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The Quiz99.1 % Pure Quizzing
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Round 1Consists of 20 Questions.
Marking Scheme +1 -0
Brevity & Conciseness will be appreciated.
No points for ESSAY Writing
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Question 1This company was founded back in 1945 by the father of the current chairman.Initially the company dealt with sunflower oil but when Mr. X took over from his father, the company expanded into consumer products, IT, furniture and lighting.Company's logo has been a sunflower, however several years ago there was a company-wide survey to update the said logo.It resulted in the addition of the rainbow color scheme over the black-and-white sunflower.ID X
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Answer
Mr. Azim Premji
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Question 2 Related to which Agenda ?
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Answer
Net Neutrality
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Question 3Shri Anant Khasbardar of Kolhapur, Maharashtra won a Logo design contest beating 1,635 other entrants while Ms. Bhagyasri Sheth of Rajkot, Gujarat emerged successful in the contest for Tagline for the Logo with her entry edging out 5,167 other entries.The tagline and logo for what?
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Answer
Swacch Bhaarat Abhiyaan
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Question 4A few decades ago, watches in India meant X.But time's up for the iconic brand that was launched in 1961 as part of the government's efforts to build a modern India.Like the Ambassador, another marquee brand of the license-permit era, its clock has finally wound down.
Name X – “The Timekeepers to the Nation”
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Answer
HMT
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Question 5 What has been blanked out?
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Answer
EDGE
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Question 6Who was the creator of Rock Garden (expired recently)?
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Answer
Nek Chand
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Question 7ID the personality recently in news
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AnswerIndrani Mukerjea
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Question 8Which Country’s Flag?
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AnswerNew Zealand
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Question 9ID Both.
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AnswerRowan Atkinson (Left)
Vishal Sikka (Right)
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Question 10ID the Author
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Answer
Chetan Bhagat
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Question 11
ID the logo
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Answer
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Question 12Which Automobile Giant’s Ad?
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Answer
Volkswagen
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Question 13Which famous magazine ?
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Answer
Playboy
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Question 14Benjamin Careathers, a regular consumer of beverage X sued the company for false advertising, arguing that after 10 years of consuming X, he neither had certain superhero traits nor any enhanced athletic or intellectual performance. Surprisingly, the company lost and pledged to refund $10 to any US customer who bought it since 2002 & agreed to amend future advertising campaigns.ID X
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Answer
REDBULL (Which doesn’t give you wings)
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Question 15During the first ever human artificial heart transplant, which man-
made invention, used presently in a totally different field, inspired by
nature was used to hold together the heart during surgery?
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Answer
Velcro
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Question 16A picture of plume of smoke & dust rising taken by astronaut Frank Culbertson after which famous incident?
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Answer
9/11 Attacks
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Question 17In 1968, scientist Spencer Silver at 3M company created a very weak
adhesive that would peel off when removed from any surface. The funny thing
was that he was in fact trying to create a super strong adhesive. No one
thought there was any use for such a product until another scientist, Art Fry,
realized that the little pieces of paper made great book marks for his church
songs without leaving residue on the page.
Which famous invention am I talking about?
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Answer
Sticky Notes
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Question 18What is the full form?
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AnswerIndustrial Oxygen
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Question 19Which occasion?
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Answer
1975 Emergency
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Question 20ID the Logo
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Answer
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Round 2Consists of 5 bonus Questions.
Marking Scheme +1 -0
To be considered in case of Tie(s)
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Question 1ID the erased name
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Answer
Kiran Bedi
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Question 2Which country’s National Animal ?
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Answer
Scotland
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Question 3When a Canon engineer rested his hot iron on his pen by accident, ink
was ejected from the pen’s point a few moments later. This principle
led to the creation of ?
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Answer
Inkjet Printer
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Question 4ID him.
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Answer
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
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Question 5John Nettleship described himself as ‘a short tempered chemistry
teacher with long hair and a gloomy, malodorous laboratory’ who
enjoyed picking on bright students. He made such an impression on
one of his students that she based one of her most iconic characters
on him.
However he didn’t recognize himself as X until asked directly by a
reporter.
ID X.
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Answer
Severus Snape
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