-dimensional beings who built a
computer named Deep Thought to
calculate the Answer to the Ultimate
Question of Life, the Universe, and
Everything. When the answer was
revealed Deep Thought explained that
the answer was incomprehensible
because the beings didn't know what
they were asking. It went on to predict
that another computer, more powerful
than itself would be made and designed
by it to calculate the question for the
answer. What was the Answer?

45. 42

46. Q.5. A South Asian Centre for Art and Culture is to
come up at a seven decade old house in Mumbai, once
owned by X.

47. Jinnah

48. Q.6. An 11-year-old schoolgirl, Cerys
Cooksammy Parnell in the UK recently made
news by achieving the highest possible score
of 162 on an IQ test organized by
______, making her brainier than scientists
Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein.
The grade six schoolgirl took up the IQ test
with the aim of beating her father's score of
142.
• ____ is non-profit organization open to
people who score at the 98th percentile or
higher or have a score of 140 or more on a
standardized, supervised IQ test.
• Fill in the blanks

49. Mensa

50. Q.7. At a point when X was killing numbers of Pandava
troops, Krishna advised Yudhishthira to adopt a plan to kill
X. Krishna advised that it be proclaimed that Y was killed
in battle, at which out of grief, it was expected that X would
lay down his arm.
Yudhishthira, being a proponent of truth, hesitated at
this, at which his brother Bhima killed an elephant in the
Kuru army named Y, and proclaimed "Y is dead, Y is dead".
The proclamation had its effect, and X lay down his
weapons, at which Z, born to King Drupada, beheaded
him.
Give X, Y and Z.

51. X- Dhronacharaya
Y- Ashwatthama
Z- Drishtadyumna

52. Q.8.Following is a
Famous Bronze sculptor
by Auguste Roddin. It is
almost held
synonymous with the
subject of Philosophy
and finds its mention on
many famous pieces of
work on Philosophy.
What is the name of this
sculpture?

53. The Thinker

54. Q.9. Godwins Law is an observation made by Mike
Godwin in 1990 that has become an internet adage now.
It states,"As an online discussion grows longer, the
probability of a comparison involving X and Y
approaches 1.‚
X and Y are synonymous with each other.

55. Hitler and Nazis

56. Q.10. Only 2 Indian Army Regiments have had the
__X__ as one of the criteria for recruitment, the
Grenadiers and __Y__. The grenadiers has abolished it
while ___Y___ continues to have it. The army justifies
__X__ as a requirement for the nature of ceremonial
duties of __Y__.
X- Min 6 ft height

57. President’s Bodyguards

58. Section 2

59. Q.11. The founder of X was Thomas X.
He opened Britain's first known shop of
its kind at No. 216 Strand, London, in
1706; it still operates today. The firm's
logo, created in 1787, is the world's
oldest in continuous use. It is London's
longest-standing rate-payer. It holds a
royal warrant and is now owned by
Associate British Foods.

61. Q.12.Nielsen Holdings is a leading global
information and measurement company that enables
companies to understand consumers and consumer
behavior. It measures and monitors what consumers
watch (programming, advertising) and what
consumers buy (categories, brands, products) on a
global and local basis.
Which company is the parent company of this
company which itself is a global leader offering
unique financial service worldwide .

62. • Dun & BradstreetDun & Bradstreet

63. Q.13. X literally "singing place", or "building
for musical competitions"; from the verb
aeidō, "I sing", is the name for several
ancient Greek and Roman buildings built for
music: singing exercises, musical
shows, poetry competitions, and the like.
In a general way its construction was similar to
that of an ancient Greek theatre.
It gives name to something famous in
Contemporary Biz-Ent parlance.

65. Odeon

66. Q.14 He was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He
pursued his undergraduate studies in Economics
(Honors) from St. Stephen's College. He then went on to
the London School of Economics, to do his M.Sc in
Economics completing it in 1974. He remained at the
London School of Economics for his PhD, from 1974 to
1976. He served as chief economic advisor to the Finance
Minister. On September 5, 2012, he was appointed Chief
Economist at the World Bank. He created Dui-doku, a
competitive two-player version of Sudoku.
Who?

67. A) Kaushik Basu

68. Q. 15. X-Euro = 13,000
X-USD = 17,222
X- GBP = 11,111
A dozen barrels of expensive Dornish
wine can be purchased with 100 X. The
exchange rate is calculated by averaging
the price of fine wine in the real world
and Dornish Wine has a standard 225
liters wine barrel.
What is the currency in question?

69. A. Gold Dragon from Game of Thrones

70. Q.16. Many of us would know about Bretton
Woods Agreement lead to development of
IMF and International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development in 1944
but what did signing of Buttonwood
agreement lead to?

71. NYSE IN 1792. The Buttonwood
Agreement, which took place on May
17, 1792, started the New York Stock & Exchange
Board now called the New York Stock Exchange.
This agreement was signed by
24 stockbrokers outside of 68 Wall Street New
York under a buttonwood tree.

72. Q.17. He was a successful investment
banker at D.E. Shaw & Co, until he
jumped into the world of Technology
seeing its rising popularity, and has made
it really big in the 1990s. He was recently
in news worldwide since his company
acquired Washington Post. Name him.

