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•Prelims•25 Questions•No negatives

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•1) From today, all subsidiaries of State Bank of India, will merge with SBI. Along with the subsidiaries, another bank which had been in existence for a little more than 3 years will also merge with SBI as the purpose for which it started was being met by SBI with greater success. Which bank is this?

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•2) Elizabeth Magie started speaking about a new concept of hers, which she called the Landlord’s Game. “It is a practical demonstration of the present system of land-grabbing with all its usual outcomes and consequences,” she wrote in a political magazine. “It might well have been called the ‘Game of Life’, as it contains all the elements of success and failure in the real world, and the object is the same as the human race in general seem[s] to have, ie, the accumulation of wealth.”•A recent book aims to throw light into the fact that she and not Charles Darrow was the inventor of this game. Which game is this?

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•3)Which brand’s outlet is shown in the picture?

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•4)Who/What inspired this backpack design?

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•5)Id her or the position that she holds now.

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•6) It was the first city in the United States to get a specific technology, the logo of which is shown in the picture. The name of the city features in a very famous movie quote and the quote itself is now used to describe finding oneself in a totally new situation. Which is the city? Identify the logo as well.

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•7) The name of this hotel is derived from a town in Germany, the ancestral home of the prominent German-American family that built the hotel. The hotel was later brought by Conrad Hilton. Id.

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•8) This limerick refers to the clash between two companies over ice cream and frozen desserts. Identify both of them.

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•9) These emojis are the brainchild of Sam Cantor, a Los Angeles-based gallerist and graphic designer. Id the person on whom these are based.

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•10) This recently launched app has been conceptualised and developed by JetSynthesys and is dedicated to a person. The person himself has envisioned the app. A song sung by this person with the ace singer Sonu Nigam will feature on the app on Sunday,2nd April at 10pm IST. He said at the occasion of its launch “There are number of things which I am involved in, but something which I am looking forward to starting soon, in fact now, is the digital innings."

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•11) Apple recently launched the red coloured iPhone. The profit from the sales of the phone will be used for a specific purpose. What is it?

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•12)This Olympic medal winning gymnast also known as the ‘Sparrow from Minsk’, was forced to sell her medals at an auction as she was facing financial difficulties. The auction helped her raise $333,500 (£268,400). Identify her.

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•13)SpaceX's CEO, Elon Musk, named the reusable spacecraft after the 1963 song "Puff, the Magic ______" by Peter, Paul and Mary, reportedly as a response to critics who considered his spaceflight projects impossible. What has been blanked out/ What name did he give to his reusable spacecrafts?

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•14) Which company came up with this ad when it sponsored the Bulgarian Tennis Federation?

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•15) The sungazer also known as the giant girdled lizard or giant dragon lizard or giant zonure,is the largest species of the Cordylidae, a family of lizards from Sub-Saharan Africa. It was assigned a new genus in 2011 and the name of this genus comes from a fictional character who held the top position in Forbes list of richest fictional characters.

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•16) HMD is a company headed by CEO Arto Nummela, and is headquartered in Espoo. The company bought the rights for a particular brand in 2016, for which it has been in news since February 2017. Why has it been in news?

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•17) The top level domain name of this country is used to form plural words.

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•18) When the Kerala Finance minister presented the budget for the financial year 2017-18, he allocated an amount of 10 crore for mechanization of manhole cleaning. Apart from referring to the film ‘Manhole’, to which other work of literature did he reference when he announced the allocation?

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•19) Born in 1932, his ‘big’ break came when he started working for A.Besse & Co., a trading firm. Back in India, he teamed up with his cousin Champaklal Damanito float Majin, importing yarn and exporting spices. Identify this businessman.

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•20)Ranjan, Mano ka ‘baap’ kaun hai?

•SET MAX DLF IPL ad•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHByZLDbPiw

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•21) The first word of this two word term first appeared in 17th century London, according to the OED and is believed to be derived from the Greek word meaning "long-term“. It describes an economy in which success in business depends on close relationships between business people and government officials. What is the term?

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•22) When he passed away in 2012, The Economist noted wryly in its obituary, “He was born a Christian, became an atheist, ate beef, and liked a drink-but not milk. In fact, he actively disliked it.” Who is the person?

