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Techonomic Quotient

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Prelims – NIT Campus

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Round 1Consists of 25 Questions.

Marking Scheme +1 -0

Brevity & Conciseness will be appreciated.

No points for ESSAY Writing

Question 1

#VJ

ID the logo.

Question 2

#VJ

Mangal Kunjam a 26 year old journalist is working in Bastar's naxalite area

since last 5 years. This person was pushed into limelight due a reason very

different from his profession. ID the reason that made Mangal so famous.

Question 3

#AS

Put Funda.

Women allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia.

Question 4

#VJ

ID the logo

Question 5

#FK

ID the person.

Question 6

#VJ

Yes, you know that I've been looking at you for a while

I have to dance with you today

I saw, that your look was calling me

Show me the way that I'm going oh

You are the magnet and I'm the metal

I'm getting closer and I'm setting up the plan

Just the thought of It accelerates the pulse

now I'm enjoying it more than usual

All my senses are asking for more

This must be taken without any trouble

Slowly

I want to breathe your neck slowly

Let me tell you things in your ears

So that you remember when you're not with me

Slowly

Put Funda

Question 7

#YS

Delhi 6.00 PM 6.30PM

Thursday Jaipur 3.45 AM 11.30 PM

Friday Sawai Madhopur 5.30 AM 10.30 AM

Friday Chittorgarh 4.00 PM 2.00 AM

Saturday Udaipur 8.00 AM 3.30 PM

Sunday Jaisalmer 9.15 AM 11.45 PM

Monday Jodhpur 7.00 AM 3.30 PM

Tuesday Bharatpur 5.00 AM 8.45 AM

Tuesday Agra Cantonment 10.30 AM 11.00 PM

Wednesday Arrival at Delhi

Put Funda.

Palace on Wheels.

Question 8

#CC

ID the blanked out part.

Donald J Trump

Question 9

#AS

Kunal Shah, who also appeared in an episode of TVF

Pitchers as one of the three judges, started his

company in 2010.

This company has tie-ups with brands like McDonalds,

Dominoes, CCD, Puma, Jet Airways etc. and is also the

principle sponsorer of Delhi Dynamos in ISL.

ID the company he started.

Question 10

#FK

Identify these two

gentlemen?

Mohammad Ali & Mohammad Rafi

Question 11

#CC

What is this Amul ad talking about?

Question 12

#VJ

X started as “Sunlight Flakes” laundry soap in 1899 founded by

the Lever Brothers. The name was changed to X in 1900,

a Latin word for light.

In 1941 Leela Chitnis, at the height of her popularity and glamour,

created history of sorts by becoming the first Indian film star to

endorse the popular X soap brand, a concession then only

granted to top Hollywood heroines.

Id this product.

Question 13

#FK

This movie is an 8 hour

slow motion film with

no actors, dialogs or

narrative. It has been

termed as the

“dullest movie

you have ever

watched” by its

producers.

ID the movie.

Question 14

#AN

The Verhoeff Algorithm is a checksum formula for error

detection developed by the Dutch mathematician Jacobus

Verhoeff and was first published in 1969. It was the first decimal

check digit algorithm which detects all single-digit errors, and all

transposition errors involving two adjacent digits, which was at

the time thought impossible with such a code. One of it’s major

use is in ISBN check digit.

How can every Indian relate to this algorithm being used to

calculate something since 2009?

Question 15

#TS

Where would you find characters named-

Pavitr Prabhakar

Meera Jain

Auntie Maya

Uncle Bhim

Hari Oberoi

Spiderman India

Question 16

#CC

ID the audio played.

Question 17

#AS

CONNECT

Question 18

#VJ

CONNECT :

Question 19

#AS

Work has started for this ambitious project to be undertaken for the first time in

India. ID the project.

Question 20

#VJ

The origin of the name X is unknown, but there are many

hypothesis, including derivations from the French word 'Or',

meaning gold or the Greek word "Ωραίο" meaning beautiful.

Others believe that it was short and easy to pronounce.

The term X has also been used as a derogatory reference to a

black person who is perceived or judged to act in a "white

manner.“

Id X which is one of the best selling brands since 1912

Round 2Consists of 5 bonus Questions.

Marking Scheme +1 -0

To be considered in case of Tie(s)

Question 21*

#VJ

Put funda behind this

controversial journey which

was recently in news.

Question 22*

#YS

ID this famous author from these lesser known books. This author finds himself

in a controversy every time his new book is published. Some of his books have

been turned into movies.

Dan Brown

Question 23*

#FK

The following is the excerpt from the 2005 book “What the

Dormouse said” by John Markoff . In this he reveals that X was

the first product to be sold online:

“In 1971 or 1972, Stanford students using Arpanet accounts at

Stanford University’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory engaged in a

commercial transaction with their counterparts at Massachusetts

Institute of Technology. Before Amazon, before eBay, the seminal

act of e-commerce was _______. The students used the network

to quietly arrange the sale of X.”

ID X.

Marijuana

Question 24*

#CC

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced a partnership with

Alisports, the sports arm of Chinese online retail giant Alibaba, to

introduce X as a demonstration sport at next year’s Asian Games

in Indonesia, with full-fledged inclusion in the official sporting

programme at the Hangzhou Games in 2022.

The OCA said the decision reflects “the rapid development and

popularity of this new form of sports participation among the

youth.”

ID X which is gaining ground these days.

eSports

Question 25*

#FK

This Campaign X. Had gained immense popularity among Indian online community

around June 2015. With #X trending globally for days .

The New York Times decided to cover this hugely popular campaign and featured this

picture in their article on X.

Eventually becoming the butt of all jokes online

#SelfieWithDaughter

Thank You!#YS – Yasha Shukla

#VJ– Vipul Jain

#AN – Abhik Sarkar

#SS - Suraj Sharma

#TS – Tanmay Singh

#FK – Faisal Khan (#gaawd _/\_)

#AS - Abhik Sarkar

#CC – Chinmay Cholkar

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