SILICON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

NOESIS 2K15

A A R A B D H

FINAL ROUND

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ROUND 01

Snap it

(direct answer round)

Question 01:

• Started with president Sukarno of Indonesia in 1950, and the list follows till date . The list also includes The Queen Elizabeth II in 1961 .And the last name on the list for the time being is Barack Obama, The president of the United States of America in 2015. Which list are we talking about ?

Question 02:

• Born on 25th April 1987 in jiaganj West Bengal, appeared first as a participant in one of the reality singing series, FAME GURUKUL in 2005. Then he went on to win a subsequent reality show called “10 ke 10 le gaye dil”. Moreover he got his first break from Shankar-Ehsan-Loy on one of their songs called “All for One” from High School Musical 2 in 2007. Which well known playback singer is described here ?

Question 03:

• Ruth Handler watched her daughter Barbara play with toys, which partially inspired her about X. During her trip to Europe in 1956 she came across Bild Lilli ,which gave her the final draft for X. she suggested her husband Elliot, a co-founder of the Mattel company who was unenthusiastic about the idea, so as were the other directors. Identify X.

Question 04:

YOU ARE LUCKY !!!!

How do you better know “Pandit Gangadhar Mayadhar Omkarnath Sashtri” – a

photographer for the newspaper

“Aaj ki Awaaz”.

Question 05:

• According to local belief, shepherd Buta Malik was once given a bag full of coal by a saint. To his surprise ,he found the bag was full of gold coins. He went back to thank the saint but couldn’t find him . Instead, he found an ice structure inside a cave .

which holy place was thus discovered by Buta Malik ?

Question 06:

• X is an electronic recording device placed in an aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of aviation incidents. What is this X ?

JANTA KI BAARI

• Name me the Indian personality with highest number of likes on FACEBOOK !

ROUND 02

Pounce it !!

(direct plus pounce)

Question 01

• Camilo Villegas, a Columbian professional golfer, has a homemade putting routine: while he reads a putt, he crouches down parallel to the ground without touching it, extending his left leg back while balancing with his right leg and his putter to get a better view of the slope of the green. He is given the nickname "Hombre Araña" (or _________ ) for this posture.

Question 02

• This phrase is supposed to have evolved from the “sport” of tent pegging. Sikh warriors would attack Mughal camps and remove the pegs of tents in which the enemy was camped thereby trapping the occupants under the heavy fabric of the tent. They would then give the battle cry “________ ___ _______” to destroy temporary bridges so that the Mughal wouldn’t be able to retaliate. In common usage, when translated to English, it means “to bring the house down”.

What is the phrase?

Question 03

• Shantilal Parmar spotted Nitin Shah, who worked for a petrol station and made him a commissioned agent selling jeans. Parmar taught Nitin about Jeanswear business. After this Nitin envisioned a denim empire and commissioned the help of his bothers Arun and Milan shah. Identify the denim brand from this story.

Question 04

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is a specific disorder that involves the death of neurons. This is also known at times as Motor Neuron Disease(MND).

Name the activity that went viral on social media during July-August 2014 in order to promote awareness of the disease.

Question 05

• Widely used in Asia, Africa, South America and Australia - X was developed by a Japanese business man, Elichiro Ueyama around the 1890’s.

• Typically made from dried paste of ‘pyrethrum’.

• It measures 15 centimeters in diameter and lasts up to 8hours.

• What is X ?

Question 06

• The Ashok Chakra is a military decoration that is awarded for valor, courageous action or

self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is either awarded to military or civilian personnel and may be awarded posthumously.

Name the only legendary person from the Indian Air Force till date to receive this award alive.

JANTA KI BAARI

• “sleeping ploicemen” are usually posted near the educational institutions, hospitals and other important public places to look at public safety .

who/what are the “sleeping policemen” ?

HINT: THINK SPEED !

ROUND 03

Sneak-a-pic

Question 01

Question 02

Question 03

Question 04

Question 05

Question 06

JANTA KI BAARI

Shock lagga !

Ek aurr …

ROUND 04

WAR OF THE WORDS

1.

• Whose the founder of Android (single person).

• ISIS: Abbreviate

• who scored the maximum no. of goals in 2014 football world cup brazil ?

• What is the capital of Assam ?

• How do you better know ISRO’s MOM as on 24th September 2014 ?

2.

• How do you better know ‘Hridesh Singh’ ?

• Where is INDIA HOUSE located ?

• Which is the most liked page on Facebook with over "70 million likes"?

• Karma is a dance form of which state ?

• Bharat Ratna is a peepal leaf shaped award. Serious or joking ?

3.

• Who was first Indian to win an academy award?

• Who Sponsored the IPL 2014 ?

• Expand : FTII (in Pune )

• Which is the largest platform in the world ?

• Who is captain of the Indian cricket team women ?

4.

• Who is called as "El Gordo" or The Fatso by his teammates?

• Who quoted “ man is a social animal”.

• Who is the owner of the ISL team Kerala Blasters ?

• What does WADA in sports org. stands for ?

• Which human body organ produces maximum heat ?

5.

• Which Bollywood film star is honored by légion d’honour France's highest civilian award ?

• Expand MMS .

• How do we better know Aliaune Damala Bouga.

• What is the capital of switzerland ?

• Who is the CEO of Google Inc.

6.

• How do we better know HENRY CANVIL ?

• Which is highest grossing Bollywood movie?

• Expand : AIDMK

• Kishore Biyani is the head of which marketing giant ?

• Who will you relate to ‘UNBREAKABLE’

ROUND 05

HIT IT OFF

01

• In an acidic solution, the “lawsone” molecule can react via a process called Michael addition with keratin to create a stain. What do we genuinely know this process as?

• Hint: Lawsone molecule is

also known as hennotannic acid.

02• X is a dish, which has its origin in Odisha, now very popular

all over India especially the eastern part. It is said to have been introduced by Haradhan Moira in Bengal during the 19th century. It was also one of the traditional offerings to Goddess Lakshmi.

• Haradhan Moira is said to have introduced the traditional X in Bengal. In 1868, Nobin Chandra Das simplified the traditional recipe, after which it became popular.

• His son, K.C.Das started canning the product leading to wider accessibility.

• Identify it .

03• This is the Poruvazhy Peruviruthy Malanada

Temple in Kerala's Kollam district.

• This is one of the only temples where X is worshipped as the primary deity.

• It is deemed to be unjust by many Hindus as it clashes with their pre-formed views and that X is an extremely negative character in their eyes.

• Har-Ki-Doon Valley in Uttarakhand is another place where X is worshipped, just as any other deity. He, in fact, rules supreme there.

Tie Breakers

• Isisaurus is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period. It lived in what is now India.

• It had a "bizarre" appearance with a short, vertically directed neck and long forelimbs, making it considerably different from other sauropods.

• The skeletal material was found between 1984 and 1986 by Sohan Lal Jain and SaswatiBandyopadhya.

• It was named in honour of a certain entity in India. What was it named after?

Tie Breakers

• Arshad Warsi

• Shilpa Shetty

• Amitabh Bachchan

• Sanjay Dutt

• Salman Khan

• Farah Khan

Connect the dots !

Tie - Breakers

• This genre of electronic dance music that is characterized by a tempo of between 125 to mid 160 beats per minute, repeating melodic phrases and a musical form that distinctly builds up and down throughout the track.

• It derives itself referring to a state of hypnotism and HHHeighttnedd consciousness.

• Which genre are we talking about ?

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