4. According to the ancient medical concept of Humorism a lack or excess of
one of the four 'humors' or bodily fluids, affects certain human moods,
emotions and behaviours.
__X__ is the mental state of depression, depicted in this painting, caused by
the excess of the black bile humor and is named after Greek for 'black bile'.
Since the black bile was originally thought to arise from liver or spleen,
another anxiety disorder __Y__ takes its name from Greek for 'under the
cartilage', a reference to the location of the organs causing the black bile.
Name X, Y and the painter.
1
5. The common name of this semi-aquatic marine
mammal is thought to derive from Dutch ‘Walvis’
meaning whale and an old Norse word for ‘Horse’,
thus meaning ‘Horse-whale’.
The scientific name of the animal is Odobenus
rosmarus.
The name Odobenus is of Greek origin and comes
from a certain unique trait seen in these creatures
when they haul their enormous bodies out of water.
A) Which animal?
B) What is the meaning of 'Odobenus'?
2
6. He was an officer of British East India company who
served in Bengal in the 18th century.
He wrote about a (now debunked) theory of history
of Chess that states that a four-handed dice-chess
game (Chaturaji) was a precursor to present day
Chess and originated in India in about 3000 BC.
A town in the erstwhile Bengal was named after
him.
Name the person or the town that is a major tourist
attraction for a certain natural terrestrial feature.
3
7. The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth
nearly 70 metres long, which depicts the
events leading up to the Norman conquest of
England in the 11th century.
The section of the tapestry shown here shows
an event about six months before the Norman
Conquest of England in 1066. As seen in the
picture, this event was considered a bad
omen.
What event is being depicted?
4
8.
9. The crop depicted on this coat of arms of Botswana is a major
grain cultivated in Southern Africa.
The Indian name for this cereal grain comes from the Sanskrit
word yavākāra and the English name traces its origin to ancient
times when a country in present day Asia was the major source
of the grain.
A) What is the English name?
B) Which island mentioned in the Ramayana is believed to take
its name because of abundance of this grain?
5
10. Derived from the Greek words for
'Beautiful formation', the name of
what device patented by Sir David
Brewster in 1817 is appropriately a
collective noun for Butterflies?
6
11. Next 2 slides show a painting by the same
painter and a monument each.
The monuments are situated at two places
X and Y of historical significance in 20th
century.
In each slide, the place where the
monument is located is named after the
tree depicted in the painting.
Name the painter and the places X and Y.
7
14. Over 2000 nuclear tests have been carried out
worldwide since the first nuclear test in USA in 1945
and subsequent nuclear bombings of Japan. Among
the by-products of these tests are the isotopes
Caesium-137 and Strontium-90. These isotopes do
not occur in nature and are produced as result of
nuclear fallout.
According to a research, these non-naturally
occurring isotopes of Caesium and Strontium can be
now effectively used to curb certain type of crime.
Which crime?
8
15. He was a 17th century Moravian Jesuit missionary and the
author of the first descriptions of the flora and fauna in
Philippines.
Botanist Carl Linnaeus named a genus of flowering plants
in his honour. This genus, whose most prevalent flower in
India is shown here is known by the name cháhuā in China.
A) Who?
B) What is the name of the genus?
9
16. This is a scene from 2010 Hollywood movie
Inception.
This scene is a reference to a British mathematician
and a Dutch artist.
Name both.
10
17.
18. This genus of the scale insect is known by a 2 word name that is
related to two shades of red colour X and Y.
X is a red dye derived from the dried bodies of the females of the
insect. Name of this dye comes from the Arabic 'qirmiz' meaning
'Red'.
Pigment Y comes from Cinnabar, the common ore of mercury. Its
name comes from the French word for 'worm'. The name Y is used
because of similarity of the pigment to the natural red dye made from
this insect.
Give X and Y or the complete name of the genus.
11
21. In 1950s, in USSR, there was an official
censorship of western music. To overcome this
ban, hipsters in the Soviet Union, called
Stilyagi found a dirt cheap way to copy
western records that would make way into
Soviet Union through Eastern Europe.
These copied records were called
'Roentgenizdat'. How were these records
copied?
