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SportsPART OF LIFE OR LARGER THAN LIFE?

Who was Sachin Tendulkar named after?

Sachin Dev Burman

Famous Indian tennis star and Pakistani cricketer who recently got married amid a lot of controversy?

Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik

Who first coached Sachin Tendulkar in cricket when he was just age 11?

Ramakanth Achrekar

Name the two women athletes who were suspended on charges of dope recently?

Ashwini Akkunji and Priyanka Panwar

Tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi is married to which Bollywood actress?

Lara Dutta

The Bollywood movie 'Chak De India' is a tribute to which sports personality?

Hockey player Mir Ranjan Negi

Who is the current coach of the Indian cricket team?

Duncan Fletcher

Which city is likely to host the 2012 summer Olympics?

London

The third seed Indo-Serbian pair of Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarevic is famous for which recent victory?

Won the tennis doubles crown in the Aircel Chennai Open 2012 held

in the first week of January 2012

Which food chain has been the official sponsor of the Olympic Games since 1976?

McDonald's

i) McDonald's ii) Subway iii) Kentucky Fried Chicken iv) Pizza Hut

In which city are the 20th Commonwealth Games to be held in 2014?

Glasgow, Scotland

BollywoodENTERTAINMENT VALUE OR LUCRATIVE BUSINESS MODEL?

What is the name of Shah Rukh Khan's production company?

Red Chillies Entertainment

Which famous academician is also an active Bollywood producer?

Prof Arindam Chaudhuri

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Name the actor and actress to win the ETC Bollywood Business Most Profitable Actor (Overseas) and the Most Profitable Actress Award?

Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor

This was her first visit to India and she was here to film her world famous talk show. Name the celebrity.

Oprah Winfrey

Which is India's most expensive movie so far?

The Tamil movie Endhiran (dubbed in Hindi as Robot)

Name the famous Bollywood actress who has contracted with Universal Music Group (UMG) to release her debut music album worldwide?

Priyanka Chopra

i) Katrina Kaif ii) Kareena Kapoor iii) Priyanka Chopra iv) Aishwarya Rai

Name the first Bollywood film to be completely shot using 3D cameras?

Joker (to be released on 30 August 2012)

Who is the famous Hollywood actress who came to India to shoot for her film and ended up converting to Hinduism?

Julia Roberts

Name the director of the 2008 movie Slumdog Millionaire, that was nominated for 10 Oscars and won 8?

Danny Boyle

Name the production house owned by Ekta Kapoor, daughter of yesteryear Bollywood star Jeetendra?

Balaji Telefilms

In which year did Bollywood officially come into existence?

1899

SpaceLIFE ON OTHER PLANETS: HOW SPACED OUT ARE WE?

How far is the newly discovered planet Kepler from earth, as NASA scientists have discovered?

600 light years away

i) 200 light years away ii) 400 light years away

iii) 600 light years away iv) 800 light years away

Earth takes 365 days to orbit around the sun. How long does Kepler take to orbit around its sun?

290 days

i) 365 days ii) 290 days

iii) 350 days iv) 500 days

How many potentially habitable planets have been discovered in our solar system so far?

i) 139 ii) 100

iii) 1 iv) None

139

Which planet was first discovered by scientists as being largely habitable?

Mars

What is the name given to the apparent contradiction between the high probability of existence of extraterrestrial civilizations in our universe and the lack of contact with such civilizations?

The Fermi Paradox

i) Supernova ii) The Fermi Paradox

iii) Autumnal Equinox iv) Evershed Effect

Name the famous 2009 movie that depics life on the fictional moon Pandora?

Avatar directed by James Cameron

Which cosmonaut stayed for the longest time in space?

Valeri Polyakov

Which was the first living creature to be launched into space?

Dog

i) Mouse ii) Rabbit iii) Dog iv) Goat

How many moons does our planet Earth have?

One

In Which year did human beings traveled to outer space for the first time?

