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ZAKIR HUSAIN DEHLI COLLEGE GENERAL QUIZ CONOSCENZA 2016 PRELIMS ANSWERS QM- MANOJ SINGH MEHTA

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ZAKIR HUSAIN DEHLI COLLEGEGENERAL QUIZCONOSCENZA 2016PRELIMSANSWERSQM- MANOJ SINGH MEHTA

1.Id her and claim of fame

Kate McWilliamsBritish pilot becomes worlds youngest commercial airline captain at age 26.

2. CONNECTAshwatthamaBali (Mahabali) HanumanKripacharyaParshuramaMarkandeyaVed Vyasa

Eight long lived (Chiranjivi) personalities described in the Puranas, Ramayana, and Mahabharata.

3.X is an Indian actor, born on 17 February 1983 in a Rajput family based in Mendora village in Madhya Pradesh. He is grandson of Arjun Singh, who was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh when the 'Bhopal Gas Tragedy' occurred. His debut movie was Sikandar (2009). His filmography includes Aisha(2010), Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011), Buddha in a Traffic Jam (2014), Pizza(2014). Id X.

Arunoday Singh

4.Tour de France is a lot about sacrifice of teammates to chase the overall title win. The majority of the team members, called X. Their tasks include protecting their leader in the peleton- mass of riders together. If the main rider suffers a puncture, crash or falls behind, it is the duty of the X to pace him back.Give X.

X= Domestique

5.*GIVE X.The word X is derived from the Persian word for a covered cup. The dessert likely originated in the Mughal Empire (northern India), in the 16th century. The mixture of dense evaporated milk was already popular in Hindu sweet dishes. Ain-i-Akbari, a detailed record of the Mughal emperor Akbar's administration, mentions use of saltpeter for refrigeration as well as transportation of Himalayan ice to warmer areas.

Kulfi

6.During X visit to the campus, X was accompanied by Y and President Rajendra Prasad. It was a glittering ceremony and on the opening day, X had planted a tree. Unfortunately, we have lost that tree to termites. But we have planted new trees there, AIIMS director Dr. MC Mishra.Give X and Y.

X= Queen Elizabeth IIY= Prince Philip

Film titleNO. OF X PERFORMANCERS AS LISTED ON IMDBThe revenant56Room2Bridge of spies23Mad max: fury road259The big short7Spotlight9The Martian22Brooklyn1

GIVE X7.

Number of stunt performers as listed on IMDB

8.in 1995, this particular gentleman receivedthe nationalaward for best coverage of science and technology in mass media from National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC) under the Department of Science and Technology.Name this person, who passed away a few years ao, without whose works have been used by most of us today

R.D. SHARMA

9.Crayon X is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshito Usui. An anime adaptation of the series began airing on TV Asahi in 1992. Due to the death of author Yoshito Usui, the manga in its original form ended on September 11, 2009. The Hindi version of this anime gained up to 50-60% market share. This controversial series is still highly popular amongst kids and for a different reason amongst the parents. It has also garnered attention from Ministry of Broadcasting. ID X.

Shin Chan

10.*FITB / Id the person on left

Prashant Kishor

11. This tree is the oldest prisoner in the world, arrested for a weird incident. Where can you find this tree?

Pakistan A tree in Pakistan was arrested in 1898 by a British army officer who imagined the tree moving towards it. Quite obviously, he was under the influence of alcohol, but he got it arrested anyway. The tree still stands with the board I am under arrest.

12.Zbtb7 is a gene that may act as a master switch for cancer, and is responsible for the proliferation of cancer throughout surrounding cells. The gene is unique in that it is needed for other oncogenes to cause cancer. Discovery of the gene was first published in the January 2005 issue of Nature. It was originally called pok erythroid myeloid ontogenic factor" but was renamed to Zbtb7. Why was it renamed?

Original name is an backronym of the Pokmon media franchise. A Nintendo subsidiary, The Pokmon Company, not wanting the bad press inherent with its trademark sharing a name with a cancer-causing gene, threatened the authors with legal action in December 200

13.Connect. Inexhaustive listCuervo TequilaIrish dreamtimeLOrealSky BroadbandVisa

Companies endorsed by Pierce Brosnan

14.L. Ron Hubbard was an American author known for the pulp fiction genre. He was a highly controversial figure of his time. He was also the founder of X. X is a body of beliefs and related practices, started in 1952 as a successor to his earlier self help system. Hubbard characterized X as a religion and incorporated a 'Church of X' in New Jersey. Id X.

Scientology

15.*. A seven member committee was setup by Home Ministry, headed by TVSN Prasad on 26th July 2016. The committee suggested that Pelargonic Acid Vanillyl Amide (PAVA) also called Nonivamide, Stun lac cells, Long Range Acoustic Device (LARD) should be used as an alternate to X. X should be only used in rarest of rare cases. ID X.

Pellet guns

16.19 out of 22 editions X have played in which Y was part of Olympic Games programme. X did not participate in the 1908 and 1920 editions and failed to qualify for the 2008 Games in Beijing, losing to England in the final of the qualifying tournament in Santiago, Chile.

Give X and Y.

X = IndiaY = Hockey

17. Tweeted by whom?

Sundar PichaiHe goofed up and payed homage to Dennis Ritchie, who died 5 years ago.

18.Inexhaustive List...

Movies - Armageddon, Mission Impossible Series(3&4), Cloverfield,StarTrek(reboot),Star Wars(the force Awakens)

TV Series - Lost, The Office , South Park,Fringe,Person of Interest

JJ Abrams is involved in all the above projects

19.This is the Red Billed Quelea. What unique distinction does the species hold?

Worlds most abundant Wild Bird Species

20.Joseph Heller coined the term X in his 1961 novelX, which describes absurd bureaucratic constraints on soldiers in World War II. The term is introduced by the character DocDaneeka, an army psychiatrist who invokes X" to explain why any pilot requesting mental evaluation for being Unfit to fly is not actually unfit.This term means adilemmafrom which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.Alongwith George Orwell's "doublethink", X" has become one of the best-recognized ways to describe the predicament of being trapped by contradictory rules.ID X.

Catch-22

21.* Give funda!VIDEO

Samsung galaxy note 7 blast

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