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The “Kamdhenu” suggests auspiciousness

The “Sun” is the source of knowledge and vitality, a living force

The “Elephant” represents strength and power

“India” The mother country

The “Conch” symbolises the voice of the people

The “Lotus” is for purity and independence

The “Blades of Grass” stand for multiplicity and fertility

The Hindu newspaper crest

Supreme Courts verdict on convicted politician

From top left clockwise A K Patnaik

Laloo Prasad Yadav

S J Mukhopaddhaya

Raseed Masood

The Times of India, on 31st July 2013, published a newspaper article with the title:

"At 66, The Mother _____ gets ready for her 29th baby"

What is the baby named?

The baby is Telangana

Arundhati Bhattachaarya, the first female chairperson of SBI.

Time Bomb 9/11 was a 24-episode Hindi political thriller that aired on Zee TV in the year 2005. The story focused on Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist group aiming to destroy the city of New Delhi on September 11 as well as assassinating the Indian Prime Minister who was played by Kay Kay Menon. A RAW group led by Field Officer Varun Awasthi (played by Rajeev Khandelwal) was assigned to protect the Prime Minister and the city.

Q - Which popular US TV Series did Time Bomb emulate ?

P.S.- This show is being remade again by “Tom Cruise’s BFF in India”.

If the Supreme Court verdict on X is implemented, India will become the 14th country to adopt this practice.

The countries where X is in vogue: France, Belgium, Brazil, Greece, Ukraine, Chile, Bangladesh, State of Nevada, Finland, the United States of America, Colombia, Spain and Sweden.

The concept of negative vote. NOTA(none of the above)

Amidst all the exuberance that has marked this destroyer of foes 'going critical', it is easy to forget that Monday, Aug 12, 2013 also marked the launch of a "bold/courageous one" that is twice the size of a football field, has enough power units to light up the entire city of Kochi and has enough cabling cover the distance between the city and Delhi.

Who are these two appropriately named entities?

INS Arihant (destroyer of enemies) - India's first indigenously built nuclear submarine and INS Vikrant (bold one) - India's indigenously built aircraft carrier.

When Indira Gandhi was found guilty of violating electoral laws by the Allahabad High Court, X called for Indira to resign, and advocated a program of social transformation which he termed Sampoorna kraanti (Total Revolution). Instead she proclaimed a national Emergency on the midnight of June 25, 1975, immediately after X had called for the PM's resignation.

X attracted a gathering of 100,000 people at the Ramlilagrounds and thunderously recited Rashtrakavi RamdhariSingh 'Dinkar''s wonderfully evocative poetry: SinghasanKhaali Karo Ke Janata Aaati Hai.

P.S.-X shares his Birthday with Mr. Amitabh Bachchan.

This Bengali film is titled "Satyanveshi" ("The Truth Seeker") and releases in the end of August 2013. Whose last directorial venture is this? Who is playing the lead role? Who does the title refer to?

How is Asumal Thaumal Harpalani or AsumalSirumalani popularly known as?

Retd. General V K Singh

Reffering to the incident when General Singh disclosed that he was offered bribe to clear sub-standard tanks.

Her base price was slashed to half, as the IBL would have no Women’s doubles fixtures. This act made her quite upset.

Furthermore she was banned from playing in national and international tournaments by the BAI.

Later the ban was revoked after a Delhi High Court Ruling

She played for the Krissh Delhi Smashers in the recently concluded IBL

Identify this Indo-Chinese player, who is famous both for her game and fashion sense.

Enough Hints!

In mid-2013, an Indian company announced that it would launch a Smartphone named "Next Generation Android Mobile Odyssey". It will apparently be available in two variants, "Smart Saffron 1" and "Smart Saffron 2", and will come bundled with videos and apps dedicated to someone.

So whom is this phone dedicated to?

Narendra Modi, the NaMo phones

He is a permanent American resident but has retained his Indian Passport.

