2. Question 1
⊙The meaning of this word translated to English
is :
o Birth
o origin
o springing up
o appearance
o production
o source
o coming into existence
o emersion
Which word?
7. Cisco logo
The name "Cisco" was derived from the city name San
Francisco, which is why the company's engineers
insisted on using the lower case "cisco" in its early
years. The logo is intended to depict the two towers of
the Golden Gate Bridge
8. Question 4
⊙Well, looks like Google researchers have the
answer. They have found out why one in three
smartphone users in India run out of space on their
phones daily.
⊙According to a recent report in the The Wall Street
Journal, such messages have driven a 10-fold
increase in the number of Google searches for “X
images” over the past five years.
⊙The same report reveals that Pinterest's display
images with quotes section saw a nine-fold increase
over the past year in India.
14. Question 7
“The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both
pronunciations. They are wrong. It is a soft ‘G,’
pronounced ‘_________’. End of story.” says Steve
Wilhite, the creator of _________.
16. Question 8
⊙The Boston castle in Rotherham, Yorkshire, was built in the
1770s. The Earl who built it named it after a place to show his
support to the activists who were protesting against the English.
⊙So strong was his opposition to the Government position that he
resigned his commission.
⊙Quite cheekily, he also banned a particular thing parties held at
the castle.
⊙What did he ban?
18. Question 9
What we have:
⊙Local knowledge and global expertise
⊙Global reputation and expertise
⊙Software for political intelligence & election management–
⊙Android application for organisation and election
management where information can be updated in real time
on mobile–
⊙Access to the foremost behavioural change communications
methodology in India–
⊙The complete package – ‘A to Z’ of election Management
services
⊙Caste research
⊙Voter demographic data collection and analysis
⊙Behavioural polling
⊙Media monitoring
⊙Target audience analysis - campaign strategy
⊙Campaign consultancy – strategy and intervention
management
20. Question 10*
⊙The character was initially supposed to be named Farooque
Khilji. The actor who played the character felt that the name
wasn’t right, and insisted upon it being changed.
⊙Considering that the character had the trait of losing his __ often
in the movie, when something happens. The name of the
character was then change to XY, and from there it was
shortened to Y.
⊙A joke including XY was made in the film’s climax.
22. Question
11
⊙Save The Lazy Smiley Face from Doom The game
has an underlying humanitarian plot by including a
face that just sits there making faces at you the
whole time.
⊙While you're in the process of clicking,it has a
surprised, scared look on his face. He doesn't know
whether his ass is about to be grass or whether he'll
be alive and kicking when you let go of your mouse
button.
⊙If he's still breathing, he'll go back to smiling, but if
not, he'll frown and his eyes will go from being two
circular dots to being two X’s.
⊙Seeing that nobody planned a funeral for his dead
24. Question
12
⊙In Germany, there is a Bavarian town called
Herzogenaurach. This town came into limelight
after two international companies both started in
little Herzogenaurach, and their headquarters are
still located here today.
⊙Though initially close, the companies soon had
their differences and eventually after a bitter spat,
split up and an intense rivalry arose.
⊙With time, Herzogenaurach became often called
The Town of Bent Necks. Why?
25. This is the town where Adolf Dassler and his brother
Rudolf started the companies Adidas and Puma
respectively.
26. Question 13
⊙Who is the famous co-author of the children
books shown in the next slide?
⊙Hint – Famous in another field and not really for
being a children’s novelist
29. Question 14
⊙Y has become an internet sensation after the release of a
song from an upcoming movie. The budding actor also
dethroned the likes of Sunny Leone, Deepika Padukone
as the most searched celebrity on Google.
⊙Scoring more than 606k followers on Instagram in a
single day, Y came very close to beating American reality
TV personality Kylie Jenner and football star, Cristiano
Ronaldo. She currently has 5.1 million followers on the
photo-video sharing app.
⊙According to a report in India TV, Y is charging a
whopping amount of money for her social media posts. It
is believed that Y is being offered as much as Rs 8 lakh
per social media post.
