Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Greycells Open Quiz Prelims

The following questions are from the prelims of the "Federal Bank- Greycells Open Quiz" conducted at Govt. Medical College, Calicut on May 19, 2007.
Quiz Masters: Anil Raghavan and Dr. S. Nagesh

[1] Mayawati and BSP has come back to power in UP upsetting all predictions. BSP’s election posters this time surprisingly depicted a personality from Kerala. Who?

[2]For what is the Bathini Goud family well known? The pin code to their place starts with ‘5’.

[3]In the Muslim calendar which month follows Ramadan?

[4]You can find _______ discontinuity between the core and the mantle of the earth. Fill in.

[5] Just prior to the Mahabharata War, Arjuna had claimed that he could kill the entire opposition with one weapon that Lord Shiva bequeathed on him. Name the weapon.

[6] It is the Australian term for googly and takes its name from the person generally credited with invented this form of delivery. What?

[7] Who was the only courtier of Akbar to embrace the new religion ‘Din-i-illahi’?

[8] This term is said to derive from a ruling by English judge Francis Buller in 1782. He allowed men to beat their wives with a stick as long as the thickness of the stick was within the certain limit. This ruling gave rise to a certain term/usage. Which?

[9] Which element in 1937 became the first artificially produced element and took its name from the Greek word ‘artificial’?

[10] Which London based Indian mining magnet was selected to Time magazine’s “Most Influential 100 People” of the world recently.
Clue: He is the founder of Vedanta Resources

[11] How do we better know the “British Committee for relations with other countries” set up in 1934?

[12] Which famous novel begins “Last night I dreamt I went to Mandarlay again”?

[13]In fiction whose servant was lancelot Gobbo?

[14] What is the phenomenon by which the spectrum line is split up into several components by a magnetic field called?

[15] A racehorse celebrates its birthday on _______ in the Northern Hemisphere and ______ in the Southern Hemisphere.

[16] Which film had as its ad line “Garbo talks”?


[17] The Maratha king Serfogi encouraged practitioners of the art form which was characterized by low plaster relief and decorations using glass, pearl, precious stones etc. This art form is known by the name of his capital. Which?

[18] Francis Scott Key is famous for writing what?

[19] Which is the oldest bookstall in India, supposed to have started in 1844?

[20] An agent for Rock Bottom Insurance, he also presides over the vagabond car club. Who?

[21]Name the only astronaut to fly in Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programmes.

[22] The novel “Bhaskara Menon” written by Appan Thampuran has also a unique distinction in Malayalam literature. What?

[23] He was born as Leslie Andrews in 1916 and his voice was an exquisite blend of torment and anguish, tenderness and joy. He made his debut in playback singing in 1951. He died in 1977 under another name. Who?

[24] Where did Federal Bank start their first branch?

[25] He is one of the most prolific translators in Malayalm literature and authors like Yashpal, Kishan and Amrita Pritam became known to Keralaites through his efforts. He was a member of the Hindustan Republican Army and had acted as a courier to many revolutionaries and was close to Netaji. Name the person.



Answers:

1. Sree Narayana Guru
2. Asthma fish treatment
3. Shawwal
4. Gutenburg
5. Paashupatha
6. Bossie, after B J T Bosanquet
7. Birbal
8. "rule of thumb"
9. Technetium
10. Anil Agarwal
11. British Council
12. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
13. Shylock in Merchant of Venice.
14. Zeeman effect
15. Jan 1 and August 1
16. Anna Christina
17. Tanjavur
18. Star spangled banner
19. Higgin Bothams
20. Jolyon wagg
21. Walter Schirra
22. First detective story in Malayalam
23. Kozhikode Abdul Khadar
24. Aluva
25. M N Sathyarthi

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