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Preps for Landmark Set 2

1. Discovery which is in the news…?

2. Id X and Y

Lord Shiva entrusted the dwarf saint sage Agastya with two hillocks, with instructions to carry and install them in South India. But the sage left them in a forest and later asked his disciple, Idumban to get them. Idumban found the two hillocks, but could not initially lift them, until he obtained divine help. Halfway through, Idumban put the hillocks down to rest awhile. When he attempted to continue with his journey, he found that the hillocks were immovable.

Idumban sought the help of a scantily dressed youth, but the youth claimed the hillocks belonged to him. In the ensuing scuffle, Idumban was defeated. Idumban then realised that the youth was X. Idumban pleaded to be pardoned and asked that anyone who comes to the hills to worship X with an object similar to the two hillocks may be granted his heart’s desire. Idumban’s wish was granted. And so the Y came to play its role in Hindu festivals.

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He started his career in the Indian Army as a driver in 1963. He spent his spare time reading the works of Vivekananda, Gandhi, and Vinoba Bhave; they inspired him. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 he was the only survivor in a exchange of border fire while driving a truck in Khem Karan sector. During the mid-1970s he survived a road accident while driving. In short, he has seen everything and lived thru all hardships. That’s why he chose himself to be the man to take on the evils in India.

Who?

4

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All play and no work makes him a ..........". Fill in the blank.

5

Which is the only city (today), split in two by a wall (a la erstwhile Berlin)?

6

The Malayalam word meaning "nuisance" comes from a character in the Mahabharata. Who is this interesting character?

7

Who flew close to the sun with wings of wax and as a result fell into the sea?

8

Why was the clockwise direction chosen for the clock? Why not the other direction?

9

What was invented when Nitroglycerin was accidentally spilled on a volcanic mud called Keiselguhr ?

10

________________ (German for "habitat" or literally "living space") was one of the major political ideas of Adolf Hitler, and an important component of Nazi ideology. It served as the motivation for the expansionist policies of Nazi Germany, aiming to provide extra space for the growth of the German population, for a Greater Germany. In Hitler's book Mein Kampf, he detailed his belief that the German people needed X ("living space", i.e. land and raw materials), and that it should be found in the East. It was the stated policy of the Nazis to kill, deport, or enslave the Polish, Russian and other Slavic populations, whom they considered inferior, and to repopulate the land with Germanic peoples.

11

Who was the only US president to be a University professor?

12

Their nicknames have changed over the decades. First they were called Leo Astor and Leo Lenox, after The New York Public Library founders John Jacob Astor and James Lenox. Later, they were known as Lady Astor and Lord Lenox (even though they are both male lions). During the 1930s, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia named them X and Y, for the qualities he felt New Yorkers would need to survive the economic depression. These names have stood the test of time: X still guards the south side of the Library's steps and Y sits unwaveringly to the north.

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X is the highest mountain in the Americas at 6,962 m (22,841 ft). It is located in the Andes mountain range, in the Argentine province of Mendoza and it lies 112 kilometres (70 mi) west by north of its capital, the city of Mendoza. The summit is also located about 5 kilometres from San Juan Province and 15 kilometres from the international border with Chile. X is the highest peak in both the Western and Southern Hemispheres. It is one of the Seven Summits.

X is bounded by the Valle de las Vacas to the north and east and the Valle de los Horcones Inferior to the West and South. The mountain and its surroundings are part of the X Provincial Park. The mountain has a number of glaciers. The largest glacier is the Ventisquero Horcones Inferior at about 10 km long which descends from the south face to about 3600m altitude near the Confluencia camp. Two other large glacier systems are the Ventisquero de las Vacas Sur and Glaciar Este/Ventisquero Relinchos system at about 5 km long. However the most well-known is the north-eastern or Polish Glacier, a common route of ascent.

The mountain was created by the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American plate during the geologically recent Andean orogeny; however, it is not a volcano. The origin of the name is contested; it is either from the Arauca Aconca-Hue, which refers to the X River and means 'comes from the other side', the Quechua Ackon Cahuak, meaning 'Sentinel of Stone', or Quechua Anco Cahuac, 'White Sentinel'.

