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DARE2COMPETE AND
BIT PATNA PRESENTS
SCIENTIA
Organised by: Gaurav Raj Anand14-Nov-14
Highlights
The quiz is generic.
The quiz was hosted online on
dare2compete.com
More than 850 people played this quiz.
Quiz was conducted on 14th Nov 2014 at 2200hrs.
Winners of the quiz were
1. ”Purple Peril” from XLRI School of Business
and Human Resources (XLRI) Jamshedpur
scored all correct.
2. “kill master” from The National Institute of
Engineering, Mysore scored all correct.14-Nov-14
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Question No 1
Recently the Prime Minister of a country
blamed Apple for destroying it's entire
economy. Name the "country"?
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Question No.2
"This form also uses Registration Mark as a metaphor, as well as a literal form for accuracy and printing. At the same time the two circles in black and white, respectively denote the positive and negative in printing. The form envelopes visually into a rounded-edged square which again talks about security and safety"Name the organisation/company which bears this logo?
Logo on the next page.
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Question No 3
This is one of the few titanosaurs ever to
be dug up on the Indian subcontinent.
It's name has a very direct reference to an
Indian organisation, which is credited to
first discover them.
Name the organisation.
Picture on next page.
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Question No 4
In 2009 the chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission said that India has a "long-term objective goal of becoming energy-independent based on its vast ______________ resources."
India is "the only country in the world with a detailed, funded, government-approved plan" to focus on __________ based power.
Both the blanks represent a single word. Name it.
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Question No 5
He declined to patent the vaccine which he
developed.
He said "There is no patent," "Could you
patent the sun?"
Name him.
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Question No 6
Dan Brown was a pop singer and songwriter before becoming a novelist.
Dan Brown's 1994 CD, Angels and Demons used the same ambigram which would later be used in the book of the same name.
This ambigram was designed by graphic designer John __________ . Dan thanked him by naming protagonist in his honour.
The blank represent a part of that name. What was it?
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Question No 7
The logo of this organisation has been
inspired by the Kankaria Lake, Gujarat.
The logo is (supposed to be)centered at the
common man.
Name the organisation.
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Question No 8
A study was published by a team of researchers at Boston University regarding the benefits of using __________ in antibiotics.While it has long been known that ________ contains strong antimicrobial properties, scientists have only recently discovered that it’s able to turn normal antibiotics into antibiotics on steroids.Both the blanks represent a single substance.What is it?
Options on next page.14-Nov-14
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Question No 9
Which of these is not an Oracle acquisition?
Peoplesoft
i-Flex
i-Gate
Siebel
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Question No 10
Born from mobile phone predictive text
systems, a _____________ is a word that is
typed using the same order of keys on a
numeric keypad as another word. A classic
example is "home," which can also appear
as "good" or "gone," as they're all created
by typing "4663".
Name it?
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Question No 11
This serves as a natural border for three
countries on the same continent.
It acts as a natural junction for these three
countries and this has to do with the name
of this area.
Identify those three countries.
Write the name of the three countries
seperated by spaces
Picture on the next page.
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Question No 12
In the very early days, the developer of this
game referred to the humble sandbox
builder as "Cave Game".
The creative and building aspects of this
game allow players to build constructions
out of textured cubes in a 3D procedurally
generated world.
Name the Game
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Question No 13
"I think, may be, when he looks back on his life, he might regret perhaps being so overly flamboyant in the sort of showing off one's wealth"Mr. X said this about Mr. Y in a Television Interview to NDTV.Mr. Y is a Kolkata born Businessman.Mr. X's company announced plans to build an orbital space launch system.Identify X and Y.Write their names separated by a comma.
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Question No 14
The Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition, also known as the MRCA tender, was a competition to supply 126 multi-role combat aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF).
In order to satisfy its offset requirements, this participating company has signed long-term partnership agreements with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Tata Industries, and Larsen & Toubro.
This was the first time the company's fighter jet has been offered for production in a foreign country.
This company's fighter jet eventually didn't made to the shortlist.
Which aviation giant are we talking about?
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Question No 15
This company formerly known as
"Rugmark" is directly associated to an
Indian who was in news recently.
Name the Indian.
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Question No 16
Introduced by Hewlett Packard, ___________ was the first magnetic card-programmable handheld calculator.
In order to raise enough money to buy parts and build the first few orders of the Apple I, Steve Jobs sold his Volkswagen van and Wozniak, then an HP employee, sold his ________ for $500.
Both the blanks represent the same thing. Name it.
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Question No 17
In Dutch, it's apestaart — "monkey's tail."
In Swedish, it's snabel-a — "A" with an elephant's trunk.
And in Italian, it's chiocciolina — small snail.
Other languages nickname it "mouse's tail," "sleeping cat," "little duck," "dog," and "little worm."
Which symbol are we referring to?
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Question No18
A lot of the maths behind astronomy tends to be in the form of ratios.
One example is determining the ratio of the luminosity of a specific star when compared to the luminosity of our sun.
Out of the following options which contains BOTH the factors necessary to work out such a ratio of luminosity?
Options on the next page.
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Options for Ques No 18
Velocity and Force
Force and Radius
Radius and Temperature
Temperature and Velocity
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Question No 19
A world no. 2 at his sport ,Y vowed "One day,
X will be slightly off his game and I will get
him".
That day took a long time in coming, but did
finally come through in 1986.
Name X and Y respectively, separated by
comma.
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Question No 20
____________ is a non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development.
It is a product of the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992.
It is an action agenda for the UN, other multilateral organizations, and individual governments around the world that can be executed at local, national, and global levels.
It targeted the coming 21st Century.
Name the Plan.
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Answers
1- Finland
2- Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India
3- Indian Statistical Institute
4- Thorium
5- Jonas Salk
6- Langdon
7- State Bank of India
8- Silver
9- i-Gate
10- textonyms 14-Nov-14
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Answers
11- Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
12- Minecraft
13- X(Richard Branson) Y(Vijay Mallya)
14- Boeing
15- Kailash Satyarthi
16- HP-65
17- @
18- Radius and Temperature
19- X(Ross Norman) Y(Jehangir Khan)
20- Agenda 2114-Nov-14
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