2. Q1.
Q1. The term was coined in 1914 by Friedrich von Wieser in his book
"Theorie der gesellschaftlichen Wirtschaft".
However, there have been many predecessors: Benjamin Franklin
described the concept as "time is money" in his Advice to a Young
Tradesman, Written by an Old One (1748), quoted by Max Weber in his
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905):
“Remember, that time is money. He that can earn ten shillings a day by his
labor, and goes abroad, or sits idle, one half of that day, though he spends
but sixpence during his diversion or idleness, ought not to reckon that the
only expense; he has really spent, or rather thrown away, five shillings
besides.
… Remember, that money is the prolific, generating nature. Money can
beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shillings
turned is six, turned again is seven and threepence, and so on, till it
becomes a hundred pounds. The more there is of it, the more it produces
every turning, so that the profits rise quicker and quicker. He that kills a
breeding sow, destroys all her offspring to the thousandth generation. He
5. Q4.
On july 5 1946 what costume was designed by french
automotive engineer Loius Reard and why did he call
it so?
6. Q5.
_______________ is an international
doughnut and coffee retailer founded in
1950 in Quincy, Massachusetts by
William Rosenberg. It is now
headquartered in Canton,
Massachusetts. Despite originally
focusing on donuts and other baked
goods, over half of _______________
business today is in coffee, making it
more of a competitor to Starbucks as
opposed to traditional competitors Krispy
7. Q6.
When Indian forces drove away Portuguese from this
colony it became, in the eyes of international law, an
independent country. The residents of the colony
requested India for administrative help. Mr.
K.G.Badlani , an officer of the Indian Administrative
Service, was sent as the administrator.In 1961,Mr.
Badlani was ,for one day, designated the ‗Prime
Minister‘ of this country,so that as the head of the
country he could sign an agreement with the Prime
Minister of India,Mr. Jawahar Lal Nehru, and formally
merge the country with the ‗Republic of India‘.
8. Q7.
The _______ originated from the Magadh region of India,
present day South Bihar where it is also known as phoolki.
The English meaning of _______ is "watery bread" or "crisp
sphere eaten.‖ In Rajasthan,it is known as Pani ke bataashe
/ Patashi, in Bangladesh, West Bengal as phuchka,in
Orissa, South Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh as Gup Chup. The
filling is made by lightly mashing boiled potatoes with black
salt, salt, some spices, a generous portion of tamarind pulp
(made by mashing ripe tamarind in tamarind water) and
chilli (powder/chopped/boiled & pasted).
9. Q8.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king
from history:
Spades – __________
Hearts – ____________
Clubs –________________
Diamonds – _________
10. Q9.
Named after, The Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of __________
(1850–1942), third son of Queen Victoria and uncle of King
George VI, __________‘s Georgian architecture is modeled
after the Royal Crescent in Bath, England, who visited India in
1921. Prior to its construction the area was a ridge, covered
with kikar trees inhabited by jackals and wild pigs, where
residents of Kashmere Gate, Civil Lines area visited during the
weekends for partridge hunting. Today, ____________ is one
of the most vibrant business districts of Delhi. But the constant
development projects have led to certain problems, like
dispute over property rights, encroachments, haphazard
development, unauthorized construction, traffic congestion and
others.
11. Q10.
He once famously said that "the aim of English cricket, is in
fact, mainly, to beat Australia.". Can you identify this English
bowler (picture on left)?
12. Q11.
"Lal Kuddi Maidan Khaddi?"... Amul gave this caption
on their trademark current affair images...
for what current affair did they use this caption???
