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India and Biz QuizGEC ThrissurShibin Azad and Amith MP27/3/2016

Prelims 25 questions 5,10,15,20,25 are starred questions

1) What is being transported?

2)Id the brand that is being advertised. It has moved away from its usual theme of enticement for this ad.

3)Sir Donald Friell McLeod was a Lieutenant Governor of British Punjab from 1865 to 1870.The famous McLeodGanj in Dharamsala is named after him.The following excerpt is from someone’s memoirs of Sir McLeod’s mission to evangelise the Gonds.“…. They proceeded to the highlands of the Jubbulpore district, which form the watershed of this part of the continent of India. The locality selected was near the source of the X , the famed Y or “ Waters of Immortality …. ”.Id X and Y.

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4) In an attempt to better develop their Artificial Intelligence tech, X introduced Tay, an AI designed to speak like a teenage girl, to Twitter.

It was, yet another perfect way to once again prove _______’s Law. Within 24 hours Tay had transformed from something of a friendly blank slate into a sex-crazed, Nazi-loving Donald Trump supporter

X and what is this law?

5) At the very end of a sharp essay on the religious idiocies of the Hindus and Muslims, published in the May 1935 issue of the magazine Manohar, X asked Indian Muslims to “for the sake of their humanity” learn from Turkey under Kemal Ataturk.“Just as it is my duty to repeatedly tell the Hindu nation to abandon its silly religious customs, observances and opinions in this age of science, so I will also tell Muslim society, which is an inevitable part of the Hindustani nation, that it should abandon as quickly as possible its troublesome habits as well as religious fanaticism for its own good”

6)BCL is India's first Sport-Reality Entertainment show where film and television actors are seen competing with each other in an indoor cricket game format. The logo shown is of Chennai Swaggers, which is one of the teams in it and whose owner is a Sachin fan. Id the owner.

7) Ankita Lokhande is an actress who made her debut with the serial ‘Pavitra Rishta’. Her co-star at the start of the serial was X, who later made his debut in a 2013 Hindi film based on a book. Id the co-star.

8) The sale of this item is legal in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and the District of Columbia. Isnpite of this $3.4 billion of this item was sold last year. What is this item?

9)“While Pele didn't speak to the media on his arrival, X , who captained India in the famous Asian Games winning campaign in 1962, revealed details of his brief interaction with the former Santos striker."I asked him whether he can play some football now," X informed. Pele however, replied in the negative. "No brother, I will not be able to play now," was Pele's reply to X

10) “If you can routinely return 3x, you’re considered one of the best VCs,” says Marc Andreessen.“If you can return 5x, it’s considered to be a home run. I took my math classes: 8x is seriously higher than 5x.” X along with his partner had generated 8.5x times their investment till now and a slew of self-made billionaires–including Ron Burkle, Eric Schmidt, Mark Cuban, David Geffen and Marc Benioff–gave them millions from their personal stashes to invest.X prefers to travel by Uber, which was one of the investments he has made. Who is this ‘venture capitalist’?

11) What has been blanked out?

12) This scheme was founded by Zara Aslam, in Pakistan, who herself had escaped kidnapping in an autorickshaw while she was a student. She had aimed to have 25 of them on road by mid-2016, while manufacturers have sent only 6. What is this scheme called?

13) Who was the only member of the constituent assembly who did not sign the constitution? He is famous for coining a slogan which we usually associate with another freedom fighter.

14) Id the person.

15)X had issued an order that one or more male members from the families of Hindu fishermen living in his domain should be brought up as Muslims. Who is X, and why was this order issued?

16) The logo for this campaign was designed by a member of the online brigade to spread awareness about cryptocurrency. It claims it will help develop entrepreneurialism and promote Truth-Logic-reason-Philosophical thinking needed in a free society. After whom is this named?

17)Id the painting and the painter

18)The documentary. ‘The Menstrual man’ is about Arunachalam Muruganatham. There was another documentary about him directed by Akansha Sood, which was a word play on the title of a popular German folk tale. What was the title of this documentary?

