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PRELIMS
Q1.
Q2.
• The common basilisk has the ability to run on water. It is also nicknamed as the X lizard, a reference to a personality who is supposed to have done the same. Identify X.
*Q3.
• These cities in the photo (refer photo) are connected to an event that is going to happen in 2020. Can you identify the event?
Q4.
• Until the 16th century, this vegetable was predominantly grown in three colours – yellow, purple and white. The colour, with which we most commonly associate the vegetable today, was developed in Netherlands in the 17th century as a tribute to William of ________, who led the Dutch Rebellion against Spain. The farmers used the then existing varieties to create this new hybrid which is now the most common variety worldwide. Identify the vegetable and the colour.
Q5.
• The earliest sound that infants tend to produce are usually a consonant followed by a vowel. The easiest consonants for a baby to produce are ones that don’t require a lot of fine control of the tongue and lips, so sounds like /m/, /b/, /p/, /d/ tend to emerge first with a generic mid or back vowel sound, such as /a/.This helps explain why the word X (or other similar sounding words) are common for Y across many unrelated languages (Chinese, Swahili, English, Navajo etc). Identify X and Y.
*Q6.
• X possesses the agility of cat, the balancing skills of a monkey and the grace of a bird. He is capable of stretching out his arms and legs as long as he wants, and has a heightened sense of smell and hearing. X is also a mixture of many animals that live in Brazil and can hence do all the great things the animals can do: run faster, jump higher, be stronger. X can also imitate the voice of any animal.
Q7.
• 1. ______ (RUS), Yamilet Pena (DOM), Fadwa Mahmoud (EGY), Oksana Chusovitina (UZB), _______(IND). Fill in the blanks.
*Q8.
• Shown in picture(refer photo) is a screenshot of the Uber App. Uber changed a particular aspect of their page as a tribute to a recent event. What did they do and why?
Q9.
• X’s finches, also known as Galapagos finches, are a group of about 14 species of birds (refer photo) that show a startling range of beak shapes, each finely tuned to the way in which they get their food. As they are found almost entirely on the Galapagos Islands, it keeps them isolated from competition with other birds on the mainland. What is X?
Q10.
• Take an ‘educated’ guess to fill up the blank.• China: Confucius’s birthday.• India: __________’s birthday.
Q11.
• The second stanza of a hymn starts thus:• Ohoroho tobo ahoban procharito,• Shuni tobo udaro bani• Hindu Buoddho Shikh Jeino Parshiko,• Musolman Chrishtani• How does the first stanza start?
Q12. Identify the country to which the flag belongs (refer photo).
*Q13.
• The founder of this company named it X after looking through names in a dictionary and finding X ‘exotic and different’. Also, X was the biggest _____ in the world and he wanted his store to be the biggest as well. Also, he expected competition and companies starting with A would be in the top whenever any list was formed. What is X?
Q14.
• What is ekantha veena’s speciality?
Q15.
• Which company aptly names itself after a sport, the winner of which is given the nickname ‘The worlds greatest athlete’?
Q16.
Q17.
• According to historians modern day X is the eighth ‘city’ in the current site since 1100 A.D. though there have been settlements earlier. Since the city has been at the centre of Indian politics, rulers who conquered the city tended to rebuild a new one. The last was built by Shah Jahan before modern X was built by the British. Identify X.
Q18.
• The list of deadly animals (defined as the number of people killed by an animal every year) has some surprises. The supposedly deadly sharks and wolves are at number 11 accounting for just 10 deaths. The tsetse fly is fifth with 10,000 deaths. Dogs surprisingly are fourth with 25,000 deaths and snakes true to their reputation come third. Way ahead in the first place is the mosquito with 7,25,000 deaths. The second spot with 4,25,000 deaths goes to _______?
Q19.
Q20.
• Pakistan won their first home test in X in 1955. They last played in X in 2002 and won that test too, thereby achieving a unique feat. Identify X and what was the unique feat?
ANSWERS
Q1.
Won and gave matches
Q2.
• The common basilisk has the ability to run on water. It is also nicknamed as the X lizard, a reference to a personality who is supposed to have done the same. Identify X.