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•23) Flying expensive metal and objects into places where getting them back afterwards might be difficult and so, it isn’t always the ideal option. San Francisco-based Otherlab started Aerial Platform Supporting Autonomous Resupply Actions’ drone, under which they make drones out of cardboard so that they decompose and leave no traces.•What is the project named?

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•24) Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao is Vietnam’s first self-made woman billionaire and was ranked 62nd in the list of Power Women 2016. What unusual business idea is considered to be behind the success of her venture?

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•25) Id the band that did this sound track from the movie ‘The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift’. They share their name with a cooking technique used in Japan in which foods are broiled or grilled with a glaze of soy sauce, mirin, and sugar.

•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuJDhFRDx9M

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•Please hand over answer sheets to the volunteers•Answers to follow

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•1) From today, all subsidiaries of State Bank of India, will merge with SBI. Along with the subsidiaries, another bank which had been in existence for a little more than 3 years will also merge with SBI as the purpose for which it started was being met by SBI with greater success. Which bank is this?

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•2) Elizabeth Magie started speaking about a new concept of hers, which she called the Landlord’s Game. “It is a practical demonstration of the present system of land-grabbing with all its usual outcomes and consequences,” she wrote in a political magazine. “It might well have been called the ‘Game of Life’, as it contains all the elements of success and failure in the real world, and the object is the same as the human race in general seem[s] to have, ie, the accumulation of wealth.”•A recent book aims to throw light into the fact that she and not Charles Darrow was the inventor of this game. Which game is this?

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•Monopoly

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•3)Which brand’s outlet is shown in the picture?

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•4)Who/What inspired this backpack design?

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•Franz Kafka•Metamorphosis

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•5)Id her or the position that she holds now.

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•Kristalina Georgieva•World Bank CEO

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•6) It was the first city in the United States to get a specific technology, the logo of which is shown in the picture. The name of the city features in a very famous movie quote and the quote itself is now used to describe finding oneself in a totally new situation. Which is the city? Identify the logo as well.

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•7) The name of this hotel is derived from a town in Germany, the ancestral home of the prominent German-American family that built the hotel. The hotel was later brought by Conrad Hilton. Id the hotel.

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•8) This limerick refers to the clash between two companies over ice cream and frozen desserts. Identify both of them.

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•Amul•HUL

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•9) These emojis are the brainchild of Sam Cantor, a Los Angeles-based gallerist and graphic designer. Id the person on whom these are based.

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• Fridamoji• Frida Kahlo

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•10) This recently launched app has been conceptualised and developed by JetSynthesys and is dedicated to a person. The person himself has envisioned the app. A song sung by this person with the ace singer Sonu Nigam will feature on the app on Sunday,2nd April at 10pm IST. He said at the occasion of its launch “There are number of things which I am involved in, but something which I am looking forward to starting soon, in fact now, is the digital innings."

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•11) Apple recently launched the red coloured iPhone. The profit from the sales of the phone will be used for a specific purpose. What is it?

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•AIDS charity

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•12)This Olympic medal winning gymnast also known as the ‘Sparrow from Minsk’, was forced to sell her medals at an auction as she was facing financial difficulties. The auction helped her raise $333,500 (£268,400). Identify her.

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•Olga Korbut

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•13)SpaceX's CEO, Elon Musk, named the reusable spacecraft after the 1963 song "Puff, the Magic ______" by Peter, Paul and Mary, reportedly as a response to critics who considered his spaceflight projects impossible. What has been blanked out?/What name did he give to his reusable spacecrafts.

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•Which company came up with this ad when it sponsored the Bulgarian Tennis Federation?

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•15) The sungazer also known as the giant girdled lizard or giant dragon lizard or giant zonure,is the largest species of the Cordylidae, a family of lizards from Sub-Saharan Africa. It was assigned a new genus in 2011 and the name of this genus comes from a fictional character who held the top position in Forbes list of richest fictional characters.

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•Smaug from Hobbit

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•16) HMD is a company headed by CEO Arto Nummela, and is headquartered in Espoo. The company bought the rights for a particular brand in 2016, for which it has been in news since February 2017. Why has it been in news?

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•17) The top level domain name of this country is used to form plural words.

