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DARE2COMPETE AND
BIT PATNA PRESENTS
SCIENTIA
14-Nov-14 Organised by: Gaurav Raj Anand

Highlights
 The quiz is generic.
 The quiz was hosted online on
dare2compete.com
 More than 850 people played this quiz.
 Quiz was conducted on 14th Nov 2014 at 2200hrs.
 Winners of the quiz were
 1. ”Purple Peril” from XLRI School of Business
and Human Resources (XLRI) Jamshedpur
scored all correct.
 2. “kill master” from The National Institute of
Engineering, Mysore scored all correct. 14-Nov-14
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Question No 1
 Recently the Prime Minister of a country
blamed Apple for destroying it's entire
economy. Name the "country"?
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Question No.2
 "This form also uses Registration Mark as
a metaphor, as well as a literal form for
accuracy and printing. At the same time the
two circles in black and white, respectively
denote the positive and negative in
printing. The form envelopes visually into a
rounded-edged square which again talks
about security and safety"
Name the organisation/company which
bears this logo?
 Logo on the next page.
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Picture for Ques No 2
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Question No 3
 This is one of the few titanosaurs ever to
be dug up on the Indian subcontinent.
It's name has a very direct reference to an
Indian organisation, which is credited to
first discover them.
Name the organisation.
 Picture on next page.
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Question No 4
 In 2009 the chairman of the Indian Atomic
Energy Commission said that India has a
"long-term objective goal of becoming
energy-independent based on its vast
______________ resources."
India is "the only country in the world with
a detailed, funded, government-approved
plan" to focus on __________ based
power.
Both the blanks represent a single word.
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Name it.
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Question No 5
 He declined to patent the vaccine which he
developed.
He said "There is no patent," "Could you
patent the sun?"
Name him.
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Question No 6
 Dan Brown was a pop singer and songwriter
before becoming a novelist.
Dan Brown's 1994 CD, Angels and Demons
used the same ambigram which would later be
used in the book of the same name.
This ambigram was designed by graphic
designer John __________ . Dan thanked him
by naming protagonist in his honour.
The blank represent a part of that name. What
was it?
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Question No 7
 The logo of this organisation has been
inspired by the Kankaria Lake, Gujarat.
 The logo is (supposed to be)centered at the
common man.
Name the organisation.
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Question No 8
 A study was published by a team of
researchers at Boston University regarding
the benefits of using __________ in
antibiotics.
While it has long been known that
________ contains strong antimicrobial
properties, scientists have only recently
discovered that it’s able to turn normal
antibiotics into antibiotics on steroids.
Both the blanks represent a single
substance.
What is it?
 Options on next page.
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Options for Ques No 8
 Cobalt
 Gold
 Silver
 Iron
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Question No 9
Which of these is not an Oracle acquisition?
 Peoplesoft
 i-Flex
 i-Gate
 Siebel
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Question No 10
 Born from mobile phone predictive text
systems, a _____________ is a word that is
typed using the same order of keys on a
numeric keypad as another word. A classic
example is "home," which can also appear
as "good" or "gone," as they're all created
by typing "4663".
Name it?
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Question No 11
 This serves as a natural border for three
countries on the same continent.
It acts as a natural junction for these three
countries and this has to do with the name
of this area.
Identify those three countries.
Write the name of the three countries
seperated by spaces
 Picture on the next page.
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Question No 12
 In the very early days, the developer of this
game referred to the humble sandbox
builder as "Cave Game".
The creative and building aspects of this
game allow players to build constructions
out of textured cubes in a 3D procedurally
generated world.
Name the Game
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Question No 13
 "I think, may be, when he looks back on his
life, he might regret perhaps being so
overly flamboyant in the sort of showing off
one's wealth"
Mr. X said this about Mr. Y in a Television
Interview to NDTV.
Mr. Y is a Kolkata born Businessman.
Mr. X's company announced plans to build
an orbital space launch system.
Identify X and Y.
Write their names separated by a comma.
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Question No 14
 The Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA)
competition, also known as the MRCA tender, was a
competition to supply 126 multi-role combat aircraft to
the Indian Air Force (IAF).
In order to satisfy its offset requirements, this
participating company has signed long-term partnership
agreements with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL),
Tata Industries, and Larsen & Toubro.
This was the first time the company's fighter jet has been
offered for production in a foreign country.
This company's fighter jet eventually didn't made to the
shortlist.
Which aviation giant are we talking about?
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Question No 15
 This company formerly known as
"Rugmark" is directly associated to an
Indian who was in news recently.
Name the Indian.
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Question No 16
 Introduced by Hewlett Packard,
___________ was the first magnetic card-programmable
handheld calculator.
In order to raise enough money to buy
parts and build the first few orders of the
Apple I, Steve Jobs sold his Volkswagen
van and Wozniak, then an HP employee,
sold his ________ for $500.
Both the blanks represent the same thing.
Name it.
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Question No 17
 In Dutch, it's apestaart — "monkey's tail."
In Swedish, it's snabel-a — "A" with an
elephant's trunk.
And in Italian, it's chiocciolina — small snail.
Other languages nickname it "mouse's tail,"
"sleeping cat," "little duck," "dog," and "little
worm."
Which symbol are we referring to?
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Question No18
 A lot of the maths behind astronomy tends to
be in the form of ratios.
One example is determining the ratio of the
luminosity of a specific star when compared to
the luminosity of our sun.
Out of the following options which contains
BOTH the factors necessary to work out such
a ratio of luminosity?
 Options on the next page.
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Options for Ques No 18
 Velocity and Force
 Force and Radius
 Radius and Temperature
 Temperature and Velocity
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Question No 19
 A world no. 2 at his sport ,Y vowed "One day,
X will be slightly off his game and I will get
him".
That day took a long time in coming, but did
finally come through in 1986.
Name X and Y respectively, separated by
comma.
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Question No 20
 ____________ is a non-binding, voluntarily implemented
action plan of the United Nations with regard to
sustainable development.
It is a product of the UN Conference on Environment and
Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in
1992.
It is an action agenda for the UN, other multilateral
organizations, and individual governments around the
world that can be executed at local, national, and global
levels.
It targeted the coming 21st Century.
Name the Plan.
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Answers
 1- Finland
 2- Security Printing and Minting Corporation of
India
 3- Indian Statistical Institute
 4- Thorium
 5- Jonas Salk
 6- Langdon
 7- State Bank of India
 8- Silver
 9- i-Gate
 10- textonyms 14-Nov-14
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Answers
 11- Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
 12- Minecraft
 13- X(Richard Branson) Y(Vijay Mallya)
 14- Boeing
 15- Kailash Satyarthi
 16- HP-65
 17- @
 18- Radius and Temperature
 19- X(Ross Norman) Y(Jehangir Khan)
 20- Agenda 21
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ThankYou!!
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