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Prelims & Answers
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In Assam an art form is performed annually at the
Kamakhya temple in Guwahati and is called
Deodhani. It gets its name from deva dhwani or
the ‘voice of god’. A similar art form exists in
Kerala. Its name is also derived from the same
Sanskrit root word. Name the Kerala version.
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A page from the 9th September 1947 (next slide)
log of the Harvard Mark II is shown. Although the
blanked out word was in use previously in this
sense, this particular occurrence is supposed to
have led to it becoming popular. What word?
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For what
specific purpose
was this CV
recently
used/sent?
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Unlike the “moment magnitude scale” used
elsewhere, the shindo scale is used in Japan. A
given event may be described as “shindo 4 in
Tokoyo, shindo 3 in Yokohama” etc. with levels
ranging from “faint”, “weak”, “strong” and
“violent” and others in between. What does
shindo measure?
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earthquake intensity
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The name of this dish in its original Portuguese
contains garlic (alhos) and wine, and translates to
“meat of wine garlic”. After many modifications,
it has now gained popularity in around the world
in Indian restaurants. Identify.
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Before the Prophet Muhammad changed it to
Mecca, towards which city would Muslims turn
(qiblah) while praying?
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Identify the speaker (full name) and the composer
of the song.
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Prince Rama Varma, Thyagaraja
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Question The origin of the name of
this style of play (of a
sport) may be
onomatopoeic and taken
from a commentator’s
remarks during a Spain –
Tunisia game. Or it may
be derived from this toy.
Identify.
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Tiki-taka
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From the “Thesaurus of Anecdotes” by Edmund
Fuller:
“Not all your plays are successes, I suppose, Sir
James”, someone remarked to J. M. Barrie at a
party…Barrie leaned toward him and said, “No,
some ______ out and some ______ out.”
Fill in the blanks. NO part points.
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Peter
Pan
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According to a January 27 report in the Guardian,
among the top secret documents leaked by
Edward Snowden are presentations from the NSA
and GCHQ showing what information can be
extracted from smartphone ad platforms. What
example, downloaded over 1.7 billion times, is
shown as a case study?
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According to the page titled “Question Hour in
Lok Sabha” on www.parliamentofindia.nic.in, “A
_____ _____ is one to which a member desires an
oral answer in the House and which is
distinguished by a XXXX mark.” Fill in the blank.
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starred question
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What nickname, also the name of a tool, did the
following leaders and rulers share?
Judah Maccabee
Charles Martel
Edward I Longshanks aka (Malleus Scotus)
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hammer 12*
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This word may have its origin in an Arabic word
for ‘diversion’/‘amusement’ or the Chinese word
ch’ih-fan, meaning ‘eat rice’. The most likely
origin is an English colloquial term which means
“a draught of liquor”. In the Hobson-Jobson
dictionary, in 1785, it is defined as ‘eating or
drinking out of meal-times.” What word?
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tiffin 13*
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Identify the player. How
are we more familiar
with this photograph?
Part points available.
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Jerry West, NBA logo 14*
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An inscription on the Meguti temple in Aihole that
dates to 634 CE contains a fine example of a
Sanskrit pun. Praising the achievements of
Pulakeshi II in battle, it says of his famous
opponent that, “the mighty ______ lost his
_____”. Fill both blanks with one word.
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Harsha
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Makmende [next slide], a fictional superhero,
may be Kenya’s first viral internet sensation. The
name is supposedly a mispronunciation of an
iconic phrase from a 1983 Hollywood movie, the
4th in a franchise. The original line was spoken by
the protagonist to a bad guy, daring him to
commit a crime. What is the original line?
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“Go ahead. Make my day.” 16*
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This constant was not discovered by the person
who it is named for. Accurate measurement of its
value only became possible when the
measurement of a single quantity could be done
at an atomic and a macro scale. The charge of a X
of electrons is 96,485.3383 coulombs, while the
charge of one is 1.602 x 10-19 coulombs. Which?
