I had organized a quiz for L&T Mysore employees today, here are the dry questions of prelims round. Try your GK now. there was a good response with 77 teams participating in the event.
- Who is the first travel agent who offered tourist trips by air? Thomas Cook
- His favorite slogan was “roti, kapada, makan, bijli and bandwidth”, which epitomized the needs of the emerging 21st century Indian. Who is this famous personality? Lt.Dewang Mehta
- They built their kingdom on the ruins of the Vakataka dynasty who themselves had built up their state on the remains of the Satvahana Kingdom. Can you name this dynasty that had Vatapi as its Capital? Chalukyaas.
- Which was the company to have it’s product on Moon & Mt.Everest? Motorola
- This item is tailor-made at the Dharwad Taluk Garg Ketriya Seva Sangh, in Karnataka, and qualifies for official government use. What am I talking about? Indian National Flag
- Ángel Valodia Matos Fuentes (born December 24, 1976 in Holguín) is a Cuban taekwondo athlete. He received a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and added another at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio De Janeiro. At the 2008 Summer Olympics where Matos kicked a referee after being disqualified in the bronze medal for a particular reason what was that? He Kicked referee
- Complete the series : Ronald Ross, Rudyard Kipling , Rabindranath Tagore, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman , Hargobind Khorana , ______________ , Mother Teresa , V.S. Naipaul , Tenzin Gyatso, Amartya Sen. [ S.Chandrashekar ]
- Born as Vishwanath ___X____ in Murud-Janjira, Maharashtra, to Dankar ___X____ (a painter) and his wife Sangana ___X____. He is an alumnus of the Sir J. J. institute of Applied Arts, Mumbai. During his college years he was active in inter collegiate dramatics. After graduating he has starred in a number of Bollywood movies with some of the most prominent film directors of Bollywood. He is married to Neelakanti and they have a son Malhar . Who is this _____ X ? Nana Patekar
- Motor Industries Company is located in the Indian city of Bangalore. It is the largest producer of spark plugs in India. Motor Industries Company is located on Hosur road on National Highway 7. It was founded by Kamal Jeet Singh. How do we know this company now? MICO
- Which is the most tattooed product in the world? Harley Davidson
- Research in Motion has a famous product , what is this product ? (series of them have been released to market , I would love to have one) Blackberry's
- Who was known as Pancham Da in Indian Film industry? R.D.Burman
- This festival was started in the year 1997 and was the brainchild of 69 year old Pandanda Kuttappa who was an ex-employee of State Bank of India. He conceived the idea of creating a platform in which the different Kodava families can get together. What festival? Kodava Hockey festival
- Which were the two profitable teams of Indian Premier League? Raj royals , KKR
- G V Mavlankar was the first one to hold this post May 15, 1952 - February 27, 1956 and was followed by M A Ayyangar, Manohar joshi held this post from May 10 2002 to June 2 ,2004. Who is holding this post now? Mr.Somanath Chaterjee , Loksabha speaker
- The test showed high levels of both oxygen and sulphur, which implies that the steel was semi-kilned low carbon steel, made using the open-hearth process. High oxygen content leads to an increased ductile-to-brittle transition temperature, which was determined as 25 to 35°C for the steel. Most modern steels would need to be chilled below –60°C before they Exhibited similar behavior. High sulphur content increases the brittleness of steel by disrupting the grain structure The sulphur combines with magnesium in the steel to form stringers of magnesium sulphide, which act as "highways" for crack propagation. What is being Explained here? Sinking of Titanic ( Thanks Mr.Arul Mani for this Q , this is the only q in the prelims that went uncracked.)
- The main news in London on July 7th 2005 was the bombing. What was the main news item the previous day? London winning Olympics bid.
- Indra, the king of devtas (gods), had lost his kingdom to the asura (demon) Vritra. At the behest of his Guru Brihaspati, Indra's wife Shachi tied a thread around her husband's wrist to ensure his victory in the upcoming duel. Which festival originated from this? Raksha bandhan.
Organizing Team Photo... (Me along with Bhanu , Satnam ,Ashwathy , Martin, Jeena )
Happy Quizzing :) ,
