SSQ X 3rd Quiz prelimz question paper

Answer all the Questions:
1.Who founded Facebook?

2.Who founded Twitter?

3.Who won the Oscar for best actor last year?

4.Who is the BJP president?

5.Who is the Indian cricket bowling consultant?

6.Rabindra Ramanarayan Singh, how do we better know him?

7.The year 2010 is the international year of ________.

8.Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami how do we better know him?

9.His first track in politics was his effort to organize the Indian students studying in United Kingdom, mostly for the cause of Indian independence. He subsequently joined India League and London Majlis, both the organizations being communities of overseas Indian students. He was later elected the General Secretary of London Majlish. He was given the responsibility for arranging a meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru during Nehru's visit to London in 1938. The same was done after Subhas Chandra Bose went to England. As a member of London Majlis, He introduced the visiting Indian political figures to the leaders of the Labour Party. Whom we are talking about?

10.When the European navigator Christopher Columbus happened upon a large island in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be known as the Caribbean Sea. It was inhabited by the Taíno, an Arawakan people, who variously called their island Ayiti, Bohio, or Kiskeya. Columbus promptly claimed the island for the Spanish Crown, and renamed it La Isla Española ("the Spanish Island"), or Hispañola. Identify this terror struck country.

11.Ingredients:
4 cups milk
8 tsp. sugar or to taste
1/2 tsp. ground green cardamom seeds (chotti elaichi)
1tbsp. skinned pista (pistachios), thinly sliced
1tbsp. skinned badam (almonds), finely ground (optional)
Preparation:
1.Put the milk into a wide, heavy pan and bring to boil over high heat, stirring constantly.
2.Now lower the heat and cook the milk, stirring constantly, until it has thickened and reduced to about 13/4th cups. (This will take about 40-45 minutes).
3.Stir the sides of the pan constantly to avoid scalding. Now add the sugar, nuts and cardamom seeds, stir well, allow to cool.
4.Pour the mixture into molds or small ramekins, distributing evenly. Cover with foil and allow it to freeze, about six hours.
5.To serve, remove the recipe from the molds by running a sharp knife around the edges.
Identify the recipe.

12.During the Battle of TROY which goddess helped the troy prince Paris?

13.Connect –Tasmanian Tiger, Koala Bear, Sea Horse?

14. Recently a country in South Asia conducted its Cabinet meeting Under sea. Name the country and purpose?

15. ”Saare jahan se achcha” was written by _____________.

16. 3 idiots (2009) was inspired by which novel of Chetan bhagat?

17. Qutb-ud-din Aibak started building Qutb Minar, who completed it?

18.X is a middle-aged man with a unique way of speaking, one eye apparently missing, disproportionately muscular forearms with two anchor tattoos, thinning red hair, and an ever-present corncob pipe, Who is depicted to have superhuman strength. Identify X?


19.The following is a program for ‘Hello World’. Identify this computer language?
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20.Mr.X graduated from the Prestigious St. Bede's School in Chennai after which he went on to complete his undergrad from the Crescent Engineering College. He earned a masters degree in Industrial Engineering from the Binghamton University. He has also done a couple of basic courses in filmmaking. After returning to India, he joined as an assistant to Mani Rathnam in directing Aayitha Ezhuthu and Yuva. His dream was to become a director. Identify X?

21. Z is the only short-period comet that is clearly visible to the naked eye. Z's orbital period over the last three centuries has been between 75 and 76 years, though it has varied between 74 and 79 years since 240 BC. Identify Z?

22.How do we better know Hydrated Magnesium silicate?

23. X is native to warm temperate to tropical regions of Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in starch, and measure two to six meters tall. The Y ,that remains after X crushing may be served as raw material for paper, cardboard, and eating utensils that, because they are by-products, may be branded as "environmentally friendly."

24. When Mr.X was 14, Indian batting legend Mx.Y gave him a pair of his own ultra light pads. "It was the greatest source of encouragement for me," he said nearly 20 years later after surpassing Y's top world record of 34 Test centuries. Identify X and Y.

25.X received the largest number of pre orders on amazon.co.uk, superseding Harry potter and the Deathly hallows , making it the biggest grossing pre ordered product of all time. Identify this software?