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QECOGeneral Quiz with a flavour of economics
FINAL
Round 1General
5 Questions: 10 points each
On pounce: +10/-5
1.La Sagrada Família ,a church in Barcelona, designed by Antoni
Gaudí (1852–1926) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
What is unique about this church?
It is not completed yet
2. Name the character who was picturised by these three
great directors.
Detective Byomkesh Bakshi
3. Guar/cluster beans have recently been in high demand due to industrial
use of guar gum in a particular emerging field. Identify the field.
Hydraulic fracturing oil shale
gas
4.Connect the three.
This is how the features of a beautiful lady is described.
Eyes-ശംഖുപുഷ്പം, Nose-എള്ള്പൂ, Lips-Thondiപഴം
5. Amy Bleuel wanted to honour her father whom she lost to suicide. As the days passed and the project was developed
further, it became clear that this symbol was not just about one person. We heard
from people longing to continue their story and live a life that would inspire
others to continue on as well. Name the project which talks that “your
story is not over yet”.
Project Semi colon
Round 2Personalities5 Questions
First clue: +30/-15Second clue : +20/-10
Third clue:+10/-5
QUESTION 1 His father B N Yugandher
was an IAS officer who served as the director, LBSNAA, Mussoorie.
He is an alumnus of Manipal Institute of
Technology and University of
Wisconsin
He worked with Sun Microsystems as a
member of its technology staff prior to joining his present
company
Satya Nadella
QUESTION 2He contested from Allahabad
seat of 8th Lok Sabha against H. N. Bahuguna, former Chief
Minister of Uttar Pradesh and won by one of the highest victory margins in general
election history (68.2% of the vote)
He produced a movie called Tere mere Sapne
which introduced actors like Arshad Warsi and Simran
His original name was Inquilab
Srivastava
AmitabhBachan
QUESTION 3
A theatre buff since his school days, he played Antony to Mira Nair's Cleopatra in a 1974
production of Antony and Cleopatra at Delhi.
The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone: Reflections on India,
Shadows Across the Playing Field: Sixty Years of India-Pakistan
Cricket, Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century are
some of his works
His book The Great Indian Novel won the Commonwealth
Writers' Prize for the Best Book of the Year in the Eurasian
Region and he was awarded the prestigious Pravasi
Bharatiya Samman
SASHITAROOR
QUESTION 4He composed music
for the critically acclaimed movies
Piravi and ore thooval Pakshikal
He established himself as a noted cartoonist in the early 1960s with
his cartoon series Cheriya Manushyarum Valiya Lokavum
He designed the logo of the International film festival of Kerala
His final movie about refugees in Bengal was based on C. V. Sreereman's short story in the same
name
G ARAVINDHAN
QUESTION 5His original name was Narendranath
Bhattacharya
He was the founder of Mexican Communist Party and have a Pub
in Mexico named after him.
Associated with the ideology
Radical Humanism
M N ROY
Round 3Economics written
round 10 Questions: 5 points
each
1.Why is this man Faraz Syed in news recently?
2. One of the reasons why he does not want
film(Mudrank) on his life to release is an `item
song' by Rakhi Sawant. On whose life is this film
based?
3. Unlike more mature, developed markets, China's stock market is dominated by retail investors consisting of an army of
active day traders, dad and mom shops, housewives, pensioners and even the unemployed. China's investing public,
connected via social media such as WeChat, is highly susceptible to crowd
thinking and herd mentality.This phenomenon is called as_____
4.Residents of Perth, Western Australia’s capital, are now preferring to barter ---------------- rather
than use Australian dollars for things like Mercedes sedans, kitchen cabinets, and even
services such as job placement. They use Facebook for this -------fueled, underground
economy revolution, as there are currently over 400 private -------bartering groups on the
network, most of which are invitation-only and cannot be found via search. What is it that they
are using?
5. Sale of this product increased dramatically in south Korea
without any official promotions, after a controversial incident
happened in 2014 December that embarrassed a family and a
country. Identify the product.
6.Signor Felice -------- (1851-1921) was an Italian businessman. He was born in Gerolanuova near Brescia
and established the Felice -------& Co. chemical laboratory in Milano, developing the successful "Ferro-
China ----", an amaro (drink) made as an alcohol infusion of cinchona bark, herbs, and iron salts. The
company also made the wellselling "Nocera Umbra" , as well as the "l'esanofele", a chemical based on quinine, iron and arsenic to combat malaria (1899). The Parle
group, founded by Jyantilal Chauhan bought the brand in 1969. Identify the brand.
7. The 2002 Nobel in economics was given to a
person who has not taken even a single
course in Economics. Name him.
8.He has been accused of being a fascist theorist, because of his closeness with
Mussolini. He wrote The Scientific Basis of Fascism in 1927. As far as human relationships
were concerned, for him they were reduced to a minimum and compliments were almost non-
existent. For university students, he was practically unapproachable. He is well known for
giving the world of economics a tool which is used widely even today. Identify the person who
was basically a statistician and demographer.
9.The fund is commonly referred to as The Oil Fund. It is the largest pension fund in the world, although it is not a pension fund in the conventional sense as it derives its financial backing from oil profits and not pension contributions. The following companies have been excluded due to activities in breach of the ethical
guidelines. It includes Indian companies like ITC and sterlite. It also plans to pull out of POSCO after
accusations of the company displacing indigenous people in odisha.
