Amartya Sen
MEGA CONNECT-2
- Born in Calcutta, British India (now Kolkata, India)
- Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1998)
- Work on famines, poverty and welfare economics
- Contributions to choice theory, social choice theory and political philosophy
- Books: Poverty and Famines (1981), Development as Freedom (1999)
- Bharat Ratna (India's highest civilian honour) in 1999
Amartya Sen
MEGA CONNECT-3
- Born in Mumbai, India
- Studied at MIT and Stanford University
- Co-founder of Infosys
- Served as CEO of
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2. X is an analytics services provider. The firm’s name is derived from
the statistical terms which symbolize the mean and the standard
deviation respectively of a probability distribution.
X is a private company whose investors include General Atlantic,
Sequoia Capital and FTV Capital.
X is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and its main delivery center
is located in Bangalore, India. The company is ISO 27001
certified.
Identify X.
3.
4. X's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. In a series of novels published
by Random House in the 1960s, X’s parents' names are given as George and
Margaret Roberts from the fictional town of Willows,Wisconsin.
X has had over 40 pets including cats and dogs, horses, a panda, a lion cub, and
a zebra. She has owned a wide range of vehicles, including
pink Corvette convertibles, trailers, and jeeps. She also holds a pilot's license, and
operates commercial airliners in addition to serving as a flight attendant.
She has an on-off romantic relationship with her boyfriend Ken Carson. A news
release in February 2004 announced that X and Ken had decided to split up, but
in February 2006 they were hoping to rekindle their relationship after Ken had a
makeover
6. "Don't be evil" is the informal corporate motto (or slogan) of X,
originally suggested by employees Paul Buchheit and Amit Patel at a
meeting. Buchheit said he "wanted something that, once you put it in
there, would be hard to take out", adding that the slogan was "also a
bit of a jab at a lot of the other companies, especially our competitors,
who at the time, in our opinion, were kind of exploiting the users to
some extent.
Identify X.
7.
8. X, a five-time world champion, had won several medals in
the 46 and 48kg categories but was forced to shift to this
category and gain weight two years ago after the world body
decided to allow Y in only three weight categories—the
lowest one being 51kg.
At the 2012 AIBA Y Championship, X was competing not just
for the championship itself but also for a place at the 2012
Summer Olympics in London. X was defeated in the 51 kg
quarter-finals by Nicola Adams of the UK making this the first
year since the championship began that X did not win a
medal, but did succeed in getting a place for the Olympics.
10. X may refer to:
Brian X (born 1978), American painter and illustrator
Eddie X (born 1928), American Jazz trombonist
Jack X (1881 - 1965), English cricketer
Margaret X (1914 - 2006), British radio broadcaster
Philip X (born 1960), British swimmer
X Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
X (film), documentary
X's law, a statement in physical cosmology
X sequence, a classification of galaxy types
2069 X, a main belt asteroid
X (crater), a crater on the Moon
Edwin X House, National historic landmark in San
Marino, California
What is X?
12. X-
―I wasn't too happy with the I-don't-want-to-listen-to-it attitude of our
youngsters towards film music. Why can't we get our guys to listen to
our own music rather than to Michael Jackson? I didn't want us to lose
the market to the West. The music had to be cool and rooted, and yet
had to branch out. It was like the wild imagination of a child... but it
worked... it did travel beyond Madras and attract people.‖
X is also known as Mozart of Madras, Isai puyal and John Williams of
Indian Film industry,
14. X, officially known since 1956 as Y is the radio
broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar
Bharati. Established in 1936, it is the sister
service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, the
national television broadcaster. X is one of the
largest radio networks in the world. Its
headquarters is at the Y Bhavan in New Delhi.
Y Bhavan houses the Drama Section, the FM
Section and the National Service. Doordarshan
Kendra (Delhi) offices are also located on the
sixth floor at Y Bhavan.
Identify X and Y (both).