The mountain has a cameo in a 1942 Disney cartoon called Pedro.[8] The cartoon stars an anthropomorphic small airplane named Pedro who is compelled to make an air mail run over the Andes and has a near-disastrous encounter with X. The mountain (also anthropomorphic, and scary-looking), later appeared in an illustration used in a retelling of the story in a Disney anthology book. It was also mentioned as the correct answer to a quiz show question in the 1969 Disney film, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.

14 Connect to get a movie title

Burroughs' treatment is set in early 21st century and involves mutated viruses and what the back cover of the 1990 edition describes as "a medical-care apocalypse". The term "blade runner" referred to a smuggler of medical supplies, e.g. scalpels.

15

Name the style of music whose name is derived from the Kannada word meaning "Black Land".

16

In ancient Rome, one out of every ten Roman soldiers who were convicted of mutiny were executed. What English word, meaning "Destroy" comes from this practice ?

17

_________ ________is a folktale present in many cultures throughout the world. The most common story involves a traveler who encounters a corpse of someone who never received a proper burial, typically stemming from an unpaid debt. The traveler then either pays off the dead person's debt or pays for burial. The traveler is later rewarded or has their life saved by a person or animal who is actually the soul of the dead person; the _______ _____________ is a form of the donor.

18 These are the six _____ ____

jágatī: 4 padas of 12 syllablestriṣṭubh: 4 padas of 11 syllablesvirāj: 4 padas of 10 syllablesanuṣṭup: 4 padas of 8 syllables, this is the

typical shloka of classical Sanskrit poetrygāyatrī: 3 padas of 8 syllables

19 These type of doors are said to represent a bird and hence are named after the bird. Which one?

20

 In which country other than Germany is German the only official language?

21

Who is the partner of Acharya Balkrishna in the Rs.1100 crore worth business venture Pantajali Yogpeeth Trust?

22

Dharam Veer Sharma, Sibghat Ullah Khan and Sudhir Agarwal had the greatest moment of their lives possibly when they announced their judgment on Sept 30, 2010.

What was their case all about?

23

Oct 18 2010 marked the 25th anniversary since the symbol of India’s self reliance and ingenuity in nuclear power technology attained its first criticality.

Where did India attain it?

24

The Vigilance Awareness Week is celebrated every year with fervour in India during November.

This is a tribute to which famous Indian?

25

ShailputriBrahmachariniChandraghantaKushmandaKatyayaniShubhamkariMaha GauriSiddhidari

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This memoir, originally written in the language Chagtai, begins from the time he became king in Ferghana at the age of 12 and happens to be the first autobiography of an Indian ruler

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He was the person of Indian origin in the British House of Commons, a position which he used to criticise British economic policies. He was elected from the Finsbury Central Constituency in 1892.

Who?

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SURA, the grandfather of Sri Krishna, was a worthy scion of the Yadava race. His daughter Pritha was noted for her beauty and virtues. Since his cousin X was childless, Sura gave his daughter Pritha in adoption to him. From that time she was known by the name of Y after her adoptive father.

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History was made during the 2011 Cricket World Cup when two teams opted to play for a trophy apart from the world cup because it was the only chance of their meeting in the international calendar. Which two teams and what trophy?

1. Discovery which is in the news…?

Theodor Escherich (29 November 1857 – 15 February 1911) was a German-Austrian pediatrician and a professor at universities in Munich, Graz, and Vienna. He discovered the bacterium Escherichia coli, which was named after him in 1919, and determined its properties. He was born in Ansbach, Kingdom of Bavaria, and he died in Vienna, Austria-Hungary.

2. Id X and Y

Lord Shiva entrusted the dwarf saint sage Agastya with two hillocks, with instructions to carry and install them in South India. But the sage left them in a forest and later asked his disciple, Idumban to get them. Idumban found the two hillocks, but could not initially lift them, until he obtained divine help. Halfway through, Idumban put the hillocks down to rest awhile. When he attempted to continue with his journey, he found that the hillocks were immovable.

