PICT IET STUDENT CHAPTER organizes technical event Scientia every year during the month of August September.... It has a General Knowledge competition called ENCUESTA which is very famous throughout Pune. This is the final of Scientia '15. The quiz master were Shubham Malu & Mohit Shah. for details or queries mail me at shubh.malu123@gmail.com
2. Round 1: Written Round
• 6 questions
• +5 for correct answer
• No negative marking
3. 1. Name the bowler who took Sachin’s wicket in his last test match in Mumbai.
2. Who owns the domain name 466453.com?
3. Which company has the tagline “Save Money, Live Better”?
4. Who is the author of the book “Combating Terrorism: The Legal Challenge”?
5. Who is the only recipient of the highest civilian awards of both India & Pakistan, the Bharat
Ratna & the Nishaan-e-Pakistan?
6. Name the first video on Youtube
6. Round 2
• QM’s decision is final
• +10 for correct answer. No negative marking
7. Question 1
• In 2014 X decided to file a lawsuit against Y claiming that his logo was
too similar to their logo and infringed on their rights. While there was
obviously some similarities with the 3 circles, smile and minimalistic
design, it seemed pretty insane. Later Y unleashed onto Facebook
that X has actually done the unthinkable, and has decided to use X’s
popular song "Ghosts N Stuff" without permission in a new online
video. Identify X & Y
• No part points.
10. Question 2
• Tardar Sauce better known as X is an internet celebrity. As of
December 10, 2014 “The Official X” page on Facebook has over 7
million likes. X featured on the front page of The Wall Street Journal
and the cover of New York magazine. X is supposed to get her
waxwork at Madame Tussauds in San Franscisco. Identify X.
13. Question 3
• X sometimes referred to as Love Letter was a computer worm
that attacked millions of Windows personal computers in the
Philippines. Around 10% of the internet users committed a huge
mistake by going on the name of this hazardous worm. The
virus played on radical human emotion of the need to be loved
because of which it became a global pandemic in only one night.
The worm did damage on the local machine overwriting image
files and sent a copy of itself to all addresses in the Windows
Address book used by Microsoft Outlook. Identify X.
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16. Question 4
• X was born in March, 1951. X married an American Kathak
dancer. They have two daughters. He was named an Old
Dominion Fellow by the Humanities Council at Princeton
University, where he resided for the 2005–2006 semester as full
professor. He was also a visiting professor at Stanford
University. X is also a Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan and he
now resides in San Francisco. Identify X.
22. Question 6
• This original structure stands upon 16 steel legs somewhere near
Amsterdam and is 10 stories high. Since the headquarters of a corporation
needs to express its organizational values, this controversial X office was
designed to infuse a feeling of innovation, transparency, openness and eco-
friendliness. The counterpoint of this extraordinary aluminum and glass
exterior is represented by the six inner gardens every employee and visitor
can enjoy. The 5,600 sq meter building also includes a 250 seat auditorium,
a restaurant, a library and flexible workspaces that allow every employee
to change the scenery whenever they feel like they could use a break.
Specially controlled installations, along with the inner gardens made it one
of the most efficient energy saving building in Netherlands. The unusual
shape of the structure determined the locals to call it “the shoe” or the
“spaceship”. Name the company
• (Picture on next slide)
26. Question 7
• The company’s name is based on a character in Herman Melville’s
novel Moby-Dick. Originally the company was to be called Pequod, a
whaling ship in Moby-Dick. The co-founders, Jerry Baldwin, Gordon
Bowker, and Zev Siegl, rejected the name and instead named it after
the chief mate on the whaling ship. Identify the company
45. Question 1
On 13th September 2010, at 9:10 pm, viewers got to see an advertisement
for a product across STAR Network channels including STAR Plus, STAR One,
STAR Gold, STAR Utsav, STAR Movies, STAR World, Channel V, STAR Jalsha,
STAR Pravah, National Geographic Channel and Fox History &
Entertainment i.e. the same ad on all these channels at the same time.
What is this kind of advertising called, who did it and what was the
product?
Part points for 2 out of 3.
46.
47. Roadblock Advertising. The ad was for the eco-friendly range of paints from Nerolac featuring
Shah Rukh Khan.
48. Question 2
X often visited the prostitutes at a brothel
on Rue du Bout d'Aeles as his single
emotional and sensuous point of contact
with other people. While there, he cut off
parts of his left ear after a confrontation
with Y. Identify X & Y.
51. Question 3
The canteen at IIM Ahmedabad is aptly
titled “TANSTAAFL”. What is the full form
of the canteen, one of the first
lessonsinculcated by educators
worldwide to Business and Economics
students?
57. Question 5
In a 2007 interview, he claimed to have rejected a
role in Mani ratnam’s “Iruvar” because it would
require him to cut his hair as a result of which, “a
dozen other producers would have committed
suicide”. This interview was after he had played a
role in a Mani Ratnam film. Who?
