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The document outlines the structure and content of 'The Open Quiz 2.0', featuring a series of quiz questions spanning various topics, including historical events, significant figures, and technological advancements. It includes details about specific answers, such as notable companies, people, movements, and inventions, alongside clues for additional context. The document serves as a guide for the quiz, providing a comprehensive overview of the questions and related hints.
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- 1. THE OPEN QUIZ2.0 Presents Tack On Quiz Club
- 2. THE OPEN QUIZ2.0 Prelims
- 3. Twenty Questions One minutefor each question No negatives *Questions -Tie Breakers
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- 5. Fictional Company (Comic& Cinema) Dr. Rajit Ratha is an executive at this company Norman Osborn -The Founder and CEO Clues
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- 7. 2 He isTsutomuYamaguchi (1916–2010) In 1957,he was recognized as a “Hibakusha” by Japanese Govt. Although there are many people identified as Hibakusha On March 24, 2009, the Japanese government officially recognized him as a “Double Hibakusha” What is Hibakusha & Double Hibakusha
- 8. Answer Hibakusha - AtomBomb Survivor Double Hibakusha - Survivor Of BothThe Bombs
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- 11. 4 Although India gainedits independence “at the stroke of midnight of 15th August 1947”. Many people, including top Congress leaders and Constituent Assembly started their celebrations at the evening of 14th August. Excitement can be one reason behind it😛 But what was the main reason ?
- 12. According to manypandits and spiritual leaders 15th was inauspicious for India to start with Answer
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- 15. 6 This is anews website dedicated to the eight Hindi speaking states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana. This is a Joint venture between Network 18 & “X” ? *
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- 17. 7 A politician whohas chosen not to seek re- election, is ineligible to run for office again or has lost an election but is still in office until the election winner takes control of the office is known as ?
- 18. Clue Similar to aterm in cricket(least performed batsman)
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- 20. 8 Explain the fundabehind 10 : 9 or 10:10
- 21. This is tohighlight the brand image or logo usually placed in the upper part, in ads Answer
- 22. 9 Whose Portrait on ahillside at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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- 24. 10 Lavapura, was foundedby Prince Lava the son of Sita and Rama Ptolemy, the celebrated 2nd-century Egyptian astronomer and geographer, mentions in his Geographia a city called Labokla situated on the route between the Indus River and Pataliputra mostly, in a tract of country called Kashmir Which City is being discussed here?
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- 26. 11 DELP , Aninitiative by Ministry Of Power under UJALA Scheme Expand DELP & UJALA*
- 27. Domestic Efficient LightingProgramme Unnat Jyothi by Affordable LEDs for All Answer
- 28. 12 Since his childhood,Moothedath Panjan Ramachandran had washed his own clothes but was dissatisfied with fabric whiteners results. One day got a chemical industry journal that talked about “purple-colored dyes helping textile makers get the most brilliant shades of white.”The phrase ignited an idea. Ramachandran experimented in his kitchen for a year–boiling, diluting and testing–until he was pleased with the results. What did he create(brand) and what is the name of the company* he established
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- 31. World Wide Web World’sfirst website Answer
- 32. 14 He is aChartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. he completed his high school from SharadashramVidya Mandir, Mumbai, followed by a Bachelor in Commerce with Honours from M.L. Dahanukar College, Mumbai. He received a Bachelor in Law degree from the New Law College.He was All India 11th rank holder in CA exam.He is working on his Ph.D. in Climate Change from Frei University Berlin and Public Finance from Mumbai University. Whose Profile
- 33. Railway Minister SureshPrabhu Answer
- 34. 15 What does thiscompany do & Who owns* it ?
- 35. VR Devices &Facebook Answer
- 36. 16 WhenTamil Nadu’s formerChief Minster K. Kamaraj saw a boy near the town of Cheranmahadevi herding livestock he asked him, “What are you doing with these cows? Why didn’t you go to school?” His simple response sparked a series of events which gave rise to a movement in India starting in the 1960s inTamil Nadu What did it give raise to ?