Jesus
*Q3.
• These cities in the photo (refer photo) are connected to an event that is going to happen in 2020. Can you identify the event?
Football world cup
Q4.
• Until the 16th century, this vegetable was predominantly grown in three colours – yellow, purple and white. The colour, with which we most commonly associate the vegetable today, was developed in Netherlands in the 17th century as a tribute to William of ________, who led the Dutch Rebellion against Spain. The farmers used the then existing varieties to create this new hybrid which is now the most common variety worldwide. Identify the vegetable and the colour.
Carrot orange
Q5.
• The earliest sound that infants tend to produce are usually a consonant followed by a vowel. The easiest consonants for a baby to produce are ones that don’t require a lot of fine control of the tongue and lips, so sounds like /m/, /b/, /p/, /d/ tend to emerge first with a generic mid or back vowel sound, such as /a/.This helps explain why the word X (or other similar sounding words) are common for Y across many unrelated languages (Chinese, Swahili, English, Navajo etc). Identify X and Y.
X-may-mother
*Q6.
• X possesses the agility of cat, the balancing skills of a monkey and the grace of a bird. He is capable of stretching out his arms and legs as long as he wants, and has a heightened sense of smell and hearing. X is also a mixture of many animals that live in Brazil and can hence do all the great things the animals can do: run faster, jump higher, be stronger. X can also imitate the voice of any animal.
Vinicius
Q7.
• 1. ______ (RUS), Yamilet Pena (DOM), Fadwa Mahmoud (EGY), Oksana Chusovitina (UZB), _______(IND). Fill in the blanks.
Yelena produnova, dipa karmakar
*Q8.
• Shown in picture(refer photo) is a screenshot of the Uber App. Uber changed a particular aspect of their page as a tribute to a recent event. What did they do and why?
p.v.sindhu victory
Q9.
• X’s finches, also known as Galapagos finches, are a group of about 14 species of birds (refer photo) that show a startling range of beak shapes, each finely tuned to the way in which they get their food. As they are found almost entirely on the Galapagos Islands, it keeps them isolated from competition with other birds on the mainland. What is X?
Darwin’s finches
Q10.
• Take an ‘educated’ guess to fill up the blank.• China: Confucius’s birthday.• India: __________’s birthday.
Sarvapaali Radhakrishnan
Q11.
• The second stanza of a hymn starts thus:• Ohoroho tobo ahoban procharito,• Shuni tobo udaro bani• Hindu Buoddho Shikh Jeino Parshiko,• Musolman Chrishtani• How does the first stanza start?
Jana gana mana
Q12. Identify the country to which the flag belongs (refer photo).
Vatican city
*Q13.
• The founder of this company named it X after looking through names in a dictionary and finding X ‘exotic and different’. Also, X was the biggest _____ in the world and he wanted his store to be the biggest as well. Also, he expected competition and companies starting with A would be in the top whenever any list was formed. What is X?
Amazon
Q14.
• What is ekantha veena’s speciality?
It is made with only one piece of wood
Q15.
• Which company aptly names itself after a sport, the winner of which is given the nickname ‘The worlds greatest athlete’?
decathalon
Q16.
Coca cola
Q17.
• According to historians modern day X is the eighth ‘city’ in the current site since 1100 A.D. though there have been settlements earlier. Since the city has been at the centre of Indian politics, rulers who conquered the city tended to rebuild a new one. The last was built by Shah Jahan before modern X was built by the British. Identify X.
New delhi
Q18.
• The list of deadly animals (defined as the number of people killed by an animal every year) has some surprises. The supposedly deadly sharks and wolves are at number 11 accounting for just 10 deaths. The tsetse fly is fifth with 10,000 deaths. Dogs surprisingly are fourth with 25,000 deaths and snakes true to their reputation come third. Way ahead in the first place is the mosquito with 7,25,000 deaths. The second spot with 4,25,000 deaths goes to _______?
Human
Q19.
Patronas in Harry potter
Q20.
• Pakistan won their first home test in X in 1955. They last played in X in 2002 and won that test too, thereby achieving a unique feat. Identify X and what was the unique feat?
Dhaka
See you soon in finals
Thank you
