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A little surprise : Its not a biz-quizAnd no Apples.

Q1.

• Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad

Q2.General philosophy connect.

• It’s Carl Barks, illustrator for Disney, who invented the philosophy of Flipism, that is, using a coin toss to decide most things in life.

• "Flip Decision" is a Donald Duck comic book story written and illustrated by Carl Barks in June 1952. As with many other Barks stories, it was originally untitled. In the story, Donald becomes an adherent of a philosophy called flipism, in which all decisions in life are made by flipping a coin.

Q3.

• “My main purpose in life is to make enough money to create ever more inventions. The dove is my emblem. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I have never invented weapons to kill.”

• by Thomas Alva Edison.

• The DC vs. AC debate between Edison and Tesla.

• Edison supported the use of the electric chair as a method of execution so that people would associate AC with death, giving him an upper hand.

Q4.

• Why does the USA keep all its inter-continental ballistic missiles in the Dakotas?

• The poles of inaccessibility, for land and for sea.

Q5.

• On August 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m., what was launched with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll," spoken by John Lack? Those words were immediately followed by the original theme song, a crunching guitar riff written by Jonathan Elias and John Petersen, playing over a montage of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

• MTV

Q6.

• Maldives govt held their parliament session underwater to protest global warming, since their country will soon be submerged completely if the current trends continue.

Q7.

• The weekly Economist compiles two indexes based on the concept of purchasing-power parity. One is the Big Mac index, which compares the prices of the McDonald's burger around the world. Name the second one.

Q8.

• "the vision of is to bring together all Muslims on the web towards a single platform, in a spirit of brotherhood, to create positive change within the Muslim world and humanity in general". Name this website founded by Mustafa Patel as a social networking site for Muslims.

• madina.com

Q9.

• The Social Network is an upcoming 2010 drama film directed by David Fincher about the founding of the social networking website Facebook.

• X is a colloquial Hindi word that can mean an innovative fix, sometimes pejoratively used for solutions that bend rules, or a resource that can be used as such or a person who can solve a vexatious issue. It is used as much for enterprising street mechanics as for political fixers. In essence, it is a tribute to native genius, and lateral thinking.

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Q11.

• 92-year-old Fauja Singh of Great Britain broke his own world-record for fastest marathon for a runner 90+. His time of 5:40:03 beat his previous best of 6:11:09 set at the London Marathon in April 2003. In 2004, he was featured in an advertising campaign for sportswear manufacturer Adidas alongside David Beckham and Muhammad Ali.

• The original Indian architects were SitaramKhanderao Vaidya and D. N. Mirza, and the project was completed by an English engineer, W. A. Chambers. The builder was Khansaheb SorabjiRuttonji Contractor who also designed and built its famous central floating staircase. The cost ofconstruction was £250,000. During World War I, it was converted into a 600‐bed hospital. The dome of is made from the same steel as used in the Eiffel Tower. It was also the first in India to install and operate a steam elevator.What are we talking about?

Q12.

The Taj Mahal Hotel

• It is alternatively called 'Patience'. There is an old tradition in the German or Scandinavian countries to use "patience" as a guide to what the near future has to offer, a kind of "luck" meter. This belief assumes that a person’s "luck" will vary from time to time and important matters should not be initiated or conducted when the cards are not favourable. If there are no winnings in the game for a number of tries it spells caution in what you do. If a win at the first try times are good and “luck” smiles at you, thus the immediate future can be used for important decisions. Timing the game is a further indicator of the strength of the outcome. What am I talking about?

Q13.

• Solitaire

Q14.

Ray Ban Aviator sunglassesThe Aviator style was first noticed world-wide during World War ll when worn by Gen. Douglas MacArthur.The Aviator became a well-known style of sunglasses when General Douglas MacArthur landed on the beach in the Philippines in World War II. Photographers snapped several pictures of him wearing them for newspapers, and Americans instantly fell in love with them.

Q15.

• In 1981, X co-founded a company called Innovative Market Systems. This company was later renamed as X, the surname of X. The company X went on to become a USD 4.7 bn $ company with one-third of the entire market share. X gave up his CEO position in 2001, in order to run for the elections (to a mayoral position), which he subsequently won. Identify X

Q16.Recent funda

• An electrical engineering graduate from BITS, Pilani, Phani was happy with his Texas Instruments job. But seeing the potential of organizing a certain ticketing platform, he immediately brought in partners. He then went to the registrar of companies with the idea of calling his company 7D, or 'Seven Dudes'. The registrar declined this name, telling them a company's name cannot start with a number. Finally the proposal to name the company Pilani Soft Labs, was accepted in their third visit to the registrar with ______________ being their brand name.

• Redbus