2. Larry Silverstein’s association with the Port Authority of
New York & New Jersey goes back to 80s. However, his most
ambitious bid to acquire X was successful on July 4, 2001
only to tumble down in 2 months. It took 13 long years for
his company to clear the pile of disputes and finally unveil
the project in 2014. X?
Q1
5. • Established by the provisions
of Maastricht Treaty in 1992.
• Its name was proposed by a
Belgian history teacher in 1995.
• Logo inspired from the Greek
Epsilon.
• In circulation since Jan 1 2002.
What?
Q2
8. Similar instances of falling off of this foam happened in
1983, 90, 92 & 02 without any impact on the success of
respective missions. Diane Vaughan in her book,
termed this phenomenon as the ‘Normalisation of
Deviance’, when the management becomes accustomed
and ignores the minor glitches without any serious
consequences previously. However, the erosion turned
out to be fatal in 2003. What happened?
Q3
9. Learn to be professional! But safety
first
Launched on May 5, 2003
11. It was intended to promote India
internationally.The account was
won by Grey Worldwide in 2003.
Although, considered to be huge
success, it had had an adverse
impact domestically. The govt has
spent an estimated US$ 20 Million
on TV and print ads. What and
whose fall did it lead to?
Q4
12. Launched on Feb 4 2004
No doubt you are being stalked at the
moment. Just be safe! Bigg Boss is
watching you!
14. All right, so here we are in front of the, uh, elephants, and the cool
thing about these guys is that, is that they have really, really, really
long, um, trunks, and that's, that's cool, and that's pretty much all
there is to say. - 8:46 PM, April 25, 2005
And everything has been
replayed and shared ever
since! What is the significance
of the above mentioned lines?
Q5
17. I t f e l l t o 8 i n 2 0 0 6 , a f t e r t h e
recommendations adopted by the union.
Some of the recommendations are as below:
Cultural: A X is a X if enough people say it is.
Dynamical: The object is large enough to
cause all other objects to eventually leave
its path.
Structural: A X is large enough to form a
sphere and has a sufficient mass to assume
hydrostatic equilibrium
What fell to 8? Or X?
Q6
18. Thus starts the 140 Revolution. Safe from
spam.
First ever tweet on March 21 2015
23. On 15 August 2003, PM
Vajpayee announced that
I n d i a w o u l d o c c u p y
Jawahar point/sthal near
Shackleton (South Pole) in
next 5 years. What is this
about?
Q8
24. Loans are not bad but, safetyfirst
Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 777.68 points
in intra-day trading on Sept 29 2008
26. Hal Finney, Nick Szabo,
Dorian X, Craig Wright, Elon
Musk, among others are the
names put up by many people
around the world to identify
the person/s who launched
…… on 9 Jan 2009. X? and FITB.
Q9
29. India’s bid for X in 1990 & 94 were lost to
Auckland and Victoria. However, after
successfully hosting most expensive
event(Y) in Hyderabad(Gachibowli) in
2003, the bid was voted in favour of
India. A major attraction(Z) at X was
recently purchased by DRDO for
surveillance research by mounting a
3600 camera which could cover an area
of over 30 km radius. X, Y, & Z?
Q10
31. X: 2010 CWG
Y: Afro-Asian Games
Z: Aerostat at JLN Stadium
Answer 10
32. The term has its origin during
the European Revolutions of
1848. The specific use of the
term was unintentionally
coined by the political analyst
Marc Lynch in an article on 6
Jan 2011 on the US journal
Foreign Policy.
Q11
33. Royal families can never be sure on their
safety!
Colonised(katenised) on April 29 2011
!!
36. Safely stored hard copies are a treasure!
Print version ceased after 2012.
37. The Mayan Calendar which
predicted the doomsday
And, we all survived the apocalypse!
Answer 12
38. With US$73 million (over 30% lesser budget than
the movie(Y) based on Kessler Syndrome catastrophe),
X is the least expensive one till date. The
chairman ascribed the low cost to various
factors like modular approach, few ground
tests and long (18–20 hrs) working days. BBC
mentioned lower worker costs, home-grown
technologies, simpler design, and a
significantly less complicated systems than
its American counterpart, which reached its
destination just 2 days before X. X & Y?
Q13
41. In the viral video of Mary Kom and Rajyavardhan Singh,
identify the person in circle, why was he there? His
undeniable and catchy influence on the politics of 2014?
Q14
42. March 8: MH 370 disappears unsafely
September 28: Demand for umbrellas surge
for the safety in HongKong!
43. Ajay Sing, Spicejet Ceo
President of boxing
federation of India.
Coined the line “Abki Baar
Modi Sarkar”
Answer 14
44. Many experts predicted and
warned that the amount of stress
Indian side is holding or exerting
will have disastrous consequences
in this century or beyond. Some
believed that it already occurred
in 1934. But, it actually took place
on 25 April 2015. What?
Q15
45. To safely watch the protests at Taksim
Square, Istanbul.
Founded on 26th March 2015
47. Arthakranthi is a Pune based think tank founded
by Anil Bokil in 2004. After the result of 2014 LS
polls, Anil presented a couple of ideas to NaMo at
Gujarat CMO. 2 of his proposals were: complete
withdrawal of existing tax system, and deducting
tax at source via bank transactions. And the 3rd
proposal was to compress …. . What/How was the
third proposal implemented?
Q16
53. Advertising analysts admired it as the
Elon’s sense of brand management.
Some space enthusiasts voiced the
concern that it contributes to space
debris, others saw it as work of art. Musk
explained that he wanted to inspire
public that the "possibility of something
new happening in space" as part of his
larger vision for spreading humanity to
other planets. What is it about?
Q18
54. Just a Safety Slide!
Trump Tariffs Since January 2018
56. Facebook recently released the data
on spending by political parties on
Ads. BJP had 2,600+ ads during the
LS polls out of which at least 1,500
were on a theme(X) popularised by
RaGa! Surprisingly, Congress had
3,600+ ads out of which, their key war
cry(Y) during the polls appeared
only in 20 ads! X and Y?
Q19
57. Nights are not Safe!
The ultimate Snollygoster drama - November
2019!
58. X - Mein Bhi Chowkidhar
Y - Ab Hoga Nyay
Answer 19