1968

i) 1900 ii) 1950 iii) 1968 iv) 1980

From which language did the word ‘galaxy’ originate?

Greek

i) Greek ii) Latin

iii) Russian iv) English

Steve JobsTHE MAN BEHIND THE VISIONARY

What religion did Steve Jobs follow?

Buddhism

In which city was Steve Jobs born?

San Francisco

i) San Francisco ii) Mountain View iii) New York iv) Los Angeles

Which public speech is Jobs famous for?

Stanford University commencement speech

What was the last product from the Apple stable that Steve Jobs introduced before his death?

The iPhone 4S

What did Steve Jobs's parents do for a living?

Father Paul Jobs was a machinist for a laser company and his mother Clara

Jobs worked as an accountant

Name the co-founder of Apple Computers?

Stephen Wozniak

Where did Steve Jobs meet his wife Laurene Powell?

Stanford University

i) University of Pennsylvania ii) Harvard University iii) Stanford University iv) Oxford University

When was Apple Computers founded?

1976

i) 1965 ii) 1977 iii) 1976 iv) 1980

Whose ashram in India was Steve Jobs keen on visiting?

The Kainchi Ashram of Neem Karoli Baba

What did Steve Jobs name the computer animation studio he bought from Hollywood director George Lucas?

Pixar

Which college did Steve Jobs enrol and drop out from after one semester?

Reed College in Portland, Oregon

GizmosARE GIZMOS MAKING A ZOMBIE OUT OF US?

How many apps does the Apple store have on offer?

Over 500,000 as on date

i) 25,000 ii) 50,000 iii) 100,000 iv) Over 500,000

Which is the leading mobile phone app today?

Angry Birds game developed by Apple

Which is Android's answer to the iCloud?

Lightbox

i) Mozy ii) SugarSync iii) Box iv) Lightbox

Name the latest Android OS that rolled out end 2011?

Ice Cream Sandwich

Which company has created a technology that can make all mobile phones waterproof?

HzO

Name the gadget that fits on top of standard pill bottles and illuminates when it is time to take your dosage?

GlowCap

Name the soon-to-be launched Blackberry device rumored to run the BBX OS?

The Blackberry London

i) The Blackberry Bold ii) The Blackberry Storm iii) The Blackberry London iv) The Blackberry Torch

Name the company that pioneered the creation of a suitcase trolley that charges mobile devices on the go? Yanko Design

Name the innovative water-powered fuel cell charger launched by Sweden-based myFC?

PowerTrekk

i) PowerTrekk ii) Dynario DMFC iii) Fuel Cell Module iv) None

Nano, Shuffle, Classic and Touch are variations of what gadget?

The Apple iPod

Metro ManiaHOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE INDIAN CITIES?

According to a 2011 global survey, which Indian city is touted as the best Indian city to live in?

Bangalore

i) Delhi ii) Mumbai iii) Chennai iv) Bangalore

Which is the costliest Indian city, according to Mercer’s 2011 annual survey of 214 cities around the world? Delhi

Name the top 3 Indian cities housing the maximum number of software companies?

Bangalore (242) followed by Hyderabad (178) and Pune (127)

Which is the largest metropolitan city of India?

Mumbai

Mumbai orginally was a cluster of seven separate islands; what was the name of the southernmost island?

Old Woman’s Island

In which Indian city can you find the oldest European church and synagogue?

Cochin

i) Panaji ii) Cochin iii) Trivandrum iv) Pondicherry

Which is the oldest inhabited city in the world today?

Varanasi (Benaras)

Which city is known as the 'Bangle city' of India?

Hyderabad

Which Indian city is called the 'Detroit of India' due to its automobile industry producing over 40% of the country's auto parts and vehicles?

Chennai

Which city has the highest number of pubs in India?

Bangalore

Surviving the corporate

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Who has Warren Buffett nominated to take over the chairmanship of insurance giant Berkshire Hathaway upon the aging magnate's eventual retirement?