19) Most of us know him from the 2013 biopic film which was based on an autobiography co-written by Sonia Sanwalka.He was among the prisoners of 1971 war and was respected by Indian authorities during his imprisonment because of his international reputation even famously admired by Jawaharlal NehruThe then Indian prime minister, Indira Gandhi, even decided to release him but he heroically refused saying he would like to be released with his countrymen.Why would we Indians remember him particularly for something that happened in Lahore in 1960?

20) Investopedia defines these companies as those that continue to operate even though they are insolvent or near bankruptcy. They often become casualties to the high costs associated with certain operations, such as research and development. Most analysts expect these companies to be unable to meet their financial obligations and despite being non-functional or dead in a sense, they eat up the resources of the public exchequer. What are these companies/enterprises called?

21) Given here is the anthem of a reformist movement/organisation which was originally a social reform organisation focussing on education and the elimination of blood feuds.

Id the organisation / movement from their anthem. “We are the army of GodBy death or wealth unmoved,We march, our leader and we,Ready to die!

In the name of God, we marchAnd in his name, We dieWe serve in the name of GodGod's servant are we!

God is our king,And great is he,We serve our Lord,His slaves are we!

Our country's causeWe serve with our breath,For such an end,Glorious is death ……….”

22) The dish shown in the picture is supposed to have originally created by the Durban Indian community. It consists of a hollowed out loaf of bread filled with curry. One account suggests that migrant workers from India who were brought to South Africa to work the sugar cane plantations of Kwazulu-Natal (Port Natal) required a way of carrying their lunches to the field; a hollowed out loaf of bread was a convenient way to transport their vegetarian curries. Meat based fillings came later. It is also said that the dish got its name from a merchant community from India who first created this dish in the restaurants run by them. Id the dish/the caste.

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23) Sidin Vadukut writes in a livemint article that ‘One would expect X’s new book, Redeeming The Kamasutra, to bristle with confrontation from the get go. “I am not a confrontational person!” X insists over the phone. “I sit here quietly writing my books and people come at me.”

24) Created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane, he first appeared in Marvel Premiere #15 (May 1974). He is a practitioner of martial arts and the wielder of a mystical force known as the ____ ____, which allows him to summon and focus his chi. Id him or tell me why he would feature in an India quiz.

25) The following is the vital statistics associated with the construction of the outer surface of X :Disc frame: - Stainless steel tubes

Disc material: - stainless steel sheet

Gold leaf: - 28 gm of gold per 1000 leaves

Small convex discs: - 954

Large concave discs: - 461

Average diam. (large discs): - 2.3 meter

Average diam. (small discs): - 1.5 meter

Picture is that of X in construction phase follows . Id X.

Prelims Answers

1) What is being transported?

2)Id the brand that is being advertised. It has moved away from its usual theme of enticement for this ad.

3)Sir Donald Friell McLeod was a Lieutenant Governor of British Punjab from 1865 to 1870.The famous McLeodGanj in Dharamsala is named after him.The following excerpt is from someone’s memoirs of Sir McLeod’s mission to evangelise the Gonds.

“…. They proceeded to the highlands of the Jubbulpore district, which form the watershed of this part of the continent of India. The locality selected was near the source of the X , the famed Y or “ Waters of Immortality …. ”.

Id X and Y.

X-Narmada Y- Amarkantak

4) In an attempt to better develop their Artificial Intelligence tech, X introduced Tay, an AI designed to speak like a teenage girl, to Twitter.

It was, yet another perfect way to once again prove _______’s Law. Within 24 hours Tay had transformed from something of a friendly blank slate into a sex-crazed, Nazi-loving Donald Trump supporter

X and what is this law?

Microsoft Godwin’s Law

5) At the very end of a sharp essay on the religious idiocies of the Hindus and Muslims, published in the May 1935 issue of the magazine Manohar, X asked Indian Muslims to “for the sake of their humanity” learn from Turkey under Kemal Ataturk.“Just as it is my duty to repeatedly tell the Hindu nation to abandon its silly religious customs, observances and opinions in this age of science, so I will also tell Muslim society, which is an inevitable part of the Hindustani nation, that it should abandon as quickly as possible its troublesome habits as well as religious fanaticism for its own good”

X?

VD Savarkar

6)BCL is India's first Sport-Reality Entertainment show where film and television actors are seen competing with each other in an indoor cricket game format. The logo shown is of Chennai Swaggers, which is one of the teams in it and whose owner is a Sachin fan. Id the owner.

