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• 1. There were several Indians who contributed to this operation, most of

them being the Punjabi Muslims. Although not factually known, the exact

number of Indians who participated in this contribution, what is known

though is that there were four companies of the Mule service that came as

a part of Royal Indian Army service corps, which amounted to be about

2700 in number. An Indian Soldier Jemadar Maula Dad Khan showed

immense courage and coolness in protecting his men and the 2700 mules.

Since after the operation was over, the mules could not be taken back with

them, they were offered to the local people.

• A particular historian talks about the Indians contribution to the operation

as, “particularly cool under fire and well organised during retreat”.

• This operation was recently brought to limelight and the Indian

contribution was completely ignored which triggered anger and

disappointment amongst lots of historians and columnists in India.

• Lieutenant Commander Manish Tayal of the Royal Navy expressed

regretfully, “a missed opportunity to tell the story of the lascars”.

• Which operation am I talking about?

DUNKIRK EVACUATION

• 2. The contest was judged by a three-member screening

committee, led by famous artist Satish Gujral. The other

two members were a NITI Aayog member and a NHSRCL

official.

• Three entries were shortlisted after an initial screening.

The top entry was selected from NID Ahmadabad, and the

second from the school of Planning and Architecture in

Delhi, and the third from the NID Bangalore.

• The participants were required to send in their applications

between April 19 and May 18. Eventually the “X” was

chosen as it represents speed. It has blue and red lines,

which according to the sources “symbolise calm and

reliability”.

• What is being talked about and Id “X”?

BULLET TRAIN LOGO – MUMBAI TO AHMEDABAD

X-CHEETAH

• 3. It is a million dollar question that is boggling the internet

and Twitter including Google CEO Sundar Pichai. So Pichai

now wants to drop everything else and address this issue

first.

• This debate started when Thomas Baekdal, Founder of

Baekdel Media, sought a discussion on the matter, with a

tweet followed with pics.

• What am I talking about?

• 4.EXCERPTS FROM HINDU MYTHOLOGY

• A Hunter by the name of Jara entered the forest, where ‘X’ was

resting and was about to go into Yoga Samadhi. Jara the hunter

misunderstood the moving foot of “X” as a lurking deer and shot

a lethal arrow that pierced into his feet. As soon as the hunter

reached “X”, he realised his mistake and pleaded forgiveness.

“X” consoled him and told him that his death was inevitable .

• “X” also says that in his previous life he committed a sin by

killing someone “Y” and now he had to pay the price. As it turns

out, Jara the hunter was the very same person “Y” in his

previous birth, and that way the circle of Karma was completed.

• “X” died as a result of “Z’s” curse that was given to him 36 years

ago.

• Id “X”, “Y” and “Z”

• X&Z together 5 points and Y 5 points

• On pounce give all three correctly.

X- LORD KRISHNA

Y-VAALI

Z-GANDHAARI

• 5. Face book has paid $10,000 reward to a Finnish

boy for finding a glitch in its picture sharing app

Instagram.

• Jani, a 10 year old whose last name was not

revealed is the youngest ever recipient of Fb’s “Bug

Bounty”, paid to users who find bug or weaknesses

in their platforms. Facebook said the glitch was

fixed in Feb and the reward was paid in March.

• What was the glitch all about?

The loophole was found in a private application

programming interface that was not checking

whether the person deleting the comment was

the same user who posted it.

So Jani, could easily change the codes of Instagram

servers and force delete others comments and

captions.

• 6. Ashish Nehra, one of the long time servants of

Indian cricket who retired recently at the age of

38, has played under many captains.

• In International Cricket Ashish Nehra played

under 9 different captains. He played under

Mohammad Azharuddin, MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid,

Gautam Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble,

Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag and “X”

• Id “X”

• Hint: Think out of the box

• HE PLAYED FOR ASIA XI, AGAINST AFRICA XI

INZAMAM-UL-HAQ

• 7. This town is mentioned in the Mahabharata as the

capital of Lord Krishna’s arch nemesis, King

Shishupala of the Chedis.