Idumban sought the help of a scantily dressed youth, but the youth claimed the hillocks belonged to him. In the ensuing scuffle, Idumban was defeated. Idumban then realised that the youth was X. Idumban pleaded to be pardoned and asked that anyone who comes to the hills to worship X with an object similar to the two hillocks may be granted his heart’s desire. Idumban’s wish was granted. And so the Y came to play its role in Hindu festivals.

Lord Muruga and the Kavadi

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He started his career in the Indian Army as a driver in 1963. He spent his spare time reading the works of Vivekananda, Gandhi, and Vinoba Bhave; they inspired him. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 he was the only survivor in a exchange of border fire while driving a truck in Khem Karan sector. During the mid-1970s he survived a road accident while driving. In short, he has seen everything and lived thru all hardships. That’s why he chose himself to be the man to take on the evils in India.

Who?

Anna Hazare

4

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All play and no work makes him a ..........". Fill in the blank.

Mere toy

5

Which is the only city (today), split in two by a wall (a la erstwhile Berlin)?

Nicosia, Cyprus

6

The Malayalam word meaning "nuisance" comes from a character in the Mahabharata. Who is this interesting character?

Shalya

7

Who flew close to the sun with wings of wax and as a result fell into the sea?

Icarus

8

Why was the clockwise direction chosen for the clock? Why not the other direction?

Based on sun-dials which work on the anti-clockwise direction

9

What was invented when Nitroglycerin was accidentally spilled on a volcanic mud called Keiselguhr ?

In 1866, Alfred Nobel discovered that nitroglycerin could be made much more stable if absorbed in diatomite. This allows much safer transport and handling than nitroglycerin in its raw form. He patented this mixture as dynamite in 1867, and the mixture is also referred to as guhr dynamite.

10

________________ (German for "habitat" or literally "living space") was one of the major political ideas of Adolf Hitler, and an important component of Nazi ideology. It served as the motivation for the expansionist policies of Nazi Germany, aiming to provide extra space for the growth of the German population, for a Greater Germany. In Hitler's book Mein Kampf, he detailed his belief that the German people needed X ("living space", i.e. land and raw materials), and that it should be found in the East. It was the stated policy of the Nazis to kill, deport, or enslave the Polish, Russian and other Slavic populations, whom they considered inferior, and to repopulate the land with Germanic peoples.

Lebensraum

11

Who was the only US president to be a University professor?

Woodrow Wilson

12

Their nicknames have changed over the decades. First they were called Leo Astor and Leo Lenox, after The New York Public Library founders John Jacob Astor and James Lenox. Later, they were known as Lady Astor and Lord Lenox (even though they are both male lions). During the 1930s, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia named them X and Y, for the qualities he felt New Yorkers would need to survive the economic depression. These names have stood the test of time: X still guards the south side of the Library's steps and Y sits unwaveringly to the north.

Patience and Fortitude

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X is the highest mountain in the Americas at 6,962 m (22,841 ft). It is located in the Andes mountain range, in the Argentine province of Mendoza and it lies 112 kilometres (70 mi) west by north of its capital, the city of Mendoza. The summit is also located about 5 kilometres from San Juan Province and 15 kilometres from the international border with Chile. X is the highest peak in both the Western and Southern Hemispheres. It is one of the Seven Summits.

X is bounded by the Valle de las Vacas to the north and east and the Valle de los Horcones Inferior to the West and South. The mountain and its surroundings are part of the X Provincial Park. The mountain has a number of glaciers. The largest glacier is the Ventisquero Horcones Inferior at about 10 km long which descends from the south face to about 3600m altitude near the Confluencia camp. Two other large glacier systems are the Ventisquero de las Vacas Sur and Glaciar Este/Ventisquero Relinchos system at about 5 km long. However the most well-known is the north-eastern or Polish Glacier, a common route of ascent.

The mountain was created by the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American plate during the geologically recent Andean orogeny; however, it is not a volcano. The origin of the name is contested; it is either from the Arauca Aconca-Hue, which refers to the X River and means 'comes from the other side', the Quechua Ackon Cahuak, meaning 'Sentinel of Stone', or Quechua Anco Cahuac, 'White Sentinel'.

