Tuesday, February 26, 2008

KWIZPAKODAH-23/02/08-ANSWERS

1."The first rule is not to lose.The second rule is not to forget the first rule."It is a popular saying by which business tycoon?ANS-Warren Buffet
2.Who is the only Indian bike manufacturer,which uses sound as an USP in their bikes?ANS-Royal Enfield
3.The name of the company is paired with the symbol of a four-leaf cloverIt is a Latin word that translates as 'to bind together'. This name has been chosen to reflect the integrated nature of the financial services the company offers. The name is intended to unite and bring together the phenomenon of money and wealth to co-exist and serve the interest of individuals and institutions, alike.Identify the name of the company?ANS-Religare
4.The two hands that fuse seamlessly with a human form is the logo of this company?What is the name of this healthcare company?ANS-Fortis Healthcare
5.This bank was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi.Recently,it has come up with a print advertisement in almost all national dailies namely"63 IN ONE DAY".Identify the bank and in what context,they had released this advertisement?
ANS-Union Bank of India,they opened 63 branches in one day
6."In my life, I have always looked to Mahatma Gandhi as an inspiration, because he embodies the kind of transformational change that can be made when ordinary people come together to do extraordinary things," "That is why his portrait hangs in my Senate office; to remind me that real results will not just come from Washington, they will come from the people," he said in an article recently.Who is this?ANS-Barrack Obama
7.X visited a historical monument Y and said that,'See you again'.Identify X & Y?
ANS-Nicholas Sarkozy,Taj Mahal

Saturday, February 23, 2008

A Taj Mahal in Brussels?

A Taj Mahal in Brussels?
New Delhi, Feb 20 (PTI) Belgians will get a chance to see the Taj Mahal as the 17th century monument of love will be brought alive on sand by noted artist Sudarshan Patnaik, who says he wants to do it for French President Nicolas Sarkozy too.Patnaik will create a replica of the Taj on sand as part of the Asia Fair in Belgium."The replica will be exhibited for two days from February 23 at the community centre De Zandloper in Wemmel in Brussels," Patnaik told PTI from the Belgian capital."It will be a four-dimension replica, 10 ft high and 15 ft wide for which the work is currently underway. It will be ready on February 23," said Patnaik, who will use 30 tonnes of sand and will be assisted by co-artist Manas Kumar Sahoo in his endeavour.The Orissa-based artist, who had so far participated in over 34 such sand sculpture events, said he has an ambition to create as many as 100 sand Taj Mahals across the globe."Recently French President Sarkozy visited the Taj and said 'see you again'. I want to create it in Paris for him and the French people, if I get a chance." He has already exhibited the replicas of the Shah Jahan-built structure in Berlin and New York during the Incredible India at 60 Festival.The Asia Fair is being organised in Belgium in coordination with the Indian Embassy."Sand is a unique and soft medium, so people like to see this Taj Mahal for a few hours in their cities," he said.Earlier Patnaik had created a black Taj Mahal at Agra on the occasion of 350 years of anniversary of the "monument of love." PTI

Thursday, February 21, 2008

KWIZ PAKODAH-23/02/08-QUESTIONS

1."The first rule is not to lose.The second rule is not to forget the first rule."It is a popular saying by which business tycoon?


2.Who is the only Indian bike manufacturer,which uses sound as an USP in their bikes?


3.The name of the company is paired with the symbol of a four-leaf cloverIt is a Latin word that translates as 'to bind together'. This name has been chosen to reflect the integrated nature of the financial services the company offers. The name is intended to unite and bring together the phenomenon of money and wealth to co-exist and serve the interest of individuals and institutions, alike.Identify the name of the company?


4.The two hands that fuse seamlessly with a human form is the logo of this company?What is the name of this healthcare company?




5.This bank was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi.Recently,it has come up with a print advertisement in almost all national dailies namely"63 IN ONE DAY".Identify the bank and in what context,they had released this advertisement?


