The Techonomic Quotient 4.0

The Techonomic Quotient 4.0

99.1 % Pure QuizzingRound 2 NIT Campus

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Rules & Regulations2 members per team.Use of MOBILE Phones will lead to immediate disqualification.No CHEATING, leads to disqualification. Been there, Done that. So expert in 101 ways of cheating.Use of Nuclear Weapons strictly prohibited. ( May attract US invasion)Quiz masters decision will be final & binding. ( Obsession with Nazism )

Round 1Consists of 20 Questions.Marking Scheme +1 -0Brevity & Conciseness will be appreciated.No points for ESSAY Writing

Question 1

ID the advertisement.#NP

Question 2The first person to report about X was Christopher Colombus.X is one of the rare places on the Earth where the compass does not point towards Magnetic North instead if that, it points towards true north.X is quite large and covers an area of 440,000 miles.ID X#AS

Bermuda Triangle

Question 3

Identify the person onRight#AS

Pablo Escobar

Question 4

Put Funda.#NP

Only matches in which entire team got MoM.

Question 5The company X rebranded itself as '____' removing the suffix to help diversify. The company also forayed into the hardware segment by launching a pair of smart glasses called 'Spectacles', that take 10-second videos. "Now that we are developing other products, like Spectacles, we need a name that goes beyond just one product," said X's Co-founder. Give X.#SA

Snap Inc.

Question 6During the Mughal period, it occupied a unique place in emblem of the royalty of Oudh. This was usually used like a cloth to wipe off the excess oil off the hands after the completion of an oil rich food laden with meat and fat. In short it served as a substitute for a handkerchief. What am I talking about?#NP

Rumali Roti

Question 7It was originally discussed to have been a star or a plus sign, and during development the feature was referred to as "awesome". It was unveiled during the annual conference of 2010. It is Liked by many of us.#AS

Like Button

Question 8

Which place?#NP

221B, Bakers Street

Question 9Indian Americans are, by some economists: Hotels , Motels and X. According to many economic reports, around 50-60% of small hotels and Motels in United States are owned by Indians of that, 40% are from the same community. Few Americans confuse X as motel in some Indian Language.Many B-Schools have undertaken studies into the X dominance of the small Hotel Market. Identify X #AS

Patel

Question 10While addressing the Oxford Union Debating Society in 2012, he revealed that he had tried every creature: Elephant, Monkey, Snake and even Kangaroo. Since the Kangaroo was too slow he chose something a little quicker.

Who was he and what did he choose ? #SR

PSY talking about why he chose the Pony Style dance move for the song Gangnam Style

Question 11

ID him.#NP

Ruskin Bond

Question 12Horns effect, also known as devil effect, refers to a situation when our first impression of a person is negative and we tend to ignore his/her positive characteristics and focus only on the negative ones. We tend to see the person in light of the negative first impression and hence there is higher probability that we will not like that person. One such example of horns effect was observed in the form of an online protest against a well-known enterprise in India. Identify the person and the entity that were the victims of horns effect.#SR

Aamir Khan Snapdeal incident

Question 13In 1826, John Walker was stirring a pot of chemicals when he noticed a dried lump had formed on the end of the mixing stick. Without thinking, he tried to scrape off the dried gob and all of a sudden something happened.Mr. Walker sold the first __ at a local bookstore. The friction __ were three inches long and came neatly in a box with a piece of sandpaper.Walker wasnt interested in patenting the idea, so Samuel Jones copied the __ and sold Lucifers. They were a little more practical than Walkers friction __. Lucifers were shorter and came in a smaller cardboard box for easy carrying.What is being talked about ?#SR

MatchStick

If the Durands line divides Pakistan and Afghanistan, Macmohan line divides India & China and 17th parallel divided north and south Vietnam, then what does Vinculum line divide ? Question 14

#SR

Numerator & Denominator

Question 15

ID him.