7) Ankita Lokhande is an actress who made her debut with the serial ‘Pavitra Rishta’. Her co-star at the start of the serial was X, who later made his debut in a 2013 Hindi film based on a book. Id the co-star.

Sushant Singh Rajput

8) The sale of this item is legal in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and the District of Columbia. Inspite of this $3.4 billion of this item was sold last year. What is this item?

9)“While Pele didn't speak to the media on his arrival, X , who captained India in the famous Asian Games winning campaign in 1962, revealed details of his brief interaction with the former Santos striker."I asked him whether he can play some football now," X informed. Pele however, replied in the negative. "No brother, I will not be able to play now," was Pele's reply to X

Chuni Goswami

10) “If you can routinely return 3x, you’re considered one of the best VCs,” says Marc Andreessen.“If you can return 5x, it’s considered to be a home run. I took my math classes: 8x is seriously higher than 5x.” X along with his partner had generated 8.5x times their investment till now and a slew of self-made billionaires–including Ron Burkle, Eric Schmidt, Mark Cuban, David Geffen and Marc Benioff–gave them millions from their personal stashes to invest.X prefers to travel by Uber, which was one of the investments he has made. Who is this ‘venture capitalist’?

Ashton Kutcher

11) What has been blanked out?

12) This scheme was founded by Zara Aslam, in Pakistan, who herself had escaped kidnapping in an autorickshaw while she was a student. She had aimed to have 25 of them on road by mid-2016, while manufacturers have sent only 6. What is this scheme called?

Pink rickshaw

13) Who was the only member of the constituent assembly who did not sign the constitution? He is famous for coining a slogan which we usually associate with another freedom fighter.

Hasrat Mohani

14) Id the person.

Andy Grove

15)X had issued an order that one or more male members from the families of Hindu fishermen living in his domain should be brought up as Muslims. Who is X, and why was this order issued?

X-Zamorin Male Hindus were supposed to lose their

caste when they crossed the seas. He wanted muslims for his navy.

16) The logo for this campaign was designed by a member of the online brigade to spread awareness about cryptocurrency. It claims it will help develop entrepreneurialism and promote Truth-Logic-reason-Philosophical thinking needed in a free society. After whom is this named?

Trumpcoin

17)Id the painting and the painter

The last supper Jamini Roy

18)The documentary. ‘The Menstrual man’ is about Arunachalam Muruganatham. There was another documentary about him directed by Akansha Sood, which was a word play on the title of a popular German folk tale. What was the title of this documentary?

19) Most of us know him from the 2013 biopic film which was based on an autobiography co-written by Sonia Sanwalka.He was among the prisoners of 1971 war and was respected by Indian authorities during his imprisonment because of his international reputation even famously admired by Jawaharlal NehruThe then Indian prime minister, Indira Gandhi, even decided to release him but he heroically refused saying he would like to be released with his countrymen.Why would we Indians remember him particularly for something that happened in Lahore in 1960?

This is Abdul Khaliq, who was defeated by Milkha Singh. Milkha Singh earned the epithet ‘The Flying Sikh’ after this.

20) Investopedia defines these companies as those that continue to operate even though they are insolvent or near bankruptcy. They often become casualties to the high costs associated with certain operations, such as research and development. Most analysts expect these companies to be unable to meet their financial obligations and despite being non-functional or dead in a sense, they eat up the resources of the public exchequer. What are these companies/enterprises called?

Zombie enterprises

21) Given here is the anthem of a reformist movement/organisation which was originally a social reform organisation focussing on education and the elimination of blood feuds.

Id the organisation / movement from their anthem. “We are the army of GodBy death or wealth unmoved,We march, our leader and we,Ready to die!

In the name of God, we marchAnd in his name, We dieWe serve in the name of GodGod's servant are we!

God is our king,And great is he,We serve our Lord,His slaves are we!

Our country's causeWe serve with our breath,For such an end,Glorious is death ……….”