16. X is a social communications company that melds together global
calling, SMS, and social networking. Founded by Phillip Mobin and
Touraj Parang in October 2005, X uses Voice over Internet Protocol to
offer competitive rates as well as free international and long distance
calling. Some key differentiators for X in its market include allowing
phone-to-phone calls to and from any mobile and landline phones,
offering social networking focused on voice (café X), requiring no
software downloads or access pins, and giving users local Direct Inward
Dialing (DID) phone numbers. Offered in 56 countries, these numbers
allow users in those countries to dial a local phone number which would
ring a long distance or international destination phone. X also offers
users a set number of global SMS messages each month.
X reports having over 10 million users in 220 countries in 2008. In June
2008, they raised $10 million in a Series B round of venture capital
funding from Lehman Brothers Venture Partners. In the same month,
they also launched their paid services. In October, X laid off thirty
percent of its employees, and its CEO, Konstantin Guericke, was fired.
Currently, the company is located in Menlo Park, CA.
On 14 June 2009, Hotmail Founder Sabeer Bhatia's Sabsebolo
acquired X for an unknown amount. X shall function with the same
brand name and help Sabsebolo with its large userbase.
17.
18. The false title given to the film during production, Rory's First Kiss,
was named after Director's son, Rory. When filming began in April
2007, the production was code-named to thwart onlookers and
trespassers. All over downtown Chicago, fliers were posted with
this pseudonym (alongside an "RFK" logo) and also listed the
address for the film's production offices.
Which movie am I referring to?
20. X is a German luxury car manufacturer. It was founded in 1909 by
Wilhelm X and his son. The company was originally a subsidiary of
Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH and was itself known as
Luftfahrzeug-Motorenbau GmbH until 1912.
Today, the ultra-luxury car brand is owned by Daimler AG and
based in Stuttgart. Tognum AG based in Friedrichshafen
manufactures the commercial X diesel engines under the MTU
brand through its subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH.
Daimler announced in November 2011 that X will cease to be a
brand by 2013. The decision follows almost a decade of trying to
make X a profitable rival to Rolls Royce and Bentley. X will be
replaced by new and more luxurious models from the Mercedes
brand, which is also made by Daimler.
21.
22. X is an Indian Online fashion & Apparel store funded by Germany
based incubator rocket internet. It specializes in fashion, apparel
but also deals in furniture and homewares.The company is
presently working in Indian demographic. Within 4 months of
launch of operations, the company has over a million page views
daily with more than 160,000 unique visitors which has taken the
company to Rank 58 in Alexa rankings in India, leading to about
82,939 registered users in 5 months, X became the most
trafficked Ecommerce site in India in the year 2012 if Google
numbers are to be believed.
24. X was frisked at the JFK Airport in New York, while boarding a
plane on 29 September 2011. He was subjected to "private
screening" as he does not come under the category of dignitaries
exempt from security screening procedures under American
guidelines. He was frisked again after boarding the India aircraft
with the US security officials asking for his jacket and shoes.The
incident was not reported until 13 November 2011. India
threatened retaliatory action as there was a "general sense of
outrage" around the country. The Indian Ministry of External
Affairs protested over this incident and a statement by the
ministry said that the US Government had written a letter to X
expressing its deep regret for the inconvenience.
28. CONNECT:
Commonwealth Games 2010
Basavanna
Chhatrapati Shivaji
B.R.Ambedkar
Biodversity World Food Day
50 Years of independence
Reserve Bank of India
Mother Therasa
Rajiv Gandhi
Care for girl child
Shama Prasad Mukarji
Exhaustive List
32. Who are these people and what is being talked about
here ? (Specific answer)
H – Terrence Donnelly
O – Giovanni Mazza – Italian movie producer
L – Les Kelley – originator of the Kelley Blue Book
L – Gene Autry – singer, actor and businessman
Y – Hugh Hefner – founder of Playboy magazine
W – Andy Williams – singer
O – Warner Bros. Records
O – Alice Cooper – singer
D – Thomas Pooley — donated in the name of Mathew
Williams
33. People who donated $27,777 each to restore
the damaged Hollywood sign in 1978.