13
22. A text from A C Doyle’s ‘Man with a twisted Lip’:
“…Had I been recognized in that den, my life would not have been
worth an hour's purchase; for I have used it before now for my own
purposes, and the ------ly ------ who runs it has sworn to have
vengeance upon me.”
The two adjectives used by Holmes, with negative connotation
blanked here are anagrams.
The first adjective comes from French meaning ‘member of an
unruly mob’.
The second word was used by the British for a militiaman from the
Indian Subcontinent, employed on European ships and comes from
the Persian word for ‘army’.
Name both 6-lettered anagrams.
14
23. As a tribute to a 1952 literary work, what
is the HTTP status code used when the
resource access is denied as a
consequence of censorship from
government?
15
24. Based on an
archaeological discovery
in the 1840s, this is an
artist's rendition of one
of the most famous
'collections' of ancient
world. The ‘collection’ is
named after a king
mentioned in the Bible
as the ‘Great and noble
Osnappar'.
What is this the an
artistic depiction of?
16
25. A) Thanks to its shape,
such scarf is named for a
19th century German
astronomer.
B) Since primarily used for
covering the head, such
scarf is named for Sanskrit
word for 'bond'.
17
Name these fashion accessories
26. Jean-François Champollion is the French
scholar known for his work in deciphering
the Egyptian hieroglyphs on the Rosetta
stone.
Considered to be the first major success in
understanding the phonetic nature of the
hieroglyphs, while working on the symbols,
Champollion came across this set of four
characters. He identified the last two
identical characters as the letter 's'. He
guessed that the first character, bring a
circle must represent ‘Sun’ or this Egyptian
Sun god. Thus he could see that only one
Pharaonic name could be represented by
these characters.
What name of a group of 11 Pharaoh
leaders was thus deciphered?
18
27. One possible explanation of this phrase is that it derives from
the British House of Commons.
Arguments in the House are often heated. To deter members
of opposing parties from attacking each other, two parallel
red lines are marked, two sword-lengths apart, on the floor of
the house. MPs are expected to stay behind these lines when
a speech is in progress.
What phrase?
19
28. As seen here, on top of the City palace at Jaipur, two royal
flags are fluttering. This tradition of using two flags, one full
and another of a quarter size of the full is believed to have
started after a conversation between Mughal emperor
Aurangzeb and Jaipur ruler Jai Singh II.
What epithet is believed to have been used by Aurangzeb
for the Jaipur ruler, as symbolized by the two flags?
20
29. What autobiographical work written in the
now extinct Chagatai language begins with
"In the month of Ramadan in year 899 and in
twelfth year of my age, I became ruler in the
country of Farghana..."
21
30. This instrument, as defined on Encyclopaedia Britannica is an
"instrument of unknown origin but going back to the 16th-
century English mathematician Leonard Digges; it is used to
measure horizontal and vertical angles. In its modern form it
consists of a telescope mounted to swivel both horizontally
and vertically."
In 1802, for a scientific project, this instrument, weighing half
a ton was shipped to India from England. On the way, it was
captured by the French and taken to Mauritius. However,
realizing that it was no weapon, it was eventually returned by
the French to Madras with good wishes.
A) What is this instrument called and
B) For what scientific project was it used?
22
31.
32. From Darwin’s Origin of Species:
"Hence, as more individuals are produced than can possibly
survive, there must in every case be a struggle for existence,
either one individual with another of the same species, or with
the individuals of distinct species, or with the physical
conditions of life. It is the doctrine of _______ applied with
manifold force to the whole animal and vegetable kingdoms;
for in this case there can be no artificial increase of food.
Although some species may be now increasing, more or less
rapidly, in numbers, all cannot do so, for the world would not
hold them."
Give the blanked name of English economist and demographer
whose name survives in dictionary as an adjective for certain
type of catastrophe.
23
33. What is the common name of Vitamin B9
that comes from the Latin word for 'Leaf'
because it is found naturally in green
leafy vegetables?
24
34. A) Due to its resemblance
to an anatomical feature
of certain creature, what
is such pattern used for
floor tiling called?
B) Due to its resemblance to
a setup used for a popular
children playground game
what is such tiling pattern
called?
