The top 6 teams from the prelims went to the finals and

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NOESIS 2K15

2. A A R A B D H
FINAL ROUND
2

3. ROUND 01
Snap it
(direct answer round)

4. Question 01:
• Started with president Sukarno of
Indonesia in 1950, and the list follows till
date . The list also includes The Queen
Elizabeth II in 1961 .And the last name on
the list for the time being is Barack
Obama, The president of the United
States of America in 2015. Which list are
we talking about ?

5. Question 02:
• Born on 25th April 1987 in jiaganj West Bengal,
appeared first as a participant in one of the
reality singing series, FAME GURUKUL in 2005.
Then he went on to win a subsequent reality
show called “10 ke 10 le gaye dil”. Moreover
he got his first break from Shankar-Ehsan-Loy
on one of their songs called “All for One” from
High School Musical 2 in 2007. Which well
known playback singer is described here ?

6. Question 03:
• Ruth Handler watched her daughter Barbara
play with toys, which partially inspired her
about X. During her trip to Europe in 1956 she
came across Bild Lilli ,which gave her the
final draft for X. she suggested her husband
Elliot, a co-founder of the Mattel company
who was unenthusiastic about the idea, so as
were the other directors. Identify X.

7. Question 04:
YOU ARE LUCKY !!!!
How do you better know “Pandit
Gangadhar Mayadhar
Omkarnath Sashtri” – a
photographer for the newspaper
“Aaj ki Awaaz”.

8. Question 05:
• According to local belief, shepherd Buta Malik
was once given a bag full of coal by a saint. To
his surprise ,he found the bag was full of gold
coins. He went back to thank the saint but
couldn’t find him . Instead, he found an ice
structure inside a cave .
which holy place was thus discovered by Buta
Malik ?

9. Question 06:
• X is an electronic recording device placed in an
aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the
investigation of aviation incidents. What is this
X ?

10. JANTA KI BAARI
• Name me the Indian personality
with highest number of likes on
FACEBOOK !

11. ROUND 02
Pounce it !!
(direct plus pounce)

12. Question 01
• Camilo Villegas, a Columbian professional
golfer, has a homemade putting routine: while
he reads a putt, he crouches down parallel to
the ground without touching it, extending his
left leg back while balancing with his right leg
and his putter to get a better view of the slope
of the green. He is given the nickname
"Hombre Araña" (or _________ ) for this
posture.

14. Question 02
• This phrase is supposed to have evolved from the
“sport” of tent pegging. Sikh warriors would attack
Mughal camps and remove the pegs of tents in which
the enemy was camped thereby trapping the
occupants under the heavy fabric of the tent. They
would then give the battle cry “________ ___
_______” to destroy temporary bridges so that the
Mughal wouldn’t be able to retaliate. In common
usage, when translated to English, it means “to bring
the house down”.
What is the phrase?

15. Question 03
• Shantilal Parmar spotted Nitin Shah, who
worked for a petrol station and made him a
commissioned agent selling jeans. Parmar
taught Nitin about Jeanswear business. After
this Nitin envisioned a denim empire and
commissioned the help of his bothers Arun
and Milan shah. Identify the denim brand
from this story.

16. Question 04
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is a specific
disorder that involves the death of neurons.
This is also known at times as Motor Neuron
Disease(MND).
Name the activity that went viral on social
media during July-August 2014 in order to
promote awareness of the disease.

17. Question 05
• Widely used in Asia, Africa, South America and
Australia - X was developed by a Japanese
business man, Elichiro Ueyama around the
1890’s.
• Typically made from dried paste of
‘pyrethrum’.
• It measures 15 centimeters in diameter and
lasts up to 8hours.
• What is X ?

18. Question 06
• The Ashok Chakra is a military decoration that
is awarded for valor, courageous action or
self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is
either awarded to military or civilian
personnel and may be awarded posthumously.
Name the only legendary person from the
Indian Air Force till date to receive this award
alive.

19. JANTA KI BAARI
• “sleeping ploicemen” are usually posted near
the educational institutions, hospitals and
other important public places to look at public
safety .
who/what are the “sleeping policemen” ?
HINT: THINK SPEED !