6."In my life, I have always looked to Mahatma Gandhi as an inspiration, because he embodies the kind of transformational change that can be made when ordinary people come together to do extraordinary things," "That is why his portrait hangs in my Senate office; to remind me that real results will not just come from Washington, they will come from the people," he said in an article recently.Who is this?


7.X visited a historical monument Y and said that,'See you again'.Identify X & Y?

ICL BIDDING IN IE-BBSR

Dear All,
happy to inform you all that once again my "Letters to the editor" is published in Indian Express-Bhubaneswar edition dated 21st Feb,2008.It was on "ICL Bidding".
Read it and gimme a feedback.
Regards,
Manasa Nayak
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ICL BIDDING-------------------

Dear Sir,

In the ancient past,bidding of the slaves was a common practice.On the basis of a person's health and robustness,they were bought by their masters.The IPL bidding was just the modern version of it.It is sad to know that sportsmen are sold out like commodities.
IPL is a very good marketing gimmick.It is just a business venture to make money.The objective is not to improve the game of cricket in grass root level which is actually the need of the hour.BCCI just wanted to show their rivalry against Kapil Dev & co's ICL.It is also interesting that ICL is having more Indian players who were consistently doing well in Ranji matches,Duleep trophy etc but ignored by the Indian selectors.Thus in frustration,they joined ICL to earn sufficient and be under the guidance of Kapil Dev,Sandip Patil and many more luminaries who were instrumental in winning the World Cup in 1983.

Some corporates like GMR,Reliance,UB group are considering it as a brand building exercise rather.However, I believe that they should have followed the footsteps of a HUL which is running a Operation Shakti.HUL successfully enhanced it's market share in rural areas and also enhanced it's brand equity by helping the SHGs who were struggling for their bread and butter.Even HUL generated revenue but may be some percentage of it was atleast shared with the community people.

If we analyse the bidding results,it is hard to difficult to believe that a player of Adam Gilchrist's calibre was sold out at a lower price than Dhoni.Being an Indian,I am happy but as a sports enthusiatic,may not agree with it.More than sportsmanship,the sex appeal was an important criteria while bidding.

Now,if we make an effort to come out with some positive impact on the society,then may be,more youth will be influenced by this and will definitely consider being a cricketer rather than being a manager,teacher or a
banker.But the problem is that all good coaches,physical trainers are either part of ICL or IPL.Thus they will be running short of mentors who will enhance their skillsets further.This will lead to dearth of quality inputs in the grassroot level.

Some sportsmen are also ignoring their assignments with their own country and are grabbing these smart money making opportunities in both hands.This is not a good sign to the sports fraternity.Still hope for the best however be prepared for the worst.

Regards,
Mr.Bay Leaf
Manas Nayak
09937022518

http://kwizpakodah.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

KWIZ PAKODAH-19/02/08 ANSWERS

1.This well-known cricketer is roped in by INX Media group as the brand ambassador of NewsX?Identify him?(INX Media started by Peter Mukerjea and Indrani Mukerjea.)

Ans-Sourav Ganguly

2.He did shoot three songs of Mission Kashmir -- Bhumro, Rind posh maal and Soche ke jheelon ka.He has directed ads for AAJTAK,Cadbury,Onida,Bajaj Kawasaki and Peter England,among others.His first ad film was for OCM Suitings.Who is this famous ad persona?

Ans-Pradeep Sirkar

3.Which company has the baseline “I Build, I Bond”?

Ans-www.ibibo.com

4.The music for "ronak hai power,khushi hai power,umang hai power,tarng hai power,power on toh India on"..famous Reliance Power promo was created by whom?(He created hugely popular "You and I in this beautiful world" jingle for Hutch.He also created tunes,background scores for brands like TVS,Santro,Coca-Cola,Nerolac,Nescaf'e,Vodafone.He played guitar in movies like Dil Se,Taal.)

Ans-Rupert Fernandes

5.She,English Women's magazine belongs to which newspaper group?

