Eliminations

20 questions

X was launched with this image displayed to represent that it was “Creation of Adam”. What is X

1

• Apple Ipod

2

X, invented by Y has been one of the most successful mascots to date. It appeared in the column 'You Said It' of Times of India. The comic was started in 1951. Identify X & Y

• Common Man• RK Laxman

3

On X’s Tombstone is the following inscription - Love one another as I have loved you. Identify X

• Mother Teresa

*4

In March 1964, the publisher of The Times of India - Bennett, Coleman & Co., launched a new series of comics in India with international famous characters. This comic series then launched a few Indianized characters too. Name this comics series

• Indrajaal Comics

5

Which philanthropist-boxer who found his fortune in a Coca-Cola distributorship paid for the funeral of Joe Louis in 1981?

• Max Schmeling

6

“The program with nothing to hide” – slogan of what ?

• Naked News

7

Which company started life as – “Swallow Sidecar Company” in the year 1922?

• Jaguar

*8

In December 2007, X became the 1st Chinese company to be enlisted in the NASDAQ-100 index.

X?

• Baidu.com

9

Expand the term

LASIK

(as in LASIK eye surgery)

• Laser assisted In situ Kerato mileusis

10

Logo of what ?

• Fairtrade

11

X is a rural retail chain initiative started by DCM Shriram. It is also the topic of a major Harvard Business School case study.

X ?

• Hariyali Kisan Bazaar

12

Who ?

• Padmasree Warrier, CEO, Cisco

13

The film The Pursuit of Happyness is a biographical account of the founder of which stockbrokerage firm?

• Gardner Rich & Co.

14This book inspired X to start Y. X&Y ?

• Mark Zuckerberg• Facebook

15

Identify

• Allen Stanford

*16

This India-born professor of psychology & neuroscience was named by Newsweek as a member of 'the century club': one of the 100 prominent people to watch in the 21st century. He is the author of the acclaimed Phantoms in the Brain. Who?

• Vilanayur Ramachandran

*17

Which brand ?

• Voodoo PC

18

The original avatar of X was Times FM. It started operations in Indore in the year 1993.

X?

• Radiomirchi

19

This tele-serial was based on a tele-serial broadcasted on BBC. This is the only one to take permission from the channel to launch its Indian version.

Name the Indian version tele-serial.

• Ji Mantriji (Yes Minister)

*20

The term X was defined by Tokyo Science University Professor Norio Taniguchi in a 1974 paper as follows: “X mainly consists of the processing of, separation, consolidation, and deformation of materials by one atom or by one molecule.“

What term ?

• Nanotechnology