(HINT:Link it to the opening ceremony of London
Olympics 2012)
13. Q12.
Q. XY is a British centenarian marathon runner of Punjabi Sikh
origin. He is a world record holder in his age bracket. His
current personal best time for the London Marathon (2003) is 6
hours 2 minutes, and his marathon record, for age 90-plus, is 5
hours 40 minutes, at the age of 92, at the 2003 Toronto
Waterfront Marathon. XY had stated, "I won't stop running until
I die. The next target, God willing, is to be the oldest marathon
runner ever and, "At the time when people start retiring, I
thought of running at the age of 63...and today I won the
marathon at 93 years of age.―XY‘s biography, titled "Turbaned
Tornado", was formally released in the Attlee Room of Britain's
House of Lords on 7 July 2011 by Lord Anthony Young of
Norwood Green and retired British Crown Court judge Sir Mota
Singh. The 114-page book, penned by Hoshiarpur-based
writer Khushwant Singh, traces the runner's roots and tries to
capture his life's journey, including the impact of X on the world
around him..
14. Q13.
___________ is the southern gate of one of the many gates of
the historic walled city of Delhi, or Shahjahanabad. The gate
links the New Delhi city with the old walled city of Delhi. At
present, it stands in the middle of the road, at the end of Netaji
Subhash Chandra Road, in Daryaganj.
The Gate built by Emperor Shah Jahan in 1638 as part of the
rubble–built high fort walls that encircled the Shahajahanabad,
and is similar in design and architecture to the northern gate of
the walled city, the Kashmiri Gate (1853). It was built by
Nawab Qudsiya Begum, the wife of Mughal Emperor Ahmad
Shah (r. 1748- 1754), in 1751.
15. Q14.
________ is an Indian American businessman who was the
managing director (chief executive) of management consultancy
McKinsey & Company from 1994 to 2003 and a business leader
in India and the United States. In his capacity at McKinsey,
______ was recognized as the first Indian-born CEO of a global
corporation. After becoming a senior partner emeritus at
McKinsey, _______ served as corporate chairman, board
director or strategic advisor to a variety of large and notable
organizations: corporations including Goldman Sachs, Procter
and Gamble and American Airlines, and non-profits including
The Gates Foundation, The Global Fund and the International
Chamber of Commerce.
He was convicted in June 2012 on insider trading charges
stemming from the Raj Rajaratnam Galleon Group case on four
criminal felony counts of conspiracy and securities fraud. He is
expected to appeal and awaits sentencing in October 2012.
16. Q15.
_______, which is also known as olympic ______ to distinguish
it from historical ______, is a family of combat sports using
bladed weapons. It is usually practised with the help of a sword
or mini-blade.
__________ is one of five sports which have been featured at
every one of the modern Olympic Games, the other four being
Athletics, Cycling, Swimming, and Gymnastics. The sport of
__________ is divided into three weapons:
1)Foil—a light thrusting weapon that targets the torso, including
the back, but not the arms.
2)Sabre—a light cutting and thrusting weapon that targets the
entire body above the waist, excluding the hands.
3)Épée—a heavier thrusting weapon that targets the entire
body.
18. Q17.
_____________ is a large Spanish corporation and the
world's largest fashion group.
It is made up of almost a hundred companies dealing in
activities related to textile design, production and distribution.
Amancio Ortega, Spain's richest man, and the world's 5th
richest man, is the founder and current largest shareholder.
The chairman of ________ is Pablo Isla.
_________ runs over more than 5,402 stores worldwide and
owns brands like Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Oysho, Pull and
Bear, Stradivarius, Zara, Tempe and Uterqüe, and also a low cost
brand Lefties.
19. Q18.
Whose statement, regarding who?
―I‘ve never dared to break the glass of
his house while playing cricket as I used
to be extremely scared of him.‖
20.
21. Q19.
What are these statements part of?
"If your balls be found anywhere
touching one another you are to
lift the first ball till you play the last."
"The weight of the ball must not
be greater than 1.62oz., and the
size not less than 1.68 inches in
diameter"
22. Coined by editor Dave Carnie to describe
the kind of relationships that develop
between skaters who spend a great deal of
time together it is defined as a form of
homosocial intimacy between two or more
men. What term are we talking about?
