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8/4/2019 Quiz Social Zest!

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He earned his LL.B and his B.A.(Honors) from the

University of Delhi in India. In 2004, he received the

Yong K. Kim' 95 Prize of Excellence for his doctoral

dissertation as well as Fulbright Fellowship forstudying at Harvard Law School. He earned his S.J.D.

and LL.M from Harvard University. He recently sworn

in as the P.M of a govt. In exile. Identify?

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3) Anders Behring Breivik is a Norwegian right-

wing extremistand the confessed perpetrator

of dual terrorist attacks in Norway on 22 July

2011. This man dubiously has a connectionwith an Indian city. What connection and

which city?


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4) The IInd phase of Namma Metro, the our

own Bangaluru Metro rail service has been

funded by the state govt. in partnership with

the Central govt. Other then thesecontributions which countrys International

bank is assisting this service through a long

term credit facility?


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5) Monsanto, an U.S based multinational

company is currently in news as it may face

legal proceedings due to its inappropriate

entry into Indian market. The company on the

other hand says, it did not violate any law and

is clean and clear. Identify the reason forwhich the company is now being convicted?


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6) Redcoat is a historical term used to refer the soldiers of

the British Army because of the red uniforms formerly

worn by the majority of regiments. From the late 17th

century to the early 20th century, the uniform of most

British soldiers, (apart from artillery, rifles and light

cavalry), included a madder red coat or coatee . One

main reason why they wore Red rather other colour wasto not let the morale of the soldiers go down during war.

How would the morale of the soldiers not go down by

wearing Red?


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7) Very recently a financial- market intelligence agencyhas rated USA with respect to its credit worthiness asunworthy, as US is in a massive debt. The debt isaround $15trillion which USA owes to its major

creditors which are some 15 countries in the world andIndia comes fourteenth in line and China first. Thisagency strives to provide investors who want to makebetter informed investment decisions with marketintelligence in the form of credit ratings, indices,

investment research and risk evaluations and solutions.Most notably, this agency is known as an independentprovider of credit ratings. Name the agency!


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8) This man was the co-founder of Sony

corporation with Masaru Ibuka in 1986. Hewrote an autobiography titled Made in

Japan'. He also co-authored the essay The

Japan that can say no'. He died at the age of78 in 1999 after suffering a stroke in 1993

during a game of tennis. Who are we talking

about?


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9) This site was built during the pre-Columbian 15

century Inca empire. The translation of this sitemeans 'old peak', it is often referred to as the 'lost

city of the Incas'. it is perhaps the most familiar icon

of the Inca world. it was declared a world heritage

site by UNESCO in 1983 and in 2007 it was voted one

of the new seven wonders of the world. This site is

situated in Peru. Which site are we talking about?


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10) During the world war II a particular practice among the

Japanese air force was that the pilots would attempt to crash

the aircraft into enemy warships designed to destroy asmany warships as possible. They were most commonly and

best known as the Japanese suicide pilots. they were similar

to the 'banzai charge' used by the Japanese infantry men. It

was used as a last resort when a pilots plane was severely

damaged and he did not want to risk being captured or he

wanted to do as much damage to the enemy as possible since

he was crashing anyway. Name this practice.


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11) Connect these three men who fought for the

same cause. Give me the cause and Identifythese notable men!


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12) Look at the picture. This man created history

in November 2010. Not for the reason for

which he was initially projected on the

Television but for taking a decision which

gained the attention of many of us. Who is heand what he did?


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13) This African country attained Independence

on 9th of July 2011 through a referendum

held in January 2011 with a vote % of 98 in

favor of secession. Identify this newestRepublic!


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14) It was a form of military discipline used byofficers in the Roman army to punish cowardlysoldiers. under this a unit was selected for

punishment where they were divided intogroups of ten. In this system the tenth soldierwould be executed by his ninth comrade oftenby stoning or clubbing. The remaining soldiers

were given rations of barley instead of wheatand forced to sleep outside the romanencampment. What?


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15) Identify this booker prize winning author

who also wrote the book you see in thepicture . The book discusses several

perspectives of global and local concerns,

among them one being the abuse of Nuclear

bomb show-offs.


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16) Following the independence of India, PanditJawaharlal Nehru, Indias first Prime Minister,persuaded Mr Raghunandan Saran, anindustrialist, to enter automotive manufacture.

Henceforth, this company began in 1948. Thename of the company initially comprised of anIndian name only acquired an Anglo-Indian nameafter its collaboration with a British group. Today

the company is the flagship of the Hinduja Group,a British-based and Indian originatedtransnational conglomerate. Name the company!


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17) Connect the following set of pictures with a

remarkable event in the context of India.


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18) Midan Tahrir or the liberation square was at

the centre of media attention in the beginning

of this year.

In which country would you find Midan

Tahrir??

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