IIT BHU Warmup Quiz Prelims

The Open Hand (La Main Ouverte) is a recurring motif in Le Corbusier's architecture, a sign for him of "peace and reconciliation. It is open to give and open to receive.”

Where in India would you find these statues?

Q1

Chandigarh

Give funda. (OR what is special about the ad?)Q2

Q3*

Minimalist poster for which movie?

CheetahPumaJaguar

PantherTiger

LeopardSnow Leopard

LionMountain Lion

Apart from being member of the cat family, what do they have in common?

Q4

Mac OS X names

Q5Jenny Joseph may not be a household name but we have all seen likeness somewhere. In 1989, then 28 years of age, she was hired by an artist who was commissioned to recreate an iconic image. At the time Joseph was a graphics artist for The Times-Picayune, and this turned out to be her first and last modelling job.

In 2012, 20 years after we first saw her, she gave an interview to WWL-TV: “So we just scooted over there come lunchtime and they wrapped a sheet around me and I used a regular little desk lamp.”

Ironically, Jenny Joseph is also the name of the English poet who wrote “Warning,” a short poem with the famous line “When I am an old woman I shall wear purple.”

What is her claim to fame?

The hotel was opened in 1902, with its dome being completed in 1903.

The hotel is believed to have been built following a decision when X was refused entry into Watson’s Hotel, which was one of the grand hotels of the time.

The hotel served as a hospital during World War I.

Architect Melton Bekker designed an additional wing which opened in 1973.

Which famous hotel is this?

Q6

Taj Hotel, Mumbai

Norway’s Tony Andre Hansen, Ireland’s Denis Lynch, Brazil’s Bernardo Alves and Germany’s Christian Ahlmann were suspended before the finals of their event on doping charges during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The fact is that these athletes proved negative in the dope test but still were banned on doping charges.

Why?

Q7*

They were taking part in Equestrian.Their horses tested positive, not them.

Identify the person next to RK Lakshman

Q8

Raj Thackeray

The US Postal Service is launching these stamps to celebrate 50 years of what this year?

Q9

Star Trek

“A letter to a Hindu” is a letter that X wrote to Tarak Nath Das on 14th December 1908. The letter was a reply after Das wrote to X asking for his support for India’s independence.

The letter mentions the works of Swami Vivekananda and along with the book The Kingdom of God Is Within You, helped in establishing Gandhiji’s views about non violence.

Who wrote the letter?

Q10

Leo Tolstoy

When the company changed its name in 2002, it started a campaign that was titled “Get the F out” to publicise the change.

Which company?

Q11*

WWE (earlier WWF)

Q12A physicist from the University of Miami has created an algorithm that can predict X. In the journal Science today, Dr. Neil Johnson and his team described their method of searching through roughly a year's worth of posts on the Russia-based social network Vkontakte and Facebook . The resulting data allowed Johnson and team to build out "a statistical model aimed at X”

Dr. Johnson's study observed about 100,000 members of 200 different small groups on Vkontakte where things related to X was discussed , information shared. Although these small groups are constantly shifting as they are shut down or blocked by social networks, they tend to merge with larger groups to expand their range of influence.

This algorithm was successfully able to predict few X in the past.

What is X ?

Algorithm to predict ISIS Attacks

Abhaya, Varada, Akasha, Mayur, Chatura, Tripataka, Prana, Trishul, Pranayama

What are all these?

Where will you find these at one place?

Q13

Mudras and Mudra installation at the T-3 terminal at the IGI Airport

To promote their product, the manufacturers of Listerine employed the personal experience of girls at the time, who desperately wanted to settle down but seemed always to be left on the shelf. First used in the 1920’s, it portrays a situation and a possible explanation for the lack of success these girls had.

What is the good phrase?

Q14*

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.

IMDb falsely credits Michael Hagerty for the role of a character in one of the most popular sitcoms ever. Michael Hagerty has played another role in the show. After a lot of looking into, the real actor has been found to be Jon Haugen.

Which character?

Q15

Ugly Naked Guy

Every year since 2005, Nike launches a special collection of sportswear. The profits from these serve as charity to provide to Nike’s Ever Higher Fund.

This year the collection was inspired by athletes like Serena Williams, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul and Sanya Richards-Ross.

What does the special collection commemorate?

Q16

Black History Month

Famous Greek epics have been debated to be a part of an Epic Cycle that narrates the events leading upto and following the Trojan War. Featuring Illiad and Odyssey by Homer, Cypria by Stasinus and Iliou persis by Arctinus among others, the last book that follows the travels of Odysseus’ son is lost.

What is the name of the book?

Q17

Telegony

On February 6, 1971, Alan Shepard hit two gold balls with a six-iron club. He sank the first while the other flew for ‘miles and miles’.

What was special about these hits?

Q18

Alan Shepard hit the golf balls on the surface of the moon using a makeshift six-iron he had smuggled on board

Dan Gunrey and A.J. Foyt won the 1967 24-hour Le Mans in a Ford GT40. On the podium, Gunrey, a teetotaller did something that started a new tradition for winners in almost all sports that is still followed today.

What is the tradition?

Q19*

Spraying champagne after winning

• On Feb 28,2016 mobile internet was banned in parts of Gujurat.

• From 13th-16th May, access to internet was banned in the early hours of the day in Iraq.

• On June 19th, Algerian government banned FB, Twitter and Whatsapp.

All 3 had the same reason.

What is the reason?

Q20

The net/social sites was banned because at the same time exams were being conducted to prevent cheating