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PRELIMS

Nepali telecom company ‘Ncell’ set up something over the Himalayas which helps a lot to every climber who climbs over the Everest.

Identify its work?

Provide high speed internet on Mt. Everest

• Minimalistic poster for what?

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This film was dedicated to Allen Greene, an agent and a close personal friend of the film's director. He died due to AIDS soon after the film was released. Identify this popular film whose reference was given in the end of the film.

Identify this worlds largest cruise ………..

OASIS OF THE SEA

Located in Kasauli and it’s the highest point in the town.

On a clear night in this place enables you to enjoy a fascinating view of the distant plains of Chandigarh and the Sutlej River.

Story goes like……..

Identify this place………

MONKEY POINT

“The Stinker”. Official mascot for which award ?

Founded by Vishwa Nath X is a popular monthly magazine published by the Delhi Press Group since 1968 in India. . X is published twice a month.

X competes with Amar Chitra Katha's Tinkle and Geodesic's Chandamama brands of magazines. Yet till now, X remains one of the favourite magazines of children in India. Id X?

Connect??

K C Rao

Telangana

Sania Mirza – Brand Ambassador Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao – CM Sonia Gandhi –Telangna-talli(=Mother Of Telangana)

Identify the Prize??

International Children Peace Prize

An Indian origin girl Neha is among the three children nominated for International Children Peace Prize 2014.

Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) sells which brand of milk products?

Amul

“And Then One Day : A Memoir” is the autobiography of which famous Indian actor/actress?

Naseeruddin Shah

•Name – Akrit Jaiswal •Born in 1993, he has an estimated IQ of 146. •At a very young age, he began to illustrate his unusually high intelligence level. He could speak by the time he was ten months old, and he could also read and write at the age of two. •When he was five years old, he used to read Shakespeare and medical books.

What is so special about this guy?

He performed his first surgery at the age of seven. He never attended any medical school, but yet is known as a physician. When he met an 8-year-old girl whose fingers had been burnt as a baby and fused together, he performed an operation to separate her fingers. Jaswal was accepted into Chandigarh College when he was twelve years old, making him the youngest person to ever get into a university in India.

World’s Youngest Surgeon

“We don’t build services to make money. We make money to build better services.” Who said it ?

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in his letter to prospective shareholders

First use of this term in its present meaning was by Horace Mann (dated 28 January 1754) .He said he formed it from a Persian fairy tale. The term used extensively in scientific communities stems from an old name for Sri Lanka(aka Ceylon). Parts of Sri Lanka were under the rule of South Indian kings-cheras for extended periods of time in history. “The island belonging to cheras” were called ------ by Arab traders. From this word the term evolved.

Which term am I referring to?

• A quora post, which spread like fire, claims X is ‘Neeru Deshpandey’ from Nagpur, and that the picture was clicked when she was 4 years 3 months old. The Wikipedia page of the brand claims that X’s real name is 'Gunjan Gundaniya'.

• Last year, Mayank Shah, group product manager of the brand revealed: It was actually an illustration by an Everest (ad agency) creative back in the 1960s.

• Which iconic figure are we referring to as X?

This used to be the flag of this country during the last two years of World War II when under Japanese occupation. The same design has been re-adopted for the new flag (implemented from 21st Oct ,2010), except that the peacock has been replaced by a white star. Which country?

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Myanmar (Burma)

Who advertised on these salt shakers and to highlight what aspect of their product?

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Pantene Anti-Dandruff

shampoo

Id the personality? Autobiography • ………………………... (1992). • Values, vision & verses of …………….: India's man of destiny. (2001). • India's foreign policy: New dimensions. (1977). • Assam problem: Repression no solution. (1981). Poetry • Twenty-One Poems. (2003). ISBN 978-0-670-04917-2. • Kya khoya kya paya: …………………………., vyaktitva aura kavitaem (Hindi Edition). (1999). ISBN 978-81-7028-335-5. • Meri ikyavana kavitaem. (1995). • Meri ikyavana kavitaem (Hindi Edition). (1995). • Sreshtha kabita. (1997). • Nayi Disha – an album with Jagjit Singh (1999) • Samvedna – an album with Jagjit Singh (2002)

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Atal Bihari Vajpayeee

Which organization has launched the “Swachchha Smarak , Swachchha Bharat” campaign to clean up memorials and heritage places?

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ONGC

• Identify this water sport?

FLYBOARD