25 Starting with ‘H…’
36. According to the ancient medical concept of Humorism a lack or excess of
one of the four 'humors' or bodily fluids, affects certain human moods,
emotions and behaviours.
__X__ is the mental state of depression, depicted in this painting, caused by
the excess of the black bile humor and is named after Greek for 'black bile'.
Since the black bile was originally thought to arise from liver or spleen,
another anxiety disorder __Y__ takes its name from Greek for 'under the
cartilage', a reference to the location of the organs causing the black bile.
Name X, Y and the painter.
1
38. The common name of this semi-aquatic marine
mammal is thought to derive from Dutch ‘Walvis’
meaning whale and an old Norse word for ‘Horse’,
thus meaning ‘Horse-whale’.
The scientific name of the animal is Odobenus
rosmarus.
The name Odobenus is of Greek origin and comes
from a certain unique trait seen in these creatures
when they haul their enormous bodies out of water.
A) Which animal?
B) What is the meaning of 'Odobenus'?
2
39. A. Walrus.
B. The compound Odobenus comes from odous (Greek for
'tooth') and baino (Greek for 'walk'), based on observations
of walruses using their tusks to pull themselves out of the
water. (Tooth walker)
40. He was an officer of British East India company who
served in Bengal in the 18th century.
He wrote about a (now debunked) theory of history
of Chess that states that a four-handed dice-chess
game (Chaturaji) was a precursor to present day
Chess and originated in India in about 3000 BC.
A town in the erstwhile Bengal was named after
him.
Name the person or the town that is a major tourist
attraction for a certain natural terrestrial feature.
3
42. The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth
nearly 70 metres long, which depicts the
events leading up to the Norman conquest of
England in the 11th century.
The section of the tapestry shown here shows
an event about six months before the Norman
Conquest of England in 1066. As seen in the
picture, this event was considered a bad
omen.
What event is being depicted?
4
45. The crop depicted on this coat of arms of Botswana is a major
grain cultivated in Southern Africa.
The Indian name for this cereal grain comes from the Sanskrit
word yavākāra and the English name traces its origin to ancient
times when a country in present day Asia was the major source
of the grain.
A) What is the English name?
B) Which island mentioned in the Ramayana is believed to take
its name because of abundance of this grain?
5
46. A) Sorghum from Syricum (gramen) "(grass) of
Syria“.
Indian name Jowar from Sanskrit Yava
B) Java
47. Derived from the Greek words for
'Beautiful formation', the name of
what device patented by Sir David
Brewster in 1817 is appropriately a
collective noun for Butterflies?
6
49. Next 2 slides show a painting by the same
painter and a monument each.
The monuments are situated at two places
X and Y of historical significance in 20th
century.
In each slide, the place where the
monument is located is named after the
tree depicted in the painting.
Name the painter and the places X and Y.
7
52. Gustav Klimt paintings titled Buchenwald and
Birkenwald
X : Buchenwald means beech forest
Y : Birkenwald means Birch forest.
Buchenwald and Birkenau (Auschwitz II), two
of the largest Nazi concentration camps are
named after the Beech tree and Birch tree.
53. Over 2000 nuclear tests have been carried out
worldwide since the first nuclear test in USA in 1945
and subsequent nuclear bombings of Japan. Among
the by-products of these tests are the isotopes
Caesium-137 and Strontium-90. These isotopes do
not occur in nature and are produced as result of
nuclear fallout.
According to a research, these non-naturally
occurring isotopes of Caesium and Strontium can be
now effectively used to curb certain type of crime.
Which crime?
8
54. Selling of Fake art.
This activity released isotopes into the environment
that do not occur naturally. Tiny traces of these
isotopes, caesium-137 and strontium-90,
permeated soil and plant life and ended up in all
post-war paintings through the natural oils used as
binding agents for paints.
Any work of art purporting to be more than 63 years
old that registers trace amounts of the two isotopes
can therefore be definitively declared a fake.
55. He was a 17th century Moravian Jesuit missionary and the
author of the first descriptions of the flora and fauna in
Philippines.
Botanist Carl Linnaeus named a genus of flowering plants
in his honour. This genus, whose most prevalent flower in
India is shown here is known by the name cháhuā in China.
A) Who?
B) What is the name of the genus?