Terrence Donnelly -publisher of the Hollywood
Independent Newspaper.
Alice Cooper – singer, who donated in memory
of comedian Groucho Marx
34. Where would you find the Latin phrase
―Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus‖
which translates to
―Never tickle a sleeping Dragon‖
59. X is an endless action video game developed by the Raleigh-
based Imangi Studios. In the iTunes Store, it was included in the top
50 most-downloaded apps in December 2011, and eventually became
the number one free iOS app. It has also reached the position of the
top grossing iOS app. When X was released to Android, it was
downloaded more than 1 million times in under 3 days. The game itself
was formerly 99 cents, but Imangi Studios switched the game to
a freemium application sometime before December 2011. Many
imitators have made fake games to the point that it has made Imangi
Studios more popular than Zynga Games.
61. Name the following-
It’s a type of self organized intelligence
in which no centralized control structure
exists but there are simple local
instructions in each individual unit and
unit interactions with one another and
with the environment result in global
intelligence.
62. ANS – Swarm Intelligence(Ant Colony
Optimization), Ant Swarm
63. Assuming X's tries were no better than fair independent coin flips, the
probability of at least 12 successful predictions from 14 attempts is p =
0.0065, or 0.65%. (154 to 1). And the probability of his 8 successful World
Cup predictions out of 8 attempts is 1/28 = 0.0039, or 0.39% (256 to 1). The
first three matches were in the group stage where the outcome could have
been a win, loss, or draw, resulting in a less than 50% probability of getting
the result correct. Assuming a probability of 33.3% in 6 out of 14 matches
instead, the probability for 12 or more successes can be simulated
numerically to be 0.11% (corresponding to 3.2 standard deviations in
gaussian statistics).
What am I speaking of?
65. X is an influential philosophical tradition whose early practitioners'
claims to profound powers were known from antiquity. The defining
objectives of X are varied; these include the creation of the
fabled philosopher stone possessing powers including the capability
of turning base metals into the noble metals , as well as an elixir of
life conferring youth and immortality. Western X is recognized as
a protoscience that contributed to the development of
modern chemistry and medicine. X developed a framework of theory,
terminology, experimental process and basic laboratory techniques
that are still recognizable today. But X differs from modern science in
the inclusion of Hermetic principles and practices related
to mythology, religion, and spirituality.
67. Which Antarctic explorer was famously known as ―The Boss‖?
He (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922)
was an Anglo-Irish polar explorer who in January 1909 along with
three companions made a southern march which established a
record Farthest South latitude at 88° 23′ S, 97 geographical miles,
from the South Pole, by far the closest convergence in exploration
history up to that time and was knighted by King Edward VII on his
return home.
He was buried in South Georgia, while on an expedition to carry out a
programme of scientific and survey activities.
On his death he was lauded in the press, but was thereafter largely
forgotten, while the heroic reputation of his rival Scott was sustained
for many decades. Later in the 20th century he was
―rediscovered‖, and rapidly became a cult figure, a role model for
leadership as one who, in extreme circumstances, kept his team
together in a survival story described by polar historian Stephanie
Barczewski as ―incredible‖.
69. What is the type of auction where the price is repeatedly
reduced until a buyer is found?
The auctioneer begins with a high asking price which is
lowered until some participant is willing to accept the
auctioneer's price, or a predetermined reserve price (the
seller's minimum acceptable price) is reached. The winning
participant pays the last announced price.
71. What was the name of the
operation carried out by the
National Security Guards in the
Taj hotel on 26/11 to flush out
terrorists and rescue hostages
from inside ?
73. Why did the chicken cross the
road ?
We give you the answer… you
tell us who said it…
74. Why did the chicken cross the
road ?
