PowerPoint Presentation

By Archit and Ashwini

*1.The name of which entity is supposed to have been conceived in 1932 by Choudhry Rahmat Ali, a Cambridge student while he was strolling along the banks of Thames with his friends. A varying account mentions that he came up with the idea while riding on the top of a London bus.

Pakistan

Identify2.

Anna Hazare

3.Measuring up to 306,720,000 human years, this unit of time comes from a Sanskrit term meaning duration of an X. Each such unit has one X, who is created by Brahma. The current X is called Vaivasvata. What is the unit of time, and what is X?

Manvantra, Manu

4.In March 2015, a 30-member contingent of Indian Army began preparing to clean one of the most littered places on earth, hoping to come back with about 4000 kg of waste, taking a cue from PM Modi's "Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan".To be attempted in May 2015, where are they taking the cleanliness campaign?

Mount Everest

*5.So this is an IMDB result for a particular TV series started in 1987. It has a rating of 9.1. Guess this famous TV series from so few clues given in the screen shot.

6.Also known as the Clock Flower, this flower got its name due its likeness to the elements in the story of Jesuss crucifixion. It is an evergreen climber with flowers that look exotic and produce an amazing scent. This flower is sometimes followed by brightly coloured fruits that are used as flavourings in a number of different culinary dishes. It is a regularly grown flower on a butterfly farm as it is a food source for caterpillars & butterflies.

Passion Flower

7.Dada Abdulla was business man. One of his business partners, Tyeb Seth had done some fraud in dealings. So he filed a case in court. But as all dealings were done in his native language, the English advocate did not understand to their correspondences. So they wanted someone who had knowledge of both the native language and also of law. This person successfully persuaded both Abdulla and Seth to accept arbitration as the cumbersome legal battle takes very long and both the parties lose financially. Which journey ensued due to this case?

Gandhi went to South Africa

*8.With respect to employees, Kishore Biyani has an interesting abbreviation for keeping them happy called LSD. Pay your employees more than what they deserve; it creates an urge for them to justify their work. Empower them with the skills and knowledge so that they are assets for your firm and help in the decision and execution process. Give them the adequate degree of control and power. With power comes accountability and responsibility. These three factors help breed loyalty and create an organizational culture. What is LSD?

Lakshmi, Saraswati and Durga

9.Satindar Mohan Bhagat is a physics professor at the University of Maryland and the director of Association for Indias Development Inc., USA.He is credited with conceiving this idea of an entity, which was implemented by an NGO called the 5th Pillar. Which instrument did he introduced to stop corruption in all sectors.

*10.

Identify the lady and gentlemen

Bhanu Athaiyya and Ben Kingsley

11.On 26 November 1949 the members of the constituent assembly signed the constitution which later came into force. The last member to sign it was the first person in free India to unearth it's first big political scam popular as the Mundhara scandal. The gist of the scam is that irregularities were found when LIC bought a huge worth of share in a private firm owned by Mundhara. The scam led to the resignation of Fin Min TT Krishnamachari.Who was the MP to unearth the scandal in the Parliament?

Feroze Gandhi

And these are his great descendants

RameshSuresh

12.According to the rules of taxonomy, if a species originates in India its scientific name should normally include this word.This name is known to all of us As the name of book on India written by the famous Greek explorer and envoy, Megasthenese.A one of the most popular brands of India.What word?

Indica

13. Qimat Rai Gupta, one of Indias most low- profile business titans passed away recently. Said to be worth $ 2 billion at the time of his death, his big break had come in 1971 when he had bought a Germanic sounding brand from one of his suppliers, Haveli Ram Gandhi. Which brand ?

*14.X is remembered in Hindu scriptures as a righteous and glorious king. In some versions, he is the son ofVaivasvata Manu(formerly the Emperor Satyavrata ofDravida), one of the two central characters along with theLord Matsyaincarnation ofLord Vishnuin theMatsya Purana. He is born toManuafter the deluge which sends the King's ship to the top of theMalaya Mountainsin theDravida country. He was the first king of a dynasty named after him.

Old logo of?

15.

16.World Bank economist Xhas provedthat when it comes to right triangles, a + b = c. This merits the briefest of footnotes in the annals of mathematics, becausethe Greek mathematician Pythagoras proved the same theorem around 500 B.C.X, a Cornell University economist, demonstrated his proof in apaper entitled "A New and Very Long Proof of the Pythagoras Theorem By Way of a Proposition on Isosceles Triangles.These are excerpts from TOI. Who is X

Kaushik Basu

17.Art installation about ? You can almost feel the night as the chirp of crickets surrounds you. The city's sunk in deep sleep. In the distance, one can hear the hum of a factory. Into this soundscape, a slow hissing seeps in and grows strong. As the lethal orchestra ends, one can hear a human voice gasping for breath. Artist Samar Singh Jodha's unnerving multimedia installation which has travelled to Rome in a 40-ft-long cargo container.

Bhopal gas tragedy

18.What connects Yama, Vayu, Indra and Aswini twins ?

The divine fathers of Pandavas

19.He ranked seventh in the AIEEE'03. He was the national Olympiad winner in Physics. He also cleared 11 national engineering exams, including the Indian School of Mines at Dhanbad but he decided to stay in delhi for Barry John's theatre and Shiamak Davar's dance classes. He took admission in Delhi college of engineering in mechanical branch. After three years of studying engineering he realised that he was getting claustrophobic in college and wanted to be on stage. Then he left DCE, came to Mumbai and joined Nadira Babbar's theatre group. Now he is popular in bollywood.. Whos he?

20.Kun faya Kun , a song from film Rockstar was shot at the Dargah of this sufi saintHe is considered to be the teacher of Amir Khusro.Who is he?

Nizamuddin Auliya