Post on 06-May-2015
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The GENERAL Quiz 2013
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PRELIMSWith
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• X is a wrestling sport played in South Asia. The name is derived from the Tamil word (கை�-பி�டி).
• It has two types – Sanjeevani and Gaminee.• It is the national game of Bangladesh where it is known as
Hadudu.• In some areas of Iran – especially in the center of Iranian
plateau, Khorasan and Mazandaran it is known as Zu/Zou.• It is played by the British Army for fun, to keep fit and as
an enticement to recruit soldiers from the British Asian community.
Identify X2)
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• Mount Elbrus : Europe• Mount Everest : Asia• Mount McKinley : North America• Puncak Jaya : Oceania• Mount __________ : Africa• Mount Aconcagua : South America• Vinson Massif : Antarctica
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TITANIC
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Default XP wallpaper
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What is special about this video ?
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This was the first commercial filmed in space. It is a milk commercial by the Israeli company Tnuva shot at Mir in 1997.
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What is being talked about?
Many suggestions have been made about the origin of this - one of the commonest being that it derives from the figure 8, representing the Spanish 'piece of eight'. However, it actually comes from a handwritten 'ps', an abbreviation for 'peso' in old Spanish-American books. It first occurred in the 1770s, in manuscript documents of English-Americans who had business dealings with Spanish-Americans, and it starts to appear in print after 1800.
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What is it Called?
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TEE
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Identify XMost of the forms of name of this come from the ancient Sanskrit “naga ranga”, which literally means "fatal indigestion for elephants" . There was an ancient Malay fable--which made its way into the Sanskrit tongue around the Seventh or Eighth Centuries B.C.--that links X to the sin of gluttony and has an elephant as the culprit. It is claimed that the word X has no true rhyme. There are, however, several half rhymes or near-rhymes, as well as some proper nouns and compound words or phrases that rhyme with it. This lack of rhymes has inspired many humorous poems and songs.
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ORANGE
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The Turning PointMen Without WingsThe Last ChanceIris and the LieutenantPortrait of MariaRome, Open City_____________Brief EncounterPastoral SymphonyThe Lost WeekendThe Red Meadows
Soviet UnionCzechoslovakia
SwitzerlandSwedenMexico
ItalyIndiaUK
FranceUS
Denmark
Year 1946 , Venue - CannesMovies : Countries :
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Neecha Nagar
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WALDIThe First official mascot at Olympics
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______ from the Greek: "omission" or "falling short") is a series of dots that usually indicate an intentional omission of a word, sentence or whole section from the original text being quoted, and though necessary for syntactical construction, is not necessary for comprehension. These can also be used to indicate an unfinished thought or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence. For example: "But I thought he was . . ."
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Namib Desert , Namibia
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Identify the Country
Present Flag :
Past Flag :
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Libya
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She is a Hindu goddess of marital felicity and longevity. An aspect of Devi, she is the first consort of Shiva, the second being Parvati, the reincarnation of her. When Shiva married her, her father was angry and they had a heated discussion about qualities of her husband. She realized that she was the cause of abuse to her husband and hence she immolated herself using her yogic powers. Shiva was angry with this catastrophe and therefore he performed Tandav with the charred body of her on his shoulders. During the dance her body got dismembered and its pieces fell over 51 places which are now called Shaktipeethas. What was her name?
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Sati
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Which tune ?
This tune (also called Grande Valse) which is from a composition for solo guitar, “Gran Vals”, by the Spanish classical guitarist and composer Francisco Tárrega, written in 1902 is heard worldwide an estimated 1.8 billion times per day, about 20,000 times per second. This tune has been registered as a sound trademark in some countries. It was the first identifiable musical ringtone on a mobile phone.
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The Nokia Tune
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Its national football team:
Nickname La Guardia Svizzera PontificiaAssociation Federazione Vaticanese Giuoco CalcioHead coach Giovanni TrapattoniHome stadium Stadio Pio XII, Albano Laziale Elo ranking 226
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Vatican City State
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Some Vishal Bharadwaj directed movies…
If Macbeth : Maqbool :: Othello: Omkara :: Hamlet : ?
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Haider
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Identify the Artist
Dome of St. Peter’s Basilica
Statue of David
The Creation of Adam Frescoes at the Sistine Chapel
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Michelangelo
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Person on the right is Alfred Hitchcock ; who is on the left?