9
56. A) Georg Joseph Kamel, after whom the genus
Camellia is named.
B) Camellia Sinensis is the tea shrub (Chahua in
Chinese)
57. This is a scene from 2010 Hollywood movie
Inception.
This scene is a reference to a British mathematician
and a Dutch artist.
Name both.
10
60. This genus of the scale insect is known by a 2 word name that is
related to two shades of red colour X and Y.
X is a red dye derived from the dried bodies of the females of the
insect. Name of this dye comes from the Arabic 'qirmiz' meaning
'Red'.
Pigment Y comes from Cinnabar, the common ore of mercury. Its
name comes from the French word for 'worm'. The name Y is used
because of similarity of the pigment to the natural red dye made from
this insect.
Give X and Y or the complete name of the genus.
11
65. In 1950s, in USSR, there was an official
censorship of western music. To overcome this
ban, hipsters in the Soviet Union, called
Stilyagi found a dirt cheap way to copy
western records that would make way into
Soviet Union through Eastern Europe.
These copied records were called
'Roentgenizdat'. How were these records
copied?
13
66. The album copy would be etched into X-Rays
collected through hospital waste bins and cut into a
crude round shape. Hence the name
'Roentgenizdat’
67. A text from A C Doyle’s ‘Man with a twisted Lip’:
“…Had I been recognized in that den, my life would not have been
worth an hour's purchase; for I have used it before now for my own
purposes, and the ------ly ------ who runs it has sworn to have
vengeance upon me.”
The two adjectives used by Holmes, with negative connotation
blanked here are anagrams.
The first adjective comes from French meaning ‘member of an
unruly mob’.
The second word was used by the British for a militiaman from the
Indian Subcontinent, employed on European ships and comes from
the Persian word for ‘army’.
Name both 6-lettered anagrams.
14
68. “…Had I been recognized in that den my life would
not have been worth an hour's purchase; for I have
used it before now for my own purposes, and the
rascally Lascar who runs it has sworn to have
vengeance upon me.”
69. As a tribute to a 1952 literary work, what
is the HTTP status code used when the
resource access is denied as a
consequence of censorship from
government?
15
70. Error 451, a tribute to Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit
451.
71. Based on an
archaeological discovery
in the 1840s, this is an
artist's rendition of one
of the most famous
'collections' of ancient
world. The ‘collection’ is
named after a king
mentioned in the Bible
as the ‘Great and noble
Osnappar'.
What is this the an
artistic depiction of?
16
73. A) Thanks to its shape,
such scarf is named for a
19th century German
astronomer.
B) Since primarily used for
covering the head, such
scarf is named for Sanskrit
word for 'bond'.
17
Name these fashion accessories
75. Jean-François Champollion is the French
scholar known for his work in deciphering
the Egyptian hieroglyphs on the Rosetta
stone.
Considered to be the first major success in
understanding the phonetic nature of the
hieroglyphs, while working on the symbols,
Champollion came across this set of four
characters. He identified the last two
identical characters as the letter 's'. He
guessed that the first character, bring a
circle must represent ‘Sun’ or this Egyptian
Sun god. Thus he could see that only one
Pharaonic name could be represented by
these characters.
What name of a group of 11 Pharaoh
leaders was thus deciphered?
18
76. The sun god being ‘Ra’ and the last letters being ‘s
s’, the only name to fit in was Rameses.
77. One possible explanation of this phrase is that it derives from
the British House of Commons.
Arguments in the House are often heated. To deter members
of opposing parties from attacking each other, two parallel
red lines are marked, two sword-lengths apart, on the floor of
the house. MPs are expected to stay behind these lines when
a speech is in progress.
What phrase?
19
79. As seen here, on top of the City palace at Jaipur, two royal
flags are fluttering. This tradition of using two flags, one full
and another of a quarter size of the full is believed to have
started after a conversation between Mughal emperor
Aurangzeb and Jaipur ruler Jai Singh II.
What epithet is believed to have been used by Aurangzeb
for the Jaipur ruler, as symbolized by the two flags?
20
80. Title conferred by Aurangzeb was ‘Sawai’.
“Sawai” means “The One and a quarter” from Hindi
‘Sawa’ signifying that the emperor is one and
quarter above the normal in intelligence.
