Fresher Cooker 2.0 - Prelims

1. Prelims- Answers

2. 1
What unofficial holiday is celebrated among
chemists and chemistry students on October 23,
between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM?

3. Mole Day

4. 2. Id the ‘Flea’

6. 3.
Sukumar Sen, the Chief Election Commissioner
during 1st General elections was livid to see a
‘social practice’ making its way to voters’ list.
He ordered his officials by mentioning the names
of the women voters, in place of mere reference
to a particular woman.
Nonetheless, some 2.8 million women voters had
finally to be struck off the list. He felt that such a
step will help in eradicating such social practice.
What made him take such drastic step?

7. THE SOCIAL PRACTICE OF WOMEN REFERRING
THEMSELVES AS SOMEONE'S WIFE,
DAUGHTER, MOTHER, ETC.

8. 4.
It is the Central Asian sport in which horse-
mounted players attempt to drag a goat or calf
carcass toward a goal.
It is the national sport of Afghanistan,
although it was banned under the Taliban
regime.

9. Buzkashi

10. 5.
A European and a Latin American city give names
to these two contrasting psychological
phenomenon .
The former usually involves hostages expressing
empathy and sympathy and having positive
feelings toward their captors, sometimes to the
point of defending and identifying with them.
The latter involves abductors developing
sympathy for their hostages and thereby setting
them free sometimes . Give me both

11. • Stockholm Syndrome
• Lima Syndrome

12. 6.
Contrary to popular belief the name had nothing
to do with the traditional dress worn by people of
that community. General V K Nayar, the deputy
director general of military operations, was one
day driving home exhausted after a long day in
the ops room. As he drove the sign of a
refrigeration shop caught his eye. It was selling
________, a prominent fridge and AC brand. Lets
go with it, he decided. What is being talked about
here?

13. Bluestar, operation bluestar

14. 7. Whose flag?

15. Flag of Jainism

16. 8.
• A monopod, also called a unipod, is a single
staff or pole used to help support cameras,
video cameras, binoculars, rifles or other
precision instruments in the field. Recently
there was a huge demand for the handheld
monopod. People also started referencing the
same as ‘X Stick’.

17. • Selfie stick

18. 9.
"Ek Tha Talli" ("Once there was a Drunk") was
the original title of this film that was launched
in 2012. However, once the makers realised
there was going to be a 2012 Salman Khan
film called "Ek Tha Tiger", they changed it to a
shorter title.Which 2014 film?

19. PK

20. 10.
Mnemonic for what?
• How I need a drink, alcoholic of course, after
the heavy chapters involving geodesy
• May I have a large container of coffee, cream
and sugar?

21. Pi-

22. 11.
• On April 11, 1984 Yuri Malyshev and Gennady
Strekalov were awarded Ashok Chakra. For the
first and only time, this award being given to
non-Indians. Who was the third awardee?

23. • Rakesh Sharma

24. 12.
• Which brand’s innovative campaign at the
Maha Kumbh Mela 2013, Allahabad?

25. Lifebuoy

26. 13.
• Aibohphobia is the fear of?

27. • Palindromes

28. 14.
• A X is a proposed ombudsman in India. The word
X is derived from the Sanskrit word “Y" (people)
and “Z" (protector/caretaker), or "caretaker of
people.“
• Dr L.M.Singhvi was prompted by the then Prime
Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, inquiring which zoo
the new animal (Ombudsman) came from.
• It was then that Singhvi coined the word ‘X in
1963.
• What is X?

29. • Lokpal

30. 15. Cooch Behar princess. ID

31. Gayatri Devi

32. 16. Who founded this party?
• The All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) is a left-wing
nationalist political party in India. It emerged
as a faction within the Indian National
Congress.

33. Subhash Bose

34. 17. Lit-sec IITR
• This town in Haveri district of Karnataka is
home to the famous Tarakeshwara temple
built by the Chalukyas. Most of us have heard
of this town because it has served as the
surname for a famous Hindustani musician
and a character actor in Bollywood films and
television. Which town?

35. Hangal…..

36. 18. 3 laws of what
• A _________ may not injure a X or, through
inaction, allow a X to come to harm.
• A ________ must obey orders given it by X
except where such orders would conflict with
the First Law.
• A ________ must protect its own existence as
long as such protection does not conflict with
the First or Second law.

37. • Issac Asimov’s three laws of robotics.

38. 19.
• In Sept 2014, Hong Kong became the scene of intense
political protests over the way elections are held in that
autonomous region of China.
• The civil disobedience movement has been called
"Occupy Central", partly for the massing of people at
the Central Government Complex in the city. It also
acquired another name in the Western media, the
"_______ Revolution", because many protestors
starting using a piece of household equipment to
protect themselves against tear gas used by police.
What is the missing word?

39. Umbrella revolution

40. 20.
• Who is “she” in this statement?
• “When we used to get beaten up by the police
during the anti-corruption movement, she
used to be busy tweeting”

41. • Kiran Bedi