• In more recent times, this city was a strategic trade

centre and military outpost for the Mughals.

• While it was known for its vast fortresses, today it is

known by the gorgeous Sarees that bear its name.

• Hint: Rajmukar rao was seen selling those same

sarees, in the movie “Bareilly Ki Barfi”

• Id the town.

CHANDERI

• 8. In 2013, The World Canine Organization took data

from 25 countries to determine the world’s most

popular dog breeds. Here are the list:

• ______________ (Most Popular)

• German Shepherd

• Poodle

• Chihuahua

• Golden Retriever

• Yorkshire Terrier

• Dachshund

• Beagle

9. Anuj Dhar in his 2012 book “India’s biggest cover-up”

wrote about the detailed scam involving the _______

treasure estimated to be worth $700,000. Which treasure

and the person involved with it.

INA treasure

10. A giant flower carpet made of “X” and “Y” is

displayed at the Grand Palace to celebrate the

Belgium-Japanese friendship in Brussels on 12th August,

2016. Id the flowers X&Y. Pics on next slide.

• Pics of X&Y, flowers

X-BEGONIAS

Y-DAHLIAS

• 11. It has happened 4 times in total. Here is the list:

• Rik Coppens (Belgium vs. England 1957) – Belgian striker

Rik Coppens might have been the inventor of it along

with Andre Pitiers and they eventually won 8-3.

• Johan Cryuff and Jesper Olsen (Ajax vs. Helmond sport

1982) – They were leading 1-0 when this happened and

they won the match 5-0

• Thierry Henry and Robert Pires (Arsenal vs. Man City

2005) – When it went horribly wrong

• And then for the last time in 2015, when players “X” and

“Y” successfully did it against Celta Vigo.

• What am I talking about and who are “X” and “Y”.

• 1st part – 5points; X&Y together – 5 points

TWO TOUCH PENALTY

MESSI AND SUAREZ

• 12. Which National Park located in the central region of India is the setting

of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book”. The park derives its name from a

river of the same name that flows through the park almost dividing the

park in eastern and western halves.

• Hint: In the 2016 adaptation of the film, there is a dialogue exchange

between Mowgli and King Louie (The Orangutan), where King Louie asks

Mowgli: “Where are you from?” to which Mowgli says, “From the south of

the Jungle”, then Louie says, “Oh!! So you are from _______ (utters the

name of the district, the south portion of the national park is in)”.

• 13. When Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the daughter of former

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was named in the

2016 Panama Papers leak the country's highest court began

an investigation into the 43-year-old. Sharif's children were

linked to offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands

which were then used to purchase expensive property in

London, and the Pakistan federal investigation agency

believed the properties were bought with laundered money.

A report stated that she had disclosed her ties to the British

Virgin Island's firm in 2006 in a statement written in ”X”

font. But Microsoft only made the font publicly available in

2007, leading to speculation that the documents could have

been forged.

• Internet termed this scandal as “Fontgate”. Invented by

Lucas De Groot, he describes this font as “warm and soft

character”. It became the default font in Office for Mac

2016.

• CALIBRI, NAWAZ SHARIF AND FONTGATE: HOW A

MICROSOFT TYPESET COULD BRING DOWN THE PAKISTANI

GOVERNMENT

CALIBRI FONT

• 14. While watching a Zakir Khan stand-up comedy

show, where he was explaining the emergence of

creativity from constraints a Marathi actor by the

name of Bharat Dabholkar, who used to be a

copywriter, struggled with both Hindi as well as

English came up.

• So what he did, was start playing in his strengths and

made a mix of English and Hindi, which gave rise to a

creative field in its own, for example – “Sun yaar,

can you please come here”.

