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Its name has taken a generic meaning and has come to be associated with great wealth. Gemologists use this classification to denote a diamond with a complete lack of nitrogen;

"........" material is also referred to as "2A"

“Golconda”

Connect the picture to Hyderabad's geography

He is king Muchukunda, who slept in a cave near Ananthagiri, Telangana for thousands of years after fighting sleeplessly against asuras on the side of devas. River enriching from that cave was

named after him and then changes its name before it enters the city of Hyderabad as Musi.

“Muchukunda/Musi River”

CONNECT

Blue

Green

Orange - Violet

Red-Orange

Violet

Blue-green at centre, brown-purple at 2 sides

Stone Grey

Magenta

Indian Currency Notes

The event occurred during 2001-02 India Pakistan standoff, General Simon Worden of the the US air force and many other observers belived that if that event had occurred closer to Pakistan or India, it could have sparked a nuclear war between the two

countries.

What event ?

ASTEROID EXPLOSION

The 2002 Eastern Mediterranean Event was a high-energy upper atmosphere explosion over the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and Crete on June 6, 2002. This explosion, similar in power to a small atomic bomb, has been related to a small asteroid undetected while approaching Earth. The object disintegrated in an air burst impact and no

meteorite fragments were recovered. The air burst occurred over the sea.

What/where can we see these?

NOBLE DIPLOMAS FOR 2015

Both Buddhist and Jain texts mention a legend about how “Prince” got his name. They state that “Emperor’s”

“Minister” used to mix small doses of poison in the emperor's food to build his immunity against possible poisoning

attempts. One day, Emperor, not knowing about the poison, shared his food with his pregnant wife. The queen was 7 days

away from delivery. Realising that she was going to die, minister decided to save the unborn child. He cut off the

queen's head and cut open her belly with a sword to take out the foetus. Over the next 7 days, he placed a foetus in the belly of a goat freshly killed each day. After seven days, “Prince” was born. Prince was named ______, because his body was spotted

with drops of goat's blood

Id the Emperor, minister & the Prince

Chandragupta, Chanakya & Bindusara

“____’s logo is actually a mirror image of the word

'oil,' reflecting in a way company's journey from oil

drilling to data mining.”

What is the name of these towers being

erected at Pune since 2011.

These may turnout out play crucial role in

Indo-American relations after

November 8th 2016

Trump Towers

Which Indian state’s tourism department’s campaign goes as “Kohinoor Of India”

Andhra Pradesh

Its first summit was convened at Belgrade, Yugoslavia(1961)

Only Indian Prime minister who skipped one of these summits in 1979 was Charan singh because of his illness

and the second one to skip is Narendra Modi, because he believes that the movement is irrelevant in the present day

Present summit is being held at Porlamar, Venezuela(13-18 Sept 2016)

What is being discussed here?

Non Alignment Movement

It was inaugurated in 1999, initial owners where British airways and the Marks Barfeild family

In 2006 it was taken over by Tussads and then by Merlin Entertainments

In September 2015 Coca-Cola signed an agreement to sponsor it for two years, starting from January 2015. On the day of the

announcement, the it was lit in red.

Clue on next slide

Dennis Hope, an American entrepreneur, sells real estate. In 1980, he started his own business,. As of 2009 Hope claimed to have sold 2.5M acre plots of X, for around US$20

per acre. He allocates land to be sold by closing his eyes and randomly pointing to a

map of the X. He claims two former US presidents as customers, stating Jimmy

Carter and Ronald Reagan had aides purchase them plots of X.

Lands on Moon

Some among the numerous jobs he tried his hands on include :• Teaching assistant at Brigham Young University for a

semester Chief resident paediatrician in a Georgia hospital• Attorney at Louisiana State Attorney General's office• Pilot at PanAm airways • U.S. Bureau of Prisons agent• He is currently a consultant and lecturer for the FBI

academy and field offices. • And also CEO of …….. & Associates, a financial fraud

consultancy company

Who am I talking about ?(Clue on next slide)

...... was born to a great sage, Vishrava and his wife, the daitya princess Kaikesi. People of Bisrakh

village in Uttar Pradesh claim that their village was named after Vishrava and that ...... was born there.

