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Siddharth MishraSecond Year

B.Tech - Mechanical

Usual rules apply etc etc.

Q. It has been speculated that doctors were originally attracted to the location by the development of commodious housing and central proximity to important stations like Paddington, Kings Cross, St Pancras.

Located in Westminster, this location has been referenced quite often in pop culture.

Harley Street

Q. Xs are traditionally made from a single bolt of fabric called tan. Tan come in standard dimensions – about 36 cms wide and 11.5 mts long – and the entire bolt is used to make one X.

Often, the wearers of X became victims of robbery because they could not run properly owing to the restrictive nature of the X on the body.

Kimono

Q. X is a type of catapult that was used as a siege engine in the Middle Ages. It works by using the energy of a raised counterweight, which is dropped from a pre-fixed height to launch a projectile at or into enemy fortifications.

Trebuchet

Q. In Norse mythology, X is a majestic, enormous hall located in Asgard, ruled over by Odin.

Chosen by Odin, half of those who die in combat travel to X, led by Valkyries.

X is referenced in Led Zeppelin’s famous Immigrant Song.

Valhalla

Q. The Wagah Border ceremony is a daily military practice that the security forces of both India and Pakistan have jointly followed since 1959.

While BSF (Border Security Force) take part in this ceremony from India, what are their Pakistani counterparts known as?

Pakistan Rangers

Q. The term X is often used in cosmetic advertising and is often misleading to a consumer. If a consumer interprets Xs to be similar to pharmaceuticals, they may be under the illusion that Xs are subject to similar rigorous testing and trials, which may allow retailers to charge more for a product that may be of poorer quality.

Cosmeceuticals

Q. What is this image referencing?

Bend-gate

Q. The word X comes from the Greek words for ‘whole’ and ‘drawing’. Early Xs use silver halide photographic emulsions as the recording medium, which were not were efficient. Later, methods to converting variation in transmission to variation in refractive indices were developed which led to the development of much better Xs.

Holograms

Q. The Three Flavours X trilogy, simply known as the X trilogy, is a series of comedic genre films directed by Edgar Wright; written by both Wright and Simon Pegg, staring both Pegg and Nick Frost. The trilogy consists of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End.

Cornetto Trilogy

Q. This now generic term is derived from a southern Italian dialect derivative for the word ‘chair’.

It’s most prominent types are – Notchback, Fastback, Hardtop and Hatchback.

The first of its kind was a 1899 Renault Voiturette Type B.

Sedan

Q. This word is derived from Greek, hence giving rise to the idiom ‘whoever is not a Greek, is a X’. The Greeks and Romans used this word as they encountered scores of different foreign cultures, branding them all as Xs.

In modern times, it is often used to refer to a member of a tribal society, upon whom the urban society looks down as inferior/uncivilized.

Barbarian

Q. The House of X was a Italian banking family, political dynasty and later royal house that gained prominence during the late 14th Century. The family kept growing till they found the X bank, the strongest in Europe in the 15th Century. The family produced four Popes of the Catholic Church, and were primarily based in Florence.

The House of Medici

Q. X spurned the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame by faxing a letter to the organisers saying ‘Next to X, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a piss stain’.

Which band?

The Sex Pistols

Q. X were among the most wealthy and powerful of the Western Christian military orders and were among the most prominent actors of the Christian finance. Officially endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church around 1129, they became a favoured charity throughout Christendom and grew rapidly in membership and power. Xwere among the most skilled fighting units of the Crusades. Non-combatant members managed a large economic infrastructure throughout Christendom, innovating financial techniques that were an early form of banking, and building fortifications across Europe and the Holy Land.

Knights Templar

Q. In Norse mythology, X is a series of future events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures (including the gods Odin, Thor, Týr, Freyr, Heimdallr, and Loki), the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water. Afterward, the world will resurface anew and fertile, the surviving and returning gods will meet, and the world will be repopulated by two human survivors.

Ragnarök

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