• This form of creativity from Bharat Dabholkar gave

rise to something very popular today in India, in the

world of Business mixed with such creativity.

• What am I talking about?

AMUL ADS

• 15. Atsuko Nishida is credited behind creating the design of

“X” which was later finalized by artist Ken Sugimori.

Developer Junichi Masuda noted “X’s” name as one of the

most difficult to create due to an effort to make it appealing

to both Japanese and American audiences. “X” also happens

to be the mascot of the franchise it belongs to, and due to its

massive popularity, it has become an icon of Japanese pop

culture.

• “X” was chosen as the primary mascot in an attempt to appeal

female viewers and their mothers, and also the colour was

chosen as such, so that it was easily visible to children from a

distance and also the only competition to “X” with its colour

was “Winnie the Pooh”. Though the creator acknowledged

the character was relatively popular with boys and girls, he

said the idea to make it the mascot was not his and of the

entire team’s.

• Id this massively popular character “X”

• 16. An actor talking about his shooting experience in an upcoming film:

• “Kyunki Humare film me Jahaaz hain bade bade, purane zamaana ke; toh

usko samundaar me shoot karna bahut mushkil ho sakta hain, isiliye “X” ek

aisa desh hain (an island in Mediterranean sea) jaha par bahut saari

shooting hoti hain Pani ki. Waha pe ek paani ki talaab bana rakha hain; aur

is tareeke se jo ki samundar se mil jaaye (or like an infinity pool). Aur us

Talaab me bahut saare yantra hote hain, jo artificial waves create karte;

bade bade canons bane hue hain jinme paani bhare hue hain aur jo

samundar me toofan aur baarish create karte hain, shooting ke dauraan.

Isiliye humne waha pe shooting ki, jaha pe bahut saare bollywood filmo ki

shooting hoti hain”.

• Another actor revealed about the film, “It is a period film set in 1790’s and

the storyline is fictional and it revolves around a girl who is the lead

character.”

• “X” happens to be an archipelago (cluster of islands) in Mediterranean Sea

between Sicily and the North African Coast.

• Id the movie and “X”.

MALTA

• 17. Narendra Modi has availed a scholarship for

students who along with being good in academics

also actively indulge in “X”.

• Termed as the Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana,

students will be considered from 6th to 9th and

then 10 separately, those who are good graders as

well as, have indulged in the act of “X” and pass

through the “X” quiz as well. SPARSH stands for

Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude and

Research in ______ as a Hobby.

• IT IS THE COLLECTION AND STUDY OF POSTAGE STAMPS

PHILATELY

• 18. Researchers have disproved the common belief that the

Ukranian “X” is the oldest and have put forward that the

Indian “X” found in MP is the oldest.

• The research findings also traces the routes through which

the “X” moved from India, one through the Tartar

Mongoloid route via Kamchatka to the Americas and the

other through the western land route to Finland,

Scandinavia, the British Highlands and Europe.

• They claim to have found evidence that the “X” was used in

ancient "seals", or emblems, and also mentioned in

scriptures called the Vedas.

• Archaeologists suggested these “X’s” are the oldest ever

discovered and pre-date the Harappan civilisation, which

thrived in the Indus Valley between about 3,300 and 1,300

BC.

• Id “X”

SWASTIKA

• 19. Below shown are two pics. One is the Caspar David

Friedrich’s Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, which inspires the poster and

the other one is of a Penrose staircase or Infinite staircase which denotes

the theme. Both these pics together denote one movie. Name the movie

• 20. At present the “World’s Highest Railway Station” is situated in China

with the Xining-Golmud-Lhasa Railway line and the highest point being

Tanggula at 16,627 ft. It is followed by Peru with the Lima-huancayo Line

and the highest point being Ticilo at 15,843 ft.

• India takes up the 22nd position with Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, and

Ghum being its highest point at 7,405 ft.