Khudai Kidmatgars

22) The dish shown in the picture is supposed to have originally created by the Durban Indian community. It consists of a hollowed out loaf of bread filled with curry. One account suggests that migrant workers from India who were brought to South Africa to work the sugar cane plantations of Kwazulu-Natal (Port Natal) required a way of carrying their lunches to the field; a hollowed out loaf of bread was a convenient way to transport their vegetarian curries. Meat based fillings came later. It is also said that the dish got its name from a merchant community from India who first created this dish in the restaurants run by them. Id the dish/the caste.

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Bunny Chow / Baniyas

23) Sidin Vadukut writes in a livemint article that ‘One would expect X’s new book, Redeeming The Kamasutra, to bristle with confrontation from the get go. “I am not a confrontational person!” X insists over the phone. “I sit here quietly writing my books and people come at me.”

24) Created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane, he first appeared in Marvel Premiere #15 (May 1974). He is a practitioner of martial arts and the wielder of a mystical force known as the ____ ____, which allows him to summon and focus his chi. Id him or tell me why he would feature in an India quiz.

Iron Fist Military exercise conducted by the

Indian Air Force

25) The following is the vital statistics associated with the construction of the outer surface of X :Disc frame: - Stainless steel tubes

Disc material: - stainless steel sheet

Gold leaf: - 28 gm of gold per 1000 leaves

Small convex discs: - 954

Large concave discs: - 461

Average diam. (large discs): - 2.3 meter

Average diam. (small discs): - 1.5 meter

Picture is that of X in construction phase follows . Id X.

Matrimandir, Auroville

End of Prelims , Final follows…

The Finals !

Written round based on biopics Id the person the actor shown is

portraying 5 points each 5 points extra for getting all correct

Exchange answer sheets

Ramnath Goenka

Sarabjit Singh

Howard Hughes

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Joy Mongano

12 Questions Clockwise

1) In the 1996 elections in Modakkurichi, near Erode in Tamil Nadu the people unhappy with how the agricultural crisis faced by them was dealt by the govt, chose an unique way to protest. How did they protest? Also, what decision was taken by the Election commission to prevent such an incident occuring in the future?

And the answer is

1033 candidates stood for elections The Election commission increased the

deposit for contesting elections from 500 to 25000

2) “I have always been fascinated by technology. Smartron’s founding vision for the need for a robust product ecosystem in the country to grow is impressive. We need to support brands that are “designed and engineered in India” by our entrepreneurs and engineers that ably compete in the global markets”- X on investing in this tech startup.

Launched in August 2014, Smartron is pursuing the IoT wave by innovating in the areas of smart, sensor, robotics, artificial intelligence, cloud and big data technologies to bring next generation smart devices and services and is headed by Mahesh Lingareddy.

Id X?

And the answer is

Sachin Tendulkar

3) Id the brand being advertised.

And the answer is

Royal Enfield Himalayan

4) In the early 2001, Vajpayee had spent a week holidaying in Kerala, that was creating a counter-intuitive buzz courtesy of a tourism campaign called God's Own Country.

X ,the then Kerala tourism secretary seized the moment and took Vajpayee on a houseboat, showing him around the backwaters and narrating the story of a brand that was created out of the state's roots — traditional nalukettu houses, houseboats, martial arts, indigenous ayurveda and the like.

Ashok Saikia , a powerful person in the PMO had accompanied the PM on that vacation. A year later, Saikia used his influence to create a vacancy in the ministry of tourism, allowing X to move on to a pan-India stage and in the years ahead script the story of Y . Id X and Y. Also, tell me the present position that he holds.

And the answer is…..

X- Amitabh Kant, present CEO of NITI Aayog

Y- Incredible India

And the answer is

6)In the Ramayana, as Rama comes to know from Sugriva that the he happened to see a damsel being abducted by a Rakshasa in a Vimana, he becomes very grief-stricken.

Sugriva bade the monkeys to bring the bundle of jewels dropped by the damsel to confirm if it was Sita’s.Rama could not identify the jewels as his eyes were full of tears and pleads to Lakshmana to do it for him.

However, Lakshmana had a tough time in identifying the ornaments of Sita due to a particular reason, although he manages in the end to identify one particular ornament and confirmed it was Sita’s.Why was Lakshmana in a dilemma and which was the ornament?

(image in next slide)

Lakshmana never looked at Sita except at her feet. So he couldn’t identify her bangles, chains etc. However he was able to identify her anklets.

