Sajjige BajilGeneral Quiz Prelims

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Q1.

X is located in South Mumbai. The origin of the name is that the British residing to the south of Crawford Market in the fort area referred to this area to the north of Crawford Market as "Behind

the Bazaar" the natives picked this as "X Bazaar".

Name the area X?

Bhendi Bazar

Q2.In 1947,when India was to be

partitioned into 2 parts, Radcliffe was flown in from

England to solve a very fundamental problem what?

The Border Between India and Pakistan

Q3.X was the name under which the Company

made motorcycles, bicycles, lawnmowers and stationary engines. Their legacy of weapon

manufacture is reflected in their motto "Made like a gun, goes like a bullet".

Id X.

Royal Enfiled.

Q4.

In late 1945, after the end of World War II, Masaru Ibuka started a radio repair shop in a bomb-damaged department store building in Nihonbashi of Tokyo.In the early 1950s, Ibuka traveled in the United States, He convinced Bell Lab to license the transistor technology to his Japanese company.he wanted to make those transitors to make radios. how is the company famously known now?

Sony

Q5.weighted rating (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C Where:

R = average for the ____ (mean) = (Rating)v = number of votes for the ___ = (votes)m = minimum votes required to be listed in the Top 250 (currently 3000)C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.9)

What is calculated like this?

IMDB TOP 250 movies

Q6.Gwalior

Agra Kirana

Jaipur-Atrauli Patiala

Benaras Delhi

In Indian classical music, these are names of a system of social organization linking musicians.

What are they are called?

Gharanas

Q7.

Name: Mike Lewis.

Remembered for a thrashing what?

Costliest ODI Spell

Q8

An incomplete list. These musicians are famously known as the 27 club. Why?

All died at the age of 27

Q9

Id All three.

Winston Churchill,Franklin Roosevelt, Stalin

Q10. X was a Medical student, who went on a tour

of South America,with his friend, This changed his view of the world forever. The hunger, poverty and exploitation sparked in him a rebel. People Lovingly called him Y.

Id X and Y

Ernesto Guevera, Che Guevera

Q11.X is lunch, or any light meal. It originated in British India, and is today found primarily in

Indian English The word originated when Indian custom superseded the British practice of an

afternoon dinner, leading to a new word for the afternoon meal.

In South India and in Nepal, the term is generally used for between-meals snacks:

dosas, idlis, etc. Outside South India, the word mostly refers to any packed lunch.

ID X

Tiffin

Q12.X game originated at X school in England. The credit for the game goes to William Webb Ellis who broke the rules and started running with the BALL. Shortly X School produced the first

written rules for their version of the sport in 1870.Id X.

Rugby

Q13.

The Munich massacre is an informal name for events that occurred during the 1972 Summer

Olympics in Munich, Bavaria in Southern Germany. Something very unfortunate

happened. Who did what?(country names)

Lebanon Terrorists Kidnap and Murder Israeli Athletes

Q14.

Two extremes. Put Funda.

Youngest and Oldest Grand Slam Winners

Q15.A popularity contest where?

Race to 1 million followers

Q16.Connect.

Different awards by the Indian Government

Q17.Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra, who

uses the anglicised name Pradosh C. Mitter, is a fictional private investigator starring in a

series of Bengali novels and short stories. The creater of Feluda is famous not for his

litreature but for his film making.A classic film maker. Who?

Satyajith Roy

Q18.Who?Who?Who?

Siddharth Mallya

Q19.This piece of software very recently in news was

initially named The Phoenix but got into trademark issues with Phoenix technologies.

Then it was renamed as Fire Bird , again it had a name class with Firebird databases. The name

of the software was changed for the last and the third time to the name we know now. Which

famous piece of open source software?

FireFox

Q20.Name the company Which is blanked out.

3I Infotech

Q21 The pioneer of online travel in India, Deep

Kalra founded X in April, 2000. under his stewardship, X has become the largest online

travel company, as well as the largest e-commerce business in India.

ID X

Make My trip

Q22Id X

She is ex wife of an authorOnly Indian model to have walked Paris Fashion WeekShe also hosted a Tv host

Padma Lakshmi

Q23Rovio is a French game company,know for its

insanely famous game. Which game?Every one talks about it and every one seems to

play it these days

Angry Birds

Q24.Muhurat trading in the stock market happens

for about an hour on the day of a Indian Festival. Usually, this trading session is held in

the evening. It is a symbolic ritual which has been performed for years.It is believed that muharat trading on this day brings in wealth and prosperity throughout the year because

Goddess Lakshmi comes to reside at the place of the puja.Which Festival?

Diwali

Q25.Connect

Companies Acquired by Tata group

All questions are derived from Wikipedia text.

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