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A Vishnu Quiz
26 December 2020

2. Named in the honour of 4th Caliph and the
cousin of prophet Muhammad, which city
emerged as an alternative to the Khudabad,
the capital of Kalhora dynasty in 1768 due to
the changing course of Indus River?
Q No. 1

3. Answer
Hyderabad, Sindh.

4. This rare Indo-Roman structure is the
tomb of Monsieur Raymond, a French
general in Nijam’s army. His work in the
city has earned him the name ‘Musa
Rahim’ by the Muslims and …….. by the
Hindus. The name of area surrounding
the tomb translates to ……’garden. FITB
Q No. 2

5. Answer
Moosarambagh

6. Continuing on Musa Ram…
This was the structure built
by him to prepare canon
balls for the Nijam’s army.
Identify the modern day
locality.
Q No. 3

7. Answer
Gunfoundry

8. A few families of accountants were
invited by the then Nijam to serve at
his court and were give a piece of land
to construct a temple for their
community’s deity. This is one among
three such temples in India. Who is the
presiding deity of this temple at Old
city of Hyderabad?
Q No. 4

9. Answer
Chitragupta

10. Kuti is a herbal drink consumed in Ethiopia for 100s
of years. Although we imported and produce the raw
material required for this through a spiritual guru long
back, the drink was introduced in India only recently
through a startup named Chaiguru in Hyderabad. What
is Kuti made up of?
Q No. 5

11. Answer
Coffee leaves tea

12. Logo of the company(estd. 1975) from 1987 to
2012 featured a distinctive slash between ‘o’ and ’s’.
This was done to put emphasis on soft, and motion &
speed. Which logo was nicknamed as Packman logo
due to slash’s resemblance to Packman?
Q No. 6

13. Answer
Microsoft

14. Pyrethrum has been used as insecticide in
Persia since centuries. What was
popularised by Japanese Business man
Eiichiro Ueyama in its present spiral form?
Q No. 7

15. Answer
Spiral Mosquito
Coil

16. This idly batter pouch
takes the shape of a tub
when opened. Hence, the
company calls it as ……….
Pouch, sounding similar to
a media franchise by a
famous toymaker.
Q No. 8

17. Answer
Transformer
Pouch

18. 20 Questions on 21st Century
A Vishnu Quiz

19. Which event is suspected in
this book, has been approved
by ISI to divert the Pakistani
forces from Durand line to
provide an easy passage to
Bin Laden into Pakistan?
Q No. 1

20. Answer
2001 Parliament Attack

21. Which moment is this documentary about?
This is a video question.View @ https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHUybpRXXcs

22. Answer
Sourav Ganguly shirt waving at Lords(2002)

23. In both English and French, the word means agreement,
harmony or union. Although the initial name went with the
French spelling suffixed by ‘e’. It was later changed by the
British PM in early 60s to the English spelling. However,
British govt. added back ‘e’ to the name by explaining that it
stood for Excellence, England, Europe and Entente. What
started in 60s was stopped in 2003?
Q No. 3

24. Answer
Concorde

25. A dialogue from this commercially unsuccessful 2003 movie gained
overnight popularity 23 months later due to some geographical
events. Identify the movie and the event?
Q No. 4

26. Answer
Anbe Sivam / Satyame Sivam | Tsunami

27. Connect the picture to an international political
controversy.
Q No. 5

28. Answer
Oil for food
scandal - Volcker
Report
(Saddam Hussein, Paul Volcker,
Natwar Singh)

29. Connect the person in picture to
a company's name which means
“a series of short, high-pitched
calls or sounds” or “talk in a
light, high-pitched voice” or
“talk rapidly and at length in a
trivial way.”
Q No. 6

30. Answer
Twitter
(Larry Bird is the name of twitter
logo)

31. Why did this internet
communication appliance
launched by Cisco in
1998 came into lime-
light in 2007?
Q No. 7

32. Answer
iPhone | Cisco owns the trademark for iPhone

33. This structure(on left) was originally designed to have a roof, but the plan was scrapped
due to the rise in steel prices. Hence the Guns(on right) with Silver Iodide bullets were
used for what purpose?
Q No. 8