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•.es of Spain

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•18) When the Kerala Finance minister presented the budget for the financial year 2017-18, he allocated an amount of 10 crore for mechanization of manhole cleaning. Apart from referring to the film ‘Manhole’, to which other work of literature did he reference when he announced the allocation?

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•Thottiyude Makan by Thakazhi

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•19) Born in 1932, his ‘big’ break came when he started working for A.Besse & Co., a trading firm. Back in India, he teamed up with his cousin Champaklal Damanito float Majin, importing yarn and exporting spices. Identify this businessman.

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•Dhirubhai Ambani

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•20)Ranjan, Mano ka ‘baap’ kaun hai?

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•DLF IPL

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•21) The first word of this two word term first appeared in 17th century London, according to the OED and is believed to be derived from the Greek word meaning "long-term“. It describes an economy in which success in business depends on close relationships between business people and government officials. What is the term?

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•Crony Capitalism

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•22) When he passed away in 2012, The Economist noted wryly in its obituary, “He was born a Christian, became an atheist, ate beef, and liked a drink-but not milk. In fact, he actively disliked it.” Who is the person?

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•Verghese Kurien

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•23) Flying expensive metal and objects into places where getting them back afterwards might be difficult and so, it isn’t always the ideal option. San Francisco-based Otherlab started Aerial Platform Supporting Autonomous Resupply Actions’ drone, under which they make drones out of cardboard so that they decompose and leave no traces.•What is the project named?

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•Aerial Platform Supporting Autonomous Resupply Actions’•APSARA

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•24) Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao is Vietnam’s first self-made woman billionaire and was ranked 62nd in the list of Power Women 2016. What unusual business idea is considered to be behind the success of her venture?

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•25) Id the band that did this sound track from the movie ‘The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift’. They share their name with a cooking technique used in Japan in which foods are broiled or grilled with a glaze of soy sauce, mirin, and sugar.

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•Teriyaki Boys

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•Round 1•Written round based on Indian Business•+10 for each right answer•+10 for getting everything correct

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•1) When he wanted to establish himself in a sector which was called a death trap for investors by Warren Buffet, he persuaded Rakesh Gangwal to join him. Gangwal told him “Look, you guys decide how much money you want to lose. I will work with you. I don’t want any part of this business. I will give you all my knowledge or whatever experience I have. But once you have lost that money, shake hands and remain friends”•Who is he and what did he establish?

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•2) He started at the age of 18 by making crankshafts of bicycle units in Ludhiana. After that, he imported portable diesel-fuelled power generators from Suzuki and later, went on to found a company that manufactured an ubiquitous product under this logo? Id the person and the company that he found.

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•3)What has been blanked out?

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•4) This company was founded in 2010 as Cosmogia, Inc. by Chris Boshuizen, Will Marshall, and Robbie Schingler and is based in San Francisco, California. •How is this company now known as? Or tell me the reason they were in news in India during the second week of February.

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•5) This public sector mining company was founded in 1976 and runs one of the largest iron ore mines in the world. It shares its name with the third highest mountain peak in Karnataka after Mullayangiri and Baba Budangiri. The peak is said to have got its name due to its peculiar shape.

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•6) He came from a small village in Rawalpindi and started his career as a front desk clerk at Cecil Hotel for Rs.50 per month. He went on to buy the hotel 22 years later. He mortgaged his wife’s jewellery and his personal assets, to purchase his first hotel, which was ‘The Clark’. Id the person.

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•Please exchange answer sheets

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•1) When he wanted to establish himself in a sector which was called a death trap for investors by Warren Buffet, he persuaded Rakesh Gangwal to join him. Gangwal told him “Look, you guys decide how much money you want to lose. I will work with you. I don’t want any part of this business. I will give you all my knowledge or whatever experience I have. But once you have lost that money, shake hands and remain friends”•Who is he and what did he establish?

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•Rahul Bhatia•InterGlobe Enterprises/IndiGo Airlines

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•2) He started at the age of 18 by making crankshafts of bicycle units in Ludhiana. After that, he imported portable diesel-fuelled power generators from Suzuki and later, went on to found a company that manufactured an ubiquitous product under this logo? Id the person and the company that he found.

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•Sunil Bharti Mittal•Beetel

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•3)What has been blanked out?