60. Question 6
The NDA boasts of three alumni to have won the
Param Vir Chakra and ten to have won the Ashok
Chakra. Of these, all PVCs and nine Ashok Chakras
have been posthumously awarded. Who, the first
NDA alumnus to receive it(for events on 3 rd April
1984), was also the only non-posthumous
awardee?
63. Question 7
X was created as a response to Y’s rival brand Polson. The
idea was conceived in 1967 once ASP (Advertising, Sales
and Promotion) clinched the brand portfolio from the
previous agency FCB Ulka. It was executed by Sylvester Da
Cunha, the owner of the agency and his art director
Eustace Fernandez on hoardings, painted bus panels and
posters in Mumbai. Dr Verghese Kurien suggested that it
had to be easy to draw and memorable as most of the
advertising would be outdoor media which required hand
painting in those days and the hoardings had to be
changed frequently. Identify X and Y.
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66. Question 8
Located deep in the icy mountainside of
Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago,
north of Norway, this facility was built in the hope
of averting and alleviating future global crisis and
post apocalyptic scenarios.
Pics on the next slide.
70. • A 2.5 acre landscaped section of New York’s famous Central Park was inaugurated
on 9th Oct 1985, on what would have been John Lennon’s 45th birthday, by his
widow Yoko Ono as a memorial to him.
• It is located directly across the street from where Lennon was murdered. It has
been the site of many impromptu gatherings of Beatles fans over the years.
• What is the name of this garden memorial?
Question 9
76. Question 11
• Miss Universe which is an annual international beauty pageant was
founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills and is
owned by A. The current Miss Universe is B of Colombia who was
crowned on 25th January 2015 in Doral, Florida USA. Identify A & B.
• Part points available.
83. Question 1
Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan urf Hasrat Mohani was a UP-born poet and
freedom fighter. In poetry circles, he is perhaps best known for
writing the ghazal “Chupke Chupke Raat Din”. He made another
lasting contribution to the Indian culture of those times by coining
what?
85. Question 2
For someone like H D Deve Gowda or S.Bangarappa or S.M.Krishna,
it would be Chamarajnagar. For someone like Kiran Reddy or YSR
Reddy, it would be Guntakal (Andhra Pradesh). For someone like
Akhilesh Yadav or Mulayam Singh Yadav, it is NOIDA. For someone
like Jayalalithaa or K.Karunanidhi, it would be a part of the
Thanjavur Brihadeeswara Temple.
What?
86. Politicians do not visit these places, for there is a prevalent
superstition that people lose their seats/posts if they go there.
87. Question 3
These is an example of a sari whose top and
bottom borders are in different colors. By
geographically-inspired name are these kinds
of saris popularly known as?
89. Question 4
In early 2013, the Ministry of Environment and Forests issued a
circular banning the use of these ‘government servants’. The
Ministry of Urban Development is trying to get it implemented in
New Delhi. Who are these servants?
90. Langurs hired to get rid of monkeys who cause havoc in several
governmental buildings
91. Question 5
One of the many stories about the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel is that its
architect took his own life by jumping from the hotel when he
realised he'd made a colossal mistake. Though untrue, what was the
supposed reason for his suicide?
92. That the hotel's back is to the sea, instead of the front. This is false:
this was the intended plan, partly to allow a good view from the
rooms.
93. Question 6
The name of this disease was derived from an Italian word, which in
turn was derived from a Latin term meaning ‘to flow in’. Originally,
the disease was thought to be due to the effect of the stars. Which
disease?
95. Question 7
Recently, these along with some other LIFE Magazine covers were
created for a specific purpose. What was the purpose? The photos that
were chosen to be used as covers, from the literally millions of pictures
in LIFE’s archive, had to somehow “convey the influence of LIFE
magazine, while at the same time helping to move our story along. It
was a fabulous problem, and one we had a lot of fun working to solve.”
(Images on the next slide)
100. Question 9
The main story is about a king who discovered the promiscuity of his
wife. He undergoes severe mental trauma and comes up with a
draconian idea to marry and kill virgin women before they have a
chance to cheat on him. One of the people who gets caught in this is
his minister’s daughter. However, she manages to keep herself alive for
a very long time by playing on the curiosity of the king.
What did she do
102. Question 10
"Dear X It was a real pleasure just to sit and talk with you. I listened very
carefully to what you had to say about this compelling history, and I've since
read the script and found it -- in all the detail of which it descries these
monumental events and in the compassionate portraits of all the principle
characters -- both powerful and moving. I can't account for how at any given
moment I feel the need to explore one life as opposed to another. But I do
know that I can only do this work if I feel almost as if there's no choice. That
a subject coincides inexplicably with a very personal need and a very specific
moment in time. In this case, as fascinated as I was by “___," it was the
fascination of a grateful spectator who longed to see a story told rather than
that of a participant. That's how I feel now in spite of myself, and though I
can't be sure this won't change, I couldn't dream of encouraging you to keep
it open on a mere possibility. I do hope this makes sense Steven. I'm glad
you're making the film. I wish you the strength for it and I send both my very
best wishes and my sincere gratitude to you for having considered me.”
Y."
