2. Instructions
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● Quick and Short quiz.
● 26 Questions.
● Infinite Pounce format.
● +10 direct. +20/-10 pounce
3. Always go for the
pounce even if you are
1% sure – personal
experience
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4. The Pioneer is an English language newspaper in India. It is the
second oldest English paper in India still in circulation after The
Times of India.
This paper was founded in Allahabad and once had Rudyard
Kipling as its editor.
In 1990, it was purchased by an industrial group who then
launched the paper in many cities. The group later sold it to cut
losses.
Which business group with whom we are all familiar with?
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7. It is an interpretation that the logo represents a building
surrounded by four boundary walls leaving spaces on each side. It
has a meaning that the bank will help people in building their
dream homes focusing completely on the housing sector.
In the logo, the square block present at the centre part resembles
a building and the four corner walls resemble a focus symbol in
cameras. These corner walls are represented in red colour
resembling high focus.
Which financial institution is this?
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10. This is a British security software and hardware company which
develops products for communication, endpoint, encryption,
network security, email security, mobile security and unified
threat management.
It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of
the FTSE 250 Index.
In 2014, this company acquired an Indian company which led to a
change that affects us now. Which company with which we are all
familiar with?
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13. Barry Callebaut is a Swiss company which is the world’s largest
cocoa processor.
In September 2017 they introduced a product which has been in
development for 13 years since the company said it first
discovered a new type of cocoa bean during experiments and
refinements in their labs.
The product has been described by the company as a tension
between berry-fruitiness and luscious smoothness but no extra
colours or flavours are added to create its signature look, which
instead comes from a powder extracted during the processing.
What did they introduce?
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7From the About section of a company -
Devika Narain and Company was born on the dining table of a
small rented apartment with the simple goal of creating spaces
that were personal and uniquely Indian.
Today, our team of young designers work with local artisans and
craftsmen to tell personal histories through spaces and celebrate
the heritage of the Indian subcontinent with a modern sensibility.
What did the company do that led to a huge media coverage in
2017?
25. Kraft durch Freude (KdF) meaning Strength Through Joy was the
German leisure organization, organizing tourist trips and resorts in
Nazi Germany which soon became the world’s largest tourism
operator in the 1930’s.
An idea for a new product had been conceptualized by KdF in the
1930’s whose aim had been for a small saloon that could carry a
German family of five.
To buy one people had to join a special savings scheme run by the
organisation.
However, the product couldn’t materialize due to WW2. After the
War, it became a symbol of Germany worldwide. What?
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28. Pre Independence, these railway coaches were used for the
personal travel of rulers of princely states like Gujarat, Rajputana,
the Nizam of Hyderabad and also the Viceroy of India.
After Independence, these coaches were discontinued since they
were not feasible to operate owing to their well decorated
traditional interiors with gorgeous furnishings.
In 1982, inspired by these coaches, something was created. What?
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31. Hanson Robotics Limited is a Hong Kong-based engineering and
robotics company founded in 2013 by Dr. David Hanson. The
company has patented the use of a spongy elastomer skin called
‘Frubber’ – flesh rubber which has been called disturbingly
realistic to human skin.
In 2017, a product of the company made news across the world
and is the most popular product of the company. What?
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37. ChameleonMask is a product created by Jun Rekimoto, deputy
director of Sony Computer Science Laboratories which hopes to
provide people with human surrogates who would interact with
the real world on the customer’s behalf.
To do this, each surrogate would wear a screen on their head that
displays the customer’s face and plays the customer’s voice.
What common name has been given to this service which is
actually the name of another very popular gig service?
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40. DirectX is a collection of API’s from Microsoft for game
programming on Windows platform.
The original logo resembled a deformed radiation warning symbol
and the original name of the project was Project Manhattan
(codename for the US nuclear bomb development during WW2).
According to the head of the division, the naming was intentional
and it meant to do what the original program did. However,
Microsoft later refuted this fact.
What was the main purpose behind the selection of such a name?
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46. State Street Global Advisors is the world’s third largest asset
manager headquartered in US.
SSGA has a fund called SHE Fund which invests only in companies
that have women in top leadership positions. To promote the one
year anniversary of the Fund, SSGA along with McCann New York
(advertising agency) pulled off a stunt in early March 2017 in
Manhattan, NY to symbolize the power of women in leadership.
Originally it meant to last for only a week, later it was decided that
the stunt will be in place till February 2018.
What?