The small flag is the extra quarter size flag.
81. What autobiographical work written in the
now extinct Chagatai language begins with
"In the month of Ramadan in year 899 and in
twelfth year of my age, I became ruler in the
country of Farghana..."
21
83. This instrument, as defined on Encyclopaedia Britannica is an
"instrument of unknown origin but going back to the 16th-
century English mathematician Leonard Digges; it is used to
measure horizontal and vertical angles. In its modern form it
consists of a telescope mounted to swivel both horizontally
and vertically."
In 1802, for a scientific project, this instrument, weighing half
a ton was shipped to India from England. On the way, it was
captured by the French and taken to Mauritius. However,
realizing that it was no weapon, it was eventually returned by
the French to Madras with good wishes.
A) What is this instrument called and
B) For what scientific project was it used?
22
84.
85. A) Theodolite used to measure the angles to
construct Indian map as small triangles.
B) The project was the Great trigonometric survey
of India.
86. From Darwin’s Origin of Species:
"Hence, as more individuals are produced than can possibly
survive, there must in every case be a struggle for existence,
either one individual with another of the same species, or with
the individuals of distinct species, or with the physical
conditions of life. It is the doctrine of _______ applied with
manifold force to the whole animal and vegetable kingdoms;
for in this case there can be no artificial increase of food.
Although some species may be now increasing, more or less
rapidly, in numbers, all cannot do so, for the world would not
hold them."
Give the blanked name of English economist and demographer
whose name survives in dictionary as an adjective for certain
type of catastrophe.
23
90. A) Due to its resemblance
to an anatomical feature
of certain creature, what
is such pattern used for
floor tiling called?
B) Due to its resemblance to
a setup used for a popular
children playground game
what is such tiling pattern
called?
25 Starting with ‘H…’
93. What 6 letter word is:
1) Upper hoist (left) quarter of a national flag, such
as the field of stars in the flag of the United States or
Sun of May in flag of Uruguay.
2) The conventional name of a region in China that
lends its name to one of the official languages of
Hong Kong.
26
94. In his pioneering work on zoology
History of Animals, Aristotle
compares the shape of mouth-
apparatus of this marine creature
__X__ with a certain household
device __Y__ of Aristotle’s time.
_Y_ is also the word used for such
construction placed on top of a
building to admit light.
So, the chewing organ of this
creature is known by the name
Aristotle’s _Y_.
Name X, Y.
27
95. This now extinct bird endemic to a particular
country appears on banknotes, coins, passport
and coat of arms of the country.
Popular as an icon of extinction, the name of
the bird survives in some English phrases to
mean something no longer popular. Name the
bird and the country.
28
96. In March-2016, these Swastika shaped cufflinks
belonging to Hitler were sold at an auction. These
cufflinks were reportedly a personal gift to Hitler
from Benito Mussolini.
What 6 lettered word is the symbol at the centre of
the Swastika?
Larger image follows.
29
97.
98. Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is supposed to be inspired from
the painter's walk down a lane in Oslo in 1883. According to a
research in 2004, the unusual blood-red sky depicted in the painting
may not be a pigment of the painter's imagination but can be
scientifically explained.
According to the research, for a few months, late in 1883, the sky, as
viewed from the Northern hemisphere would have caused unusually
red twilight glows as depicted in the painting, thanks to a certain
natural event.
What event?
30
99. Thanks to the geographical locations
of these countries what connects the
national flags of Australia, Brazil,
Papua New Guinea and Samoa?
31
100. This stamp depicts Greek polymath Thale‘s
discovery in 6th century BC that a certain fossilized
mineral when rubbed against fur, develops the
ability to attract light objects like feather.
A) Name the fossilized mineral shown on the stamp.
B) What common English word related to this
discovery comes from the Latin word for this fossil?
32
101. A) Name the cartoonist who created this
mysterious animal in 1936.
B) According to OED, the name of what form
of transport is inspired by this character's
name?
33
102. From the footprint of the creature
that appears on this logo, identify the
airlines and the country it serves.
34
103. A) Which early 20th century physiologist's research is
being parodied here?
B) What is blanked?