His son Howard Buffett (owner and operator of a large-scale industrial corn farm in the Midwest)

To which family does Cyrus Mistry, heir to the Tata empire belong?

Cyrus Mistry is the youngest son of construction tycoon Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry

Name the person who founded Paramount Airways in 2005 and went on to become the youngest airline CEO in the world?

M Thiagarajan

Who took over as Wipro's Chief Strategy Officer in January 2011?

Rishad Premji

Name the banker who took over as Chairman of Infosys in 2011?

K V Kamath

Name the powerhouse corporate wedding that took place in June 2011?

Rohan Murthy, son of Infosys mentor Narayan Murthy married Lakshmi Venu, daughter of TVS

Motor CMD Venu Srinivasan

This famous corporate personality's daughter's wedding was touted as the world's most expensive marriage in the 20th century. Name the tycoon.

Lakshmi Mittal

Who is the CFO of the ArcelorMittal group?

Aditya Mittal

Which businessman was honored with the Padma Vibhushan in January 2011?

Azim Premji

This famous businesswoman was honored with the Padma Vibhushan in January 2011. Name her. Chanda Kochar

Future of computingIS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GOING TO KILL US ALL ONE DAY?

Name the humanoid launched by Honda Motors on the eve of the Tokyo Motor Show in December 2011

Asimo

Name the famous Hollywood movie series that brilliantly captured the concept of artificial intelligence?

The Terminator, Terminator

i) The Terminator, Terminator ii) Judgment Day, Terminator

iii) Rise of the Machines, Terminator iv) Salvation

What is the name of the future computing technology that will harness the power of atoms and molecules to perform memory and processing tasks?

Quantum computing

i) Cloud computing ii) Robotic technology

iii) Quantum computing iv) None

Who created the first robot?

Karel Capek

i) Karel Capek ii) Charles Babbage

iii) George Charles Devol iv) Joseph F. Engelberger

Who is known as the father of artificial intelligence?

British mathematician Alan Mathison Turing

Name any 2 of the new television technologies that are likely to hit the market in 2012?

OLED, 4k, Crystal Display, 8k

What is the name of the world's first cloned sheep?

Dolly

i) Lily ii) Mary

iii) Betty iv) Dolly

Name the tool that can unlock critical insights from unfathomable volumes of corporate and external data?

Apache Hadoop

i) Java ii) Apache Hadoop

iii) FrontPage iv) Hadoop MapReduce

Who gave India her first supercomputer Param and is regarded as the father of Indian supercomputing?

Dr Vijay Bhatkar

Who created the first electronic digital computer?

John Vincent Atanasoff

ITIS TOUGH TO CREATE BUT TOUGHER TO INNOVATE

Name the first Indian company to be rated by Standard and Poor as well as Moody’s. (It is also the first Indian company to show a profit of Rs.1000 cr)

Reliance

i) Infosys ii) Wipro iii) Tata Consultancy Services iv) Reliance

What does WIPRO stand for?

Western India Vegetable Products Ltd.

What is an Infosys employee referred to as?

Infoscion

How did Sabeer Bhatia come up with the name 'Hotmail'?

He inserted vowels in between HTML

Which Indian IT company won the 2011 Global Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) Award - and is the first and only Indian Company to win the Global MAKE award eight times?

Infosys

i) iGatePatni ii) Infosys iii) Wipro iv) Mahindra Satyam

Which company won the 'Company of the year' Economic Times award in 2011?

Bajaj Auto

i) Reliance ii) Tech Mahindra iii) Bajaj Auto iv) Genpact

Who won the 'Creative Entrepreneur of the Year' award at the 2011 NDTV Profit's Business Leadership Awards?

Shah Rukh Khan

Who won the 'Business Innovator of the Year' award at the 2011 NDTV Profit's Business Leadership Awards?

Pawan Munjal

Whose autobiography is the book 'It happened in India'?