Answer : Whether the chicken
crossed the road or the road
crossed the chicken depends on
your frame of reference.
93. Honours degree in Economics, University of Cambridge – St John's College (1957)
Chief, Financing for Trade Section, UNCTAD, United Nations Secretariat, Manhattan,
New York
1966 : Economic Affairs Officer 1966
Economic Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Trade, India (1971–1972)
Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, India, (1972–1976)
Honorary Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (1976)
Director, Reserve Bank of India (1976–1980)
Governor, Reserve Bank of India (1982–1985)
Secretary General, South Commission, Geneva (1987–1990)
Advisor to Prime Minister of India on Economic Affairs (1990–1991)
Chairman, University Grants Commission (15 March 1991 – 20 June 1991)[5]
Finance Minister of India, (21 June 1991 – 15 May 1996)
Whose resume is this?
99. X is a 2000 wuxia film. An American-Chinese-Hong Kong-
Taiwanese co-production, the film was directed by Ang Lee and
featured an international cast of ethnic Chinese actors, including
Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, and Chang Chen. The
film was based on the fourth novel in a pentalogy, known in China
as the Crane Iron Pentalogy, by wuxia novelist Wang Dulu. The
martial arts and action sequences were choreographed by Yuen
Wo Ping.
Made on a mere US$17 million budget, with dialogue in Mandarin,
X became a surprise international success, grossing $213.5
million. It grossed US$128 million in the United States, becoming
the highest-grossing foreign-language film in American history. It
has won over 40 awards. The film won the Academy Award for
Best Foreign Language Film (Taiwan) and three other Academy
Awards, and was nominated for six other Academy Awards,
including Best Picture. The film also won three BAFTAs and two
Golden Globes, one for "Best Foreign Film" as well as additional
nominations for ten BAFTAs including "Best Picture".
X was originally titled: Wo hu cang long. By what name do we
know it better ?
104. Stairway to Heaven (Backwards !!!)
Backwards Lyrics-
Oh here's to my sweet Satan.
The one whose little path would
make me sad, whose power is
Satan.
He will give those with him 666.
There was a little tool shed where
he made us suffer, sad Satan
Forwards Backwards
107. Identify – She is an ancient Greek
goddess, one of the fifty Nereids.
Zeus vied for her hand in marriage at
one point before it was prophesized
that her son would outdo his father.
Also the daughter
of Nereus and Doris, and a
granddaughter of Tethys.
Her son is known for being almost
immortal.
109. Like a number of animated cartoons from the 1930s to the early 1950s,
X featured racial stereotypes. After explosions, for example, characters
with blasted faces would resemble stereotypical blacks, with large lips
and bow-tied hair. Perhaps the most controversial element of the show
is the character Mammy Two Shoes, a poor black maid who speaks in a
stereotypical "black accent" and has a rodent problem.
111. X was a G9 Rigger freighter that was originally used by Hutt crime lord Ziro
Desilijic Tiure as a spice freighter during the Clone Wars. Later in the Battle
of Teth, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan, Ahsoka Tano,
used it to take Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure's son back to his home
planet of Tatooine, but were shot down over the planet and were forced to
crash-land the ship. After they abandoned it, the ship was scavenged by
Jawas, and Skywalker later returned and reclaimed it. The ship's
appearance of age caused it to be nicknamed the Grease Bucket and the
Bucket of Bolts by Tano and Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, respectively.
After it had been reclaimed, X was later used by Skywalker in several
missions during the coming events in the war. These included Skywalker
and Kenobi's rescue of Galactic Senator Padmé Amidala aboard the
Confederacy warship Malevolence during the Battle of the Kaliida Nebula,
as well as Skywalker and Tano's mission to destroy a Confederacy
listening post. Additionally, Skywalker and Kenobi took the freighter to
Florrum to confirm that Sith Lord and Confederacy Head of State Count
Dooku had been captured by pirates, in order for a deal to be struck
between the pirates and the Galactic Republic, and the two Jedi later used
X to find an antidote for the deadly Blue Shadow Virus on the planet Iego.