7) Which Hindi film song was ‘inspired’ from this Elvis Presley song?

And the answer is….

Kaun hai jo sapno mein ayaa

8)Till 1999 no woman was allowed entry to the Lord’s pavilion when a match was going on. Elizabeth II was the sole exception to this. As Queen of England, she is, of course, Patron of the Marylebone Cricket Club(MCC).

X, born on Jan 26,1956, is a famous Indian Women’s test cricketer.In 1986, X was refused entry to the Lord’s Pavilion while captaining India on their tour of England.She quipped that MCC, should change its name to ____ __________ ____, a befitting one in the context.

Give me both X and the blank.

X- Diana Edulji Male Chauvinist Pigs

10) On March 7, 1964, Current, a Bombay based tabloid, edited by D.F. Karaka, published a letter(in the next slide) from X (first pic) to the Governor-General of India dated July 28, 1924, from Sitapur jail in the United Provinces (U.P.) where he was serving a four-year sentence in the Kanpur Conspiracy Case.

Allegedly, this letter, apart from a few other prominent reasons pertaining to world politics, also played a not so trivial role that resulted in something, which resulted in the second picture.

And the answer is…….

SA Dange 1964 CPI-CPM split The second pic is THE NINE MEMBERS of the first

Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) after the 1964 split in the Communist movement: (standing, from left) P. Ramamurthi, Basavapunniah, E.M.S. Namboodiripad and Harkishan Singh Surjeet; (sitting, from left) Promode Dasgupta, Jyoti Basu, Sundarayya, B.T. Ranadive and A.K. Gopalan.

11) This College of agriculture located in Thiruvananthapuram, was the summer house of Maharani Sethu Lakshmi bai. She named the main building ‘lalindloch’ after her daughters Lalithamba bayi and Indira bayi and a geographical entity where some events of the 2015 national games were held?

And the answer is…….

Vellayani Lake

12) Parbati Barua , a name that befits her habits, is the daughter of PC Barua, the late Rajah of Gauripur popularly known as “Lalji”.He was an eccentric and uncanny hunter who killed over 40 tigers and twice as many leopards in his lifetime.The abolition of the maharajahs' privy purses in 1970, an act which cut off the Indian aristocracy's final vestiges of privilege and power found Lalji broke, there was no room for princes in modern India, so Lalji retreated into the forests along with his daughter .Something he did to survive thereafter, would later help bring a unique distinction to his daughter. What unique distinction ?

The only woman elephant mahout.They would capture and sell elephants

Written round based on random images 5 points each

Exchange answer sheets

Pranab Mukherjee

Lokmanya Tilak

Donna Karan

Queen Elizabeth Maharani Gayathri Devi

Evan Spiegel

Anti-Clockwise 12 Questions

1) India’s folklore holds several theories regarding its arrival to the country. One legend holds that Lord Krishna went to Africa and returned with the seeds, while other Hindu myth allege that the trees came into creation when the demons and gods churned the sea. It is also believed that the Parijaat that Krishna brought for Satyabhama from heaven was the same kind.

At Kintur, near Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, there is a sacred one of this kind and is called Parijaat itself. Likewise, Savanur, a small town located in the Haveri District of Karnataka, boasts of three majestic trees reputed to be the oldest in the country. Each of them is allegedly over 5,000 years old (without tree rings, none can say for sure)

(image of the seeds in the next slide)

2) Local legend has it that the Yarkandi village stood guarding the place and the Balti traders ,their southern neighbours, used this place to barter their goods with Central Asian merchants. One day, the Yarkandis decided to visit the Baltis. They descended from their village, but before returning north, they could not resist taking away a beautiful Balti girl. The offence could not remain unpunished.The Baltis contacted a local cleric, who gave them an amulet to be placed on the summit of the Bilafond pass on the Saltoro ridge. The villagers were told to strictly follow the priest’s instructions and come back via Nubra valley. However, the Baltis performed only the first part of the ritual. After leaving the amulet on the pass, they did not use the Nubra track to return.Legend says that a terrible storm destroyed the Yarkandi village and as the ritual was not completely followed , a few stones and flowers remained.The place gets its name from the flowers pictured in the next slide.