He received the Padma Vibhusan in 2001 and is the honorary citizen of Florence and Tel Aviv.

He is the Music director for the Life of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

It is a snapshot of a video featuring VJ Juhi and Actress Kalki Koechlin titled “It’s your Fault”

Why has this video gone viral on YouTube?

Indian mentality of blaming women for rape.

This festival occurs four times a year, however only one of them is best known by this name

Known as Vasanta, Ashad, Sharada, Poushya/Magha

Sharada is the most important

Vasanta is also associated with Ram

Festival’s name derives from the worship of a certain number of forms of a deity

Which festival?

Navratra

Crew

Commander Pablo

Lieutenant Maya

Captain Blaze

Dr. Zen

Fuller

SYD-D

Surya

Nemesis and his team

Kaala Saaya Teja Paras Chhalasur Morpha Kineto Sonic Venom Gravito Computo Vikaal

Roshan Seth famous for his likeness to Nehru, portrayed Nehru 4 times in entertainment. Gandhi, Last days of the Raj and Food for Ravens. Which was the other instance?

Manchester, UK

Milwaukee, USA

Cincinati, USA

Osaka, Japan

Yekaterinburg, Russia

Faisalabad, Pakistan

They are the sister cities of Kanpur.

Q. 10 Mahatma Gandhi Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jawahar Lal Nehru Saradar Vallabh Bhai Patel Lal Bahadur Shastri Mother Teressa Parveen Babi India Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi Sachin Tendulkar Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Sonia Gandhi Shahrukh Khan Sania Mirza Manmohan Singh Narendra Modi Aamir KhanExhaustive List for What ???

Q.11

The original building was constructed using bricks from Burma. The building had a big tower at centre used as a watch tower and had seven wings which emerge from tower as rays of sun. Building had 693 rooms. Wings were designed in such a way that doors of rooms in one wing faced back of another wing

Which Building ???

Q. 12

Red and Yellow: NandiGhosha

Red and Bluish Green: Taladhwaja

Red and black: Padmadhwaja

Above information is related to which Indian festival ???

Standard of the President of India

M.F. Hussain’s painting of Bharat Mata.

The Chakravyuh

A stamp (seen on the left) issued earlier this year;

unusually shaped as a diamond. But

what is unique about this stamp?

6.

The material is khadi.

8. Connect

10. Connect

11. Connect; the most famous one has been left out; (All definitions from Wikipedia)

“a family of synthetic polymers known generically as polyamides, first produced on February 28, 1935, by Wallace Carothers”

“a category of polymers which contain the ester functional group in their main chain”

“a manufactured regenerated cellulose fiber produced from naturally occurring polymers”

“a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of plants of the genus Gossypium.”

or

or

All alliterative screen sirens* a la ‘Silk’ Smitha

‘Nylon’ Nalini‘Polyester’ Padmini

‘Rayon’ Revathi‘Cotton’ Kamini

* not the actresses shown in the slide, of course!

12. Connect

Anthony

Mythology

Business

Freedom Struggle

Word Power

Entertainment

Sports

Winds Of Change

Audience

Selaginella species are creeping or ascendant plants with simple, scale-like leaves (microphylls) on branching stems from which roots also arise. The plants are heterosporous (megaspores and microspores), and have structures called ligules, scale-like outgrowths near the base of the upper surface of each microphyll and sporophyll. Under dry conditions, some species of Selaginella roll into brown balls (a phenomenon known as poikilohydry). In this state, they may be uprooted. Under moist conditions the brown balls become green, because of which these are also known as resurrection plants (as in Selaginellabryopteris).

What myth is associated with selaginella bryopteris.

Sanjeevni Booti.

The most famous legend surrounding this 6452 m. mountain massif in Uttrakhand has to do with seven companions who are supposed to have walked up the mountains many years ago.

The name of the peak is supposed to be aspirational, much like a Led Zeppelin masterpiece.

What mountain?