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•Tata Steel

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•4) This company was founded in 2010 as Cosmogia, Inc. by Chris Boshuizen, Will Marshall, and Robbie Schingler and is based in San Francisco, California. •How is this company now known as? Or tell me the reason they were in news in India during the second week of February.

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•Planet Labs•Launched 88 satellites during Isro’s record breaking PSLV-C37 mission

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•5) This public sector mining company was founded in 1976 and runs one of the largest iron ore mines in the world. It shares its name with the third highest mountain peak in Karnataka after Mullayangiri and Baba Budangiri. The peak is said to have got its name due to its peculiar shape.

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•6) He came from a small village in Rawalpindi and started his career as a front desk clerk at Cecil Hotel for Rs.50 per month. He went on to buy the hotel 22 years later. He mortgaged his wife’s jewellery and his personal assets, to purchase his first hotel, which was ‘The Clark’. Id the person.

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•M.S.Oberoi

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•Infinite bounce-Clockwise•+10/-5 on pounce•+10 on direct

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•1) The photo shows the kidney garden spider, or pale orb weaver (Araneus mitificus). What informal name has been given to it due to its resemblance to something from the world of business.

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•Answer is……

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•2) It is known locally as “Tsareng”. It grows in the hills of Leh-Ladakh. It is believed that Genghis Khan used to improve the memory, stamina, strength and disease fighting capabilities of his army. Soviet Cosmonauts on board the Mir space station used its cream to counter radiation. It is now being sold under the brand Leh Berry Juice and marketed by Ladakh Foods.•What is the name of the fruit? Which organization is behind the research that helped to understand its many uses?

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•Answer is……

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•Seabuckthorn•DRDO

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•3) Om Sin is a green sea turtle from Thailand, which hit the headlines due to the fact she had to be operated upon after swallowing 915 coins weighing about 25 pounds. What does the name translate to?

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•Answer is……

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•Piggy Bank!

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•4) She is an entrepreneur and a musician. She is the founder of Svatantra Microfinance, a company that provides microfinance to woman in rural India. She is also founder of CuroCarte and cofounder of Mpower. Identify this daughter of a famous businessman. The following video is from her single ‘Livin’ the life’.

•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQDXkdH9sbE

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•Answer is……

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•Ananya Birla, daughter of Kumara Mangalam Birla

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•5) As a result of the brand promotion activities of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, what was the Samata Express, with train no.12807 renamed as?

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•Answer is……

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•Vizag steel Samata Express

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•6) The organization was founded in 2001 by Lawrence Lessig, Hal Abelson, and Eric Eldred with the support of Center for the Public Domain. It has been described as being at the forefront of the copyleft movement, which seeks to support the building of a richer public domain by providing an alternative to the automatic "all rights reserved" copyright, and has been dubbed "some rights reserved.

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•Answer is……

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•7) Id this supermodel from Israel who has been featured on the side of a Boeing airplane owned by Southwest Airlines?

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•Answer is……

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•Bar Refaeli

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•8) What does the map indicate?

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•Answer is……

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•Map according to colour of passport issued by different countries

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•9) A 45-year-old farmer in Ludhiana moved court to seek compensation due for his land acquired by the northernmost one in an exclusive list of 17 as it failed to comply with the court’s order of 2015 to provide enhanced compensation of Rs 1.05 crore to him. What order did the court of additional district and sessions judge Jaspal Verma issue the second time around?

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•Answer is……

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• 10)•#1 – PETE or PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate)•#2 – HDPE (High Density Polyethylene)• #3 – V or PVC (Vinyl)•#4 – LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene)•#5 – PP (Polypropylene)•#6 – PS (Polystyrene)• #7 – Other, Miscellaneous•What are these?

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•Answer is……

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•Numbers under plastic bottles and what they denote

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•11) Charu Sudan Kasturi reporting for Telegraph mentions that the Kerala government was in touch with several Malayali businessman, the most prominent among them being an Oman-based real estate mogul, who used to hold the title of the richest Malayali for a period of time. Who is this businessman?

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•PNC Menon

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•12) Which organization is all set to become the world’s largest bank in terms of number of branches with around 1.55 lakhs, after it started its operations with pilots in Ranchi and Raipur on January 30th,2017?

