This document contains a summary of a question-answer session between Anubhav Jain and Angela Merkel on various topics. Questions ranged from identifying locations, people, objects, discoveries, inventions and their origins. Anubhav provided concise answers identifying key details about the people, events, places or things in the questions.

1. QM- Anubhav Jain
Institute of Rural Management, Jaipur
anubhav.aj@gmail.com

2. Chitra sawal Round

3. Q. Whose hands are these ?

4. Angela Merkel- Chancellor of Germany

5. Q. What is the headscarf known ?

6. • keffiyeh/kufiya ,ghutrah
or shemagh, ḥ aṭṭ ah,mashadah Persian
chafiye ,Hebrew Sudra-

7. Q.- ID the location ?

8. Ans. The Contra Dam, commonly known as the Verzasca
Dam and the Locarno Dam

9. Q. Name the mask.

10. Ans.
Balaclava

11. Q. Identify the person hugging Kim Jong
II.

12. Ans. Dennis Rodman

13. Q. Identify the person.

14. • Joseph Gurney Cannon

15. Name the
person who
wrote this
letter.

16. Sean Penn

17. Q. What feat this lady have to her
name ?

18. Ans. Pratima Puri

19. First of its kind. What?

20. First T.V Remote

21. In which direction they move ?

22. • In 2003, researchers found one species of
dung beetle (the African Scarabaeus
zambesianus) navigates by
using polarization patterns in moonlight. The
discovery is the first proof any animal can use
polarized moonlight for orientation.In 2013, a
study was published revealing that dung
beetles can navigate when only the Milky
Way or clusters of bright stars are visible, the
only insect known to orient itself by the galaxy

23. Put Funda

24. • The barcode uses a special ink that
recedes with time, indicating the remaining
life of the produce till it reaches zero level.

25. Who was the writer of this comic
?

26. • Sampuran Singh Kalra/Guljar

27. Dry Round

28. Q.
• X was first recorded in Europe in the 18th
century. Machine-spun X was invented in 1897
by the dentist William Morrison and
confectioner John C. Wharton and first
introduced to a wide audience at the 1904
World's Fair as "Fairy Floss"[ with great
success, selling 68,655 boxes at 25¢ per box .
Joseph Lascaux, a dentist from New
Orleans, Louisiana, invented a similar X
machine in 1921. In fact, the Lascaux patent
named the product X and the "fairy floss" name
faded away, although it retains this name
in Australia.

29. Ans. Cotton Candy

30. Q.
X is a former Indian Sportsman, represented
India from 1979 to 1983. He operates and
markets an International Luxury Brand
through his company Entrack India. He
opened the first boutique in Hotel Maurya
Sheraton, New Delhi. ID X and the Brand ?

31. Ans. Dilip Doshi

32. Q.
Established in the year 1930 by the late Shri.
Narsee Monjee, X is the first wholly owned
indigenous company in the country, taken
over by Dalmia Group in the year 1979. In
the domestic market the company's offerings
are grouped under the Brand families of
Panama, Chancellor, Golden's and Steel. ID
X?

33. Ans.

34. Q.
• James Jacob Ritty , saloonkeeper and inventor,
opened his first saloon in Dayton, Ohio in 1871,
billing himself as a "Dealer in Pure Whiskies, Fine
Wines, and Cigars." Some of Ritty's employees
would take the customers' money and pocket it,
rather than depositing the cash.In 1878 while on a
steamboat trip to Europe, Ritty became intrigued
by a mechanism that counted how many times the
ship's propeller went around. He wondered if
something like this could be made to record the
cash transactions made at his saloon. What did
he went on to invent ?

35. Ans. First Patented Cash Register, Patented
as “Ritty’s Incorruptible Cashier”

36. Q.
• Dr. Silver, a scientist in the United States, was attempting
to develop a super-strong adhesive, but instead he
accidentally created a "low-tack", reusable, pressuresensitive adhesive that has been characterized as "a
solution without a problem".For five years, Silver
promoted his invention , both informally and through
seminars, but without much success. In 1974, a colleague
of his, Art Fry, who had attended one of Silver's seminars,
came up with the idea of using the adhesive to anchor his
bookmark in his hymnbook. Fry then developed the idea
by taking advantage of X’s officially sanctioned
"permitted bootlegging" policy.
• What did he invent and ID X ?