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48. Fearless Girl – the statue opposite the
famous Charging Bull of Wall Street
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49. The origin for this word comes from the Latin word for head. This
word and the word cattle comes from the same root. The
etymology reveals roots in the trade and ownership of animals.
In the Roman days, the number of cattle you owned represented
ones wealth and the wealth was calculated by counting the heads
of cattle.
Which word is this?
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55. On 5th February, 2018, the makers of Doritos – Fritolay and
PepsiCo announced that they would soon launch a lady friendly
version of the product finding a gap in the market.
In an interview, Indra Nooyi, CEO PepsiCo aid that while men ate
the fluorescent triangular snacks licking their orange fingers ‘with
great glee’ and pouring the scraps from the bottom of the bag into
their mouths, women didn’t.
The snack will come in packs designed especially to fit into
women's handbags.
What is the main reason behind the introduction of the packs
which is also one of the characteristics features of Doritos?
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58. Mosler Safe Company, started in 1874 and went bankrupt in 2001.
Their safes were chiefly installed in some branches of the Mitsui
Bank, headquarted in Japan.
It had a really prestigious reputation, due to certain events that
transpired in the mid-1940’s. After 1950, they started making
claims that their safes could withstand forces of tremendous
magnitude.
Even the US Declaration of Independence is stored in a Mosler
Safe.
What claim did they make?
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61. There are two theories which tells about its development.
One is that it was designed to slow down a process which involved
the early days typewriters which had metal rams for the keys. The
keys would jam if someone typed too fast.
Another theory was that it was designed by the telegraph
operators to since it was easier and faster to decipher Morse
Code.
What?
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64. This is the coat of arms of which company (owned by Jeff Bezos)
whose motto means Step by Step, Ferociously?
The company’s name refers to its point of origin.
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66. Blue Origin – it refers to Earth, the
blue planet
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67. During the 1840’s when plans for railways in India were being
made, there were some Indians too who wished to bring rail
transportation to India.
One of the early railway companies formed was the Great
Western Railway of Bengal by an industrialist who is also the
grandfather of an imminent person.
Since EICo didn’t want that such an important enterprise be under
native management, GWRB wasn’t favoured.
Who is this person who has one of the most famous surnames of
Bengal?
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70. This train was started in 1930 specially for the rich patrons of
Bombay who used to go to Pune to attend horse racing.
Deccan Queen as it is known was India’s first superfast train and is
one of the favourite with the railfans. She is also among the first
trains to have the ISO 9000 certification.
It’s popularity is however its uniqueness. It is the only train in India
right now to have something. This service was withdrawn as it had
exhausted its life and in 2015 was reintroduced as “it is an
emotional issue for the passengers of the Deccan Queen”.
What?
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79. Horlicks this new year launched a social
campaign called #NoFearNewYear with this
video released just a few days back. What is the
subject of this video?
Be exact.
For video click here (online)
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85. 1
• Chris Larsen
• Joseph Lubin
• Changpeng Zao
• X
• Matthew Mellon
• Brian Armstrong
• Mathew Roszak
• Anthony Di Iorio
• On 6th February, 2018, Forbes
released this list for the first time.
• What is this list all about?
• (Other names are not shown)
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•One of the earliest setbacks which brought the
company’s functioning to a short halt was its investment
in these 2 flop films (pictures follow).
•Coupled with debt the company had to be eventually
sold off. Started as manz wear private ltd, we know this
enterprise in a completely different field. Which
company?
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•Owned by Kishore Biyani’s Future Group, Brand Factory
did something that no retailer has done ever during a 5-
day promotion campaign in November .
•It was done so as to gain customer loyalty and to bring
exclusivity to shoppers and to their shopping
experience.
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97. They charged a cover fee of Rs 100-250 to enter the
store
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•One of the biggest sought after event during the CES
week, Las Vegas was not at the convention center but at
the Las Vegas strip and was done to lure the techies in
this fine establishment.
•What was the event? Mashable termed it as ‘The most
subversive art show in LasVegas’
•Extra points for the name of the establishment.
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100. 2 pole dancing robots.
Sapphire Club, the world’s largest strip club.
101. 6
•Look at the logo and tell me the name of Github’s
mascot.
110. 10
•In September Mahindra & Mahindra showcased a new
technology in their tractors. The technology is aimed at
offering small farmers better operational efficiencies for
tasks such as planting, spraying and harvesting.
•What technology?
113. 11
•In 2013 X made its debut in fashion industry, when it
launched “Project X”.
•Designers were instructed to create garments “inspired
by vegetables found at X’s restaurants.”
•Pictures follow.