34. Answer
To divert rains through cloud seeding during
2008 Olympics

35. Connect above entities to something not just limited to Hyderabad,
but had a global impact.
Q No. 9
Nipuna Services Nitor Global Solutions

36. Answer
Satyam Scandal

37. Which floating marvel in the Indian sports
history was designed by the world renowned
event architect Mark Fisher and brought to
life by a British balloon maker, Lindstrand
Technologies in 2010?
Q No. 10

38. Answer
CWG 2010
Aerostat

39. Swedish water department
got inspiration to increase
water resources in one of
their islands, from this
army veteran’s initiative in
India. Who is he?
Q No. 11

40. Answer
Anna Hazare

41. Why was this institute created in 2008?
Hint: Its site theihc.com redirects you to Sony Pictures
Q No. 12

42. Answer
To market 2012
movie!

43. “Keep this safely as a piece of history. Mom”
“While we communicate with improving modern
means, let us sample a bit of history.”
“The End of an Era.”
These were some of the last, while the
content of the last one is not in public
domain, but sent to a public figure on
July 14, 2013. What is this about and
who was it sent to?
Q No. 13

44. Answer
Last Telegram in
India to Rahul
Gandhi

45. A German innovator tranported his latest
development of this technology to India to
pitch to his potential customers Rahul Gandhi
and L K Advani. Both the leaders were
reluctant to buy it. Then a Bollywood
filmmaker directed him to someone who
spotted the potential and went ahead to create
the history. Who was the customer and which
technology is this whose earliest version was
invented by John Henry pepper?
Q No. 14

46. Answer
3D Hologram
Technology used
by Narendra
Modi.

47. Persuaded by Meghnad Saha, Netaji
established it in 1938 headed by M
Visweswaraya. Visweswaraya stepped
down to give way to Nehru. What was last
chaired by Narendra Modi?
Q No. 15

48. Answer
Planning Commission

49. This is another instance where a south Indian movie predicted
something in advance. Which movie?
Q No. 16
Within one months’s time all the 500 & 1000 rupees notes has to be accounted and has to be
converted in to 100 rupees notes. If not, the sail 500 & 1000 rs. Note will be declared null and
void.

50. Answer
Sivaji …The Boss

51. Bette Davis missed her Oscar
nomination in 1935, which gave a
lot of bad media coverage to the
Academy. That same year, the
Academy also saw accusations of
fraudulent tabulating. What did they
do to overcome these accusations
and why was it in news in 2017?
Q No. 17

52. Answer
Outsourced the tabulating
and accounting process to
PWC. | The PWC connection
was in news due to the 2017
La La Land and Moonlight
confusion.

53. Sister of Mahishasura, Manchambika was cursed by a saint
to turn into a demonic buffalo who was vanquished and
released from the curse by a prince from Kerala. She then
proposes to marry him, but the prince puts her on hold with
a condition. Why was this story in news after 28 September
2018?
Q No. 18

54. Answer
Supreme Court lifts ban on women
entry into Sabarimala
The prince is Ayyappa. Manchambika is also known as Malikapurathamma

55. Rebecca Mercuri is a computer
scientist. A transparent method
proposed and named after her is
basis for which device that was
universally used at every centre
of an independent organization
in India in mid 2019?
Q No. 19

56. Answer
VVPAT - Voter
Verifiable Paper
Audit Trail

57. A thin green line observed during a solar eclipse was
thought to be radiating from an undiscovered element and
was named X as it was observed during the eclipse.
Mendeleev theorised, this element could be lighter than the
Hydrogen and renamed it as newtonium. It was only in
1950, we knew that the green and other coloured lines are
the result of ionised metals. What is X?
Q No. 20

58. Answer
Coronium

59. Which English idiom arises in 1920s from
the superstition among the theatre artists and
dancers that wishing good luck to a person
going on to stage is itself considered bad?
My last question for the decade!

60. Answer
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