NIT Raipur Engineers' Day Quiz Prelims with-answers 2015

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Round 1Consists of 20 Questions.

Marking Scheme +1 -0

Brevity & Conciseness will be appreciated.

No points for ESSAY Writing

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

Answer

Mr. Azim Premji

Question 2 Related to which Agenda ?

Answer

Net Neutrality

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?

Answer

Swacch Bhaarat Abhiyaan

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”

Answer

HMT

Question 5 What has been blanked out?

Answer

EDGE

Question 6Who was the creator of Rock Garden (expired recently)?

Answer

Nek Chand

Question 7ID the personality recently in news

AnswerIndrani Mukerjea

Question 8Which Country’s Flag?

AnswerNew Zealand

Question 9ID Both.

AnswerRowan Atkinson (Left)

Vishal Sikka (Right)

Question 10ID the Author

Answer

Chetan Bhagat

Question 11

ID the logo

Answer

Question 12Which Automobile Giant’s Ad?

Answer

Volkswagen

Question 13Which famous magazine ?

Answer

Playboy

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

Answer

REDBULL (Which doesn’t give you wings)

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?

Answer

Velcro

Question 16A picture of plume of smoke & dust rising taken by astronaut Frank Culbertson after which famous incident?

Answer

9/11 Attacks

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?

Answer

Sticky Notes

Question 18What is the full form?

AnswerIndustrial Oxygen

Question 19Which occasion?

Answer

1975 Emergency

Question 20ID the Logo

Answer

Round 2Consists of 5 bonus Questions.

Marking Scheme +1 -0

To be considered in case of Tie(s)

Question 1ID the erased name

Answer

Kiran Bedi

Question 2Which country’s National Animal ?

Answer

Scotland

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 ?

Answer

Inkjet Printer

Question 4ID him.

Answer

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

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.

Answer

Severus Snape

Thank You !