2. ● 20 Questions
● 5 Starred
● Starred Questions are 2 parts
● 16,17,18,19,20 - Starred
● Have Fun :)
Rules
3. The X is a series of personal digital assistants developed and marketed by Y. An
early device in the PDA category – the X originated the term "personal digital
assistant" – it was the first to feature handwriting recognition. Y started developing
the platform in 1987 and shipped the first devices in 1993. Production officially
ended on February 27, 1998.
The X was considered technologically innovative at its debut, but its high price and
early problems with its handwriting recognition feature limited its sales.
ID X.
Question 1
6. Question 3
According to this company’s website, the name "X" is derived from the symbolic
mountain of the gods, an icon of unshakeable reliability and character - a core
value which lies at the heart of X's promise to its customers. Founded in 2007, it
claims to be the third largest ‘Radio Taxi’ service in the world.
Name the company.
7. Question 4
Founded in 1632 by Avedis X, an alchemist who was looking for a way to turn base
metal into gold, but instead in the process he created an alloy combining tin,
copper, and silver into a sheet of metal that could make musical sounds without
shattering.Later when Avedis began manufacturing musical instruments with same,
he was honored with the name X by Sultan Osman II. The X Company moved from
manufacturing noisemakers that frightened the enemies of the Ottoman Empire to
manufacturing its musical instruments once again in the 19th century.
Name X.
8. Question 5
X is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San
Jose, California, in the center of Silicon Valley, that develops, manufactures and
sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and other
high-technology services and products. Through its numerous acquired
subsidiaries, such as OpenDNS, WebEx, Jabber and Jasper, X specializes into
specific tech markets, such as Internet of Things (IoT), domain security and energy
management.
The logo of X has the famous Golden Gate Bridge.
ID X.
9. Question 6
During Diwali of the year 2005 this person wanted to celebrate the festival in his
hometown, Hyderabad. Since he did not know his schedule in advance, he ran
around looking for tickets but they were all sold out minutes before he reached the
counters. Bengaluru traffic is notorious during festive season and can grip you at
the wrong time. This is what exactly what happened that day.
Who is this person and what did he create?
(Part Points)
10. Question 7
What is the name given to the fraudulent operation that involves paying
abnormally high returns to investors out of the money paid in by subsequent
investors rather than from revenues generated by any business?
Example of this relates to an investment option that Sahara ran in 2008 where
investors had deposited money in schemes launched by Sahara India Real Estate
Corp Ltd and Sahara Housing Investment Corp Ltd.
The SEBI termed these schemes illegal, and asked the company to refund its
investors. In 2012, after the supreme court asked Sahara to deposit the investor
money with SEBI, the company claimed it had already returned $3.9 billion and only
about $840 million was pending. SEBI disputed the claim as details of repayment to
investors were not provided.
11. Question 8
1. Decide on the task to be done.
2. Set the X .
3. Work on the task.
4. End work when the timer rings and put a checkmark on a piece of paper.
5. If you have fewer than four checkmarks, take a short break (3–5 minutes), then
go to step 2.
6. After four X, take a longer break (15–30 minutes), reset your checkmark count
to zero, then go to step 1.
These are the original steps in the X Technique. What is X ?
12. Question 9
X was an American art director and graphic designer, best known for his corporate
logo designs, including the logos for IBM, UPS, Enron, Morningstar, Inc.,
Westinghouse, ABC, and NeXT. He was one of the first American commercial artists
to embrace and practice the Swiss Style of graphic design.
X’s most widely known contributions to design are his corporate identities, many of
which are still in use.
ID X.
13. Question 10
X is the oldest of the three flagship record labels owned by Warner Music Group. X was bought by
WMG in 2013. But before all of this, X was founded in 1896 by Carl Lindström in Germany.
The British branch of the company was founded in 8 August 1923 as the X. Co Ltd. which
developed a reputation in the 1920s as a leading jazz record label. On 5 October 1926, the
Columbia Graphophone Company acquired X’s business, name and release library, and later
merged with the Gramophone Company on 31 March 1931 to become Electric & Musical Industries
Limited (EMI).
