Narayana Murthy was called out of retirement by Infosys following a 6-8% salary hike but his salary is undisclosed. Mother Teresa received the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize and threatened to reject it unless the banquet was cancelled and money spent treating the poor in India. The most expensive precious metal is platinum.

1. QUIZ - PRELIMS

2. 1) Narayana Murthy was recently called
out of retirement by infosys, following the
6-8% salary hike, how much is his salary?

3. 1/-

4. 2) Connect

5. Sunil Chhetri

6. 3) Who is the head of the defence of
Monaco?

7. The President of France
Francis Holland

8. 4) X received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. At the
ceremony, X threatened to reject the prize unless the
banquet of rich food was cancelled and the $192,000
would instead be spent treating the poor in India.
Identify X

9. Mother Teresa

10. 5)* Which company is the main
sponsor of Liverpool FC?

12. 6) A very famous product is
manufactured by Victorinox.
Victorinox offers lifetime warranty
on this product. Its extremely
elegant design is hand-made.
Identify this product and write the
answer in three words.

13. Swiss Army Knife

14. 7) This West-African berry makes
sour(acidic) foods subsequently
consumed taste sweet. This is due to a
glycoprotein molecule with trailing
carbohydrate chains called miraculin, a
commercial sugar substitute. In the
natives’ language, it has names like
agbayun, taami, asaa, and ledidi. Give
its name for a point and acquire a star
with the scientific name.

15. Miracle berry or miraculous berry
The scientific name is Synsepalum
dulcificum

16. 8) Which is the most expensive
precious metal?

18. 9) It is very hard to find a
mobile phone today without
GPRS. Expand it.

19. General Packet Radio Service

20. 10) Who is the youngest ever oscar
nominee? Give the name and age.

21. Quvenzhané Wallis,
9 years old

22. 11) Which country is this?

23. Niue!(A tiny Pacific island nation)

24. 12) Where was the most recent G8
summit held?

25. Lough Erne Resort, County
Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

26. 13) The Suzuka International Racing
Course in Japan, is operated by
Mobilityland Corporation.
Mobilityland Corporation is a
subsidiary of which famous Japanese
motorised vehicles company?

28. 14) Which was the first car company
to build air conditioners into their
cars?

29. Packard Motor Car Company

30. 15)* Connect

31. Six Sigma

32. 16) Who designed this?

33. D. Udaya Kumar

34. 17) Which is the only element in the
periodic table of elements, that is
named after a person who was alive
during the naming?

35. Glenn T. Seaborg autographed this
tile himself

36. 18) If Winter : Hibernation
Then Summer : ?

37. If Winter : Hibernation
Then Summer : Aestivation

38. 19) Connect the automobile
companies

39. Their products are marketed by

40. 20) What is Psy’s full name?

41. 박재상or 朴載相 (depends on dialect)
Park Jae-Sang

42. 21) Grover Cleveland was a president
of the USA. What makes him unique?

43. He was the only president of the USA
to serve two non-consecutive terms
and the only president to get married
in the white house.

44. 22) In the early 1950s, the Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was
concerned that Indian women were
spending precious foreign exchange
on beauty products. So he in 1952
requested JRD Tata to manufacture
them. In 1996, Tata sold the stakes to
Hill for 200 crore rupees. This
company sells beauty products today
under what name?

46. 23) This singer converted to Islam
and stopped singing. What was his
name when he sang and what is his
name now?

47. Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam

48. 24) The question is not which song,
which movie or who is the hero. The
question simply is, which English song
was this copied from and who sung
the original?

49. Buffalo soldier, Bob Marley

50. 25) Identify country (and a star for the capital)

51. South Sudan
Capital: Juba

52. 26) Name three U-19 captains to go
on to captain the Indian team in
international cricket.

53. Ravi Shastri, K Srikkanth, Rahul Dravid
and Virat Kohli.