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Avogadro number
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Excerpt from the first chapter of which classic?
“There was a brief flurry of excitement at
Spaceguard headquarters, and the interstellar
vagabond was quickly dignified by a name instead
of a mere number. Long ago, the astronomers had
exhausted Greek and Roman mythology; now they
were working through the Hindu pantheon. And so
31/439 was christened ________.”
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Dubashes were employed by the colonial
mercantile companies (East India etc.) for a
particular purpose. Their title went on to become
a surname in certain communities.
What specific profession/role did the dubashes
perform?
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interpreter/translator
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Where would you find Gulliver, Buttonwood,
Charlemagne, Lexington and Bagehot together?
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The Economist
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In November 2013, Captain _____ A. _____ took
over as commanding officer of the guided missile
destroyer USS Zumwalt. Lots of jokes about his
name floated around the internet around then,
and it was pointed out that when he was working
as a naval aviator, his call sign was “Tiberius”. Fill
in the blanks.
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The NSTL, Visakhapatnam and NPOL, Kochi have
jointly developed the ______ Advanced Torpedo
Defence System, which is capable of detecting,
confusing, diverting and decoying incoming
torpedoes.
Who in Hindu mythology is it named after?
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Every station on the Indian Railways network is
associated with a station code. For example, TCR
for Trichur.
What is Kanyakumari’s 4-letter Indian Railways
station code, which is also a word in English?
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A study by the University of Gottingen using UN
economic data about 159 nations found that when
the head of state of a country does something,
there is an average 8.1 % drop in exports from the
country to China over the next 2 years. There is
no measurable effect if someone of a lower rank
does the same thing. What is this effect called (2
words)?
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The Kuno-Palpur wildlife sanctuaries in MP have
been proposed as the site of reintroduction of
two large mammals in the wild. The first is an
endangered species from a neighbouring state.
The second is extinct in the wild in India and
proposed to be brought from Iran. Both belong to
the same family. Both initiatives are stuck in legal
hassles. Name both species.
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4 seas are named after colours. Name them. Half
points if you get 3 out of 4 correct!
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Red, Yellow, Black, White
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In an interview published earlier this month in the
Sunday Times, the author said, “I wrote the X - Y
relationship as a form of wish fulfilment…For
reasons that have very little to do with
literature…X ended up with Y.” The reporter
commented that the author “…admitted she got
it wrong by pairing off X with Y rather than…”
Identify X and Y (first names will do).
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This art form is an example of the amalgamation
of medieval art, poetry and music. Each work is
usually about one of 6 XXXs (and their 5 “wives”
and 8 “sons/daughters”). Each one of these is
personified by a colour, mood, and a verse
describing a story of a hero and heroine. It
elucidates a season and time of day; most of
them also specify a deity. What art form?
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Raagamala
paintings
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This informal term for practitioners of a certain
branch of medicine seems to have originated in
the 60s as a disparaging reference to primitive
tribal practices directed against enemies, mostly
by the indigenous people of Melanesia and the
Jivaroan peoples of Ecuador and Peru. The first
known use seems to be in Thomas Pynchon’s “The
Crying of Lot 49”. Which term?
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shrink
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What painting is being recreated?
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Connect the 2 videos, with the name of a
person/character.
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Identify the bird from its call. It gets its name
from the sound it’s making.
Clearer version:
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The structure on the bow of the ship you will see
in the clip takes its name from a similar structure
from the world of sport, currently in the news.
Name the structure.
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Identify the singer from this 1963 clip recorded at
the Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta.
Hint?
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Connect with a one word answer X:
A. An Arabic words for “chain”, often used in the
sense of “lineage”/“genealogy”, especially in
Sufism. A Sufi’s X is his badge of identity which
provides him with a list of predecessors and
his relationship with them.
B. The movie clip.
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Silsila continues in the Finals!