Sir George Martin (“the fifth Beatle”) joined as an Assistant Label Manager in 1950. Later in 1962,
signed The Beatles due to which it became one of the most recognisable record label in the world.
Currently, artists such as Bebe Rexha, Coldplay, Conor Maynard are under X.
ID X.
17. Question 12
It’s usually a 16 digit number divided into 4 segments. Check for the first two digits
in the first segment from the left.
If the digits are 34 or 37 then it's definitely an X.
If the digits are 51, 52, 53, 54 or 55 then it's definitely a Y.
If the digits are between 40 to 49 then it's definitely a Z.
What is being described here?
Also ID X, Y, Z.
18. Question 13
Voxeljet is a 3D printing company based in Germany.
They manufacture large format commercial 3D printers, which are very good
at manufacturing large prototypes quickly. Their customers included
manufacturing and automotive companies such as Daimler, Ford, and 3M.
But this company is also known for it’s involvement in another field, when a
recurring cast member bid farewell in the famous action movie series running
from the 1960’s.
What did they do?
19. Question 14
The _______ Effect is a phenomenon which was observed in Google Maps, in it’s
early days.
It was caused when two separate aerial or satellite pictures are taken of
different sections of a city, and then stitched together to form a continuous
composite picture.
Each picture is taken from a different angle, so the taller building in these
pictures appear to lean toward or away from each other, giving them a unique
and unusual appearance.
What is this effect called?
20.
21.
22. Question 15
The company was founded by Nick Woodman in 2002. He was motivated by a
tramp in 2002 surfing trip to Australia in which he was hoping to capture quality
action photos, but could not because amateur photographers could not get close
enough or buy quality equipment at reasonable prices. His desire for a camera
system that could capture the professional angles inspired the ‘X’ name.
Woodman raised a portion of his initial capital by selling bead and shell belts for
under US $20 from his VW van and, later, fashionable camera straps. X is now
valued at about $ 3 billion.
ID X.
23. Question 16
X is a Sweden-based micro-donation provider founded by Y and Linus Olsson and launched
in March 2010.
On X, users are given the choice to pay any monthly donation (provided a minimum of 2
euros) which is then split equally among websites, pages or service accounts they selected
using a X button. This is comparable to an Internet tip jar. The word "X" is used as a verb, to
indicate payments through the X system. Upon clicking a X button, users are logged into the
X site, thus said to be "X" the page they are on. Y said, "We want to encourage people to
share money as well as content."
Y, however is best known for another reason altogether. Y has a popular alias brokep. Y also
participates in the Pirate Party of Finland and describes himself as a socialist. As of April 2017,
Y has been working on a new venture called Njalla, a privacy oriented domain name registrar.
ID X and Y.
24. Question 17
X is a core banking product developed by Indian corporation Y that provides
universal banking functionality to banks. X was built under the leadership of Sharad
Hegde who served as CTO of the firm. In August 2015, X became part of
EdgeVerve Systems Limited.
X is used by banks across 84 countries that serve over 450 million customers. X
has a strong focus on product strategy and a global market presence.
Although Y is a service based company, it has it’s own product named X , which is
it’s only product.
Id X and Y.
25. Question 18
This is Y, the official mascot of X
open-source operating system, from
Apple.
The name X was appropriately chosen
upon the fact that Y was known as “X’s
bulldog” and a key moment in his life
would be the debate with Samuel
Wilburforce in 1860 that helped X’s
theory gain wider acceptance in the
scientific community.
ID X & Y.
26. Question 19
It started with Sir John Hicks in 1972. Oliver Hart was the last one to get it, in 2016.
In between we have had Friedrich von Hayek in 1974, James Meade in 1977, Sir
Arthur Lewis in 1979, Merton Miller in 1990, Ronald Coase in 1991, Robert Mundell in
1999, George Akerlof in 2001 , Leonid Hurwicz in 2007, Paul Krugman in 2008 &
Christopher Pissarides in 2010.
If the list is expanded, George Bernard Shaw & Bertrand Russell will be a part of it.
X - What is this list?