73. Jeff Bezos

74. Q.18. It started as a one-man export company of home
furnishings, by John Bissell in 1960, in the two small
rooms adjoining his bedroom in his Golf Links flat. He
used his recently deceased grandmother's $20,000 legacy
as start-up capital. Originally
from Hartford, Connecticut, where his grandfather was
the president of the Hartford Fire & Life Insurance
Company, Bissell, was previously working as a buyer
for Macy's, New York left his position and came to India
in 1958. He was given a two-year grant to instruct Indian
villagers in making goods for export.

76. Q.19. David McConnell founded the
company which was then called California
Perfume Company for middle class white
American women. However he visited
Shakespeare’s Home and was befuddled by
the similarity the countryside and his place
which inspired him to rename the
company.
What did he rename the company as, the
name by which it is known today?

78. Q.20. ID the developer?

80. Section 3

81. Q.21. X wrote the song Y in 1976 while waiting for his girlfriend
Pattie Boyd to get ready for a night out. They were going to a
Buddy Holly tribute that Paul McCartney put together.
• Pattie was married to Z when X expressed his love for her on
the song A. X and Z remained good friends, and Z even
played at their wedding in 1979.
• Pattie would later say: "For years it tore at me. To have
inspired X, and Z before him, to write such music was so
flattering. ‘Y' was the most poignant reminder of all that was
good in our relationship, and when things went wrong it was
torture to hear it.‚
• In Friends episode 625 (the one with the proposal), Y plays in
the background while Chandler and Monica are dancing. This
was also used in the movie The Story Of Us with Bruce Willis
and Michelle Pfeiffer. The song plays in the background as
they eat dinner together at home, even though they had
separated.
• Identify X, Y, Z and A. (1/2 for 2)

82. X- Eric Clapton
Y- Wonderful Tonight
Z- George Harrison
A- Layla

84. The first two images are those of Draper Daniels and
Rosser Reves both inspirations for Donald Draper.
Tata acquired Jaguar a brand featured on the show.
Kodak and Hersheys were also featured Kodak being
featured in the first season and Hersheys in the last
season.
The man in the bow tie is Matthew Weiner the writer of
Mad Men
Two Photos are featured one of Conrad Hilton founder
Hilton Hotels who befriended Don Draper and the
other of James Buchanan Duke who founded
American Tobacco which own Lucky Strike
There’s also an image of Madison Avenue where a
majority of the advertising agencies were located in
the 1960’s.

85. Q.23.
Q.23. Of the many bookstores in
New Delhi two have shaped the
market by bringing multiple
innovations to the marketplace.
• X originally located at Statesman
House shifted across the street in
its latest avatar. Housing an in
house café Y it serves as an oasis
for book lovers in Connaught
Place.
• Z on the contrary located at
Meher Chand Market Khan’s
poorer cousin is a niche bookstore
that houses art books, cookery
books, coffee table books amongst
others but steers clear from
mainstream works.
Identify X,Y and Z? (1/2 for 2, 1
for all 3)

86. X- Oxford bookstore
Y- Cha Bar
Z- CMYK

87. Q.24. Three panels from the Simpsons referencing the work of
2 different famous artists. Name the artists being referenced in
both:

88. Salvador Dali
M.C. Escher

89. Q.25. Identify X
• 1967 Birmingham Test: India’s tour of England
• That is the only time X featured in a test match, it
is said the dressing room was in a state of shock
when Captain Pataudi announced the Starting XI.
• And as one senior player put it- ‚"It was very
unusual looking at a scorecard with X -- against a
side that was thinking of dropping Ray
Illingworth‛
• In 2004, the Board of Control for Cricket in
India conferred on them the CK
Nayudu award, named after India's first Test
captain.

90. The Spin Quartet

91. Q.26. Connect

92. Beatles References

93. Q.27. X is an American film festival that takes place
annually in Utah. The festival is one of the largest
independent movie festivals in the United States and
showcases new work from American and international
independent filmmakers. It was founded in 1978 by
Robert Redford, and named after the character he
portrayed in a famous 1979 American Western film.

94. Sundance Film Fest
Sundance Film Festival

95. Q.28.Given to the right is the
cover of an upcoming novel
by X. The novel is set to
release in September this year.
It is a sequel to a 1977 novel of
his.
It features the character Dan
Torrance from the previous
novel who is now middle-
aged and is trying to escape
his father’s legacy. What
famous novel is this book a
sequel to and also id X?

96. The Shining
Stephen King

97. Q.29. Connect

98. DLF Emporio
Referred to as Rodeo Drive of the East
KP Singh founder of DLF
Mohit Gujral who is the architect and
designer of DLF Emporio
SETZ which is the flagship restaurant of
DLF Brands and located at DLF Emporio

99. Q.30. The nickname ‚Flying Finn‛ has been given to many
Finnish athletes. Originally, it was given to runners but
gradually, it began being associated with Finnish racing
sportsmen.
‚X‛ was the first famous driver to be given the nickname
when he won the Drivers Championship in 1982. Notable
others have followed such as Mika Hakkinen, Mika Kallio
etc, but ‚X‛ remains the true Flying Finn of Formula One.
ID ‚X‛.

100. Keke Rosberg