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- 38. 17 2011 - Godrej& Boyce shuts down its __________ manufacturing plant, the last in the world FITB
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- 40. 18 A _ __ _ _ corporation is a company which serves as a vehicle for business transactions without itself having any significant assets or operations. Some _ _ _ _ _ companies may have had operations, but those may have shrunk due to unfavourable market conditions or company mismanagement. A _ _ _ _ _ corporation may also arise when a company's operations have been wound up, for example following a takeover, but the “_ _ _ _ _” of the original company continues to exist
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- 42. 19 Chandi Prasad Bhattis an Indian Gandhian environmentalist and social activist, who founded Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS) in Gopeshwar in 1964, which later became a mother-organization to the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ started in the early 18th century in the state Rajasthan The term originally used by Bhatt was the word "angalwaltha" in the Garhwali language for "embrace", which later was adapted to the Hindi word, _ _ _ _ _ _, which means to stick
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- 47. THE OPEN QUIZ2.0 Finals
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- 56. Unto This Lastis an essay and book on economy by John Ruskin, first published in December 1860 in the monthly journal Cornhill Magazine in four articles. Ruskin says himself that these articles were "very violently criticized”. The title is a quotation from the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard. i
- 57. Unto This Lasthad a very important impact on Gandhi's philosophy. Gandhi decided immediately not only to change his own life according to Ruskin's teaching, but also to publish his own newspaper, Indian Opinion, from a farm where everybody would get the same salary, without distinction of function, race or nationality, which for that time, was quite revolutionary.Thus Gandhi created Phoenix Settlement Gandhi translated Unto This Last into Gujarati in 1908 under the title of X ii
- 58. Gandhi came touse the term “X” for the ideal of his own political philosophy His followers (notably,Vinoba Bhave, Jaya Prakash Narayan, Dada Dharmadhikari etc.,) continued working to promote the kind of society that he envisioned, and their efforts have come to be known as the “X” Movement iii
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- 64. 5 Popular Russian mythclaims _______________ as the Father Of Russian Vodka The myth was further fueled in an ad campaign by a premium Russian vodka brand “Russian Standard” The campaign claims that, ”In 1894, _________________, the greatest scientist in all Russia, received the decree to set the Imperial quality standard for Russian vodka and the 'Russian Standard' was born” A crater _________ on the Moon, as well as element number 101 on the Periodic Table, are named after him Identify the person and his famous work
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- 67. 6 •He is consideredthe father of Indian planning •Authored this book in 1934, which later inspired national leaders to setup the planning commission and lead the country with planned economy
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- 75. 8 Companies Born OutOf Garage
- 76. 9 “Keynote” & “Letters”are the books authored by which famous Indian Business person
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- 79. 10 The company wasestablished by Mohamed Hasham in 1945. He was a leading rice merchant and commission agent in Bombay.When Jinnah set up the planning committee of the Muslim League in September 1944, he invited Hasham to be a part of it. But Hasham denied to join the League Jinnah reportedly sought out Hasham once again when he was forming the first cabinet in Pakistan to serve as his Industrial minister. But Hasham rejected the offer and decided to stay on in India and nurture his oil business.” Which company did Hasham nurture ?
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- 82. 11 These were thecopper coins issued by SherShahSuri. Gold & silver coins issued by him were known as Mohurs and Rupayya respectively What were copper coins known as, and these coins are the source of which English phrase?
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- 84. 11 Dammidi / Dam IDon’t Give A Damn !
- 85. 12 The initial approachwas to create tiny spheres which were half white and half black, and which, depending on electric charge, would rotate such that the white or the black sides would be visible on the display. Joseph Jacobson’s team had trouble creating these spheres, and during their experiments, they accidentally created some all-white spheres. They experimented with charging and encapsulating those all-white particles in microcapsules mixed in with a dark dye.The result was a system of microcapsules which could be applied to a surface and then could be charged independently to create black and white images What technology is being discussed here?
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- 93. 14 World War II- Inventions
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- 97. 16 Thomas Hobson (1544–1631),a livery stable owner in Cambridge, England, offered his customers the choice of either taking the horse in his stall nearest the door or taking none at all. This led to a English phrase, in other word which means “Take it, or leave it” This phrase has recently become famous due to the shift of capital of Andhra Pradesh from Hyderabad to Amaravati, where the employs are left with “………………………….”
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- 100. 17 PechaKucha (Japanese:chit-chat) isa presentation style in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each (6 minutes and 40 seconds in total).The format, which keeps presentations concise and fast-paced, powers multiple-speaker events called PechaKucha Nights.The images advance automatically and you talk along to the images. In “India” this was recently introduced at an event held during March 17 & 18 2016. Which event?
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- 109. 20 He has hada strong academic record - all-India second rank holder Chartered Accountant and second rank holder in Law in Mumbai University. He has participated in Leadership Programs at Yale University (2011), Oxford University (2012) and Princeton University (2013) and is currently pursuing the Owner / President Management (OPM) Program at Harvard Business School. He did his schooling from Don Bosco High School, Matunga. He’s also a well-known investment banker, he has advised top corporates on management strategy and growth; also served on the Board of India’s largest commercial bank, State Bank of India and Bank of Baroda Whose Profile
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