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1. Bharadwaja was meditating by a river when he saw a naked Apsara Ghritachi bathing. Seeing her

thus, he ejaculated and collected the fluid in a pot. What resulted?

2. In the early part of the twentieth century, Lala Hardayal, who later founded the Gadar party, was a

student leader at Lahore University. He was refused membership of the YMCA and retaliated by

forming a rival youth club. He invited his English Literature professor, who was also a noted poet,

to inaugurate this club. The professor had only six hours notice to come up with a speech for the

inauguration and instead composed a famous poem. Which poem?

3. Bram Cohen owns a company which according to CableLabs, the research organization of the North

American cable industry, estimates that it represents 18% of all broadband traffic.Name it.

4. I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will

be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said,

no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out

together. Identify I.

5. The name of a famous TV series takes its name from this poem.

"We few, we happy few, we _____________;

For he to-day that sheds his blood with me

Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,

This day shall gentle his condition:

And gentlemen in England now a-bed

Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,

And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks

That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."

6. The name________ stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that

had manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, and Lever Brothers as

sponsors and producers. These early radio serials were broadcast in weekday daytime slots when

mostly housewives would be available to listen; thus the shows were aimed at and consumed by a

predominantly female audience.7. This term possibly originates from Shakespearean times, in which boxes would be used to collect

a fee. However, due to thieves, the boxes would only contain a small amount of money, and thefull boxes would be placed in an office, called a _______.Fill in the blanks.

8. It so happened that a quiz contest aired on Doordarshan in February 1967, in which participants

could easily answer questions pertaining to Greek mythology,but were unable to reply to the

question "In the Ramayana, who was Rama's mother?"seeing this Anant Pai came up with

something.What was it?

9. Giacomo Girolamo X de Seingalt (April 2, 1725 June 4, 1798) was a Venetian adventurer and

author. His main book Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), part autobiography and part memoir,

is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life


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during the 18th century.He was so famous as a womanizer that his name remains synonymous with

the art of seduction and he is sometimes called "the world's greatest lover".What is X here?

10.The term X comes from Y, a small village in West Bengal, where an extremist section of

Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) led by Charu Majumdar and Kanu Sanyal led a

violent uprising in 1967, trying to develop a "revolutionary opposition" in opposition to the

CPI(M) leadership.Just identify X?

11. Connect.

Margret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind,Harper Lee's To kill a mocking bird,Ralph Ellison,

"Invisible Man",Kathleen Winsors "Forever Amber",Grace Metaliouss "Peyton Place,Richard

Hookers "M*A*S*H".Its an exhaustive list.

12.The name was inspired by the Firefly television series in which a X is an electronic

communication.During the developer preview, a number of references were made to the series such

as Lars Rasmussen replying to a message with "shiny", a word commonly used in the series to

mean cool or good, and the crash message of X being a popular quotation from the series: "Curse

your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"Another common error message, "Everything's shiny, Cap'n.Not to fret!" is a quote from Kaylee Frye in the feature film Serenity.What is X?

13. Telstar,Telstar,Durlast,Tango,Tango,Espana,AztecaMexico,EtruscoUnico,Questra,Tricolore,Fever

nova,Teamgiest,Jabulani.What are these?

14.Name the only Nobel prize to be decided by Norwegians rather than Swedes.

15.Continue traveling in the same direction while there are remaining requests in that same

direction.If there are no further requests in that direction, then stop and become idle, or change

direction if there are requests in the opposite direction.This algorithm has found an application in

computer operating systems as an algorithm for scheduling hard disk requests.Name this algorithm.

16.This game derives its name from a latin word which means "I Play" and is said to be originated in

India with a name Pachisi in the 6th century.This game was played by the Mughal emperors ofIndia; a notable example being that of Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar, who played living Pachisi

using girls from his harem.Name this game as we know it today.

17.Denmark ruled over the _______ Islands from 1756 to 1868 naming them 'Frederick Islands' after

a Danish King.In 1847 Denmark had offered to transfer these islands to Great Britain for a

consideration of 50,000 pounds but the offer was rejected by the British.However,in 1868 the king

of Denmark handed over the entire archipelago to Great Britain free of cost.

18.Serving on the Supreme Council of India between 1834 and 1838 he was instrumental in creating

the foundations of bilingual colonial India, by convincing the Governor-General to adopt English

as the medium of instruction in higher education, from the sixth year of schooling onwards, rather

than Sanskrit or Arabic then used in the institutions supported by the East India Company. Hisfinal years in India were devoted to the creation of the Indian Penal Code.Who are we talking

about?