Kishore Bayani

Which corporation was built by three youngsters Tushar Jani, Clyde Cooper, and Kushroo Dubash?

Blue Dart Express

PoliticsTHE SCIENCE OF INDIAN POLITICS?

Which Indian political leaders are among the list of Forbes' most powerful people in the world?

Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India and

Sonia Gandhi, President, Indian National Congress

Which two Indian political figures have been listed among the 'Top 25 Political Icons' of all time by TIME magazine?

Mahatma Gandhi and Emperor Akbar

Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress?

W.C. Banerjee

i) W.C. Banerjee ii) Mahatma Gandhi

iii) Jawaharlal Nehru iv) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Who was the first Indian Prime Minister who resigned without completing the full term In office?

Morarji Desai

Who is known as the 'Father of the Indian Constitution'?

Dr. B R Ambedkar

Which university awarded the honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree to Dr. Manmohan Singh in July 2005?

Oxford University

i) Cambridge University ii) Harvard University

iii) Stanford University iv) Oxford University

Who was the first President of India who died while in office?

Dr. Zakhir Hussain

Who was the first education minister of India, whose birthday is observed as the National Education Day?Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Which Indian Prime Minister holds the record for continuously being in the office for the longest period?

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of free India (Aug. 15, 1947

to May 27, 1964)

Who was the first Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna award?

Dr. Radhakrishnan

CelebritiesOF CHARTBUSTERS AND FLASH MOB POP STARS

Which famous song went viral all over YouTube in the close of 2011?

‘Why this Kolaveri di’ from the Tamil movie 3

Which famous international pop star created a rage on her recent visit to India?

Lady Gaga

Which Indian playback singer has been awarded the Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civilian honour?

Lata Mangeshkar

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Which international pop singer sang the song 'Chammak Challo' in the movie Ra.One?

Akon (Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam)

Which Pakistani musician recently made his debut in Bollywood with the movie Tere Bin Laden in 2010? Ali Zafar

Name the famous Pakistani singer who has struck gold in the Bollywood music industry?

Atif Aslam

Which young international pop star rose to fame after posting a video of his first song on YouTube?

Justin Bieber

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Who was the first Indian rapper?

Baba Sehgal

i) Baba Sehgal ii) Bali Brahmbhatt iii) Bappi Lahiri iv) Sonu Nigam

Who is known as the 'King of Rock and Roll'?

Elvis Presley

Which music director received the Oscar for his song 'Jaya Ho' from the 2008 movie Slumdog Millionaire?

A R Rehman

Global desisINDIANS WHO HAVE COLORED THE WORLD MAP WITH THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS

Who are the two Indian business tycoons who have made it to the top 10 in the 2011 Forbes’ list of billionaires?

Lakshmi Mittal and Mukesh Ambani

Who is the world's richest Indian?

Lakshmi Mittal

Who won the 'Global Indian of the year‘ Economic Times Award in the year 2011?

Vikram Pandit

i) Lakshmi Mittal ii) Vikram Pandit iii) Anil Ambani iv) Vikram Chatwal

Who is 2011's most powerful Indian CEO and top global Indian business leader?

Lakshmi Mittal

i) Ratan Tata ii) Azim Premji iii) Mukesh Ambani iv) Lakshmi Mittal

Which Indian is 2011 TIME 100's most influential person in the world?

Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Which international university awarded a Honorary Doctorate to Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan in October 2011 for his outstanding contribution to the world of entertainment?

Queensland University of Technology, Australia

i) Arizona State University ii) Queensland University of Technology

iii) California Institute of Technology iv) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Who was the first Indian to have a wax statue at Madame Tussauds London?

Mahatma Gandhi

Who was the first Indian to act in Hollywood?

Sabu Dastagir

Name the Indians who joined US President Barack Obama's team in 2011

Vivek Murthy and Islam Siddiqui

Who was the first Indian and Asian to win the Nobel Prize?