37. Ans. Post-it notes

38. Q.
• X is the brand name for a cremefilled chocolate sandwich cookie that
debuted in 1908 and was manufactured by
Sunshine (later Sunshine Biscuits).The
similar Oreo cookie—introduced later, in
1912—was inspired by the , yet X suffered
from the impression of being the knockoff.
Compared to Oreos, X cookies have a
tangy, less-sweet filling and a crunchier
cookie that gets less soggy in milk.

39. Ans. Hydrox

40. Q.
• Mr. Muruganandam Founder of Jayaashree Industries
had to discontinue education after SSLC because of
family problems and got employed as a helper in a
welding workshop. After a four-year study, Mr.
Muruganandam succeeded in designing a machine for
Rs. 65,000 as against the machines now being used
costing Rs. 3.5 crores.
• Though initial response to his product was very poor, Mr.
Muruganandam with the help of wife started selling x to
women nearby. The semi-automatic machine requires
only a single phase power supply.
• In a very short span time, the product has been a success
and has been delivered to more than 100 units in many
states.

41. Ans. Cheaper Sanitary Napkins

42. Q.
• The ancient Babylonians made promises to
their gods at the start of each year that they
would return borrowed objects and pay their
debts.
• The Romans began each year by making
promises to the god Janus, for whom the month
of January is named.
• In the Medieval era, the knights took the
"peacock vow" at the end of the Christmas
season each year to re-affirm their commitment
to chivalry

43. • Ans. New Year Resolution

44. Q.
• The company established in 1988 as a joint
venture with Glaxo. The company also
owns Hindustan Foods Ltd. The company’s
interests are in mining, soccer and ship
building.
• Which company is this ?
Source- TC2013

45. Ans. Dempo Mining, Dempo Sports
Club

46. Q.
• Sepoys in the British East India Company's armies in
India were issued with the new rifle in 1857, and rumours
began to spread that the cartridges (referring here to
paper-wrapped powder and projectile, not to metallic
cartridges) were greased with beef tallow, lard, or a
combination of the two - a possibility abhorrent to Muslim
and Hindu soldiers or both, respectively, for religious
reasons. This was the main reason for the revolt of 1857.
• What was the Rifle name ?

47. Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket (also
known as the Pattern 1853 Enfield, P53
Enfield, and Enfield rifle-musket

48. • Crown Prince Ludwig, later to become King Ludwig I, was
married to Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen on
October 12, 1810. The citizens of Munich were invited to
attend the festivities held on the fields in front of the city
gates to celebrate the happy royal event. The fields were
named Theresienwiese ("Theresa's meadow") in honor of
the Crown Princess, and have kept that name ever since,
although the locals have since abbreviated the name
simply to the "Wiesn".
• "The festival was eventually prolonged and moved ahead
to September to allow for better weather conditions.
Today, the last day of the festival is the first Sunday in
October.

50. • The term originated from the Latin terms
for words meaning “with” and “bread”.
Initially the word was relational, but later
came to business context as well. What ?
Source- TC

51. The Word Company is derived from “com”
and “panis”

52. In 1957 Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes
invented X which was originally meant to be
sold as Wallpaper but it was a failure. Later
they used their invention as a Green House
Insulation. But today it is used for completely
different purpose. What ?

53. Bubble Wrap

54. Q.
• P.M. Møller , who was a deeply
religious Christian, attached a blue banner with a
white seven pointed star on both sides of the
black chimney on the steamship Laura when his
wife recovered from illness. In a letter to his wife,
P.M. Møller explained in October 1886, "The little
star on the chimney is a memory of the night
when I prayed for you and asked for a sign: If a
star would appear in the gray and cloudy sky, it
would mean that the Lord answers prayers."

56. Vigyapan ki Duniya

60. • Suicide by Farmers- Agency Taproot India.

65. To Promote Literacy in France

67. Wonderbra

69. Penguin Audio Books

71. Volvo Trucks

77. • Shekhar Kapur

80. Connect Round

81. Q.Connect…

82. Ans.

83. Q. Connect

84. Ans.

85. Q.16. Connect

86. • Strategic Alliance

88. • Switzerland based companies.

98. • Neemrana Hotels

100. • Steve Jobs

101. Connect
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•
Otvazhnaya
Belka & Strelka
Abel & Baker
Sam

102. • Animals who were sent into space.