35
104. In 2009, this national leader, X renamed a major tourist
attraction in his country to the local name Kerepakupai-
Merú. In the announcement, X said : "This is ours, long
before Y arrived here. One could say Y was the first person
to see it from a plane. But how many millions of indigenous
eyes saw it, and prayed to it?"
In 1999, X also passed a new constitution to change the
official name of the country.
X) Name the leader X
Y) What is the tourist attraction, better known by the name
of the American aviator Y?
Z) What is the present official name of the country?
36
105. A 2009 research found that a herb called Hemlock water
dropwort , popularly known as "water celery" contains
highly toxic chemicals which could make facial muscles
contract into a grimace.
This research gives credence to legends that in ancient
times, on a certain Mediterranean island, replete with
this herb, Phoenician colonists would feed the herb to
elderly people who could no longer take care of
themselves as an intoxicating potion that put a smile on
their face on death bed.
Thanks to the legends, what word comes from the name
of this island?
37
106. This is an area with a high concentration of high-
tech industries in the outskirts of Tel Aviv in Israel.
This region has R&D facilities for several hi-tech
companies.
This region is quite aptly known by the 2-word
nickname X-Y.
Y is the Hebrew word of Arabic origin for a certain
natural geological formation. Word Y also appears
in several Bollywood songs for such formation.
What is the 2 word name?
38
107. In 1960s, CIA made several unsuccessful attempts
to kill or cause public embarrassment for Cuban
dictator Fidel Castro.
One of such covert operations was to contaminate
Castro's iconic cigar with Thallium sulphate. This
chemical, also used for certain medical
applications, if inhaled in significant quantity, was
supposed to cause a 'Character assassination' of
Castro.
How was thallium poisoning supposed to humiliate
Castro?
39
108. Recently, Russian tour operators have reported a surge
of tourist interest in a hitherto little-known
archipelago located in far North-East of the country.
Dubbed by tourism industry observers as the an
example of 'shapecation' trend, the interest in this
remote archipelago is due to the resemblance of the
main island's map (shown here) to a certain 'shape'
associated with a 85 year old Russian Nobel laureate.
A) Who?
Y) What was the reason in the tourist interest in this
archipelago?
40
109.
110. In a novel initiative for road safety, in April 2016, authorities in
German city of Augsburg installed such LED lights on some
crosswalks. What purpose do these lights serve?
41
111. In April 2016, a group of marketing agencies designed and installed
such billboards at a few places in Rio De Janeiro. Illuminated by
fluorescent lights, these billboards employ a special design for
emitting a solution containing carbon dioxide and lactic acid from the
board.
The billboard is not used for commercial advertisements.
A) What is the purpose of these billboards?
B) What two words are blanked out?
42
112. According to Webster's dictionary, this word X,
used to represent countries of the East,
especially Asia, comes from the Sanskrit word
'Arnoti' meaning 'rising', thus a reference to the
direction of sunrise.
The word Y, an antonym to X represents
countries of the West, especially America and
Europe. Y comes from Latin '-cedre' meaning
'fall', thus a reference to the direction of sunset.
X, Y?
43
113. American artist Peter Halley has taken over
5,000 square feet of an exhibition hall in Frank-
furt turning its huge dome into a futuristic
exploration of architecture.
Called The Schirn Ring, the installation is open
to the public till August 2016.
A) What is this Art Installation inspired by
B) Why is it called the 'Schirn Ring'?
44
114.
115.
116.
117.
118. During the second Punic war, this Roman general mastered
the strategy of waging a war of slow attrition avoiding
direct confrontation whenever possible. Due to his
expertise in such Guerrilla warfare tactics he was known
by a nickname __X__ meaning 'delayer'.
Being an epitome of slow rather than revolutionary
change, this organization __Y__ (with the symbol shown)
founded in 1884 was named after him.
X, Y?
45
119. Saguinus imperator is a species of tamarin monkey found in the
Amazon basin.
Its popular name is ‘Emperor Tamarin‘. The adjective ‘Emperor’
in its name allegedly comes from its resemblance to an early
20th century leader who was also the eldest grandchild of the
British Queen Victoria.
Who?
46
120. Identify these two Nobel laureates who
served as ‘Ambassador to India’ in 1950s
and 1960s respectively.