Rabindranath Tagore

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Wheels of futureAUTOMOBILES WITH INTELLIGENCE

What is Bajaj RE 60, positioned as an upgrade or replacement for a three wheeler auto rickshaw?

The latest four wheeler launched by Bajaj at the Auto Expo 2012

About what has Ratan Tata said that it is not a flop but it was a lost opportunity?

Tata Nano

Which SUV was recently launched by Amitabh Bachchan?

Force One SUV from Force Motors

i) Honda CRV ii) Force One SUV iii) Chevrolet Captiva iv) None

Which car group is likely to replace Toyota as the largest car manufacturer in the world ?

Volkswagen

i) Honda ii) General Motors iii) Volkswagen iv) Hyundai

Rolls Royce sources only one item from India. Name this item.

Malabar wood

i) Rubber ii) Steel iii) Aluminium iv) Malabar wood

Name this luxury car model that automobile manufacturer Daimler has decided to withdraw from India?

Maybach

Which soon-to-be launched SUV featured in Shah Rukh Khan's 2011 movie Ra.One?

The Volkswagen Touareg

Which is India's first fully indigenous car?.

Tata Indica

i) Maruti 800 ii) Tata Indica iii) Maruti Esteem iv) Ambassador

Ambassador is a brand belonging to which automobile company?

Hindustan Motors

Which is the fastest car in the world today?

Bugatti Veyron Super Sport

i) Bugatti Veyron Super Sport ii) McLaren F1 iii) Ferrari Enzo iv) Lamborghini Aventador

Which is the world's most fuel efficient car?

'Toyota's new hybrid car called 'Aqua' in Japan and the 'Prius C'

overseas (35.4 km/litre)

Brain teasers/ Mind games

What alphabet is next in this sequence? M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O,__

N for November!

Which American company has a German name for a town in Czeckoslovakia?

Budweiser

Which company conceptualized Mothers’ Day, Fathers’ Day, Boss’s Day, Secretary’s Day, etc.?

Hallmark

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, and has a bed but never sleeps?

A river!

When is four half of five?

When it is a Roman Numeral: F(IV)E!

What is light as a feather, but even the strongest man cannot hold it more than a few minutes?

Breath

What are tree mistake in this sentence?

1. ‘Tree’ is supposed to be ‘three’2. Mistake should have a ‘s’ at the end 3. There is no third mistake!

What is expansion of the word YAHOO?

Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle

What is the fastest growing tissue in the human body?

Bone Marrow

i) Hair ii) Bone Marrow iii) Skin iv) Heart

Nasscom

Who was the chief of Nasscom who played a key role in putting the Indian IT sector on the world map?

Dewang Mehta

In which year was Nasscom set up?

1988

What is the event that Nasscom conducts on a yearly basis for the gaming industry professionals?

NASSCOM Animation and Gaming India

In which Indian city did Nasscom recently open an office?

Trivandrum

i) Pune ii) Trivandrum iii) Mangalore iv) Coimbatore

Which of these is not a Nasscom publication?

SETLabs Briefings

i) India's Domestic IT-BPO Market: Winds of Change

ii) Casual Gaming in India

iii) Sustainable Tomorrow: Harnessing ICT Potential

iv) SETLabs Briefings

Name the Nasscom forum that was set up to accelerate innovation within the Indian engineering industry.

NASSCOM Engineering Services Conclave

i) NASSCOM Infrastructure Management Summit

ii) NASSCOM Engineering Services Conclave

iii) Nasscom Emerge

iv) NASSCOM BPO Strategy Summit

Name Nasscom's unique initiative that is a national database of registered and verified knowledge workers in the industry.

National Skills Registry

Which company won the NILF 2011 Process Innovation award?

Genpact

i) Infosys ii) Wipro iii) Genpact iv) Persistent Systems

What is the current membership of Nasscom?

1350

i) 250 ii) 600 iii) 1200 iv) 1350

Who was the founder member of Nasscom?

Harish Mehta

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