Simple-Easy-A Quiz Prelims

Simple–Easy–A Quiz

Symphysia

1. “The sport it resembles most is basketball, which is probably the sport

I enjoy watching the most. I had so much fun making the rules and I still

have the notebook I did it in.“Who said about what?

2. This company derives its name from provision of data and voice services over mobile phones ?

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The name of a section in the Ramayana, this is also the name of a Tamil Film starring Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna in lead roles.

The movie released on 25 February 2011.

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Aranya-Techfest, Thapar University

4. ____ lived in the Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany. Died on 26 October 2010. Who?

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5. Extracted from the novel “Kim”, fill in the blanks.

"Look! Brahmins and chumars, bankers and tinkers, barbers and bunnias, pilgrims -and potters - all the world going and coming. It is to me as a river from which I am withdrawn like a log after a flood. And truly the _____ _____ ____ is a wonderful spectacle. It runs straight, bearing without crowding India's traffic for fifteen hundred miles - such a river of life as nowhere else exists in the world.”

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Grand Trunk Road

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Tokyo Shinto Kanda-Myojin templePeople getting their laptops blessed for

protection from viruses

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He was born in Thrissur, Kerala and brought up in Delhi. He sang 3,500 jingles before

getting a Bollywood break. He appeared in "Josh of India" song for the support of the Indian Cricket Team during Cricket World Cup 1999. Folowing this, he released an

album, for which he received a Star Screen Award for the Best Solo Album.

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KK

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____ was introduced around 217 BC to raise citizen morale after a crushing military

defeat at the hands of the Carthginians. It is held in the honour of Cronus, the youngest

of Titans, father of the major gods of the Greeks and Roman and son of X and Gaia.

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SaturnaliaCultural Fest, Thapar University

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Opened in 2005, this Dubai Mall is named after the 14h century scholar ___ _____,

who was famous for his book Rihla(Voyages), a detailed acoount of his travels. Fittingle, the six courts in the mall are named after the countries he attended

namely China, India, Persia, Egypt, Tunisia, Andalusia. Who?

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Ibn-e-Batuta

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Axe Deos

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Which former capital of Japan is an anagram of the country's current capital ?

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Kyoto

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Song 2

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Song – Na Jaaney KyunMovie – Spiderman 2

Band – Strings

13Geographical Indication(GI) copyrights are

used - they bar others from naming or marketing the food under the same name. Under GI, the rigt ot marketing a product is tied to definite geographical territory and

the manufactured goods should be produced or processed or prepared in that

territory. In 2010, this was awarded to a complex food X, rather than a simple farm

produce[like Basmati Rice]. Also more interesting was the extremely small size of the geographical region where this food is

produced. What is X?

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Tirupati Ladoo

14. ___ is the name of an ancient center of higher learning in Bihar. The site of ___ is located about 55 miles south east of Patna.

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NalandaSeen here Nava Nalanda Library, Thapar

University

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The phrase is used generally for a person who claims to be extremely brave though

he is not actually one. It is the name of one of the characters of Sheikh Chilli stories.

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Originally known as the Knights of Walpurgis, this society was headed by a

person whose name translates into French as 'flight of death';. The standard attire of the members of this society was a black cape with a white skull mask. Name the

organization.

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Death Eaters

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What was the International Food and Hospitality Fair, held at Pragati Maidan, Delhi from March 10-14, 2011 named?

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Aahar*

Aahar is also the name of a food point in Thapar University

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Guru Tegh Bahadur visited Lehal on 24 January 1672 and stayed under a banyan tree by the side of a pond. The sickness in the village subsided. The site where Guru Tegh Bahadur sat came to be known as

____

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Pain in the Village Subsided – Dukhnivaran

Dukhnivaran Sahib Gurudwara, Patiala

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In 1955, the Indian government looked for a suitable vehicle for its police and army, for use in patrolling the country's border. The

____ was chosen as most suitable.

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20.

Which Hollywood blockbuster was released in Hindi as Murde ki kahani,ek bachche ki

zabani ?

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Because a torn tendon can no longer keep the biceps muscle tight, a bulge in the

upper arm above the elbow may appear, with a dent closer to the shoulder.

What is this condition called?

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Popeye Muscle