47
121. This is an illustration of a
Children’s poem “Who
killed ---- -----”describing
details of cremation of a
character.
In 1821, English poet Lord
Byron wrote a parody of
this poem, replacing the
name of the character in
the title with the name of
another English poet and
one of his arch rivals.
Give the title of the poem
and the title of the parody.
48
122. Conceding their entire coastlines to
newly formed nations, name the two
countries that turned landlocked and
joined the ‘former Naval Power’ club
in 1991 and 2006.
49
126. Referencing the name of their father, the collective
name for these four sages, created at the beginning
of the process of creation :
Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanandana and Sanatkumara
130. What 6 letter word is:
1) Upper hoist (left) quarter of a national flag, such
as the field of stars in the flag of the United States or
Sun of May in flag of Uruguay.
2) The conventional name of a region in China that
lends its name to one of the official languages of
Hong Kong.
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132. In his pioneering work on zoology
History of Animals, Aristotle
compares the shape of mouth-
apparatus of this marine creature
__X__ with a certain household
device __Y__ of Aristotle’s time.
_Y_ is also the word used for such
construction placed on top of a
building to admit light.
So, the chewing organ of this
creature is known by the name
Aristotle’s _Y_.
Name X, Y.
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134. This now extinct bird endemic to a particular
country appears on banknotes, coins, passport
and coat of arms of the country.
Popular as an icon of extinction, the name of
the bird survives in some English phrases to
mean something no longer popular. Name the
bird and the country.
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136. In March-2016, these Swastika shaped cufflinks
belonging to Hitler were sold at an auction. These
cufflinks were reportedly a personal gift to Hitler
from Benito Mussolini.
What 6 lettered word is the symbol at the centre of
the Swastika?
Larger image follows.
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137.
138. Fasces, with the axe in the middle of the bundle of
rods, the origin of the term Fascism and the symbol
for Mussolini’s National Fascist party.
139. Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is supposed to be inspired from
the painter's walk down a lane in Oslo in 1883. According to a
research in 2004, the unusual blood-red sky depicted in the painting
may not be a pigment of the painter's imagination but can be
scientifically explained.
According to the research, for a few months, late in 1883, the sky, as
viewed from the Northern hemisphere would have caused unusually
red twilight glows as depicted in the painting, thanks to a certain
natural event.
What event?
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143. This stamp depicts Greek polymath Thale‘s
discovery in 6th century BC that a certain fossilized
mineral when rubbed against fur, develops the
ability to attract light objects like feather.
A) Name the fossilized mineral shown on the stamp.
B) What common English word related to this
discovery comes from the Latin word for this fossil?
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145. A) Name the cartoonist who created this
mysterious animal in 1936.
B) According to OED, the name of what form
of transport is inspired by this character's
name?
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151. In 2009, this national leader, X renamed a major tourist
attraction in his country to the local name Kerepakupai-
Merú. In the announcement, X said : "This is ours, long
before Y arrived here. One could say Y was the first person
to see it from a plane. But how many millions of indigenous
eyes saw it, and prayed to it?"
In 1999, X also passed a new constitution to change the
official name of the country.
X) Name the leader X
Y) What is the tourist attraction, better known by the name
of the American aviator Y?
Z) What is the present official name of the country?
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152. X – Hugo Chavez
Y – Angel falls, world’s longest uninterrupted
waterfall, named for American pilot Jimmy Angel
Z - In 1999, Chavez renamed Venezuela to Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela
153. A 2009 research found that a herb called Hemlock water
dropwort , popularly known as "water celery" contains
highly toxic chemicals which could make facial muscles
contract into a grimace.
This research gives credence to legends that in ancient
times, on a certain Mediterranean island, replete with
this herb, Phoenician colonists would feed the herb to
elderly people who could no longer take care of
themselves as an intoxicating potion that put a smile on
their face on death bed.
Thanks to the legends, what word comes from the name
of this island?
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155. This is an area with a high concentration of high-
tech industries in the outskirts of Tel Aviv in Israel.
This region has R&D facilities for several hi-tech
companies.
This region is quite aptly known by the 2-word
nickname X-Y.
