This document appears to be a quiz containing 35 multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank questions about various topics including search engines, fictional characters, countries, people, inventions, customs, languages, history, and companies. The questions cover subjects like the "Mother of all search Engines", Air Deccan's mascot, the "Happiest country in the world", a grammarian from the Ramayana, the invention of the mobile phone, Swahili wedding customs, a famous Nike slogan, a language suitable for programming, the Emperor of India referenced in a 1616 account of coffee usage, criteria for selecting the Indian Finance Minister, the origin of the word "salary", food inspectors accusing Nestle

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Which search engine
calls itself “the
Mother of all search
Engines”?

3. Mamma.com
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4. 4
Which fictional
character was the
mascot of Air
Deccan?

5. The Common Man,
created by R K Laxman
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6. 6
Which country in
the world has been
voted the “Happiest
country in the
world”, according to
the Washington
Post April 2015
survey?

7. Switzerland
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8. 8
Which character of
the Ramayana was
acknowledged as a
renowned
grammarian?

9. Hanuman
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10. 10
Dr Martin Cooper has
been credited with
the invention of which
modern technological
product?

11. The Mobile Phone
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12. 12
The bridegroom is
forbidden to stare
at which family
member of the in-
laws, according to
Swahili custom ?

13. Mother-in-Law
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14. 14
Complete the next
three words of this
famous ad
“ Move . Hit a ball .
Climb a hill . Run a
mile .
Don’t sit there.
---- -- -- ’’

15. Just Do It
-Nike
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According to a survey
done by Forbes
magazine, which Indian
language was considered
to be eminently suitable
for computer
programming?

17. Sanskrit
17

18. “Many o f the pe o ple the re (in India), who
are strict in the ir re lig io n, drink no Wine at
all; but the y use a Liq uo r m o re
who le so m e than ple asant, the y call
Co ffe e ‘’
In 1616, Rev. Edward Terry, chaplain to
Sir Thomas Roe, who was ambassador
at the court of Emperor ________ in
India, provides this account of the usage
of Coffee. Who was the Emperor in India
in 1616 then, when coffee was so
popular?

19. Emperor Jahangir
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20. According to Verghese Kurien,
the Milkman of India, the main
criteria for selecting the
Finance Minister of India is
that he or she should have
experienced what?
20

21. The Finance Minister
should have experienced
poverty!
21

22. What is the origin of the
term “Salary”?
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Salary is derived from the
Latin salarium, originally
denoting a Roman soldier's
allowance to buy salt,
from sal ‘salt’.

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25. These are the guys –Food
Inspectors –who have
accused Nestle for the high
lead content in Maggi.
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27. Jan Koum and Brian
Acton, founders of
Whatsapp
27

28. 28

29. AliBaba company,
founded by Jack Ma
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