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National Institute of Technology Raipur

PrelimsA T I I M R A I P U R

RULES-

1)25 Questions will be displayed one by one.2)Each question carries 1 mark upto question

number 20.3)Questions 21 to 25 will carry three marks

each.4)There will be no negative marking.5)In case of a tie, the team with lesser incorrect

attempts goes through.6)Top 5 teams qualify for the finale at NIT

campus on 23rd February.

HERE WE GO…………….

QUESTION 1

In 1931, when Gandhi ji visited London to participate in the 2nd round table conference, this famous person wanted to meet him. But Gandhi ji declined the offer as he had never heard of him or seen his work. However on learning that the person originally came from a poor family in London’s east end, Gandhi ji received him. His first question to Gandhi was about his attitude to machinery. Journalist Louis Fischer describes it as an encounter “between toothless and toothsome smiling”. Which person?

Charlie Chaplin

QUESTION 2

ID the logo

QUESTION 3

Identify the bollywood movie by this minimalist poster.

DONDon ka intejaar to 11 mulko ki police kar rahi, lekin ek

baat samajh lo, Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi

namumkin hai.

QUESTION 4

Identify the newsmaker

Akbaruddin Owaisi

QUESTION 5

Identify the orator.

Martin Luther King, Jr

QUESTION 6

In the 1984-85 season, India and Pakistan were playing the second ODI of the series at Sialkot, on 31/10. India were at a fairly strong position with the score being 210/3 with Dilip Vengsarkar at 94*.

At this point the match was suddenly abandoned. Why?

31 October, Assassination of Indira Gandhi

QUESTION 7

The Sanskrit version of what resource is sub-titled as

swantantravishwavigyaanakoshaha ?

QUESTION 8

Leela Chitnis was the first lady to do it.

Who was the first male to do it?

Shahrukh Khan Advertisement for LUX soap.

QUESTION 9

ID the brand.

Havells

QUESTION 10

X may seem like a sudden sensation now that the app makers comic vignettes are all over social networking sites. What is this Toronto based startup X?

BITSTRIPS

QUESTION 11

Identify the company from its taglines

“The miracles of science” & “Better living through chemistry”

QUESTION 12

Identify the singer.

LUCKY ALI

QUESTION 13

ID the logo

Maserati

QUESTION 14

Who was the producer of Shaktimaan - a fictional Indian superhero television series?

Mukesh Khanna ( The man himself )

QUESTION 15

Find a connection between these 4 legendary Bollywood actors.

All of these Bollywood Actors were born in the city of Peshawar, now in Pakistan.

Clockwise from top-right: Raj Kapoor, Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Vinod Khanna.

QUESTION 16

Which bank recently became the first Indian domestic sector bank to have a branch presence in Shanghai, China?

QUESTION 17

Identify the bollywood movie by this minimalist poster.

ISHQ

QUESTION 18

In 2001, the X became the first nation in the world to grant same-sex marriages.Identify X.

Netherlands

QUESTION 19

This place is Asia’s largest wholesale market.

Built by a king for his favorite daughter in 1650 AD so that she could shop all she wanted to, this market place derives its name from the canals filled with water that sparkled like silver in the moonlight.

Id the place

Chandni Chowk

QUESTION 20

If Navjot Sidhu is Sherry and Harbhajan is Bhajji then, who is “Chiku”?

QUESTION 21

From 1884, there were officially two X in India: Bombay and Calcutta

An unofficial one was used by the Railways: Madras (soon became de facto)One more at Port Blair.

Official one changed in 1905, still used.What is X?

Time zones

QUESTION 22

India is the only country to have won all the international pageants it participated in, (Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Asia Pacific) in the same year 2000.

Name all three winners.

QUESTION 23

IfBenson, Flynn, Wesson, North, Yardley, Russell, Harrison, Brooks, Willis, Burton and Smith made up the opposing XI,

Who captained the representative Indian side?

Bhuvan- AAMIR KHAN

QUESTION 24

In Harry Potter series, Harry shares his birthday with one other character i.e. 30th JULY. Who is that other character?

Neville Longbottom

QUESTION 25

Untill his retirement in April 2012, Sebastian D’Souza worked as a photo editor for the Mumbai Mirror newspaper. Some of his work has received mention at the world Press Photo Awards in 2008.

What was the subject of this work?

D'Souza was the first one to capture Ajmal Kasab on camera