19.Who were the two people apart from Arjuna who heard the Bhagavad Gita?

20.The ancient name of the city is Aggra (Sanskrit for "place of sacrifice") and is believed to be the

spot where Brahma offered his first sacrifice after creating the world. The name is derived from the

one given to the city by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1583. The name in Indian languages

generally is XY; X being Arabic for " god", and "Y" is Persian for "to construct or to create",

which explains the meaning of name XY as "God's creation".Name this XY city.

21. Name India's national aquatic animal.


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22. X began as an academic project by students of a University in Paris in 1996. Some time before this

happened, some students from the Student Association of the institute had once come back to the

college drunk, with a Y they found on the road, subsequently starting a collection of Y. And when

X was started they decided to use Y as their logo. ID X.

23.Which company owns the website www.priceless.com?

24.An innovative ad by which company?
http://www.priceless.com/http://www.priceless.com/


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25.Ingredients of which famous logo?


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26.Identify this damsel

27.This company recently opened its first office outside the United States in Bangalore,India.It has

around 235 million active users per month and around 2 petabytes of data gets transferred every

day across its products.Name the company or its famous products.28.His parents named him after the famous beef of _____,Japan,which they saw on a restaurant

menu.He shares his nickname with the codename of Uma Thrumans character in the movie Kill

Bill.Name this sportsperson.

29.X was only able to kill the Y after an earlier attempt on the royal's life earlier the same day. After a

hand grenade thrown at a motorcade failed to kill Y which was the original plot ,X went to lunch

and the Y decided to visit the hospital housing the grenade's victims.As fate would have it, the two

again crossed paths and the rest is history.Id either X or Y and what resulted?

30.It's consistently referred to as the greatest music video of all time, and it premiered when MTV was

just two years old. It made its debut on MTV at midnight on December 2, 1983, and cost $500,000

to make an astronomical figure at the time. The demand to see the 14-minute video was so high

that MTV played it twice every hour. It was more than just a music video, though it was truly a

mini-movie, and was once screened alongside Disney's Fantasia to qualify it for the Oscars.Which

music video are we talking about?

31. Which is the only Olympic discipline to remain men-only till today?

32. This song appears in the rolling credits of a movie and starts with these lines.

Hi,Jason.My name is Kevin and I recently lost my job .I wrote this song as a sort of statement of

uncertainty & certain anxieties about the future. So, maybe you can use it in your movie.

Name this song/movie or the book on which it is based.


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33.An ad for ?

34.An ad for?

35.When this television channel was launched the first images they showed on the screen was (see

image) in order to show that the launching of this channel of a great moment in the television

history. They had originally planned to use Neil Armstrong's "One small step" quote, but lawyers

said Armstrong owns his name and likeness, and Armstrong had refused, so the quote was replaced


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with a beeping sound.Name this television channel.

36.The name X comes from a Greek word meaning "opposite to the north.Id X.

37.Born Edward Michael Grylls.Earned a black belt in Shotokan Karate as a teenager.Member of the

United Kingdom Special Forces.Lived through a broken back after a freefall in parachute

accident.18 months later became youngest Brit to summit Mt. Everest.Endured 125 degree and -55

degree temperatures.Survived in all 7 continents.Consumes raw zebra,piranha and water from

elephant crap.Which television programme would you associate him.

38.The ___________ is an Indian gravity knife of formidable reputation having a single edged blade

roughly 9 to 12 inches long. Usually it is the switchblade type but there are step-lock types

available as well. It formed the basic weapon for Indian thugs or "goondas" during the beginning of

the 19th century. The royal Bladesmiths of local Nawabs started making these knives after the

popularization of firearms after the 18th century.Fill in the blanks.

39.This is the first Indian movie to have simultaneously released in theatres and Youtube.Name the

movie.

40.The Gods had lost their strength, and to regain it, they thought of churning the Ksheera Sagara foramrit , this required them to make a temporary agreement with their arch enemies, the demons or

Asuras to work together, with a promise of sharing the nectar equally thereafter. However, when

the urn containing the amrita appeared, a fight ensued.The gods and demons fought in the sky for

the pot of amrita. It is believed that during the battle, Lord Vishnu flew away with the urn of elixir,

and that is when drops of amrita fell at four places on earth.Name these four places.

41.The logo of which company is said to be symbolic of two people- the customer and the company,

shaking hands?

42.The Maestro was once kidnapped by cuban rebels, and remains the only one to win the Argentine

F1 Grand Prix. Who?

43.American fighting men or soldiers,Hungarian Freedom Fighter,Baby Boomers,The Computer,TheEarth,YOU. What is the common theme connecting these?

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