The word …… means roaring opposite of Vaiśravaṇa(God of Wealth)

Ravana

+

=

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Whose bird?

Udna Hai. Aaj. Abhi.

Future Group

What made this controversial ?

Onam is celebrated in kerala on the same day .

It is believed that King Bali visits kerala on this day

The WHO recommended the use of the …… in 1986, but in 200 an international consensus

report on oral hygiene concluded that further research was needed to document the effect of

……

Circumcision(Khitan),Applying perfume(attar), ……(arak) and Marriage(nikkha) were common practices among all the prophets(david, jesus,

abraham, mohammed etc.,)

Miswak

Ramanagara, a town dear Bengaluru also known as Shamserabad at the ruling time of Tippu Sultan. It was then called Closepet, after Sir Barry Close (1756–1813)

in pre-Independence times

Ramanagara is also famous for some of the world's oldest granite outcrops. The hill Ramadevarabetta,

along with Savandurga was one of the shooting locations for David Lean's A Passage to India. Small

door like grottoes were made in the rock to resemble caves.It was also in this region that the path-breaking,

movie …… was shot

Sholay

Old logo of?

Ernst & Young

Whose new logo?

Deloitte

?minimalist posters.

Forrest Gump

Absolut Vodka

These started around 1950’s for revenue generation as a simple profit sharing agreement

between Indian Railways and some private companies. western railways generated 26 lakhs

in 2001 and 19 lakhs in 2010 but collection plummeted to RS 1.71 lakhs in 2012. As train

frequency improves there is now little hope for their survival . What are we talking about?

Weighing machines

Engineering student’s favourite logo ?

Id the place6 clues

........ was founded by Lt. Frederick Young of East India Company. Lt.

Young came here for the sole purpose of bagging some game.

He was so enamoured by the beauty that he decided to build a hunting lodge (shooting box) at a

place (named after an animal's body part) along with FJ Shore, Jt. Magistrate of the adjoining town

in 1823.

In 1832 ......... was the intended terminus of the Great Trigonometric Survey of India that began at the southern tip of India. Although unsuccessful, the

Surveyor General of India at the time, George Everest wanted to have the new office of the Survey of India

based in ..........

In 1850 the first beer brewery in India was built here

This was one of the places in India where Indians were not allowed to enter during British raj

Motilal Nehru, deliberately broke this rule every day whenever he was here and would pay the fine. This was the favourite

holiday spot for Nehru family

During the 1959 Tibetan Rebellion, the

Central Tibetan Administration of the

14th Dalai Lama was at first established in ……… before being

moved to its present location in Dharamsala

The name ……… is often attributed to a derivation of 'mansoor'(Coriaria nepalensis), a shrub which is indigenous to the

area.

MUSSOORIE

It was first expected on August 29, 1997

Then postponed to July 25, 2004

Again postponed to April 21, 2011

Its again postponed to an unspecified date in October 2017

What was postponed due to lack of technology needed ?

Judgement day - Terminator

Skynet

A Double Life

Connect person

Aleque Padamsi

Genesis is the Luxury brand launched in 2015 by which Korean giant ?

Hyundai

“Hövding” in Swedes means chief ‘headman’.

What does this company produce ?

Airbag Helmets. Inflates when it senses danger

Connect

Earl R.Dean

COCA-COLA CONTOUR BOTTLE WAS DEIGNED BY HIM

INSPIRED BY COCOA PODS

Connect - Coca Cola contour bottle

X, introduced in 1982, was one of the "newest" ______ that managed to plant its roots deep into

the global confectionery market, especially in China.

To Chinese, the gold wrapper(associated with good fortune and wealth) and delicate packaging

appeared luxurious and exotic, giving it some meaning which is highly important to the Chinese.