Ans-Dainik Bhaskar Group

6.This company inaugurated its first outlet in the IIM-Bangalore campus namely "Chai Unchai"-Out-of-home beverage outlets?Identify the company?

Ans-TATA Tea

7."X" founded a web portal,"Y", which provides India's first free and reservationless conferencing facility,with Yogesh Patel Identify X & Y?(X is promoting Nanocity in India and Recipient of the "TR100" award, presented by MIT to 100 young innovators who are expected to have the greatest impact on technology in the next few years.)

Ans-X is Sabeer Bhatia, Y is www.sabsebolo.com

8.Their online share trading portal says that,"With our "Buy In Today Sell Out Tomorrow"(BITSOT)facility,you can sell the shares you have purchased even before recieving the delivery of the shares from the exchange.Identify the financial institute to whom this online trading portal belong to?

Ans-Canara Bank

Regards,

Manas Nayak

KWIZ PAKODAH-19/02/08

1.This well-known cricketer is roped in by INX Media group as the brand ambassador of NewsX?Identify him?(INX Media started by Peter Mukerjea and Indrani Mukerjea.)

2.He did shoot three songs of Mission Kashmir -- Bhumro, Rind posh maal and Soche ke jheelon ka.He has directed ads for AAJTAK,Cadbury,Onida,Bajaj Kawasaki and Peter England,among others.His first ad film was for OCM Suitings.Who is this famous ad persona?

3.Which company has the baseline “I Build, I Bond”?

4.The music for "ronak hai power,khushi hai power,umang hai power,tarng hai power,power on toh India on"..famous Reliance Power promo was created by whom?(He created hugely popular "You and I in this beautiful world" jingle for Hutch.He also created tunes,background scores for brands like TVS,Santro,Coca-Cola,Nerolac,Nescaf'e,Vodafone.He played guitar in movies like Dil Se,Taal.)

5.She,English Women's magazine belongs to which newspaper group?

6.This company inaugurated its first outlet in the IIM-Bangalore campus namely "Chai Unchai"-Out-of-home beverage outlets?Identify the company?

7."X" founded a web portal,"Y", which provides India's first free and reservationless conferencing facility,with Yogesh Patel Identify X & Y?(X is promoting Nanocity in India and Recipient of the "TR100" award, presented by MIT to 100 young innovators who are expected to have the greatest impact on technology in the next few years.)

8.Their online share trading portal says that,"With our "Buy In Today Sell Out Tomorrow"(BITSOT)facility,you can sell the shares you have purchased even before recieving the delivery of the shares from the exchange.Identify the financial institute to whom this online trading portal belong to?

Regards,
Manas Nayak
09937022518

KWIZ PAKODAH-18/02/08-ANSWERS

1.It translates as "four divisions of the military"-- infantry, cavalry, elephants, and chariots, represented respectively by pawn, knight, bishop, and rook.It is considered to be an older version of chess played in the sixth century.This ancient games name is ________________.
answer-Chaturanga
2.Connect Angoor,Khoon ka khoon,Do dooni Chaar,Omkara.
ANSWER-All are bollywood movies based on Shakespeare's creations(Stories,plays etc)
3.This game said to have been invented by gurus to teach children about the rewards of doing good and the pitfalls of evil.It was known as Moksha Patamu in ancient India.
ANSWER-Snake & Ladders
4.Ji Xianlin was in news recently.Why?
ANSWER-First Chineese to win padma bhusan
5."Growing up in Barnsley,I never dreamed there would be a statue of me in the middle of the town.He had umpired at four world cup finals and I was awarded an MBE(Member of the order of the British Empire medal)in 1986.He unveiled a statue of himself in his home town.Identify him.
ANSWER-Dickie Bird
6.This MD made a two-minute film on how to use shampoo and its benefits to create awareness,because rural people were so ignorant they simply ate up the stuff inside the transparent packets taking it to be jelly".His father,a school teacher used to say"I want to make products that are affordable to even a rickshaw puller".Who is the person,identify?
ANSWER-CK Ranganathan,Cavin Care
7.Identify the person in the picture?
ANSWER-Shamim Hussain,son of shahnaz hussain died recently
8.It got the name from that Mascot's name,the beloved star of the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi.What is it?Why it is in news recently?
ANSWER-Appu Ghar,it was closed down recently
9.Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia eloped in this bike in the movie "Bobby"?Name the bike?
ANSWER-Rajdoot GTS
10.This teetotaler cricketer also played for Africa XI, World XI, Dolphins and Warwickshire.His wife Lauderdale was a finalist in the beauty pageant in her nation in the early '90s and also worked for MTN, a South African telecom company.Who is this?
ANSWER-Shaun Pollock
11.Bajaj contends that CC-VTi tech(Controlled Combustion Variable Intelligent)used in TVS new 125cc motorbike "Flame" infringed on its DTSi patent.Thus Bajaj sued TVS and madras high court restrains TVS-M from selling and manufacturing 125 cc bike?DTSi stands for????
ANSWER-Digital twin spark ignition



