Prelims

20 questions

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1. This campaign was conceptualized by Lowe Lintas (an ad agency)

and produced by Crazy Few Films, and has been widely ridiculed by

the public. Some responses -

What ‘phenomenon’ is

this?

IIN

2. This building was built in 1591, to commemorate the eradication of

plague, as an honor to a promise by Quli Qutb Shah to Allah.

Meanwhile with the beginning of the second Islamic millennium year

(1000 AH) being celebrated far and wide in the Islamic world, Qutb

Shah founded the surrounding city of X to celebrate the event and

commemorate it with the construction of this building.

It is a four-storied structure and the surrounding city X was planned on

a grid iron pattern around it, with two main roads intersecting and

running north-south and east-west.

ID the building.

Charminar

3. This is a cafe in Baarle-Nassau, in Europe. What is its claim to fame?

Border between Netherlands & Belgium

4. Born Namgyal Wangdi, he later adopted

a name which means “wealthy-fortunate-

follower-of-religion”. Originally unaware

of his actual birthday, he began

celebrating it on May 29, when he shot to

worldwide fame on that date in 1953.

Who was he and his claim to fame?

Tenzing Norgay

5. He is an economist, author and has collected three National Film

Awards on behalf of Planman Motion Pictures as the producer of

three award-winning movies – Faltu (Bengali), Dosar (Bengali) and

The Last Lear. He is often referred to as a management guru. He is

also the owner of the Delhi franchise of the i1 Super Series motor

sports league.

However he is ubiquitously associated with an educational

organisation which is the subject of constant controversy and

ridicule.

ID this ‘legend’.

Arindam Chaudhuri of IIPM fame

6. Identify this famous fictional location

The Batcave

7. X is an online content creation website, that crafts or

gathers stories relevant to the Indian audience. It could be

considered one of the many Indian versions of Buzzfeed.

X was founded in December 2013, by Tonmoy Goswami and

Sangeeta Sarma, an ECE graduate of the year 2010 from NIT

Silchar.

Name the website X.

Storypick

8. Shown alongside is the logo of the infamous

German ‘Schutzstaffel’ (SS), a

major paramilitary organization under Adolf

Hitler and the Nazi Party. The SS was declared a

criminal organization by the International

Military Tribunal, and banned in Germany after

1945.

Due to this reason, the band X has had to

change its logo on album covers and

merchandise in Germany to avoid controversies.

Name the band.

KISS

9. One of the all-time favorite animated series started out with

its characters named Jasper and Jinx, which were later changed

to what we now know.

Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, it centered

around the two main characters’ rivalry. It has become one of

the most popular but also critically acclaimed cartoon series,

because the main characters show sadistic and even cannibalism

tendencies. And like a number of other animated cartoons from

the 1930s to the early 1950s, it featured many racial

stereotypes.

Name this series.

Tom and Jerry

10. Which song in modern times was inspired by this song from Om-Dar-B-

Dar, a cult Hindi movie of the 70s?

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11. In a move to strengthen the last mile delivery of goods to

consumers, Flipkart has tied up with this entity in Mumbai,

claiming them to be “…one of the most reliable and trusted

brands in the city”. In the initial stages, they will be a partner to

the company’s delivery network eKart logistics.

Which entity is this?

Dabbawalas

12. Sukhwinder Kaur of Mukerian town in

Hoshiarpur, Punjab used to stitch clothes to

supplement her husband's income from a sweet

shop.

Her transformation began some time in her early

20s when her husband left for the Gulf for better

employment and she joined the local Paramhans

Dera. She was very influenced by Paramhans

Dera's head Ram Deen Das and began attending

satsangs. Soon she moved from Punjab to

Mumbai.

Her rise in popularity was propelled by Mumbai

businessman Sanjeev Gupta, the owner of Global

Advertiser, whose company handles various

prime-location hoardings in the city.

How is this person familiar to us nowadays?

Radhe Maa

13. On what occasion Amul published this ad?

MCA removes ban on SRK entering Wankhede

Stadium

14. The name of this city is comprised of two words –

one meaning home, and the other a term for the valley

that lies between the Himalayas and the Shivaliks.

According to mythology, Dronacharya is believed to have

been born and resided here.

When Ram Rai Ji, son of Guru Har Rai Ji, came to this

region with his followers in 1676, he established a camp

here for them, thus historians think the first word also

means “camp”.

The city houses the monument shown alongside, with

freedom fighters’ names engraved in gold in it. The city

also houses the first indoor ice rink in India that meets

the size requirements for ice hockey and figure skating.

Dehradun

15. Ad agency Weiden+Kennedy, led by V. Sunil, its creative

executive director, came up with this symbolism for a certain logo.

Originally, it was an elephant and later tiger, but both were shot

down because they were clichéd symbols of India and the election

symbols of political parties. They refuted rumours that the ____ was

chosen because of its Gujarat connection. It was the ____’s

connection with Emperor Ashok, claiming him to be “our strongest

symbol”, that went in its favour. Ultimately it symbolizes

manufacturing, strength and pride.

Give funda.

Make in India lion

16. In the film ‘Om Shanti Om’,

Pappu (Shreyas Talpade) and Om

(Shah Rukh Khan) are at a

restaurant, where they make fun

of the name of an aspiring actor ‘X

Ahuja’ and suggest to shorten it to

X only, if he wants to succeed in

Bollywood.

This is a reference to the real

bollywood actor ‘X’, who also

makes a special appearance later

in the film.

X is an actor from many comedic

films during the 90s, but is having

a slow run at the box office as of

now.

ID X.

Govinda

17. Kunal Shah, who also appeared in an

episode of TVF Pitchers, started his company

in August 2010.

This company has tie-ups with brands like

McDonalds, Dominos, CCD, Puma, Jet

Airways etc. and is also the principal sponsor

of Delhi Dynamos FC in the ISL.

Which company?

Freecharge

18. Identify the Hindi movie

from its minimalist poster

19. X, also known as X Prison, built in the 15th century and in use

as a prison since 1718, is a fictional prison on an island in the

middle of the North Sea. It serves the community of Great

Britain as a penitentiary for convicted criminals of a different kind.

The prison is believed to be unplottable and is thought to be bigger

on the inside.

As of 1730s or 1740s, a graveyard had been established on the

island to accommodate those who died of despair.

Which place is this?

Azkaban

20. The outer ring in the logo of this entity is a simplified form of a rope

which is a symbolic form of strength and confluence. The knots of the

rope have been transformed into seven leaves denoting the seven North-

Eastern States, all of which were represented by the entity up till a few

years back. The leaves surrounds a gear inside them, whose forward

rotation signifies continuous growth and improvement. The central ring

is the axis and basis of all development.

The motto of the entity is: Tejasvi navadhitamastu (an Invocation from

Taittiriya Upanishad)

Identify the entity.

NIT Silchar