⊙Who is this person whose voluntary opening and closing
of the eye lids has increased her fan base?
31. Question 15*
⊙Zbtb7is a gene that may act as a master switch for cancer, and
is responsible for the proliferation of cancer throughout
surrounding cells. The gene is unique in that it is needed for
other oncogenes to cause cancer.
⊙Discovery of the gene was first published in the January 2005
issue of Nature. It was originally called "POK erythroid myeloid
ontogenicfactor" but was renamed to Zbtb7.
⊙Why was it renamed ? Put funda
⊙Hint on Demand
33. Question 16
⊙"In ayurveda, since ancient times, parts of
cannabis [hemp], for instance, have been
used for medicinal purposes. So, we are
looking at various formulations. We should
ponder over the benefits and positive uses of
the cannabis plant."
⊙This is what the CEO of the most rapidly growing
FMCG company in India had to say about the
legalisation of marijuana.
⊙Identify the company and the CEO (Part Points)
35. Question 17
⊙This was how X got trolled for his rather slow start but the
record for this feat is held by Y who took 62 deliveries to do
the same.
⊙Y’s most embarrassing moment and Z’s career defining
moment was in 2007 (the year is enough). Identify X, Y and
Z (Part Points)
39. Question 19
⊙Recently, Vinnie's Pizzeria in NYC introduced a new dish
on their menu which is modelled after the product - X.
⊙The colourful calzone concoctions (image on next slide)
are made to look like X, but the blue and orange swirls
are made from cheese dyed with food colouring.
⊙About this dish, Chef Sean Berthiaume stated - “They’re
100 per cent edible. There's no poison or ______ or
anything in them. They're filled with cheese and
pepperoni and ricotta and Italian seasonings.”
⊙Id X.
42. Question 20*
⊙The Diomede Islands consist of two rocky, mesa-like
islands which are 3.86 km apart at their closest points.
⊙The Diomede Islands are located in the middle of the Bering
Strait between mainland Alaska and Siberia.
⊙The islands are sometimes called Tomorrow Island (Big
Diomede) and Yesterday Isle (Little Diomede). Put funda
and explain why?
43. Because they are separated by the International Date
Line, Big Diomede is almost a day ahead of Little
Diomede, but not completely; due to locally defined time
zones, Big Diomede is only 21 hours ahead of Little
Diomede
44. Question 21
⊙"We are the world's most dynamic city and have a rich heritage
which people are forgetting. So the idea is to brand X with its
history, culture, art and its cuisines and portray this as a global
brand," said Priyank Kharge.
⊙The Y was launched during X Habba- a open street festival in front
state assembly structure. The festival saw various performances -
from western music to Indian traditional dance forms, stalls and food
trucks.
⊙A creative group, Nammur, designed the Y.
⊙“The concept is 'Be & You, anybody can be yourself in X. We have
been working on this Y for nearly one year and we were interviewed
for this many times to describe how it will take city X to next level,"
said Venkatesh, a member of Nammur.
⊙What first is this for the Indian city X which joins New York City,
Melbourne, Singapore, Amsterdam and other global cities to have
its own Y.
46. Question 22
⊙Xs are the most commonly discarded piece of
waste worldwide. It is estimated that 1.69
BILLION pounds of Xs wind up as toxic trash
each year, creating an enormous environmental,
health, and economic burden.
⊙Being the most littered item on earth, about 4.5
trillion Xs are littered each year.
⊙Contrary to popular belief, Xs are NOT
biodegradable! X waste is a huge environmental
issue, with a global impact -- it is both unsightly
and unhealthy.
⊙What is being talked about?
48. Question 23
⊙X (formerly called Showtime App) which was recently
acquired by Sequoia Capital-backed digital media company
Pocket Aces, has already notched more than 1,000,000+
Google play downloads.
⊙X was inspired by a US App started in August 2017 and is
India’s first.
⊙X is only about four months old but it is quickly winning users
in the country. It is developed by three former employees of
learning platform Unacademy.
⊙X in Spanish means “Crazy”.