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Regards,

Manas Nayak
http://kwizpakodah.blogspot.com/
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mr.bayleaf@gmail.com

Sunday, February 17, 2008

KWIZ PAKODAH-18/02/2008



1.It translates as "four divisions of the military"-- infantry, cavalry, elephants, and chariots, represented respectively by pawn, knight, bishop, and rook.It is considered to be an older version of chess played in the sixth century.This ancient games name is ________________.

2.Connect Angoor,Khoon ka khoon,Do dooni Chaar,Omkara.

3.This game said to have been invented by gurus to teach children about the rewards of doing good and the pitfalls of evil.It was known as Moksha Patamu in ancient India.

4.Ji Xianlin was in news recently.Why?

5."Growing up in Barnsley,I never dreamed there would be a statue of me in the middle of the town.He had umpired at four world cup finals and I was awarded an MBE(Member of the order of the British Empire medal)in 1986.He unveiled a statue of himself in his home town.Identify him.

6.This MD made a two-minute film on how to use shampoo and its benefits to create awareness,because rural people were so ignorant they simply ate up the stuff inside the transparent packets taking it to be jelly".His father,a school teacher used to say"I want to make products that are affordable to even a rickshaw puller".Who is the person,identify?

7.Identify the person in the picture?

8.It got the name from that Mascot's name,the beloved star of the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi.What is it?Why it is in news recently?

9.Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia eloped in this bike in the movie "Bobby"?Name the bike?

10.This teetotaler cricketer also played for Africa XI, World XI, Dolphins and Warwickshire.His wife Lauderdale was a finalist in the beauty pageant in her nation in the early '90s and also worked for MTN, a South African telecom company.Who is this?

11.Bajaj contends that CC-VTi tech(Controlled Combustion Variable Intelligent)used in TVS new 125cc motorbike "Flame" infringed on its DTSi patent.Thus Bajaj sued TVS and madras high court restrains TVS-M from selling and manufacturing 125 cc bike?DTSi stands for???

Saturday, February 16, 2008

KWIZPAKODAH-15/02/08-ANSWERS

1."Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal".Which famous cricketer said so about tendulkar?(Brian Lara)

2.Appu Army is a bunch of supporters of Sri lankan cricket team.Swarmy Army/Swamy Army or Bharat Army from India,Barmy Army is for England,similarly 'wave the flag'/Boonie army is for cheering up which team?(Australia)

3.Whose punchline is 'The Edge is Efficiency'?(BSE,Bombay Stock Exchange)

4.Connect "By God's Decree" book,Musco lighting and Iqbal Movie.(Kapil Dev's autobiographical work is By God's Decree came out in 1985 and Kapil Dev established a company Dev Musco Lighting Pvt Limited in partnership with Musco Lightings to install floodlights in major stadiums and sports venues in India and he came out with a cameo appearance in the film Iqbal)

Regards,

Manas Nayak

Thursday, February 14, 2008

KWIZ PAKODAH-14/02/08


1."Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal".Which famous cricketer said so about tendulkar?

