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A Its design was based on the British-made model of Morris-Oxford III. Widely known as ‘The Sick old lady of Indian roads’. The latest versions of this currently defunct model include- Grand, Avigo and Encore. What am I talking about?

PCSAGK - Freshers' Quiz 2014 Prelims

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The Presidency College Society for the Acquisition of General Knowledge organized its first event of the new academic year, the Freshers' Quiz. This presentation has the prelims question set.

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  • 1. A Its design was based on the British-made model of Morris-Oxford III. Widely known as The Sick old lady of Indian roads. The latest versions of this currently defunct modelinclude- Grand, Avigo and Encore.What am I talking about?

2. Answer - Ambassador 3. B This viral lab was founded in 2006 as anongoing initiative to test, track and create viralcontent on the web. The company has grown into a social newsand entertainment company covering topicslike politics, DIY, animals and business. It produces an average of 378 posts a day andhas a global audience of more than 150 million.Which company am I talking about? 4. Answer - BuzzFeed 5. C Climate conditions will be evaluated and should thetemperature exceed 32 degrees, then the FIFA VenueMedical Office will recommend ____ [C]______ to theFIFA General Coordinator and Match Commissioner. The implementation of the ____[C]____will reside withthe referee. _____[C]_______ ,which last three minutes in duration,are then implemented by the referee at approximately 30minutes into the run-of-play in both halves of the match.FITB with the correct term. 6. Answer - Cooling Breaks 7. D Booted as a project by the new government in 2014, forcreating a High Speed Rail Network across the 4 metrocities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. Draws inspiration from a similar scheme under theNational Highways Development Project. The proposed operating speed will approximately bearound 320 kmph.Name the recently launched project. 8. Answer - Diamond Quadrilateral 9. E WHO classifies this medical condition under-ICD-10 A83-A86, B94.1, G05. It derives its name from an Ancient Greek term indicating-in head inflammation. Some of its variants include- Herpes Simplex, West Nileand Tick Borne.Identify. 10. Answer - Encephalitis 11. F Also known as The Modern Prometheus, this 1818 novel canlargely be attributed to a series of conversations ongalvanism and occult, between Percy Shelley, MaryShelley, Lord Byron and John Polidori, which took placeduring the rainy summer of 1816 in Geneva. The author describes the work, being very hideous. A 2012 Tim Burton film, can be regarded as a freeadaptation of this text.Identify this supremely popular novel. 12. Answer - Frankenstein 13. GLink- The Regretful Climb The National Razor The Widow The Silence Mill Woods of Justice(Hint. Think late- 18th century France) 14. Answer - Guillotines 15. HConnect:1. Tentacle Erotica2. Lolicon3. Shotacon4. Yuri 16. Answer - Hentai (genres) 17. I Recognized as the largest river in Myanmar, its etymologycan be derived from the Ancient Pali name of the riverRavi. It is often referred to as The Road to Mandalay, afterRudyard Kiplings poem. It serves as one of the habitats of a species of oceanicdolphins, which are also found in the Chilika Lake and theSundarbans.Name the river. 18. Answer - Irrawaddy 19. J Given below, is a picture of a large winged chimera (mixture of severalanimals) with the body of a dragon, a whiskered, fish-like head,insectile antennae and a pair of talon-like hands on both its arms andits wings, which may have served as forelegs, when it walked on theground.. It presumably lived within a place known as the TulgeyWood until it was slain by an unnamed hero wielding a Vorpal blade. Identify. 20. Answer - Jabberwock 21. K K is a doctor turned author. He practiced medicine in California, anoccupation he often referred to as an arranged marriage. His father worked as a diplomat, and when he was 11 years old, the familymoved to France; four years later, they applied for asylum in the UnitedStates, where he later became a citizen. 22. Answer Khaled Hosseini 23. LLink the 3 with a fictional character. 24. Answer - Lex Luthor (in feature films) 25. M The ________ was originally used as a corrupted term forpeople of West African origin. The term was also used as the title of Kyle Onstotts 1957novel, which was made into a film of the same name in 1975by Paramount Pictures and on release, garnered a Zero Starrating from Roger Ebert. Stereotypes surrounding this particular term found theirreference in a Quentin Tarantino film (remotely though).Identify the term. 26. Answer - Mandingo (originally- Mandinka) 27. NDefinitions of the phrase N according to UrbanDictionary-1) Doing something for someone without asking foranything in return.2) Being in a relationship with someone, while still datingother people.Identify the phrase (N). 28. Answer - No Strings Attached 29. O George Lucas' first choice as the voice of DarthVader Francis Ford Coppola's first choice for the role ofColonel Kurtz Considered for the role of Vito Corleone. Identifythis legendary actor. 30. Answer - Orson Welles 31. P While, the idea of 'P' was made popular throughCharles Dickens' novels like Little Dorrit and MartinChuzzlewit, its proper history can be reconstructedfrom the activities of an Italian con artist, whogathered notoriety in the 1920s-- What are wetalking about?Hint: After a particularly embarrassing incident(which happened in April 2013), West Bengal hasbeen labelled as the 'P' Capital of India. 32. Answer - Ponzi (Scheme) 33. Q During various times in its history, the promotional andadvertising campaigns of this 94-year old corporate gianthappened to include TVCs/ads featuring a Koala Bear,John Travolta and Miranda Kerr. To a certain extent, even Raymond Babbitt seemed to haveendorsed The Flying Kangaroo.What am I hinting at? 34. Answer - QantasNEVER CRASHED 35. RName the latest entrant to the list of UNESCO WorldHeritage Sites in India. (Picture Below) 36. Answer - Rani ki Vav (Queens Stepwell) 37. SAccording to the BBCs Pat Murphy:My understanding is that it came from the mid-sixties and aguy called Grahame Corling, who used to open the bowling forNew SouthWales and Australia apparently the suggestion wasthat this guy's wife was [having an affair] with another team-mate,and when he came in to bat [the fielding team] startedsinging When a Man Loves A Woman, the old Percy Sledgenumber.One of the numerous theories describing the origin of _________.FITB 38. Answer - Sledging 39. TThink outside the bunWhich brand are we referring to? 40. Answer - Taco Bell 41. UVictorian PoetConnectDublinerGreek HeroUS President 42. Answer - Ulysses Ulysses poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Ulysses novel by James Joyce Ulysses/ Odysseus- a character in ancient Greek literature Ulysses S. Grant 18th President of the United States 43. VHint: Individual clip is 6 seconds long 44. Answer - Vine(s) 45. W Logo of which socialapp? 46. Answer - Whisper 47. XX at domestic matches 6X at international matches 8Hint: X retired from the internationalstage this year. 48. Answer - Xavi Hernandez 49. Y 1994 - Bachelor of Commerce Part-1, Schoolof Open Learning (Correspondence),University of Delhi 1996 - BA Delhi University (School ofCorrespondence) 2014 Y 50. Answer - Yale University 51. Z According to Rajiv Rao, National Creative Director ofOgilvy & Mather, they "wanted to make real people look asanimated as possible". They employed Bangalore-basedNirvana Films to shoot these ads in Cape Town, SouthAfrica through the Cape Town based production house,Platypus Productions. The company which propagated the ad received theGlitterbox award in 2009 by PETA for replacing its originaliconic canine mascot with a more humane alternative. Hint? 52. Answer - ZooZoo