• However a proposed project coming up in a certain country would connect

the X-Y-Z Railway Line covering 498 kms. When this Railway line gets

started, it will be the “World’s Highest Railway Station” at an elevation of

17,582 ft. The status as of such is that:

• Survey – done

• Feasibility Report – done

• Submission to Govt. Institution for appraisal – done

• Approval by Govt. Institution – yes

• Land Acquisition – no

• Construction – no

• Which country is this Railway Line coming up?

INDIA

• 21. While playing GTA Vice City 5, you would come across this house. This

house a fictional representation of a real house belonged to a very famous

man, who surprisingly has a Guinness Book of World Record for owning the

world’s largest collection of personal scrapbooks. Proper Pic in next slide.

PLAYBOY MANSION – HUGH HEFNER

• 22. The ____________________ Limit is now accepted to be approximately

1.4 times the mass of sun; any white dwarf (a small very dense star that is

typically the size of a planet) with less than this mass will stay a white

dwarf forever, while a star that exceeds this mass is destined to end its

life in that most violent explosions: A Supernova.

• After which Nobel Laureate in Physics was this limit named.

• Trivia: Due to his knowledge in Hydrodynamics, he was selected to work in

a big secretive project, whose location site is given in the pic.

• Id the man and the project he was part of.

SUBRAHMANIUM CHANDRASEKHAR

THE MANHATTAN PROJECT

• 23. As far as the Legend goes:

• Once upon a time, two sisters from heaven decided to

descend to the abode of clouds. They began their journey

together but ultimately only one sister reached Earth.

The second sister was lost along the way. Consumed by

grief for her lost sibling, the sister who reached

Meghalaya shed tears, which eventually formed the water

body “X”.

• However in much less legendary reality, the water body

was a man-made reservoir formed in 1965.

• The name of it in Khasi translates into “water from the

eyes” of “water of tears”.

UMIAM LAKE – MEGHALAYA

ALSO KNOWN AS BARAPANI

• 24. The picture of 17 year-old Rawya abu Joma’a of

Gaza, an alleged victim of an Israeli attack was actually

taken by an award-winning American photo journalist

‘Heidi Levine’ in July, 2014.

• The picture is available on multiple news websites.

Rawya abu Joma’a 17, at Shifa hospital in Gaza city.

Rawya was wounded when two Israeli air strikes hit her

family’s apartment. Three of her cousins and sisters were

killed in the strike.

• How has she come into Indian context, in recent times.

• Pakistan's ambassador to the UN, Dr Maleeha Lodhi, brandished the

Palestinian girl's photo in the UNGA and said, dramatically: "This is the

face of Indian democracy".

• India calling out that as a lie.

• 4 QUESTIONS

DIFFERENTIAL MARKING ROUND

25. Adolphe Quetelet – a

Belgian statistician

popularized the Bell curve

and the normal distribution.

However his search for the

‘average man’ in terms of

physique(weight and height),

led him to develop something

which went by the name of

‘Quetelet Index’ but is very

popular under a different

name today.

Body Mass Index (BMI)

26. In 1780 a Chinese gentleman called Yong

Atchew received a grant of land from Warren

Hastings, the then Governor general of Bengal, in

an area about 30 km from Kolkata.

His tomb still exists in this area named

Atchipur/Acchipur after him.

What did he start, which was the first of its kind in

this region and thus led to a ubiquitous word in

most Indian languages of the region?

Sugar plantations

leading to sugar being

known as

Cheeni(Hindi word

from Chinese)

27. This video streaming site is the

brainchild of Jawed Karim, Steve

Chen and Chad Hurley, who were

the ex-workers of Paypal then. It is

currently owned by Alphabet Inc.

which also owns Google.

YouTube

28. The only time cricket was a

part of Commonwealth Games was

in 1998. Who won that specific

edition?

Cricket South Africa

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

TIE-BREAKERS

• Id this sculptor

Simpson Version for which film. It shows the

climax of that particular film