Y is the Hebrew word of Arabic origin for a certain
natural geological formation. Word Y also appears
in several Bollywood songs for such formation.
What is the 2 word name?
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157. In 1960s, CIA made several unsuccessful attempts
to kill or cause public embarrassment for Cuban
dictator Fidel Castro.
One of such covert operations was to contaminate
Castro's iconic cigar with Thallium sulphate. This
chemical, also used for certain medical
applications, if inhaled in significant quantity, was
supposed to cause a 'Character assassination' of
Castro.
How was thallium poisoning supposed to humiliate
Castro?
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158. Thallium salts are depilatory and can cause
permanent hair removal. The plot was to make the
famous beard of Castro to fall out causing him
public embarrassment.
159. Recently, Russian tour operators have reported a surge
of tourist interest in a hitherto little-known
archipelago located in far North-East of the country.
Dubbed by tourism industry observers as the an
example of 'shapecation' trend, the interest in this
remote archipelago is due to the resemblance of the
main island's map (shown here) to a certain 'shape'
associated with a 85 year old Russian Nobel laureate.
A) Who?
Y) What was the reason in the tourist interest in this
archipelago?
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160.
161. A) Michael Gorbachev
B) The map of this archipelago allegedly resembles
the birthmark on Michael Gorbachev’s forehead.
162. In a novel initiative for road safety, in April 2016, authorities in
German city of Augsburg installed such LED lights on some
crosswalks. What purpose do these lights serve?
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164. In April 2016, a group of marketing agencies designed and installed
such billboards at a few places in Rio De Janeiro. Illuminated by
fluorescent lights, these billboards employ a special design for
emitting a solution containing carbon dioxide and lactic acid from the
board.
The billboard is not used for commercial advertisements.
A) What is the purpose of these billboards?
B) What two words are blanked out?
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165. A) Attract and kill mosquitoes.
B) Carbon dioxide and lactic acid mimics human
sweat and breath. The billboard attracts and kills
the Zika mosquitos.
166. According to Webster's dictionary, this word X,
used to represent countries of the East,
especially Asia, comes from the Sanskrit word
'Arnoti' meaning 'rising', thus a reference to the
direction of sunrise.
The word Y, an antonym to X represents
countries of the West, especially America and
Europe. Y comes from Latin '-cedre' meaning
'fall', thus a reference to the direction of sunset.
X, Y?
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168. American artist Peter Halley has taken over
5,000 square feet of an exhibition hall in Frank-
furt turning its huge dome into a futuristic
exploration of architecture.
Called The Schirn Ring, the installation is open
to the public till August 2016.
A) What is this Art Installation inspired by
B) Why is it called the 'Schirn Ring'?
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169.
170.
171.
172.
173. A) Inspired by the Large Hadron Collider.
B) “Schirn” rhymes with “CERN”
174. During the second Punic war, this Roman general mastered
the strategy of waging a war of slow attrition avoiding
direct confrontation whenever possible. Due to his
expertise in such Guerrilla warfare tactics he was known
by a nickname __X__ meaning 'delayer'.
Being an epitome of slow rather than revolutionary
change, this organization __Y__ (with the symbol shown)
founded in 1884 was named after him.
X, Y?
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176. Saguinus imperator is a species of tamarin monkey found in the
Amazon basin.
Its popular name is ‘Emperor Tamarin‘. The adjective ‘Emperor’
in its name allegedly comes from its resemblance to an early
20th century leader who was also the eldest grandchild of the
British Queen Victoria.
Who?
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180. This is an illustration of a
Children’s poem “Who
killed ---- -----”describing
details of cremation of a
character.
In 1821, English poet Lord
Byron wrote a parody of
this poem, replacing the
name of the character in
the title with the name of
another English poet and
one of his arch rivals.
Give the title of the poem
and the title of the parody.
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182. Conceding their entire coastlines to
newly formed nations, name the two
countries that turned landlocked and
joined the ‘former Naval Power’ club
in 1991 and 2006.
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183. 1991 : Ethiopia (Independence of Eritrea)
2006 : Serbia (Independence of Montenegro)
187. Referencing the name of their father, the collective
name for these four sages, created at the beginning
of the process of creation :
Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanandana and Sanatkumara
