Prelims- Answers

1

What unofficial holiday is celebrated among chemists and chemistry students on October 23,

between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM?

Mole Day

2. Id the ‘Flea’

3.

Sukumar Sen, the Chief Election Commissioner during 1st General elections was livid to see a ‘social practice’ making its way to voters’ list.

He ordered his officials by mentioning the names of the women voters, in place of mere reference to a particular woman.

Nonetheless, some 2.8 million women voters had finally to be struck off the list. He felt that such a step will help in eradicating such social practice. What made him take such drastic step?

THE SOCIAL PRACTICE OF WOMEN REFERRING THEMSELVES AS SOMEONE'S WIFE, DAUGHTER, MOTHER, ETC.

4.

It is the Central Asian sport in which horse-mounted players attempt to drag a goat or calf carcass toward a goal.

It is the national sport of Afghanistan, although it was banned under the Taliban regime.

Buzkashi

5.

A European and a Latin American city give names to these two contrasting psychological phenomenon .

The former usually involves hostages expressing empathy and sympathy and having positive feelings toward their captors, sometimes to the point of defending and identifying with them.

The latter involves abductors developing sympathy for their hostages and thereby setting them free sometimes . Give me both

• Stockholm Syndrome

• Lima Syndrome

6.

Contrary to popular belief the name had nothing to do with the traditional dress worn by people of that community. General V K Nayar, the deputy director general of military operations, was one day driving home exhausted after a long day in the ops room. As he drove the sign of a refrigeration shop caught his eye. It was selling ________, a prominent fridge and AC brand. Lets go with it, he decided. What is being talked about here?

Bluestar, operation bluestar

7. Whose flag?

Flag of Jainism

8.

• A monopod, also called a unipod, is a single staff or pole used to help support cameras, video cameras, binoculars, rifles or other precision instruments in the field. Recently there was a huge demand for the handheld monopod. People also started referencing the same as ‘X Stick’.

• Selfie stick

9.

"Ek Tha Talli" ("Once there was a Drunk") was the original title of this film that was launched in 2012. However, once the makers realised there was going to be a 2012 Salman Khan film called "Ek Tha Tiger", they changed it to a shorter title.Which 2014 film?

PK

10.

Mnemonic for what?

• How I need a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy chapters involving geodesy

• May I have a large container of coffee, cream and sugar?

Pi-

11.

• On April 11, 1984 Yuri Malyshev and Gennady Strekalov were awarded Ashok Chakra. For the first and only time, this award being given to non-Indians. Who was the third awardee?

• Rakesh Sharma

12. • Which brand’s innovative campaign at the

Maha Kumbh Mela 2013, Allahabad?

Lifebuoy

13.

• Aibohphobia is the fear of?

• Palindromes

14.

• A X is a proposed ombudsman in India. The word X is derived from the Sanskrit word “Y" (people) and “Z" (protector/caretaker), or "caretaker of people.“

• Dr L.M.Singhvi was prompted by the then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, inquiring which zoo the new animal (Ombudsman) came from.

• It was then that Singhvi coined the word ‘X in 1963.

• What is X?

• Lokpal

15. Cooch Behar princess. ID

Gayatri Devi

16. Who founded this party?

• The All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress.

Subhash Bose

17. Lit-sec IITR

• This town in Haveri district of Karnataka is home to the famous Tarakeshwara temple built by the Chalukyas. Most of us have heard of this town because it has served as the surname for a famous Hindustani musician and a character actor in Bollywood films and television. Which town?

Hangal…..

18. 3 laws of what

• A _________ may not injure a X or, through inaction, allow a X to come to harm.

• A ________ must obey orders given it by X except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

• A ________ must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second law.

• Issac Asimov’s three laws of robotics.

19.

• In Sept 2014, Hong Kong became the scene of intense political protests over the way elections are held in that autonomous region of China.

• The civil disobedience movement has been called "Occupy Central", partly for the massing of people at the Central Government Complex in the city. It also acquired another name in the Western media, the "_______ Revolution", because many protestors starting using a piece of household equipment to protect themselves against tear gas used by police. What is the missing word?

Umbrella revolution

20.

• Who is “she” in this statement?

• “When we used to get beaten up by the police during the anti-corruption movement, she used to be busy tweeting”

• Kiran Bedi