Later on, X would be used once again by Skywalker and Tano during their
mission to Mustafar.
113. X may refer to any type of sauce. It usually refers to the spicy,
often tomato-based, hot sauces typical of Mexican cuisine,
particularly those used as dips. In the United States X has been
popularized and commercialized as a Mexican creation. There are
many types of X which usually vary throughout Latin America.
X is a 1988 romance film about a lower-class Puerto Rican dancer
who decides to improve his lot in life by entering a X dancing
contest. The film was directed by Boaz Davidson, and stars Robi
Rosa, Rodney Harvey, and Angela Alvarado. It earned a Razzie
Award nomination for Rosa as Worst New Star.
The X programming language is an actor-oriented programming
language that uses concurrency primitives beyond asynchronous
message passing, including token-passing, join, and first-class
continuations. It also supports distributed computing over the
Internet with universal naming, remote communication, and
migration linguistic abstractions and associated middleware. For
portability, it produces Java code.
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114. X is a syncretic dance form with origins from the Cuban Son (circa
1920s) and Afro-Cuban dance (specifically Afro-Cuban rumba). It
is generally associated with the X music style, although it may be
danced under other types of Latin American music.
X is normally a partner dance, although there are forms such as a
line dance form "X suelta", where the dancers dance individually
and a round dance form "Rueda de Casino" where multiple
couples exchange partners in a circle. X can be improvised or
performed with a set routine.
X is a popular social dance throughout Latin America as well as in
North America, Europe, Australia, and some countries in Asia and
the Middle East.
X is a Portuguese company and brand of clothing. X has stores
around the globe and designs, produces, and sells products
ranging from jeans to skirts. Founded in Portugal in 1994 as a
family business, the company expanded into Spain in the 1990s
and has since spread across Europe and Asia. In the last decade
X has spread to the Middle East, alone or in partnership with
leading fashion retailers. X is a bestseller in Kuwait, Qatar, Oman,
and the United Arab Emirates.
115. The four identical Cluster II satellites (part of the ESA space program)
study the impact of the Sun's activity on the Earth's space environment by
flying in formation around Earth. One of them is named X. For the first
time in space history, this mission is able to collect three-dimensional
information on how the solar wind interacts with the magnetosphere and
affects near-Earth space and its atmosphere, including aurorae.
The spacecraft are cylindrical (290 x 130 cm, see online 3D model) and
are spinning at 15 rotations per minute. After launch, their solar cells
provided 224 watts power for instruments and communications. The four
spacecraft maneuver into various tetrahedral formations to study the
magnetospheric structure and boundaries. The inter-spacecraft distances
can be varied from around 17 to 10,000 kilometers (km). The propellant
for the maneuvers makes up approximately half of the spacecraft's launch
weight.
The highly elliptical orbits of the spacecraft reach a perigee of around 4
RE (Earth radii, where 1 RE = 6371 km) and an apogee of 19.6 RE. Each
orbit takes approximately 57 hours to complete. The European Space
Operations Centre (ESOC) acquires telemetry and distributes to the online
data centers the science data from the spacecraft.
X is an album of X music recorded by Celia Cruz in 2000. Celia was born
in 1925 in Havana, Cuba. The album contains around 20 X songs.
116.
117. Fill in the blank - ―Ancient but
modern, fabulously rich, yet
achingly poor, __________ is India
in microcosm‖
134. Spider man villains…
The villains in this picture are Carnage, Chameleon, Doctor Octopus, Electro,
Green Goblin, Hammerhead, Hobgoblin, Hydro-Man, Kingpin, Kraven, Lizard
Molten Man, Mysterio, Rhino, Sandman, Scarecrow, Scorpion, Swarm, Taran
Venom, Vermin, Vulture, and Will o' the Wisp.
It was an Anti-venom bike and a hammerhead shark…
