3. 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?
7. 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.
9. 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?
11. 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?
13. 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?
21. 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
23. 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custom superseded the British practice of an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
25. 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.
27. 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)
35. 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?
39. 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?
43. 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
47. Q23
Rovio 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
49. 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?
53. All questions are derived from Wikipedia text.
Thanks a lot Jimmy wales :).
Thanks to Madhu927 for the front page pic.
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