The parent company of X has been described as "one of the world's most secretive firms"

ID THE PERSON

…….. was born in Nottingghamshire, in 1661, where his father had a small estate.

He was a surgeon before truing becoming captain of the ship

prior to his most famous voyages he is described as having traveled to The Levant and later to East &

West Indies.

His remarkable travels begin in 1699 and end in 1715, having changed his personality to that of a recluse(mostly due to his voyage to the country of

Houyhnhnms)

He has written his memories five years following his last return to England

His third voyage was to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Lunggnagg, Glubbudbrib & Japan(5 August 1706

- 16 April 1710)

His second Voyage was to Brobdingnag(20 June 1702 - 3 June 1706)

His first and most famous Voyage was on 4 May 1699 to the Country Of Lilliput

Answer

Lemuel Gulliver

Connect

Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now that time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly

or in full measure, but very substantially.

What comes next ?

This is the first line of “Tryst with Destiny”

At the stroke of midnight hour, when world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to new, when an age ends,

and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance………

Answer : Nehru’s speech at the stroke of midnight hour

Fruit juices by whom?

mahindra

During 1348 to 1359 black death has wiped out almost 30% of European population and significant %age in

Asia

The original document from 1377, at Archives of Dubrovnik, states that before entering the city, vessels had to spend 30 days in a restricted place waiting to

see whether the symptoms of Black Death would develop. Later, isolation was prolonged to 40 days

Later in 1962 President Kennedy used this word instead of “Blockade”, during cuban missile crisis

Which word?

QUARANTINEQaranta(40) in French

A small Spanish town was named after a Berber warrior “Tarif-ibn-Malik” as Tarifa.

This town was the first in world to charge the merchants for using their docks

Which english word is derived from here?

Tariff

When the Babri Mosque was demolished in 1992, the Government of India asked the

Rajputana Rifles to go to Ayodhya and control the situation there. For the first time in history, a regiment refused to follow the government order citing a very strange but valid reason. What was

the reason given by Rajputana Rifles for not obeying government's order?

Their battle cry was "Raja Ram Chandra ki Jai"

Whose private investment firm ?

Michael Saul Dell

Funda ?

Businessmen who came back to take back the leadership of their respective companies

Dell, Tata, Infosys(Narayan Murthy), Bloomberg

Thousands of women left work at 2:38 p.m. in Iceland during October

2016 to protest the gender pay gap in the country

What was the fund behind 2:38 pm

In Iceland,Women earn 14 to 18% less than men, which means on an

average eight hour work day, women are essentially working for

free after 2:38 p.m

Since the kingdom was found in 1932, Saudi adopted Hijri calendar, but in 2016

they shifted to the Western Gregorian calendar , bringing the oil-rich kingdom in

line with many of its energy customers.

What was the reason for this shift ?

The Islamic lunar calendar is actually 11 days shorter than the 365-day solar year,

which will actually save the kingdom money by cutting salary days for many

public servants.

This company was founded in 1915 by Afrikaner National Pers as publisher & printer on newspapers and

magazines.

In 1985 the company launched pay TV system M-Net, which brought about great reputation and the company

has grown into one of the largest media houses in the world.

In 1998 the Nasionale Pers officially changed its name to …….

This has grown out to be a investment firm after its sucesslful investments in some internet startup which include Tancent, facebook, Pay-U, Ibibo, Groupon,

Zynga etc.,

NASPERS

This day was selected so that it doesn't interfere with the Biblical Sabbath or with market day, which was

on Wednesday in many towns

The period between this day & 1st Wednesday of December is always 29 days

There are many demands & petitions to change the day to the Veterans Day which is a public holiday, in

an even year

What is this about ?

"the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November in an even year"

The US Election day

When & where did we see

this?