The mountain has a cameo in a 1942 Disney cartoon called Pedro.[8] The cartoon stars an anthropomorphic small airplane named Pedro who is compelled to make an air mail run over the Andes and has a near-disastrous encounter with X. The mountain (also anthropomorphic, and scary-looking), later appeared in an illustration used in a retelling of the story in a Disney anthology book. It was also mentioned as the correct answer to a quiz show question in the 1969 Disney film, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.

Aconcagua

14 Connect to get a movie title

Blade Runner (a movie) is a science fiction novella by Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs, first published in 1979. The novella began as a story treatment for a proposed film adaptation of The Bladerunner, a novel by Alan E. Nourse. (Some sources erroneously describe Burroughs' work as a closet screenplay.) A later edition published in the 1980s changed the formatting of the title to Blade Runner, a movie.

No film eventuated; however, the title Blade Runner was later bought for use in the 1982 Ridley Scott science fiction film, Blade Runner. The plot of that film was based upon the Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and not the Nourse/Burroughs source material, although the film does incorporate the term "blade runner" into dialogue.

Burroughs' treatment is set in early 21st century and involves mutated viruses and what the back cover of the 1990 edition describes as "a medical-care apocalypse". The term "blade runner" referred to a smuggler of medical supplies, e.g. scalpels.

15

Name the style of music whose name is derived from the Kannada word meaning "Black Land".

Carnatica

16

In ancient Rome, one out of every ten Roman soldiers who were convicted of mutiny were executed. What English word, meaning "Destroy" comes from this practice ?

Decimate

17

_________ ________is a folktale present in many cultures throughout the world. The most common story involves a traveler who encounters a corpse of someone who never received a proper burial, typically stemming from an unpaid debt. The traveler then either pays off the dead person's debt or pays for burial. The traveler is later rewarded or has their life saved by a person or animal who is actually the soul of the dead person; the _______ _____________ is a form of the donor.

Grateful DeadThe folktale was the inspiration for the name

of the American rock band, the Grateful Dead.

18 These are the six _____ ____

jágatī: 4 padas of 12 syllablestriṣṭubh: 4 padas of 11 syllablesvirāj: 4 padas of 10 syllablesanuṣṭup: 4 padas of 8 syllables, this is the

typical shloka of classical Sanskrit poetrygāyatrī: 3 padas of 8 syllables

Vedic Meters

19 These type of doors are said to represent a bird and hence are named after the bird. Which one?

Seagull, gull wing doors

20

 In which country other than Germany is German the only official language?

Austria

21

Who is the partner of Acharya Balkrishna in the Rs.1100 crore worth business venture Pantajali Yogpeeth Trust?

Baba Ramdev

22

Dharam Veer Sharma, Sibghat Ullah Khan and Sudhir Agarwal had the greatest moment of their lives possibly when they announced their judgment on Sept 30, 2010.

What was their case all about?

The Ayodhya verdict

23

Oct 18 2010 marked the 25th anniversary since the symbol of India’s self reliance and ingenuity in nuclear power technology attained its first criticality.

Where did India attain it?

Kalpakkam in TN

24

The Vigilance Awareness Week is celebrated every year with fervour in India during November.

This is a tribute to which famous Indian?

Sardar Vallabhai Patel

25

ShailputriBrahmachariniChandraghantaKushmandaKatyayaniShubhamkariMaha GauriSiddhidari

Nava Durgas

26

This memoir, originally written in the language Chagtai, begins from the time he became king in Ferghana at the age of 12 and happens to be the first autobiography of an Indian ruler

Zahiruddin Mohammed Babur

27

He was the person of Indian origin in the British House of Commons, a position which he used to criticise British economic policies. He was elected from the Finsbury Central Constituency in 1892.

Who?

Dadabhai Naoroji

28

SURA, the grandfather of Sri Krishna, was a worthy scion of the Yadava race. His daughter Pritha was noted for her beauty and virtues. Since his cousin X was childless, Sura gave his daughter Pritha in adoption to him. From that time she was known by the name of Y after her adoptive father.

KuntibhojaKunti

Winklevoss twins

30

History was made during the 2011 Cricket World Cup when two teams opted to play for a trophy apart from the world cup because it was the only chance of their meeting in the international calendar. Which two teams and what trophy?

Answer

Chappell – Hadlee Trophy within the World Cup