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•Answer is…

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•India Post

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•13) Which billionaire’s office has a giant wall-mounted periodic table with samples or representations of all the elements?

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•Answer is…

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•Bill Gates

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•Written round based on book publishers•+10 for each correct answer•+10 for getting everything right

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•1) This publishing house was founded in 1887. The name was used as a trade name of Random House Children's Books from 1987 to 2008. In April 2008, it was revived as an adult non-fiction imprint within Random House. It was named after the person shown in the picture who founded the main research library of the University of Oxford.

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•2) This popular author and social commentator joined hands with Penguin India to acquire a new line of books with her own imprint, Sdè books?

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•3) This book publisher shares its name with the Marvel character shown in the image.

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•4) Identify this book publisher which shares its name with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and is also the title of a 2011 novel by a popular author.

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•5) The singer in the video won an Academy award for Best Original song in 1989. She won the Grammy award for Best New Artist in 1972 and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of fame in 2004. Who was her father, who co-founded a publishing company that bears his name?

•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZmCJUSC6g

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•Exchange answer sheets

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•1) This publishing house was founded in 1887. The name was used as a trade name of Random House Children's Books from 1987 to 2008. In April 2008, it was revived as an adult non-fiction imprint within Random House. It was named after the person shown in the picture who founded the main research library of the University of Oxford.

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•Bodley Head

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•2) This popular author and social commentator joined hands with Penguin India to acquire a new line of books with her own imprint, Sdè books?

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•3) This book publisher shares its name with the Marvel character shown in the image.

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•Juggernaut

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•4) Identify this book publisher which shares its name with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and is also the title of a 2011 novel by a popular author.

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•Aleph books

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•5) The singer in the video won an Academy award for Best Original song in 1989. She won the Grammy award for Best New Artist in 1972 and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of fame in 2004. Who was her father, who co-founded a publishing company that bears his name?

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•Simon and Schuster

•Daughter is Carly Simon

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•Anti-Clockwise•+10/-5 on pounce•10 on direct

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•1) This app was founded by Sean Rad, Jonathan Badeen, Justin Mateen, Joe Munoz, Dinesh Moorjani, Chris Gylczynski, and Whitney Wolfe. •The name of this app means dry, flammable material, such as wood or paper, used for lighting a fire.

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•Answer is…..

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•2) Liberty Media Corporation (commonly referred to as Liberty Media or just Liberty) is an American mass media company controlled by chairman John C. Malone. It  began in 1991 as a spin-off of TCI, an American cable-television group. What did they buy in late 2016 which bought them into limelight in the business world?

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•Answer is…..

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•3)  This plane is powered by six turbofan engines and is the longest and heaviest airplane ever built, with a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes (710 short tons). It also has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in operational service.  It is 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) wide, 4.4 m (14 ft) high, and 43.35 m (142 ft 3 in) long,  longer than the first flight of the Wright Flyer. Its NATO reporting name is Cossack. What is its name?

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•Answer is…..

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•Antonov An-225 Mriya

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•4) What speciality of this museum is this print ad trying to convey and where is it located?

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•Answer is…..

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•5) This company was founded in 1996 by Kevin Plank. Amongst others, this company also sponsors Andy Murray. Recently, one of the player that endorses the brand chose to honor another person with the design on his shoe. •Identify the company, the player who wore this shoe and the person he paid tribute to.

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•Answer is…..

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•Under Armor, Stephen Curry, Barack Obama

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•6) The CEO of this company on a recent visit to China stated that they have decided to use the name ‘Aibying’ in the Chinese market. It translates into the language as “welcome to each other with love”. Id the company.

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•Answer is…..

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•AirBnB

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•7) Why was the name 811 chosen by Kotak Mahindra Bank?

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•Answer is…..

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•Day on which Demonetisation was announced•8th November

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•8) To prevent the hoarding of money, what suggestion did the TDP MP from Lok Sabha, Jayadeva Galla propose during the debate on the Finance Bill?

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•Answer is…..

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•9) What has been blanked out? A popular blog had this to say about what the name could mean among others the following•“___ __' money for investors!•___ __' competition for traditional automakers!”

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•Answer is…..