Y - Who (in 1998) is missing from it?
29. The X is a series of personal digital assistants developed and marketed by Y. An
early device in the PDA category – the X originated the term "personal digital
assistant" – it was the first to feature handwriting recognition. Y started developing
the platform in 1987 and shipped the first devices in 1993. Production officially
ended on February 27, 1998.
The X was considered technologically innovative at its debut, but its high price and
early problems with its handwriting recognition feature limited its sales.
ID X.
Question 1
34. Question 3
According to this company’s website, the name "X" is derived from the symbolic
mountain of the gods, an icon of unshakeable reliability and character - a core
value which lies at the heart of X's promise to its customers. Founded in 2007, it
claims to be the third largest ‘Radio Taxi’ service in the world.
Name the company.
36. Question 4
Founded in 1632 by Avedis X, an alchemist who was looking for a way to turn base
metal into gold, but instead in the process he created an alloy combining tin,
copper, and silver into a sheet of metal that could make musical sounds without
shattering.Later when Avedis began manufacturing musical instruments with same,
he was honored with the name X by Sultan Osman II. The X Company moved from
manufacturing noisemakers that frightened the enemies of the Ottoman Empire to
manufacturing its musical instruments once again in the 19th century.
Name X.
38. Question 5
X is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San
Jose, California, in the center of Silicon Valley, that develops, manufactures and
sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and other
high-technology services and products. Through its numerous acquired
subsidiaries, such as OpenDNS, WebEx, Jabber and Jasper, X specializes into
specific tech markets, such as Internet of Things (IoT), domain security and energy
management.
The logo of X has the famous Golden Gate Bridge.
ID X.
40. Question 6
During Diwali of the year 2005 this person wanted to celebrate the festival in his
hometown, Hyderabad. Since he did not know his schedule in advance, he ran
around looking for tickets but they were all sold out minutes before he reached the
counters. Bengaluru traffic is notorious during festive season and can grip you at
the wrong time. This is what exactly what happened that day.
Who is this person and what did he create?
(Part Points on Offer)
42. Question 7
What is the name given to the fraudulent operation that involves paying
abnormally high returns to investors out of the money paid in by subsequent
investors rather than from revenues generated by any business?
Example of this relates to an investment option that Sahara ran in 2008 where
investors had deposited money in schemes launched by Sahara India Real Estate
Corp Ltd and Sahara Housing Investment Corp Ltd.
The SEBI termed these schemes illegal, and asked the company to refund its
investors. In 2012, after the supreme court asked Sahara to deposit the investor
money with SEBI, the company claimed it had already returned $3.9 billion and only
about $840 million was pending. SEBI disputed the claim as details of repayment to
investors were not provided.
44. Question 8
1. Decide on the task to be done.
2. Set the X .
3. Work on the task.
4. End work when the timer rings and put a checkmark on a piece of paper.
5. If you have fewer than four checkmarks, take a short break (3–5 minutes), then
go to step 2.
6. After four X, take a longer break (15–30 minutes), reset your checkmark count
to zero, then go to step 1.
These are the original steps in the X Technique. What is X ?
46. Question 9
X was an American art director and graphic designer, best known for his corporate
logo designs, including the logos for IBM, UPS, Enron, Morningstar, Inc.,
Westinghouse, ABC, and NeXT. He was one of the first American commercial artists
to embrace and practice the Swiss Style of graphic design.
X’s most widely known contributions to design are his corporate identities, many of
which are still in use.
ID X.
48. Question 10
X is the oldest of the three flagship record labels owned by Warner Music Group. X was bought by
WMG in 2013. But before all of this, X was founded in 1896 by Carl Lindström in Germany.
The British branch of the company was founded in 8 August 1923 as the X. Co Ltd. which
developed a reputation in the 1920s as a leading jazz record label. On 5 October 1926, the
Columbia Graphophone Company acquired X’s business, name and release library, and later
merged with the Gramophone Company on 31 March 1931 to become Electric & Musical Industries
Limited (EMI).
Sir George Martin (“the fifth Beatle”) joined as an Assistant Label Manager in 1950. Later in 1962,
signed The Beatles due to which it became one of the most recognisable record label in the world.