#NP

Lionel Messi

Question 16FITB Ram Subhag SinghY. B. ChavanC. M. StephenJagjivan RamRajiv GandhiL. K. AdvaniAtal Bihari VajpayeeP. V. Narasimha RaoSharad PawarSonia Gandhi ___ ___

#SR

Sushma Swaraj (Leader of Opposition in LS)

Question 17Which book series, according to Guinness World Records, is the bestselling copyrighted book of all time ? #SR

Guinness Book of World Records

Question 18

Connect :#NP

Indian Naval Submarines

Question 19On 16th November 2013, a particular word being added to a Wikipedia article resulted in a massive outpour of emotions on the Internet.Facebook saw a massive outage on the same with many posting statuses that paid tribute.Twitter saw the swansong of a handle that came into prominence .What was the word added or give me the sentence?#SR

Former Cricketer - Sachin

Question 20Possessing deductive powers exceeding even those of his younger brother, X is nevertheless incapable of performing detective work similar to that of his brother as he is unwilling to put in the physical effort necessary to bring cases to their conclusions.X is described in "The Greek Interpreter" as being "a much larger and stouter man".In "The Bruce-Partington Plans", the following description is given:Heavily built and massive, there was a suggestion of uncouth physical inertia in the figure, but above this unwieldy frame there was perched a head so masterful in its brow, so alert in its steel-grey, deep-set eyes, so firm in its lips, and so subtle in its play of expression, that after the first glance one forgot the gross body and remembered only the dominant mind.In short, He is described as having abilities of deduction and knowledge exceeding even those of his brother, though their practical use is limited by his poor physique and dislike of fieldwork.His brother is very famous, put your detective skills into use to find the answer.#NP

Mycroft Holmes

Round 2Consists of 5 connect Questions. Marking Scheme on each question.One Mega Connect for +5

Question 1+5/-5

X was founded in 2007 as BODVOD Network and initially distributed Bollywood content in North America in a B2B offering. It later shifted its core focus to become a music destination for fans of Bollywood and other Indic music in 2009, re-launching its flagship product, to become a B2C offering with an improved user interface and faster, smarter search capabilities.

X is something which is not an Indian company but is perceived to be one due to its name which is an abbreviation.

ID X.#FK

Saavn

Question 2+4/-4ANI Inc. Is popularly known as X. It is was founded by Bhavesh Agarwal and Bhati Ankit in year 2010.

In cooperation with Avanti Learning Centres, personals who are associated with X can get their children studying in the ninth and tenth standard to the learning centre and avail free education.

X Gurukul will start off with a batch of 500 students in Mumbai. The initiative will be extended to provide free stationary, books and other apparatus for the top performing students. The students program will be held after school so that the students get the much needed attention while also saving on tuition classes costs.

ID this famous Indian Company.#FK

Ola

Question 3+3/-3Xis the third largest two-wheeler manufacturer in India, with a revenue of Rs.11,516 Cr ($1.7 billion) in 2015-16. It is the flagship company of the Rs. 40,000 Cr ($6 billion, in 2014-15) X Group. The company has an annual sales of 2.5 million units and an annual capacity of over 3 million vehicles. X Company is also the 2nd largest exporter in India with exports to over 60 Countries.

X and Suzuki shared a 19-year-long relationship that was aimed at technology transfer, to enable design and manufacture of two-wheelers specifically for the Indian market. Re-christened X-Suzuki, the company brought out several models such as the Suzuki Samurai, Suzuki Shogun and Suzuki Fiero. In 2001, after separating ways with Suzuki, the company was renamed X, relinquishing its rights to use the Suzuki name. There was also a 30-monthmoratoriumperiod during which Suzuki promised not to enter the Indian market with competing two-wheelers.

ID X#FK

TVS Motors

Question 4+2/-2

Recently, a popular brand X launched a perfume which smells of tomato, ketchup and cheese.This company is very unlikely for making perfumes.The company is famous for making something which uses the above mentioned things in its products.#CC

Pizza Hut

Question 5+1/-1Ritesh started his entrepreneurial journey when he was 17 years old. He dropped out of college and launched his first startup Oravel Stays Pvt. Ltd. in the year 2012. Being an avid traveler, he soon realized that the budget hospitality sector lacked predictability. Therefore, he pivoted Oravel to X in 2013 with the key proposition of offering affordable and standardized accommodation.

According to a research carried out by CB Insights forThe New York Times, X is among the companies that may be the next start-up unicorns. The company is backed by investors like the Softbank Group, Greenoaks Capital, Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed India.

ID X#FK

OYO Rooms

Mega Connect

Thank You!#CC Chinmay Cholkar

#FK Faisal Khan

#AS Abhik Sarkar

#SR Sagar Raja

#SA Shubham Amraotkar

#NP Nilay Pandey

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