Apocalypse’13

General quiz

Round 1Infy Bounce + Pounce

• Originally from Greek, X means disclosure of knowledge, a lifting of the veil or revelation, although this sense did not enter English until the 14th century. Today, it is commonly used in reference to any prophetic revelation.Give X

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• Apocalypse

110201 is the new dedicated pin code of which important landmark in New Delhi?

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• Supreme court

According to Y , X need speeds around 59.5 km/s and not 11.2 km/sID Y and the reference

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Y - Rahul GandhiOn Dalits needing more effort to succeed“For success, Dalits need to break free from

Jupiter, not Earth”

• This regiment is an elite cavalry regiment of the Indian Army. The personnel of the regiment are also trained as paratroopers and nominally are expected to lead in airborne assaults in the role of pathfinders apart from their primary role. Currently Jat, Sikhs & Rajputs are taken in equal number primarily from the states of Punjab, Haryana & Rajasthan. Minimum height necessary to be enlisted is 6 feet. Because of the personality & appearance of the men, they were popularly known as ‘God's Gift to Beautiful Girls’

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President’s Bodyguards

• On December 9, 1893, a French anarchist named Auguste Vaillant made a sensational attempt to avenge the execution of Ravachol, a fellow anarchist. His attempt injured several people and he was arrested and sentenced to death. Vaillant defended his actions during the trial, maintaining that he merely wanted to wake up the privileged classes. How did Vaillants actions and his words come back into the lime light some 36 years later ?

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Bhagat Singh’s actions in 1929 were inspired by Vaillant’s bombing of the French assembly. He also paraphrased Vaillant’s statement “It takes a loud voice to make the deaf hear” in the pamphlets thrown inside the Central Assembly Hall.

A)

• The origin of X is hugely debated.Some claim that X originated probably by accident with subsequent improvisations, in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh during the last 50 years.There are also claims that a Ali Ahmed Aslam, proprietor of the Shish Mahal in Gibson Street in the west end of Glasgow invented it.In July 2009 Pakistani-born British MP Mohammad Sarwar tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons asking that Parliament support a campaign for Glasgow to be given European Union Protected Designation of Origin status for X.X is hugely popular in Britain and is called a "truly British" item even though the origin in unclear.

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• Chicken Tikka Masala- Popularly voted as the National dish of Britain

• The maker of X said that the things to keep in mind while creating it involved something which signified motion, looked good on footwear, and was liked by the client and his team.And they did love it.

• Created in 1971 and first used in 1972, X is now recognized the world over.

• ID X.

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• Nike swoosh logo

• On July 10, 1949, Narayan Masurekar went to Dr. Purandare hospital in Bombay (now Mumbai) to visit his new born nephew. The uncle noticed a small hole near the top of his left ear lobe. By chance or fate, he chose to visit the baby a second time, noticing, to the horror of all on the second trip, that it wasn’t the same boy. The tiny hole in the boy’s left ear – still visible today – was gone ! A search was made and the baby was found sleeping blissfully beside a fisherwoman. Thus, how did Narayan Masurekar end up benefiting Indian sport?

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• Sunil Gavaskar

Round 2Long Connect

Round 3Infy Bounce + Pounce

Connect?

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• Lance Armstrong’s Sponsors

Ankitha Jhaveri (picture below) is an actress from Mumbai who now works in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film industries. How do we better know her as?

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The first Rasna Girl in the 1980-90s

What is no 4?1) Wal-Mart: 2.1 million 2) China National Petroleum Corporation: 1.61 million 3) State Grid Corp of China: 1.53 million 4) _______ : 1.42 million5) US Postal Service: 765,088 6) Sinopec: 639,6907) China Telecom Corp. Ltd: 285,1058) Carrefour: 490,000

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• Indian Railways

• Put funda

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• Special parking signs at UCB reserved for Nobel Laureates!

• Berkeley faculty, alumni, and researchers have won 70 Nobel Prizes

• Coined by Indian economist, Raj Krishna, ……………… is a controversial and derogatory expression used to refer to the low annual growth rate of socialist Indian economy before 1991, which stagnated around 3.5% from 1950s to 1980s, while per capita income growth averaged 1.3%.

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• The Hindu rate of growth

• The only reported civilian transfer between two submarines of two different navies in World War II involved X, who was transferred from German submarine U-180 to Japanese submarine I-29. X was travelling from Germany to Imperial Japan. Identify X.

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• Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

• A former head constable with the T.N state police, his fortunes changed in the 1980s when he was appointed head of state-run utility Metrowater by erstwhile chief minister M G Ramachandran .Today the trust he heads is by far the biggest land owner in the state. According to an article in the TOI the trust holds land worth close to Rs 10,000 crore, an amount large enough to bridge Tamil Nadu's fiscal deficit. Who is he? How has he paid homage to his political roots in his new line of business?

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• Jeppiaar• Sathyabhama University is named after MGR's

mother.

• What is the Sanskrit word for "refined" or "well formed" ?

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• Sanskrit