Siachen

3) This author published a story set in India in the aftermath of the events of 1857. Titled Le Maison A Vapeur, or The Steam House. The novel was published in 1880, and had several alternative titles such as The Demon of Cawnpore, The End of Nana Sahib and Tigers and Traitors.

Excerpts from the book “whether men women or children, English or

native, were completely astounded by a sight which met their eyes…drawing the caravan, came a gigantic elephant. ”

“In fact, this elephant was really encased in steel, and an actual steam engine was concealed within its sides.”

Who was this author?

4) X is the name of a fortified wine made from white grapes that are grown near the town of Jerez de la Fontera in Andalusia, Spain. It is an anglicization of Xerxes(Jerez). The drink was previously known as sack and has protected designation of origin status. The drink shares its name with an Indian cricketer whose wife has the same first name as the cricketer.

Id the drink and the cricketer?

Sherry Navjot Singh Sidhu

5) According to the official website of the municipality of this town , “The folklore associated with its name dates from when the Portuguese arrived in this land to set up their regime. The area was marshy. The Portuguese explorers used to wear long rubber boots that when sunk in the marshy land would make a typical sound that is < name of the town >According to Wikipedia , The literaral meaning of the reduplicated place is "Filthy Place“Following pictures show a memorial that was built as a tribute to a historical event that happened in the proximity.Id the place and the memorial. And also tell me what inspired the design of the memorial.

And the answer is……

Budge-Budge Kirpan inspired the design of the memorial

6) It has been found that the use of 5 senses is important for people to enjoy their food. Studies have revealed that the people who cannot hear do not enjoy wafers or papads as much as those who can hear.

“Sound of the sea” is a dish made by 3 Michelin star chef Heston Blumenthal. What is given to the people along with headphones so that they can use their hearing and enjoy the food better?

7)Legend has it that the king was named so considering the fact that he was born with poison in his hand, a side effect from his father Bahu’s second wife trying to poison his mother.

Once, X decided to perform an Ashwamedha Yajna. Indra , who thought this would make X very powerful, stole the horse and tied it near Sage Kapila’s Ashram.

Each one of 60000 of X’s sons, while searching for the horse, dug massive pits on earth. This particular legend answers as to why certain geographical entities, Y, are named so.

Later, mistaking Sage Kapila for stealing the horse, X’s men disturbs him and Kapila reduced them to ashes.

Centuries later, coming to know that only P could save the sons from their ill-fate, Q, an heir of X, with significant help from Mahadeva, performs a magnanimous feat that would help them attain moksha.

Id X,Y,P and Q

X –Sagara (Sa – With , Gara – Poison )

Y – Oceans (got their name Sagaras from Sagara Puthras)

P – Ganga (legend that the waters of Ganga helps attain Moksha)

Q – Sage Bhageeratha

8) What ‘new generation’ method of protest was adopted by the employees of IDBI bank against the privatization move of the bank by the government?

They observed a Twitter Maha login day and tweeted using #saveidbibank

9) The Government of India has always been weaving strategy with hospitality to decide its chief guest for every Republic Day. The choice of chief guest every year is dictated by a number of reasons — strategic and diplomatic, business interests and international geo-politics.

For the 2015 Republic Day parade, the Modi government had invited Barack Obama, which was his second visit as the US President to India. In 2016 ,it was Francois Hollande and we made several key strategic partner on defence and nuclear issues.

In 1998, X came to India as the Republic Day chief guest as the President of his country while he had been chief guest in 1976 as the Prime Minister of his country, a very unique record.

Id X.

And the answer is…

Jacques Chirac

10) Snap of a page from the book “Kaapirikalude Naatil” by SK Pottekatt. Id the name of the company that has been blanked out.

11) This temple is named after a spider, a snake and an elephant who were staunch devotees of Lord Shiva. The elephant used to clean the Shiva linga by carrying water in its trunk, the spider used to protect it by weaving its web and the snake used to place its precious gem to adorn the deity. Which is this temple that is located in Tirupati?

Sree Kalahasti Sree – Spider Kala – Snake Hasthi – Elephant

12) This 50 rupee note was issued by Seychelles between 1968 and 1973. Some believe that the error had kept in inadvertently while others believe it was deliberate. The note is collectible value and was sold at an auction. What was the anomaly?

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