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Prelims

A

THE OPENING LINES FROM WHICH BOOK?

OCTOBER 2003It was probably the third cocktail that did the trick. It was hard for Ed to tell for sure, because the three drinks had come in such rapid succession—the empty plastic cups

were now stacked accordion style on the windowsill behind him—that he hadn’t been able to gauge for certain when

the change had occurred. But there was no denying it now, the evidence was all over him.

B

As we go around a structure built by M/s Macintosh Burn we see lattice work statuettes of nine planets (Shani, Rahu, Ketu, etc.) carved by Nandalal Bose inspired by similar carvings in Khajuraho.

Which structure/building…

B

BELUR MATH

c

Given a community A and an adjacent community C, such that A is prosperous and populous, and C is less populous and prosperous, and nonreciprocal interest of C in the internal affairs of A, often C will need ego compensation by occasional noisy and noisome display of its superiority over A. In this case C is said to be the_________ of A

C = _______________(A).

_______(California) = Oregon _________(New York) = New Hampshire

_________(Australia) = New Zealand __________(England) = Scotland

The Fractal Theory of _______________ ..

(COURTESY: USENET FORUM )

D

Matt Mullenweg the developer of Wordpress made a switch in his life after reading a simple link/commentary post.

Later he announced in his blog that he will buy a Logitech Elite Keyboard for the first person who makes the same switch and sticks with that as a result of that post.

What did he switch to .

E

Identify this character as depicted in a drawing by the director of the 1990 movie which won Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.

F

G = X

Y is a tributary of Alakananda which in turn is a tributary of X .

Y etymologically means she who flows calmly and is also the name of an actress whose most talked about performance came in a movie whose name had X as a part of it .

H

Who was coronated at Purana Quila in Delhi on October 7, 1556 as the ruler of delhi assuming the title of "Vikramaditya"

I

J

A Czech establishment that houses the car shown advertises itself as the next best thing to time machine.

It also shares its name with a US band that also claims to be the next best rocking thing to time machine.

What do they call themselves….

THE PULP FICTION RETRO RESTO

This shade of green is popular in Ireland and had its name derived from the fact that the surname _________ as well as the color green, are both popular in Ireland.

Think about The princess and an outlaw....

L

WHO received this from whom.

M

The word often seen used as a surname is derived from the Persian term which literally means "child of the “Amīr” or "child of the ruler”

It is usually translated into English as a royal or imperial Prince of the Blood .

Which word is being talked about.

N

Which chemical element is named after the grieving mother

O

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUawhjxLS2I

P

The only known available print of the most well known work of this man is a damaged copy belonging to the Bangladesh Film Archives.

With a letter of recommendation from Rabindranath Tagore he went to Paris and

learnt cinematography there. He also was the first to use Tagore songs in Indian movies.

Who is being talked about.

Q

Ancient and medieval philosophers considered all matter to be made up of four elements: earth, air, fire and water. Later on, the Greek philosopher Pythagoras theorized that there was actually a "fifth essence," from which the heavenly bodies were made. Pythagoras and his disciples thought that this "fifth essence" permeated all of creation and thus was even purer and more "essential" than the four essences.

Which word derives from this belief of theirs.

R

IDENTIFY THE NAME BLANKED OUTand the character in the background was the inspiration for which historical first .

S

Who walked on to play the first innings for his country after the Burewala Express dismissed the owner of Naturence Cosmetics on his debut .

T

The arrangement shows a Hollywood star being photographed in a pose dressed as the most famous character he is known for.

Identify.

U

MobiliX a site dedicated to Mobile UniX systems had to change its name to TuxMobil as Les Éditions Albert René claimed in court that certain IT companies with names like it were damaging a brand of theirs.

Which French owns the company that filed the lawsuit.

V

W

X

Fritz the Cat which is a 1972 American animated film written and directed by Ralph Bakshi was the first American animated film in what aspect .

Y= RIVER

Name the riverand the Olympicgold winner .

RIVER YARRA AND FERNANDO GONZALEZ

Z

Connect the name shown in the sign with the popular nickname of a 19th century medical practitioner from Jamnagar

Thank You!