Quiz-adry Prelims Q's + ans

Q1)Built in the 8th or 9th Century AD by Raja

Chand, this structure is said to be the largest step well in India. The Structure

shot to fame thanks to a prominent appearance in a 2012 movie.

What is the structure and name the movie

And The Answer Is…

Chand Baori/Chand Baoli

It was converted to the pit in which Bruce Wayne escapes in The Dark Knight Rises

Q2)Softcard is a mobile payment developed by Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile in the USA. The system is based on NFC, where users can make payments by tapping their phones to a nearby terminal.

Softcard was recently renamed to its current name because of geopolitical events in the Middle East which led to its re-branding.

On July 7, 2014, CEO Michael Abbott announced that they would be renaming the company in order to avoid association with the identically named militant terrorist group

What was its original name?

And The Answer Is…

ISIS

Q3)In 1666, a fire raged across London, destroying many

parts of it. In its aftermath, the King of another country ordered that all walls made of wood in the

capital be immediately covered with a certain material, as a protection against such fires.

This resulted in large-scale mining of gypsum which was available around the capital city of another

country in huge quantities. Thus, during the early 18th century, the capital city

became the centre of production, and hence the name, X.

X?

And The Answer Is…

Plaster of Paris

Q4)Most photographers call it a monopod.

However, due to a very recent phenomenon, a two word term is also used for it

What term?

And The Answer Is…

Selfie Stick

Q5)• Identify this actor.

And The Answer Is…

• ‘The Badshah of Bollywood’

Shah Rukh Khan

Q7)

What 5-lettered word meaning 'weekly', much in news recently

comes from 'hepta', the Greek word for 'seven'?

Hebdo100 lashes to those who don’t die laughing

Q6)

• Minimalist poster for what? (Bonus for funda.)

And The Answer Is…

• Breaking Bad

• Walter white + jesse pinkman = blue meth

Q8)

• Identify the actor and the dance form being performed.

And The Answer Is…

And The Answer Is…

• Jason Momoa (‘Khal Drogo’ from Game Of Thrones) performing ‘The Haka’.

• Haka is a traditional dance associated with New Zealand’s Maori people.

Q9)The picture is a route of the voyage

of a very famous individual in history.

Who?

And The Answer Is…

Charles Darwin

Q10)

• I am known as _____ by The Secret Service

• Most of my details are classified, but I am a General Motors product

• My features include a tear gas canon, communications center and a blood bank

• Who am I?

And The Answer Is…

The ‘Beast’

Q11)Originally modelled after Neptune’s

trident, the designers decided to change two of its triangles to different shapes , to signify

compatibility of the _________ to various technologies.

What design is being talked about? Or FITB

And The Answer Is…

USB

Q12)

Hosted by Miss America, Nina Davuluri, and Hari Sreenivasan, a PBS

news anchor, It saw over 20,000 people in attendance. However, over 30,000 people had applied to attend, thereby prompting the organizer to

allot ticket(all free) via a lottery.

Which event?

And The Answer Is…

Narendra Modi’s Madison Square Garden reception

Q13)He holds the record for fastest

century scored in the World cup, and is famous for his heroics in the 2011

world cup

Who?

And The Answer Is…

Kevin O’Brian

Q14)According to Julian Assange, X is ‘the

most appalling spy machine in the world’.

X was the story behind a multi-award winning film released in 2010, which went on to win 3 Academy Awards

and 4 Golden Globes.

Give me X and Y

And The Answer Is…

X-FacebookY-The Social Network

Q15)

• Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards, Mohinder Amarnath, David Boon, Wasim Akram, Aravinda de Silva, Shane Warne, Ricky Ponting, ________, _______.

• • Who are the last two on this list? What list?

And The Answer Is…

Adam Gilchrist, M S DhoniMan of the match in finals of World

Cup