23. When Electrolux first marketed it‘s vacuum
cleaner in the USA, their slogan was such that it
made
a mockery of them. This happened because the
Swedish
speaking Electrolux people didn‘t know much
about US
slang. What was the slogan ?
24. In ancient Egypt, the people of the Bousiris
delta used to put water and barley in barrels
and leave it exposed to yeast bearing winds
from the east. What word in the English
language has this led to?
26. Widely regarded as the world‘s first billionaire,
At the age of 86, penned the
following words to sum up his life:
―I was early taught to work as well
as play,
My life has been one long, happy
holiday;
Full of work and full of play-
I dropped the worry on the way-
And God was good to me
everyday.‖
27. A ______ is a medieval siege engine, employed either
to smash walls or to throw projectiles over them. They
were made from wood. It appeared in both Christian
and Muslim lands around the Mediterranean in the
twelfth century. It could fling three hundred pound
(140 kg) projectiles at high speeds into enemy
fortifications. On occasion, disease-infected corpses
were flung into cities to infect the people under siege:
a medieval variant of biological warfare. ______ MS is
a font designed for Microsoft in 1996. It is named after
the siege engine.
28. Tech historians such as Jonathan Cooper-
Smith now acknowledge that it has been the
biggest accelerator for the growth of every
major communication technology- from the
Polaroid to VCRs and Cable TV and then to
the Internet. What?
30. • ________ is the closest thing to an Omniscient entity
in existence, which can be scientifically verified.
• ________ is everywhere at once (Omnipresent)
• ________ is potentially immortal.
• ________ answers prayers.
• ________ is infinite.
• ________ remembers all.
• ________ can "do no evil" (Omnibenevolent)
• Evidence of ________'s existence is abundant.
31. This cricketer was considered as perhaps the greatest all
rounder of his time. In all, he took 1,109 first-class
wickets with a bowling average of 10.32 He was also a
fine batsman (4,140 first-class runs with a batting
average of 14.12).He retired from cricket as a result of
rheumatism . He was posthumously selected as Wisden
Cricketer of the Year in 1913, 50 years after his
retirement from first-class cricket.
Identify the cricketer.
32. The name of X when
translated to english
means ―LEAVE LUCK
TO HEAVEN ―
Before entering into
their current field the X
had tried luck in Card
manufacturing,Cab
Service etc
Identify X and their
product to the right
34. X is an American businessman and is the president and
chief executive officer of First Allied Corporation, a
holding company for his varied business interests, most
notably in the food processing industry. He holds
controlling stakes in Y, and owns the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers, a National Football League team in
Tampa, Florida, United States. He is more famous for
his ownership of Y.
35. This famous publication runs several opinion columns whose names reflect their
topic:
Bagehot (Britain) — named for Walter Bagehot , 19th century British constitutional
expert and an early editor
Charlemagne (Europe) — named for Charlemagne, founder of the Frankish Empire
Lexington (United States) — named for Lexington, Massachusetts, the site of the
beginning of the American Revolutionary War
Buttonwood (Finance) — named for the buttonwood tree where early Wall Street
traders gathered
Banyan (Asia) — this column was established in April 2009 and focuses on various
issues across the Asian continent.
Schumpeter (Business) — named for the economist Joseph Schumpeter
37. X is a confection which was first created by Rowntree's
of York, England
It is now produced worldwide by Y, which acquired
Rowntree in 1988, except in the United States where it is
made under licence by Z
Each bar consists of fingers composed of three layers of
crème-filled wafer, covered in an outer layer of chocolate
Launched in 1935, X was originally known as 'Chocolate
Crisp'
38. Its first product was a simple rice cooker which failed
miserably.
In the early stages the company kept itself alive by
selling heating pads.
These pads were made by stitching wires on cloth.
It derived its name from a railway company. The
company had a name which was changed so that its
American customers could easily pronounce it.
44. A4.
Bikini, after Bikini Atoll where on July 1 a bomb
explosion took place.
45.
46.
47.
48. A8.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades – King David
Hearts – Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds – Julius Caesar
