Atharva

Horizons QuizIIC

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1. Which huge corporation in India owns this radio station?

Answer -1

- Hindustan Unilever

2. What is common between these three personalities?

› Don Bradman› Virendar Sehwag› Chris Gayle

All the three have scored two time triple centuries in test cricket -2

3. Which world famous brand’s name comes from Tupi-Guarani language, now Portuguese, meaning ‘Beast’ or ‘the one who kills with one leap’?

Jaguar -1

4. Which novel starts with the quotation : “behind every great fortune, there is a crime”

Mario Puzo – The Godfather - 1

5. Connect

› Mr. Vijay Gopalan› Mr. Shoaib Ahmed› Ms. Deepa Thomas

Horizons Speakers - 2

6. The movie Rush depicts the rivalry between which racing giants?

6. Answer - 2 › Niki Lauda› James Hunt

› English > Kannada› Hindi > Malyalam› Sanskrit > Marathi› Urdu > Konkani› Tamil > Punjabi› Bengali > Odia› Gujrati > Assamese› Telugu > Kashmiri

7. Identify any four languages which have been deemed heritage ones?

› English > Kannada*› Hindi > Malyalam› Sanskrit* > Marathi*› Urdu > Konkani› Tamil* > Punjabi› Bengali > Odia*› Guajarati > Assamese› Telugu* > Kashmiri

7. Answer - 2

8. The great hero of Greek mythology whose right heel was the only vulnerable part of his body?

Achilles - 1

9. Who is the all time highest World cup goal scorer?

Miroslav Klose of Germany - 1

10. What is the English word derived from Tamil which meant outcaste?

Pariah - 1

11. Name the four big audit firms in the world?

Four big audit firm of the world - 2› Deloitte› PwC› Ernst & Young› KPMG

12. Why is the Bengali film industry called Tollywood?

12. As it is situated in Tollygunge in Kolkata - 1

› Symposium on 'Ancient Sciences through Sanskrit' › Aeroplanes existed in India 7,000 years ago and they

travelled from not just one country to another but also to other planets

› Nobel laureate V Ramakrishnan calls _________ a circus

13 . Connect

Indian Science Congress - 1

14. Connect + Year

Bharat Ratna Award, 2014 - 2

15. What controversy? - 2

› Titled "Migrants," the cartoon's text reads: "What would little Aylan have grown up to be? (A) groper in Germany."

› The image includes the messages ‘Welcome to migrants!’, ‘So near his goal…,’ and a McDonald’s-like promotion offering ‘2 kids menus for the price of one’.

Charlie Hebdo criticism for potraying Alan Kurdi, refugee crisis cartoon - 2

16. Identify the mathematical genius who died in a car crash in 2015?

› Nobel Prize› A Beautiful Mind

John Nash - 1

17. Identify the lion & the event?

Killing of Cecil the Lion by US dentist Walter Palmer- 2

18. Which is Charles Dickens’ classic about the French Revolution?

A Tale of Two Cities - 1

1 9. Which symbolic event occurs when a Pope is elected by house of cardinals?

Answer – White Smoke - 1

20. Which painitng is central to the theme of Dan Brown’s novel Da Vinci Code?

Answer – The Last Supper - 1

21. Which Award?

1

› 2000 – Ramanujan Award› 1997 - Bharat Ratna› 1990 – Padma Vibhusan› 1981 – Padma Bhushan

22. Identify

APJ Abdul Kalam - 1

23. In which German town is the beer swigging festival Octoberfest held?

Answer – Munich - 1

24. These are the only 2 novels written by which famous person in the world of business?

Answer - 1

25. Who bought out this nail polish?

› Facebook – It is called Social ButterflyAnswer - 2

26. Why did Taj Mahal Palace turn blue on Nov 14 – 16, 2013?

Taj Mahal Palace turning blue in honour of Sachin Tendulkar's last test. - 1

27. These are different types of jewellery made by a company called War & Peace which uses a metal called ‘Peace Bronze’ to make their range of jewellery. What do they make their jewels from?

› Made from disarmed and recycled nuclear weapons from across the world.

Answer - 1

28. This great fashion mogul has now opened a museum for the world of fashion. Identify.

› Pierre CardinAnswer - 1

29. This is “About Us” of a pretty famous page on FB. Id the Page.› "Does your face light up hearing ‘har ek friend zaroori hota hai’?› Do you sing along to ‘Vicco Turmeric’ at Inox?› Do you know who Prahlad Kakkar is?› Do you remember the names of the Nirma girls?› If a friend goes ‘No idea’, do you reply with ‘Get idea’?› Do you think you can sell a used toothbrush with your skills? Or do you want to?

› Welcome aboard!

› We are X. From very humble beginnings......, ......we have gone on and created a loyal subscriber base for ourselves by sharing meaningful content and ideas over our Facebook page.

› We are not just a repository for engaging.. ....content – we are also a slightly informed and highly entertaining opinion on them. We love hearing your take too – enjoy the website and give us your valuable two cents!

Mad Over Marketing - 1

30. Id X.› X is a Kerala born personality, completed his Civil

Engineering from the University College of Engg., JNTUK, Andhra Pradesh

› X used to teach at the government Polytechnic, Kozhikode (Calicut).

› As the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Cochin Shipyard, X guided the first ship building project named MV Rani Padmini and successfully launched it.

› He is well known to all the Indians for one of his project which was awarded Gold Standard foundation -- a globally accepted certification standard for carbon mitigation projects.

E Sreedharan - 1