Sunday, April 14, 2019

General Quiz

Q1. These are four characters from an American sitcom called The Many Loves of Dobie Gills. Apart from being the first American television program produced for a major network to feature teenagers as leading characters, the characters of this show also served as the inspiration for the lead characters of another series started in the late 1960s. Which show is being referred to here?
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Q2. Which famous work is being referenced to in this clipping?


Q3. Which famous person is google paying tribute to with this doodle?Image result for jamini roy google doodle

Q4. ______ an artist famous for another form of art, in the year 2013 came up with this work of art to highlight the evils of the meat industry. It consists of many soft toys peeking out of a bus labelled  "Farm Fresh Meats," started its rounds in the Meatpacking District, and was active in the city of New York for a while. The name of this piece of art was a play on the name of a famous 1990s movie. Name the artist and the movie/artwork.

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Q5. ______'s Great Dream is a book wrtitten by _____ _____ as a source of inspiration for the youngsters in his country. The book went on to win the Children's Book of the year award in the country where the author resides. Name the author.

















Q6. In 1668, John Wilkins, in An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language, proposed using an inverted exclamation mark to punctuate ______ statements.[4] In 1841, Marcellin Jobard, a Belgian newspaper publisher, introduced an ____ mark in the shape of an oversized arrow head with small stem (rather like an ideogram of a Christmas Tree). The next year he expanded his idea, suggesting the symbol could be used in various orientations (on its side, upside down, etc.) to mark "a point of irritation, an indignation point, a point of hesitation".The _____ point (⸮)  was proposed by the French poet Alcanter de Brahm  in his 1899 book L'ostensoir des ______ to indicate that a sentence ____ or anything related to it . It is illustrated by a glyph resembling, but not identical to, a small, elevated, backward-facing question mark.

_____ in essence is a literary device which is derived from a Greek comic character with a similiar name , a clever underdog who by his wit repeatedly triumphs over the boastful character Alazon

Q7. Which famous celebrity founded this company?

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Q8. ___ _____ became the first ever actor to be inducted into the US army ranger hall of fame for "his portrayal of an army ranger company commander and for his continued commitment to honoring those who served in World War II. " He was cited for serving as the national spokesman for the World War II Memorial Campaign and for being honorary chairman of the D-Day Museum Capital Campaign. Name the actor and the movie being referred to.

Saturday, August 18, 2018

General Quiz

Q1. NASA had a collaboration where they developed hands-on educational activities, demonstrations, and exhibits centered around the flight of ____ _________ aboard the Discovery Spaceship to the ISS. This activities were designed to encourage children and young adults to pursue their dreams and develop an interest in exploration and discovery. Which famous character close to the hearts of many children did NASA take to infinity and beyond?

Q2. Pedro Flores, a Filipino student couldn’t complete his education and ended up as a bell hop. He read about a self made millionaire and his product and decided to create a seperate product based on the bandalore, which was something used by children in Phillipines for centuries. He patented this product and soon sold millions of the product. Donald F Duncan seeing the potential bought the rights for it. Which product which means “come back” in a native Filipino language is this?

Q3. The Silent Spring is a book by Rachel Carson who is a known environmentalist. Which issue did she take up in this book, which took a huge toll on the earth prior to the launch of this book in 1960s?





Q4. This is a poem written by a certain someone describing the uncomfortable conditions and difficult nature of the work he was doing. Probably one of his most famous work, who is this and what was he working on?




Q5. Who is the person in the picture? Who is the artist?




Monday, August 29, 2016

TCS IT Wiz Bengaluru Prelims - 2016

      NOTE:   We do not have all the questions and have tried to compile as many as possible. 
      
1. X was founded by David Back and Greg Moran in February 2013 in Bangalore, India. X is a car  rental service

Ans.  Zoomcar

2. X is a self-contained, open hardware Linux-based handheld computer, first released in 2002. Developed in, and primarily distributed within India, the product was envisioned as a low-cost alternative to personal computers. It was developed by Dr Swam Manohar

Ans. Simputer

3.  Google doodle on whom?



Ans. Pandit Ravishankar

4.Larry Ewing created Tux for what?
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Ans. Linux

5.Media players like I-Phones, I-Pods and other hand-held devices started going missing in the US and the sudden rise in robbery of such goods was given a particular term. What is this term?

Ans. I-Crimes

6.This is the Photograph of the first X created by Douglas Englebart?
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Ans. Computer Mouse

7.  Old logo of what?(Of course the name blanked out)
Image result for nokia's old logo

Ans. Nokia

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9. The word from the world of Hike, which is equivalent of Poke on Facebook?

Ans. Nudge

10.Applying thought is associated with which company?
(Not really sure about this question)

Ans. Wipro

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Q Who Clicked the first ever selfie from space?
Ans Buzz Aldrin

Qn on Sabeer Bhati

Qn on Paypal

Qn on Rovio...




 

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