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•10) This bank was conceptualised and started by Ghanshyam Das Birla during the Quit India movement and it was the designated bank to route payments to Iran for imports by Indian Oil companies at a time when there were global sanctions against Iran. RK Takkar is the CEO and MD of this bank.

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•Answer is…..

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•UCO Bank

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•11) During a period of a little more than a month and a week, the sales of McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish skyrocket every year and it becomes the most popular menu item in places in which it is generally sold. The fast-food giant sells nearly a quarter of the year’s Filet-O-Fish sandwiches during this period alone.•What period is this or tell me why the huge increase in demand?

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•Answer is…..

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•Lent

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•12) He founded the Indian Overseas Bank in 1937 in Karaikudi. His father was a nephew of Ramaswami Chettiar, founder of the Indian Bank. He was also one of the founders of the United India Assurance. In 1944, with the assistance of Sir CP, he started the Travancore Rayons Ltd., first rayon manufacturing company in India. Who is this?

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•Answer is…..

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•MA Chidambaram Chettiar

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•13) This brand was started in 1997 in Domancy in France and deals with hiking, adventure racing, climbing and mountaineering apparel. The name of the brand comes from an indigenous people that live in South America. Which brand is this?

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•Answer is….

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•Quechua

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•Differential Scoring•+20, if only 1 team gets it right•+15, if 2-3 teams get it right•+10, if 4-5 teams get it right•+5, If all the teams get it

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•1) The Center on Intelligent Systems at IIIT-Hyderabad is named after the person shown in the image. What is the moniker by which he is known?

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•2) This was a print ad released by the UNICEF. How exactly are the children calling for help?

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•3) The national symbol of Bangladesh shows three connected leaves of which cash crop, of which it is the second largest producer in the world?

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•4) Proctor and Gamble is also known by a two word nickname after one of the first products they ever sold. Also as a nod to this fact, its factory and research center in St. Bernard, Ohio, is named after it. As a noun, this two word term means “a state of privileged seclusion or separation from the facts and practicalities of the real world.”

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•5) The perishable model, a mathematical model in operations management is also known by what name, that comes from a profession where unsold items will be worthless at the end of the day?

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•6)  It is a song written by John Denver in 1966. The original title of the song was "Babe, I Hate to Go", as featured on his 1966 studio album John Denver Sings, but Denver's then producer Milt Okun convinced him to change the title. This song was also used by an United Airlines commercial in the 1970s.•What was the title of the song changed to?

•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19ToC8pQrCY

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•Exchange sheets•Answers to follow

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•1) The Center on Intelligent Systems at IIIT-Hyderabad is named after the person shown in the image. What is the moniker by which he is known?

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•Father of Indian IT industry

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•2) This was a print ad released by the UNICEF. How exactly are the children calling for help?

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•3) The national symbol of Bangladesh shows three connected leaves of which cash crop, of which it is the second largest producer in the world?

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•Jute

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•4) Proctor and Gamble is also known by a two word nickname after one of the first products they ever sold. Also as a nod to this fact, its factory and research center in St. Bernard, Ohio, is named after it. As a noun, this two word term means “a state of privileged seclusion or separation from the facts and practicalities of the real world.”

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•Ivory towers

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•5) The perishable model, a mathematical model in operations management is also known by what name, that comes from a profession where unsold items will be worthless at the end of the day?

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•Newsvendor model

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•6)  It is a song written by John Denver in 1966. The original title of the song was "Babe, I Hate to Go", as featured on his 1966 studio album John Denver Sings, but Denver's then producer Milt Okun convinced him to change the title. This song was also used by an United Airlines commercial in the 1970s.•What was the title of the song changed to?

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•Leavin’ on a jet plane

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•Cut off score for the prelims-13, Highest of 15•Final scores•1st-235-Leo Francis and Abhijeet Balakrishnan•2nd-205-Rushabh Menon and Shashwat Sinai Salgaocar •3rd-135-Harikrishnan MB and Akhilesh Balakrishnan

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• Thank you• Contact • [email protected]• 9847282247

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•Tiebreaker•First issued by the League of Nations to stateless refugees, they were internationally recognized travel documents. Who was the Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate after whom these passports were named?

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•Which country’s top level domain code is ‘.ad’, which has resulted in it  being increasingly used by advertising agencies or classified advertising?

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•Andorra