2.Appu Army is a bunch of supporters of Sri lankan cricket team.Swarmy Army/Swamy Army or Bharat Army from India,Barmy Army is for England,similarly 'wave the flag'/Boonie army is for cheering up which team?

3.Whose punchline is 'The Edge is Efficiency'?

4.Connect "By God's Decree" book,Musco lighting and Iqbal Movie.

Regards,

Manas Nayak

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

KWIZ PAKODAH-13/02/08



1.X and Y were batchmates at NSD.X,as theatre actor-his most known role is that of 'Willy Loman' in Hindi play 'Salesman Ramlal, an adaptation of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman.As a dialogue writer X,wrote dialogues for comedy classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (1983).Y started Karolbagh Productions with X in 2007.Uttam Chaudhary is a famous character portrayed by Y recently in a movie for which he got lots of appreciation,co-incidentally it was produced by him only.Identify X and Y?(Satish Kaushik,Anupam Kher)

2.KOLs are used by a FMCG giant for their project FAL Vani in rural India.Who are KOLs?FAL stands for what in FAL-Vani?(Key Opinion Leaders,Fair & Lovely Vani is part of Operation Shakti project of HUL.usually the Sarpanchs are used as KOL in this campaign.)

3.I want to buy a BURN from the coca-cola stable?What am I referring to?(BURN-The energy drink brand of Coca-cola which is going to be launched shortly in India.)

4."Pak a tinderbox".ISI also accused me of being "Indian agent".-this famous persona written so in a book "Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West".Who is this?(Benazir Bhutto)

5.Both of them had plans to travel on the Titanic but cancelled their reservations before the voyage and it was a great escape.Who are they?They were popular American businessmen.(Both J. P. Morgan(American Financier,later on his company JP Morgan & co became the famous Morgan Stanley) and Milton S. Hershey(Founder of Hershey chocolates) had plans to travel on the Titanic but cancelled their reservations before the voyage.)

6.Connect the two pictures given.One of them is Sonia Gandhi,identify the other person..)The painting is of Leopold I-The first Belgian king.Recently Sonia Gandhi was awarded "Order of Leopold",the second highest civilian award of Belgium.)

7.Duracell is a brand of batteries manufactured by ___________________(Procter & Gamble)

8.Galla Foods is Situated at Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, the mango belt in India,is a 100% Export Oriented Unit (EOU) processing Tropical Fruit Purees, Concentrates and Fresh Fruits.It belongs to which Indian business group?Why it is in news recently.(Amara Raja who is proud owner of AMARON Batteries.They are launching a mango drink in few days.)

9.The first Russian bank to enter India is ____________ (VTB Bank)

10.We know SEZ.What is SDZ as proposed by the prime minister's office which will focus more on education,health and skills development?(Social Development Zone)

Monday, February 11, 2008

KWIZ PAKODAH-12/02/08

1. Started with a share capital of Rs 2,525,000 ($55,000) in the year 1931.It plans to unveil multi brand outlets to house its portfolio of international brands such as GANT and US Polo. (Arvind Mills)

2. International Folklore Festival,Mahindra & Mahindra – connect.( Ingenio is home to the International Folklore Festival which is popular and the participation of numerous music groups worldwide including Mexico, Colombia, Romania, Russia, Uganda, etc.M & M is coming up its MUV namely Ingenio.)

3. Who is the author of the book-Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance? His first book was “The Audacity of Hope”?(
Barack Obama)

4. “The sun kisses India first in X.It is our land of rising sun.” Manmohan Singh recently said so during his visit to X.Identify X? (Arunachal Pradesh)

5. “Sugar Free” trademark belongs to which Indian pharma giant?(Cadila)


Regards,

Manas Nayak
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