General Quiz

Inside out

10 Marks for correct answer.Passing Round

C.S Lewis is the author of a series of seven fantasy Novels, the first of which is

‘The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe’. Name the series.

1

The Chronicles of Narnia.

2

The company published their new logo for 125th Birthday in 2011 and they named it

‘125 years’ of Happiness. Name the Brand.

Old Logo

Which cartoonist is associated with ‘You Said It’ series ?

3

R K Laxman

The memoir of which Indian cricketer is titled

‘The Test of My Life’ ?

4

Which common gesture originated as a way to

demonstrate the hand held no weapons ?

5

Hand-shake

According to Hindu Mythology, who could ride his chariot in ten

different directions?

6

Dasharatha

Which product is prepared in ‘Mysore Paints & Varnish Limited’, for some Governmental scheduled

Job ?

7

Voter’s Ink

Alphabetically, Which is the first country listed in the

United Nations ?

8

Afghanistan

Which ‘Voice-over-IP service’ and ‘Instant messaging client’ is bought by

Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 billion Dollars and as the records in 2012, it has 34%

international call market share ?

9

Started in 1994 as ‘online Book store’, then diversified in many fields and now is the

World’s largest online retailer. In their logo, there is an arrow as following. Identify the

company.

10

By what name, are The National Security Guards

of India, better known ?

11

Black Cats

Which famous sports Brand is named after the Greek Goddess of Victory ?

12

‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!’

Where can one find the writing

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At the bottom of the

Statue of

Liberty

History said that scientists were puzzled on the chemical structure of a particular

compound . Its mystery was solved when German scientist Kekule dreamt of a snake swallowing its own tail. The compound has

a similar structure. What was the compound ?

14

Benzene (Ring Structure)

For whose retirement this Amul Ad was published in 2012 ?

15

Rahul Dravid

The Mascot of what was being inaugurated by Home Minister

P Chidambaram in 2011?

16

Census (2011)

The story of which novel revolves around the fortunes of four families: The

Mehras, The Kapoors, The Khans and The Chatterjis ?

17

This is a set of coded Alphabets for a special tactical writing system. Identify.

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Braille Letters

The Jain family headed by D.K.Jain started ‘Siddhomal & Sons’, a paper and newsprint trading

organization in 1923.They took their first step in manufacturing by

setting up the ‘Industrial Oxygen Co. Ltd.’ in 1963.

Based on the advice from McKinsey & Co, in 1999, they diversified into Entertainment Industry.

Name their famous initiative in this area.

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INOXDerived From ‘Industrial Oxygen’

Being the 2nd Indian to get an PhD in English literature from Cambridge

University, he joined External Affairs Ministry as a Hindi Officer in 1955.

His one of the best known literary work in Hindi is ‘Madhusala’. Who is he?

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Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Narendra Murkumbi shut down the company he started after graduating, as Rs 5 crore was

not enough.However the second venture he started is now at the top of it’s section. Identify the logo of his

2nd venture.

21

Sree Renuka Sugars Ltd.

Which one of the most popular retailing chains; Started ‘Ethnicity’: first concept store, has the bird in their logo and the

punch-line being ‘India Tomorrow’ ?

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