20. ROUND 03
Sneak-a-pic

21. Question 01

22. Question 02

23. Question 03

24. Question 04

25. Question 05

26. Question 06

27. JANTA KI BAARI

28. Shock lagga !

29. Ek aurr …

31. ROUND 04
WAR OF THE WORDS

32. 1.
• Whose the founder of Android (single person).
• ISIS: Abbreviate
• who scored the maximum no. of goals in 2014
football world cup brazil ?
• What is the capital of Assam ?
• How do you better know ISRO’s MOM as on
24th September 2014 ?

33. 2.
• How do you better know ‘Hridesh Singh’ ?
• Where is INDIA HOUSE located ?
• Which is the most liked page on Facebook
with over "70 million likes"?
• Karma is a dance form of which state ?
• Bharat Ratna is a peepal leaf shaped award.
Serious or joking ?

34. 3.
• Who was first Indian to win an academy
award?
• Who Sponsored the IPL 2014 ?
• Expand : FTII (in Pune )
• Which is the largest platform in the world ?
• Who is captain of the Indian cricket team
women ?

35. 4.
• Who is called as "El Gordo" or The Fatso by his
teammates?
• Who quoted “ man is a social animal”.
• Who is the owner of the ISL team Kerala
Blasters ?
• What does WADA in sports org. stands for ?
• Which human body organ produces maximum
heat ?

36. 5.
• Which Bollywood film star is honored
by légion d’honour France's highest civilian
award ?
• Expand MMS .
• How do we better know Aliaune Damala
Bouga.
• What is the capital of switzerland ?
• Who is the CEO of Google Inc.

37. 6.
• How do we better know HENRY CANVIL ?
• Which is highest grossing Bollywood movie?
• Expand : AIDMK
• Kishore Biyani is the head of which marketing
giant ?
• Who will you relate to ‘UNBREAKABLE’

38. ROUND 05
HIT IT OFF

39. 01
• In an acidic solution, the “lawsone” molecule
can react via a process called Michael addition
with keratin to create a stain. What do we
genuinely know this process as?
• Hint: Lawsone molecule is
also known as hennotannic acid.

40. 02
• X is a dish, which has its origin in Odisha, now very popular
all over India especially the eastern part. It is said to have
been introduced by Haradhan Moira in Bengal during the
19th century. It was also one of the traditional offerings to
Goddess Lakshmi.
• Haradhan Moira is said to have introduced the traditional X
in Bengal. In 1868, Nobin Chandra Das simplified the
traditional recipe, after which it became popular.
• His son, K.C.Das started canning the product leading to
wider accessibility.
• Identify it .

41. 03
• This is the Poruvazhy Peruviruthy Malanada
Temple in Kerala's Kollam district.
• This is one of the only temples where X is
worshipped as the primary deity.
• It is deemed to be unjust by many Hindus as it
clashes with their pre-formed views and that X
is an extremely negative character in their
eyes.
• Har-Ki-Doon Valley in Uttarakhand is another
place where X is worshipped, just as any other
deity. He, in fact, rules supreme there.

42. Tie Breakers
• Isisaurus is a genus of dinosaur from the Late
Cretaceous Period. It lived in what is now India.
• It had a "bizarre" appearance with a short,
vertically directed neck and long
forelimbs, making it considerably different from
other sauropods.
• The skeletal material was found between 1984
and 1986 by Sohan Lal Jain and Saswati
Bandyopadhya.
• It was named in honour of a certain entity in
India. What was it named after?

44. Tie Breakers
• Arshad Warsi
• Shilpa Shetty
• Amitabh Bachchan
• Sanjay Dutt
• Salman Khan
• Farah Khan
Connect the dots !

45. Tie - Breakers
• This genre of electronic dance music that is
characterized by a tempo of between 125 to
mid 160 beats per minute, repeating melodic
phrases and a musical form that distinctly
builds up and down throughout the track.
• It derives itself referring to a state of
hypnotism and HHHeighttnedd consciousness.
• Which genre are we talking about ?

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