Freshers quiz 2011 Prelims

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Fresher's Quiz ’11

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1.Word please…

The first appearance of the word X is from 1784and means an odd person. It was also used in theterm 'X‘ ing glass, a common accoutrement of British Regency dandies. It later acquired a meaningto make fun of or to mock. How it acquired itscurrent meaning of a test is unknown, but its

present meaning did not appear until 1867 in theStates.The word X please.



2.Connect

• Pedro Monzon• Gustavo Dezotti• Marcel Desailly

• Zinedine Zidane• John Heitinga



3. What is being shown here??



4. ID



*5.And now for some music

• The Mundaka Upanishad is one of the earlier

“primary”(mukhya) Upanishads, a genre of Hindu scriptures

commented upon by Shankara. It is associated with the

Atharvaveda and figures as number 5in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads.

• “X Y” is a Hindu mantra from this ancient scripture which is

the national motto of India.

• Recently, band Z made a song titled X Y. The music channelVh1 selected a video made by its viewers and is repeatedly

played on the channel.

• Id X,Y & Z.



Logo of the band Z if it helps…



• Name: X

Date of Birth: 17-10-1970

e-mail: [email protected]

Address: Vice Chairman,

State Board for Wildlife,

8th Floor,V.V. Tower, Ambedkar Veedhi

Bangalore-560 001

Ph (Office): 22862033

• (Pic of a black shouldered kite in the next page)

6.Who be X?



7.Word again

X etymologically means "the love of humanity"—love in the sense of caring for, nourishing,developing, or enhancing humanity in the senseof "what it is to be human," or "humanpotential." . In modern practical terms, it is"private initiatives for public good, focusing on

quality of life"—balancing the social-scientificaspect emphasized in the 20th century, with thelong-traditional and original humanist core of theword's ancient coinage.



• On August 15, 2011, X announced that it would acquire Yfor $12.5 billion subject to approval from regulators in theUnited States and Europe.

• According to X, this purchase was made in part, to help Xgain Y's considerable patent portfolio on mobile phonesand wireless technologies to help protect it in its ongoingpatent disputes with other companies, mainly Microsoft,Oracle and Apple,and to allow it to continue to freely offer

Android. Y has confirmed that the change in hand is verynear.X has stated that it will run Y as an independentcompany.

8.X & Y



9.What we talking about?

• The X, headquartered in Washington, D.C in theUnited States, is one of the largest non-profitscientific and educational institutions in the world.

• Its interests includegeography, archaeology and natural science, thepromotion of environmental andhistorical conservation, and the study of world

culture and history.• X ’s logo is a yellow portrait frame - rectangular in

shape - which appears on the margins surroundingthe front covers of its magazines and as its channel

logo.



*10.Google Doodle for?



11.Who be this?



12. Id this very recent newsmaker



13.Who as whom?



14.Who be this?



*15.A 1910 cartoon showing X’s multipleroles from 1889 to 1910



16.ID thy news maker



17.Food anyone?

It is supposed to have been invented byBhima (one of the Pandava brothers) during theirexile. According to the legend, when Ballav

(Bhima's name during this time) assumed hisduties as the cook in the kitchen of Virata, did notknow how to cook. One of the first things he didwas to chop up many different vegetables, boilthem together and top the dish with gratedcoconut . Id this famous( and tasty) south Indiandish.



18.Animals finally

• There were nine subspecies of Tiger in theworld of which three have gone extinct in the

last century.• One of the subspecies – the Indochinese tigeris also known as X’s tiger ,named after afamous tiger conservationist.

• Clues in next slide.



Any more clues??



19.Lord help us!

• As on 7th July 2011, after completing the assetvaluation of the 5 secret cellars of the temple thetreasure sums to more than Rs. 100,000 crore,

that’s around US$22.3 billion in total, without evencalculating the antique value of the objects. EarlierSree Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati,Andhra Pradesh was regarded as the richest temple

in India. Other richest temples in India are theGolden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, and Shirdi SaiBaba Temple in Maharashtra.

• Name the temple and location



Yes, all that glitters is GOLD



*20.Lets have some sport dude!

• After the 1992-93 test series vs. Sri lanka,Mark Waugh earned the famous nickname

AUDI after the car manufacturer .Why was hecalled AUDI ?? ( think simple )



21.Um…what is this?

• X is a traditional embroidery style from Lucknow, India.Literally translated, the word means ‘embroidery’. Believedto have been introduced by Noor Jehan, Mughal

emperor Jahangir's wife, it is one of Lucknow's mostfamous textile decoration styles.



22.Where is this macha?

• X is one of the poorest countries with possibly the worsthealth situation in the world . X became an independentstate on 9 July 2011.

• Capital: Juba (moving to Ramchiel).



The word X was coined in 1963 by L.M.Singhvi, a Member of Parliament during a debate in Parliament about grievanceredressal mechanisms. His son Dr. Abhishek Singhvi is now

the head of the Parliamentary Standing Committee reviewingthe bill. The prefix Y was added to signify the fact that theseimprovements include input provided by "ordinary citizens"through an activist-driven, non-governmental publicconsultation. The X was first introduced by Shanti Bhushan in

1968 and passed the 4th Lok Sabha in 1969. But before itcould be passed by Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha was dissolved andthe bill lapsed. The Subsequent versions were re-introducedin 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2005 and in2008, but none of them passed.

23.What is up with Indian politics

dude?



24.I read books. Do you?

•1.George (Georgina)-Tomboy with short hair and usually dressed in boy’sclothing and much like her father Quentin, she has a fiery temper, is fierce,headstrong and very loyal to those she loves. Sometimes she is unmanageableand causes a lot of trouble.

•2.Timmy-George’s doggy.

•3.Julian-George’s cousin and the eldest among them all. He is tall, strong andintelligent. Is the ideal, caring and responsible leader and very protective of Anne, his sister.

•4.Anne-The youngest of them all who generally takes care of their domesticneeds when they are out holidaying/camping. She gets scared easily, isclaustrophobic.

•5.Dick-Brother to Juilan and Anne, the one with the cheeky sense of humorand is also very dependable. A very good gymnast and the one who makesAnne laugh when she is upset.

•6.Jo(the gypsy)-who generally joins the others and usually always hangsaround with Dick. Her parents were in the circus before they were imprisonedfor theft.

•7.Aunt fanny & Uncle Quentin-George’s parents.

•8.Joanna-their housekeeper.



*25.Where have you heard this famoustune??

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