Prelims Answers.

Born as Bank of Calcutta on 2nd July 1806 mainly to fund

General Wellesley's wars against Tipu Sultan and the

Marathas . It was renamed Bank of Bengal on January 2,

1809., it became the ________ in 1921 and was renamed

to its present name after the Act of Parliament on 1st July

1955.

Name the bank.

1.

SBI

PIIGS is a grouping acronym used by international bond

analysts, academics, and by the international economic

press that refer to the economies of P_____, I______,

I______,

G____, and S_____ often in regards to matters relating to

sovereign debt markets. Some news and economic

organizations have limited or banned their use due to

criticism regarding perceived offensive connotations.

Who are the PIIGS?

2.

PORTUGAL, IRELAND, ITALY, GREECE, SPAIN

The logo is an image of a "twin-tailed siren", dangerous

creatures, portrayed in Greek Mythology as seductresses

who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and

voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island.

3.

Hint!

STARBUCKS

Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide

Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance is the subtitle a book X

by the economist Y, who is more famous for his earlier

book Z,which was number two on The New York Times

bestseller list for nonfiction in the year 2006. Both books

explain concepts of pop culture through the applications of

solid economic principles(that is strangely ironic) and is

also described as “amateur sociology”

GIVE X OR Z but Y is must.

4.

8.

Name him and his recent association with Govt.

Bibek Debroy

6. Big Bang timeRaj (Entering dressed as Thor): Hey. Sorry I’m late, but my hammer got stuck

in the door on the bus.

• Leonard: You went with Thor?

• Raj: What? Just because I’m Indian I can’t be a Norse God? No, no, no, Raj

has to be an Indian God. That’s racism. I mean, look at Wolowitz, he’s not

English, but he’s dressed like Peter Pan. Sheldon(entering in a body suit

featuring black and white vertical lines) is neither sound nor light, but he’s

obviously the 'X’. …

• Leonard: Hey, Sheldon, there’s something I want to talk to you about before

we go to the party.

• Sheldon: I don’t care if anybody gets it, I’m going as the ‘X’.

• Leonard: No, it’s not…

• Sheldon: If I have to, I can demonstrate. Neeeeoooowwwww! What is X?

7. Id the legend.

Vinod Mehta

The lucknow boy….

Sir James Taylor, did not rest content with this. He took keen interest in getting

fresh sketches prepared by_______________. As a basis for good design, he

arranged for a photograph to be taken of the statue of the tiger on the entrance

gate at Belvedere, Calcutta. Something or the other went wrong with the

sketches so that Sir James, writing in September I938, was led to remark:

“..s tree is all right but his tiger looks too like some species of dog, and I am

afraid that a design of a dog and a tree would arouse derision among the

irreverent. .....'s tiger is distinctly good but the tree has spoiled it. The stem is

too long and the branches too spidery, but I should have thought that by putting

a firm line under the feet of his tiger and making his tree stronger and lower we

could get quite a good result from his design.”

what was the design?

8.

9*. Id and connect with the theme of

quiz.

NANDANA SEN DAUGHTER OF NOBEL LAUREATE AMARTYA SEN.

This auto giant was set up as a

franchise to assemble jeeps from

Willys, USA in October 1945. It’s today

called Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M).

What was it called in 1945?

10.

Mahindra and Mohammed After partition, one of its

founders Ghulam Mohammed migrated to Pakistan and the

company became Mahindra and Mahindra

Mahindra & Mohammad

11. Give the organisation they formed?

Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Dulfo

Poverty action lab at MIT

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action lab

“X” engages a wide variety of stakeholders – policy makers, parliamentarians,

academics, major groups, foundations, business sector representatives and

3,200+ registered non-governmental organizations – in a productive dialogue

on sustainable development through a programmatic cycle of meetings. The

work of “X” is guided by an issue-based approach, and there is an annual

theme that accompanies each programmatic cycle, ensuring a sustained and

focused discussion among multiple stakeholders.

12. Give “X”

Economic and social council

ECOSOC

13.

MD. Yunus

14. Map of?

R Day guests

15.

“X” is the richest candyman on the planet. Now 87, he is the patriarch of the family that owns the “X: Group, maker of Kinder and ________chocolates, Nutella and Tic Tac. He inherited the company from his father Pietro, who started making a hazelnut spread called Nutella when cocoa was rationed during World War II. “X” expanded the company and it continues to grow under the leadership of his son, Giovanni. Giovanni's brother Pietro, had shared control of the company for more than a decade but died, reportedly of a heart attack, during a humanitarian mission to South Africa in 2011. The company earned $10.5 billion (7.8 billion euros) in revenue during 2012, up 8% from the previous year thanks to growth in Asia, Russia and the United States. That boost pushed up the value of the group, and the Ferrero family's net worth, $6 billion since last year.Give “X”?

16.

X was an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress party. He held numerous academic degrees

and is hence well known as "the most qualified person" of India and is noted likewise in Limca Book of

Records.He holds the Limca Book of Records for the most qualified person in the country. Began as a

Medical Doctor (MBBS and MD) he did his Law (LL.B.) with Post- graduation in International Law

(LL.M.) and his Masters in Business Administration (DBM and MBA) and in Journalism (B.Journ). He

did his Masters in ten subjects. M.A. (Public Administration ; M.A. (Sociology) ; M.A. (Economics);

M.A. (Sanskrit); M.A. (History); M.A.(English Literature); M.A. (Philosophy); M.A. (Political Science) ;

M.A. (Ancient Indian History,Culture and Archaeology); M.A (Psychology). He got his D. Litt (Doctor of

Letters) in Sanskrit, the highest of any Degree in a University. Most of his Degrees are with First Merit

and he has obtained 28 Gold Medals. Between 1973 and 1990 he has written 42 University

Examinations, every summer and every winter. In 1978 he wrote the IPS (Indian Police Service)

examination and got into it, resigned, wrote the prestigious IAS (Indian Administrative Services)

examination in 1980 and got into it, resigning in four months to contest his first general elections. In

1980 he was elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assemble becoming the youngest MLA in the country

at 25 and subsequently became a very powerful government Minister holding 14 portfolios at a time.

He had one of the biggest personal libraries in India with 52,000 books. He was also an academician,

painter, professional photographer, and stage actor. He has been member of Maharashtra Legislative

Assembly (1982–85), Maharashtra Legislative Council (1986–92) and served as Minister of State,

Government of Maharashtra. He was also a member of Rajya Sabha (1992–98). He joined I.P.S. in

1978 and I.A.S. in 1980.

Moraji Desai was perhaps the most successful Indian

statesman when it came to achieving peace with Pakistan.

He shared an excellent relationship with President Zia ul

Haq who described the two as “brothers who act together.”

To maintain good relations, Desai even went to the extent

of revealing classified details of Indian intelligence

operations to Zia and the Pakistani government. As a

tribute to his efforts the Pakistani government did

something in the 1990, which gives Desai the distinction of

having achieved something that no one has. What did

Pakistan do?

17. India time :)

17.

Pakistan conferred Morarji Desai with the

‘Nishan-e-Pakistan’ award thus making him the

only person to have won both the Bharat Ratna

and Nishan-e-Pakistan awards

18. Give me her more famous son!

The Seth’s

19. Give the Painter.

20. Give the movie!

“HUM”