Currently, artists such as Bebe Rexha, Coldplay, Conor Maynard are under X.
ID X.
54. Question 12
It’s usually a 16 digit number divided into 4 segments. Check for the first two digits
in the first segment from the left.
If the digits are 34 or 37 then it's definitely an X.
If the digits are 51, 52, 53, 54 or 55 then it's definitely a Y.
If the digits are between 40 to 49 then it's definitely a Z.
ID X, Y, Z.
56. Question 13
Voxeljet is a 3D printing company based in Germany.
They manufacture large format commercial 3D printers, which are very good
at manufacturing large prototypes quickly. Their customers included
manufacturing and automotive companies such as Daimler, Ford, and 3M.
But this company is also known for it’s involvement in another field, when a
recurring cast member bid farewell in the famous action movie series running
from the 1960’s.
What did they do?
58. Question 14
The _______ Effect is a phenomenon which was observed in Google Maps, in it’s
early days.
It was caused when two separate aerial or satellite pictures are taken of
different sections of a city, and then stitched together to form a continuous
composite picture.
Each picture is taken from a different angle, so the taller building in these
pictures appear to lean toward or away from each other, giving them a unique
and unusual appearance.
What is this effect called?
62. Question 15
The company was founded by Nick Woodman in 2002. He was motivated by a
tramp in 2002 surfing trip to Australia in which he was hoping to capture quality
action photos, but could not because amateur photographers could not get close
enough or buy quality equipment at reasonable prices. His desire for a camera
system that could capture the professional angles inspired the ‘X’ name.
Woodman raised a portion of his initial capital by selling bead and shell belts for
under US $20 from his VW van and, later, fashionable camera straps. X is now
valued at about $ 3 billion.
ID X.
64. Question 16
X is a Sweden-based micro-donation provider founded by Y and Linus Olsson and launched
in March 2010.
On X, users are given the choice to pay any monthly donation (provided a minimum of 2
euros) which is then split equally among websites, pages or service accounts they selected
using a X button. This is comparable to an Internet tip jar. The word "X" is used as a verb, to
indicate payments through the X system. Upon clicking a X button, users are logged into the
X site, thus said to be "X" the page they are on. Y said, "We want to encourage people to
share money as well as content."
Y, however is best known for another reason altogether. Y has a popular alias brokep. Y also
participates in the Pirate Party of Finland and describes himself as a socialist. As of April 2017,
Y has been working on a new venture called Njalla, a privacy oriented domain name registrar.
ID X and Y.
66. Question 17
X is a core banking product developed by Indian corporation Y that provides
universal banking functionality to banks. X was built under the leadership of Sharad
Hegde who served as CTO of the firm. In August 2015, X became part of
EdgeVerve Systems Limited.
X is used by banks across 84 countries that serve over 450 million customers. X
has a strong focus on product strategy and a global market presence.
Although Y is a service based company, it has it’s own product named X , which is
it’s only product.
Id X and Y.
68. Question 18
This is Y, the official mascot of X
open-source operating system, from
Apple.
The name X was appropriately chosen
upon the fact that Y was known as “X’s
bulldog” and a key moment in his life
would be the debate with Samuel
Wilburforce in 1860 that helped X’s
theory gain wider acceptance in the
scientific community.
ID X & Y.
70. Question 19
It started with Sir John Hicks in 1972. Oliver Hart was the last one to get it, in 2016.
In between we have had Friedrich von Hayek in 1974, James Meade in 1977, Sir
Arthur Lewis in 1979, Merton Miller in 1990, Ronald Coase in 1991, Robert Mundell in
1999, George Akerlof in 2001 , Leonid Hurwicz in 2007, Paul Krugman in 2008 &
Christopher Pissarides in 2010.
If the list is expanded, George Bernard Shaw & Bertrand Russell will be a part of it.
X - What is this list?
Y - Who (in 1998) is missing from it?
71. Answer
X - Nobel Prize winners in Economics from LSE (London School of Economics)
Y - Amartya Sen
