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QPHORIA

Prelims



Question 1

What is medically recognized as amental/emotional state defined as a

profound sense of well-being. Technically,this is an affect, but the term is oftencolloquially used to define emotion as anintense state of transcendent happiness

combined with an overwhelming sense ofcontentment.



Answer 1

Euphoria



Question 2*

In the old theatres a mixture of

CaCO3 and Phosphorous wasused to produce certaineffects on stage. Which phraseoriginates from this?



Answer 2

In the limelight.

CaCO3 burns to give CaO which is Lime.



Question 3

The X is an amalgamation of both theDevanagari consonant and the Latin

letter without the vertical bar. The twohorizontal lines in X are supposed torepresent equality.

What is X ?



Answer 3

The Rupee Symbol



Question 4*

Music: Louis Banks

Lyrics: Piyush Pandey

Director: Suresh Mullick

Camera: Vikram Bangera

Agency: Ogilvy & Mather India

Producer: Lok Sewa Sanchar Parishad



Answer 4

The original Mile Sur Mera Tumhara



Question 5

Who said about whom?

"Nahin jeetega! Chote ki naseeb main jeetnahin hai!", which translates into: "He won'twin! It's not in the small one's destiny"



Answer 5

Azharuddin on Sachin during Sachin’s tenure as captain.



Question 6*

His middle name is Fauntleroy. His father'sname is Quackmore. Who am i talking

about?



Answer 6

Donald Duck



Question 7

The Ouroboros is an ancient symboldepicting a serpent or a dragon

swallowing its own tail. A famous organicchemist claimed one night that hedreamt of the Ouroboros, and that ledto his discovery of something huge the

next day. What was the discovery?



Answer 7

It was Kekule who gave the BenzeneCyclic Structure



Question 8*On 22nd Feb., 2010 skaters Meryl Davis and

Charlie White won the Olympic Silver in theFigure Skating Ice Dance Category at the

Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.In the process, they repeated somethingthat first gained popularity during theBeijing Olympics via a group of Israeligymnasts.What did they do?



Answer 8

Figure skating on Indian songs



Question 9

Which industrialist began his career ass anattendant for Burma Shell Gas in

Aden(Yemen)?



Answer 9

Dhirubhai Ambani



Question 10*

If you find yourself in an Infinite Loop inthe Bay area, where would you be?



Answer 10

Apple Headquarters



Question 11*

When X was termed as the female Big Band the second Madhubala she calmly

replied: "I want to be remembered as Xnot the second Madhubala." And "It'sgood to be acknowledged as the femaleAmitabh but would Amitji like it if he was

called the male X?" Who is X?



Answer 11

Madhuri Dixit



Question 12

The foundation stone was laid by ShriArjun Singh ,HRD minister on December

1,2007 and was formally inaugurated onJuly 4, 2008 by Dr Donkupar Roy.

What am I talking about?



Answer 12

IIM SHILLONG



Question 13 Every year, wood of specified trees like

phassi, dhausa, sal, etc. are brought fromthe ex-princely state of Dasapalla, by aspecialist team of carpenters who have

hereditary rights and privileges for thesame. Thus, Nandighosa (832 woodenpieces and 13.5 metres tall), Taladhwaja(763 wooden pieces and 13.2 metres tall)

and Padmadhwaja (593 wooden piecesand 12.9 metres tall) are constructed.What is being referred to?



Answer 13

The Puri Rath Yatra



Question 14



Answer 14

Magalore Air Crash



Question 15



Answer 15

Smirnoff



Question 16



Answer 16

Camlin Marker



Question 17

How do we better know Shivaji RaoGaekwad ?



Answer 17

Rajnikanth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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