SILICON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Tech Fest Gen Quiz

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One of them was TENZING NORGAY to share this ‘highest’ credit . Which credit and with whom ?

Whats the list About :- Sourav Ganguly- Rahul Dravid- Anil Kumble- M.S.Dhoni- Virat Kohli

The AICTE is the statutory body and a national level council for technical education, under Department of Higher Education, HRD. It is responsible for proper planning and coordinated development of technical education and management education system in India . Expand AICTE.

“YouWeCan” is a cancer initiative started by whom?

In 1992 Bharat Ratna was awarded posthumously but was rejected since the reason for death was not known?*

If LOC (line of control) divides India and Pakistan then which two countries do LoAC (line of actual control) divides?

Domestically known for his humorous videos and stage performances and internationally for his specific STYLE which was entered into the Yale book of quotations as one of the most famous quotations of 2012. What STYLE are we talking about !

Even BANK-I-MOON does this style .

Started as “Tencent Holdings” then known as “weixin”. How do we know this in India?

Other than the Nehru-Gandhi family, only two Prime Ministers have airports named after them.

Name both of them.

Name the first James Bond novel to be adapted as a daily comic strip?

Till now only two foreigners have been awarded the Bharat Ratna. One of them is

“The Madiba” and the other is “The Frontier Gandhi”.

How do we know them better ?

BCCI(Board of Cricket Control in India) bans ‘WAGs’ from ICC cricket world cup 2015 as per the news on 20th January 2015. who does ‘WAGs’ refer to ?

A Yiddish word derives from the Hebrew word meaning “insolence”, “cheek” or “audacity”. The modern usage of the word has taken on a broader meaning ,having been popularized through vernacular use in film, literature and television. It makes the audience sniggers at the Bollywood theatres.

HINT: Shakespeare never used it .

“ WHO ARE YOU ? WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO EACHOTHER ?...

These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. He swears it isn’t true. So what did happen to Nick’s beautiful wife ?...”

Identify the above Hollywood blockbuster thriller of

2014 based on the novel by Gillian Flynn. *

This is the flag of Ohio. It is one of the only

two flags

belonging to a

certain type.

Which is the other flag?

Google engineering director Paul Golgher said in a blog post “Over the past decade , YouTube, blogger and Google+ have taken off and has outpaced THIS product. Hence its time to bid farewell.”

24th January 2004 – 30th September 2014

Krishnaswami was known as “The Pied piper of Delhi”. The humorist creator of THE COMMON MAN and was associated with the TOI (The Times Of India) daily strip - “you said it” till 26th

January 2015. How do we better know Mr. Krishnaswami ? *

This confectionary is usually made with condensed milk and sugar. Other varieties include that of Besan, cashew and pista. Its name is derived from the persian word for ‘ice’ or ‘snow’.

It came into news for a completely different reason in 2012.

What am I talking about ?