Sargam quiz elimination returns

Finals

SARGAM 2012

This term in Jainism translates to “destroyer of enemies” these refer to the enemies within, such as pride,

anger, greed etc.

Each Tirthankar would have attained this

Also a class of vehicles in the Indian Navy

What term?

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A stamp (seen on the left) issued

earlier this year; unusually shaped

as a diamond. But what is

unique about this stamp?

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On 1st Nov 2000, an army convoy was attacked at Malom.

On 2nd Nov 2000, Sinam Chandramani and nine others died at a bus stop.

On 3rd Nov 2000, what began, and is regularly punctuated by Nasogastric Intubation?

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What connects and why? 4

Industrial Research Corporation is more than four decades old and engaged in the activities of manufacturing and marketing of Stationery Products. Their main brand has become synonymous with a particular product, especially in the four Southern States of India.

The company is constantly striving to ‘Make Learning Fun’ for their young consumers. Though the company manufactured and known for its flagship brand, they have now diversified their range to allied Stationery Products.

Name the Flagship brand, which is etched in everybody’s memories?

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A Stanford trained engineer found out in 1993 that his family's 30 acre land provided ideal conditions for his business on par with those found in Spain, California and Australia.

He started work in 1997 and launched the first product in 2000.

The company is named after his mother and an India god, which is also depicted in their logo.

Which company?

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He was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi's brand of Indian nationalism. His family chipped in to send him to study chemistry in England, India's colonial master, in 1924.

Instead, he changed ships and went to Humboldt Germany, then the world's leader in his subject.

On a Berlin lake, he met a Lithuanian Jewish socialist whom he later married. They fled as Germany was shifting into Nazi hands and founded this company in the year 1935. Which company?

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In 1999, this brand was banned in America ostensibly because child labor was used to produce them. The fight against the widespread use of this by teenagers began in California in May when a study found that they were sold by scores of shops without age identification.

The study also found that Brand was hugely popular in America and 70% of them did not contain warning label or tax paid stamps. The alarming factor was that it was becoming very hip for the teenagers to use them.

What?

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N.Gopal Holla, a great cook was in charge of the food catering in the Udupi mutt during the paryaya festival where there would be as many as 25,000 people present for the temple meal.

This is when he created this munchy in 1949. This munchy is the favourite evening snack in these parts and its neighbouring areas as well as all over Karnataka.

Name the food item?

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10Give me the funda.

11What was this camera rig used for?

12What does the M stand for?

13One of the first posters of which global event?

14It’s a new type of file format which had the objective of saving the planet. How?

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Who is the author of the following books?• Something for the Weekend• The Naked Chef• The Return of the Naked Chef• Happy Days with the Naked Chef• __________ Kitchen

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As of July/August 2011, there were exactly 10.0million downloads every day, also 158 developers reached over 1 million downloads for their Applications. On May 16, 2011, this finnish company announced that the x brand will be discontinued and the services rebranded under the main main brand. The transition will begin in July 2011 and main said it intends to complete the rebranding of the x services by the end of 2012. X means door in finnish.

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X is an energy drink brand produced by The Coca-Cola Company. It debuted in late 2004 in North America.

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