Name the country of its origin.
10. What do you call a keyboard input error in the financial markets such as the stock market or foreign exchange market
whereby an order to buy or sell is placed of far greater size than intended, for the wrong stock or contract, at the wrong
price, or with any number of other input errors?
1.Why is this man Faraz Syed in news recently?
He is the Moody’s Analytics junior analyst whose report on India titled ‘Dismal Scientist - India
outlook: Searching for Potential’ created a bit of controversy
2. One of the reasons why he does not want
film(Mudrank) on his life to release is an `item
song' by Rakhi Sawant. On whose life is this film
based?
Abdul karim Telgi of telgi stamp scam
3. Unlike more mature, developed markets, China's stock market is dominated by retail investors consisting of an army of
active day traders, dad and mom shops, housewives, pensioners and even the unemployed. China's investing public,
connected via social media such as WeChat, is highly susceptible to crowd
thinking and herd mentality.This phenomenon is called as_____
Stirr frying the stock/ Chaogu
(Short term trading like gambling by small
investors)
4.Residents of Perth, Western Australia’s capital, are now preferring to barter ---------------- rather
than use Australian dollars for things like Mercedes sedans, kitchen cabinets, and even
services such as job placement. They use Facebook for this -------fueled, underground
economy revolution, as there are currently over 400 private -------bartering groups on the
network, most of which are invitation-only and cannot be found via search. What is it that they
are using?
Beer and other spirits
5. Sale of this product increased dramatically in south Korea
without any official promotions, after a controversial incident
happened in 2014 December that embarrassed a family and a
country. Identify the product.
Macadamia nut which became famous after the rage incident involved by
Korean air chairman’s daughter
6.Signor Felice -------- (1851-1921) was an Italian businessman. He was born in Gerolanuova near Brescia
and established the Felice -------& Co. chemical laboratory in Milano, developing the successful "Ferro-
China ----", an amaro (drink) made as an alcohol infusion of cinchona bark, herbs, and iron salts. The
company also made the wellselling "Nocera Umbra" , as well as the "l'esanofele", a chemical based on quinine, iron and arsenic to combat malaria (1899). The Parle
group, founded by Jyantilal Chauhan bought the brand in 1969. Identify the brand.
BISLERI
7. The 2002 Nobel in economics was given to a
person who has not taken even a single
course in Economics. Name him.
Daniel Kahneman An Israeli-American
psychologist notable for his work on the psychology of
judgment and decision-making, as well as
behavioral economics
8.He has been accused of being a fascist theorist, because of his closeness with
Mussolini. He wrote The Scientific Basis of Fascism in 1927. As far as human relationships
were concerned, for him they were reduced to a minimum and compliments were almost non-
existent. For university students, he was practically unapproachable. He is well known for
giving the world of economics a tool which is used widely even today. Identify the person who
was basically a statistician and demographer.
Carrado Gini
9.The fund is commonly referred to as The Oil Fund. It is the largest pension fund in the world, although it is not a pension fund in the conventional sense as it derives its financial backing from oil profits and not pension contributions. The following companies have been excluded due to activities in breach of the ethical
guidelines. It includes Indian companies like ITC and sterlite. It also plans to pull out of POSCO after
accusations of the company displacing indigenous people in odisha.
Name the country of its origin.
Norway sovereign wealth fund.
10. What do you call a keyboard input error in the financial markets such as the stock market or foreign exchange market
whereby an order to buy or sell is placed of far greater size than intended, for the wrong stock or contract, at the wrong
price, or with any number of other input errors?
FAT FINGER ERROR
SCORE PLEASE
Round 4Connect5 clues
Exclusive list
The foundation for Physical Chemistry
+50/-25
Antitoxin for Diphtheria+40/-20
Poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism +30/-15
X Ray+20/-10
Red Cross+10/-5
The first Nobel prize in 1901- 5 disciplines
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Jr -Chemistry
Emil von Behring -Medicine
René François Armand (Sully) Prudhomme -Litrature
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen -Physics
Jean Henri Dunant -Peace
Round 5General
5 Questions10 points each
On pounce: +10/-5
1.ESO Hotel at Cerro Paranal- atacama desert ,Chile featured in the movie quantum of solace caters only to
______.It is not a commercial hotel, and the public cannot book rooms.
Astronomers
2.Sunil Jaglan was suspended by the Jind deputy commissioner (DC) in March for
irregularities in the panchayat's functioning. Sunil Jaglan was suspended following a complaint that he installed a
submersible tubewell from panchayat funds at a private residence rather than at
a common place. What was the scheme Sunil Jaglan is known for?
Selfie with Daughter
3. People of this country do not clap as a
congratulatory gesture as they believe that clapping is done only to ward off
evil spirits.Name the country
BHUTAN
4.Agrasen ki Baoli ,a protected monument is a 60-meter long and 15-meter wide historical step well near Connaught Place, New Delhi, India. Name the movie through which the place was popularised.
5. Recently Venkatesh Krishna who tweets as @VenkatTweetz
modified a company’s screenshot as a joke and shared it. Within days of this going viral , the joke became
a reality. What are we talking about?
OLA Boats in Chennai