Swargarohini(Stairway to Heaven), legend behind that Pandavas,Draupadi and a dog walked up the peak.

It is a Bangalore-based online retail store and has been

repeatedly referred to as “India’s answer to _______.”

Two IIT Delhi graduates - Binny Bansal and Sachin

Bansal, started this enterprise in 2007. “We noticed that

most ___________ players in India didn’t get even the

basics right. Our customers can trust us. We provide them

satisfaction and unmatched usability”, says Binny.

FITB and the company.

Amazon , Flipkart

What is the joint venture between PriyaExhibitors Private Limited and Village Roadshow Limited called?

In the year 1919, the British Government passed a new rule under which the Government had the authority and power to arrest people and keep them in prisons without any trial if they are suspected with the charge of terrorism.

Which rule?

Rowlatt Act

Satichaura Ghat Massacre, Bibigharmassacre, Recapture of Cawnpore by the British, Attack on Wheeler’s entrenchment.

Connect.

Nana Sahib Peshwa

This modern English word is derived from a Hindi word which in turn has come from the Sanskrit root “chapyati” which means ‘to pound, knead’. However this word is now used as both a noun and a verb.

Shampoo

The Sanskrit version of what resource is sub-titled as swatantravishwavigyaanakoshaha?

When asked in an interview the singer of song X said :“Rahman Sir called me to his Powai studio and gave me the lyrics. ‘What is X?’ he asked. I explained the meaning to him. The lyrics mean something like ‘I spin your cotton all night, the entire day is spent in this thought, I shall live and die for you, Be a spinning wheel O’ my body….’ He then said that he wanted a very catchy number, as it was going to be a fun song with lead cast on the road. It is not a folk song, only the rhyme X… belongs to a Punjabi folk song. “

One of the most accepted reasons for Lata Mangeshkar’s rise in Bollywood at an early age, is the departure of X, who was regarded as the greatest singer from the Indian sub continent, who left for Pakistan during. So much so that it was said that Lata Mangeshkar's early singing style was inspired by her. In Pakistan, she was also given the title Mallika-e-Tarannum (‘queen of melody’). Who?

Noor Jehan

Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Debut against WI at Kolkata on the last Day of 1966.

On the first day of the match, MAK Pataudi brought him on to bowl for the first time in the last over before lunch, only for Rohan Kanhai to hit the last ball of the over for a straight six and walk off.

According to the writer Rajan Bala who knew PAtaudi’ssense of humour well, what was the probable non-cricketing reason why Pataudi brought Bedi on to bowl at that point of time?

So that Bedi would start his career exactly as the clocks were striking twelve, playing on the joke that Sardarjisgo crazy at noon.

Connect 1928,1932,1936,1948,1952,1956,1964,1980,2008.

India won gold medals in these Olympics

Railway Minister’s Award (1963) Padma Shri by the Government of India (2001) Man of the Year by the Times of India (2002) CII Award for leadership in Infrastructure development (2002-

03) One of Asia’s Heroes by TIME (2003) AIMA( All India Management Association ) award for Public

Service Excellence (2003) Chevalier de la Légion ďHonneur by the Government of France

(2005) CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2007: Public Service (2008) Padma Vibhushan by the Governemnt of India (2008) Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris causa) from IIT

Roorkee (2009)

E. Sreedharan“The Metro Man”

E. Shreedharan, the “Metro Man”

As the Chief Election Commissioner of India he introduced major electoral reforms and redefined the status and visibility of the Election Commission of India.

His name became synonymous with transparency and efficiency. He managed to stamp his authority on the country's electoral system by conducting the cleanest elections in living memory."Nobody dared to violate the law.“

Things he banned during election include Bribe or intimidate voters. Distribute liquor during the elections. Use official machinery for campaigning. Appeal to voters' caste or communal feelings. Use places of worship for campaigns. Use loudspeakers without prior written permission.

T. N. Seshan, The Man who would never back down