Interstellar - IAF drone hacking scene

In his book “Imagining India”, Nandan Nilekani writes about the

change in election promises from the roti, kapda, makan rhetoric of the

1970’s to the slogans around infrastructure, which were famously

called as “BSP” promise

What does BSP stand for?

Bijli, Sadak, Pani

Commemorative coins round

International Labour Organisation

The present name was decided during the second round of name hunt during 1963,

proposed by an IIM student.

Actually the first round of the name hunt gave an apt name, but it was dropped

because it also happened to be the name of the then Congress president, who later

rejected the offer of prime ministership after Nehru’s death

Id leader’s name, product, 1st proposed name & 2nd one

1st Proposal Kamaraj 2nd - Nirodh

Congress President’s name - K Kamaraj

This originally belonged to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, a 19th century leader and educationist. At the house-warming party, Sir William Moor

hoped that this large palatial home in Civil Lines of the city which was capital of India for

a day would become the cement holding together the British Empire in India. But, the house was bought by an Indian nationalist in

1900, and went on to become a centre for Indian National Movement

Id the leader and place

MOTILAL NEHRU &

ANAND BHAVAN

• Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir, Old quarters of Soldier Bazaar

• Kalka Devi Cave • Katas Raj temple • Hinglaj Mata Mandir • Kashmir Sharada Peeth • Lava Temple • Valmiki Mandri

Connect

HINDU PILGRIMAGE SITES @ PAKISTAN

It was the capital of the Trigarta Kingdom at the time of the Mahabharata war, ruled by the Katoch

Rajput Dynasty. It had various names over the years. It was originally called Kashyapapura after

a sage named Kashyapa. Other names were Hamsapura, Vegapura, Sambapura after the son of Krishna(samba) who built a famous Sun Temple in the region.The current name of this place has been derived from the Sanskrit name of the temple Mula - Sthana.This place has frequently been a site of

conflict due to its location on a major invasion route between South Asia and Central Asia

Multan

Western India plywood company ltd., has innovated a process(during Nov2016) to recycle a very strong

pulp from .................. into hardboard. Because................ was in excess supply, and

engineers at the company decided make some profits out of it

DEMONETISED 500 & 1000 NOTES

Italian auto brand Piaggio launched “Vespa 946 ……. …… Edition” priced at 12lakhs to mark the 40th anniversary of the fashion

brand ……

Name of this spider ?

Eriovixia gryffindori

It was originally composed in Telugu

language by writer Pydimarri Venkata Subba Rao in 1962. It was first read out in a school in Visakhapatnam in 1963 and was subsequently translated

into various regional languages. Subbarao himself is thought to have been unaware of its status as the ___________. Apparently, he came to

know about this when his granddaughter was reading it from her textbook

Indian National Pledge

Who/what is inspiration for this cafe at Melbourne, The cafe’s website also features a sapphire ring-shaped mouse pointer

when you open its webpage

Kate Middelton

Which brand launched this collection of jewellery named “Eye Of The CHEETAH” priced at 13 lakhs

Whose seal?

• This organisation was fi r s t p r o p o s e d b y M.N.Roy in 1934

• Recognised by British in 1940, under August offer

• I m p l e m e n t e d u n d e r cabinet mission of 1946

The Portuguese gained control over the region via Treaty of Bassein & were actively involved in the

growth of their Roman Catholic religious orders in this region.They called the islands by various

names. The English were in constant struggle with the Portuguese for hegemony over the region, as

they recognised its strategic natural harbour and its natural isolation from land-attacks

Region was given to Britain in 1661 as part of the Portuguese Princess Catherine of Braganza's

dowry to Charles II of England.

Which region ?

Bombaim / Bombay / Mumbai

_________________ has been under consideration since the Tokyo conference of the International Council for Bird

Preservation held in May 1960.

This matter was taken up by the Indian Board for Wild Life

Some of the other birds considered for the honour were the Great Indian Bustard, the Sarus crane, the “Garuda” and the Swan, the strongest contender being the Great Indian

Bustard

Selection of national bird

Thats All Folks !