LAW AND POLICY

1. It has been hailed as the "Economic Constitution of India", and has influenced Indian
economic policy for over three decades. It has also been criticized as the root cause of
stagnation in Indian economy. It divided Indian industry into three schedules - A (PSUs),
B (private, with governmental control) and C (private sector). What is it? =1. The 1956
Industrial Policy (implemented on 30 April 1956)

2. Till this act was considerably toned down, it was a favorite with corporate rivals, who
regularly sued each other, charging them with violation of this act whenever they released
an ad or conducted a competition for their customers. Name it. = 2. The Monopolies and
Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP) act

3. The precursor to this act was introduced by the British to control movement of funds,
during World War II. On Jan 1, 1974, a considerably expanded and even more draconian
version came into force and contributed a great deal to the closure of the Indian economy,
till it was repealed recently. Name this act, and its replacement. = 3. Foreign Exchange
Regulation Act, which has been replaced by the milder FEMA (Foreign Exchange
Management Act)

Public Sector Undertakings

4. Which was the first PSU which the GoI partly divested its stake in, when it wished to
raise money through disinvestment? A hint - it went from proposal to approval to full
production in record time, perhaps because a famous (or rather notorious) personality was
the driving force behind it. - 4. Maruti Udyog Limited

5. PSUs like LIC, Air India, IFCI, RBI, ONGC, NTC etc have been set up after the GoI
passes an act decreeing their existence. What are such organizations examples of? = 5.
Statutory Corporations

6. This word was first used by Peter Drucker in his book "The Age of Discontinuity"
(1969). However, it picked up steam in India only in 1993, when the GoI appointed the
Rangarajan Committee to study and recommend new measures for this. It is now fast (or
as fast as the GoI moves) becoming a reality. What? = 6. Privatization

Money

7. This organization was established in 1988 by the RBI, in association with public sector
banks and national financial institutions. It participates in the inter-bank call / notice
money, commercial paper and term deposit markets, both as a borrower and lender. It
also provides repos (buyback) facility to banks. Name it. = 7. Discount and Finance
House of India Ltd.
8. The word "Budget" is derived from the French word for a leather bag used to carry
papers, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer of England would generally carry his papers
in such a bag. Till recently, the Indian budget was always read out at 5:30 PM - a
tradition broken by Yashwant Sinha. What is the reason for this odd timing? = 8. The
British budget is traditionally presented at noon, ie 12:00 GMT. As IST is 5:30 hours
ahead of GMT, the Indian budget has been, till now, presented at 5:30 PM to coincide
with the British budget.

9. This committee, headed by a former RBI governor, was set up in 1991 to study
possible reforms in the banking sector. It has made sweeping suggestions, which set
clearly defined roles and areas of operation, gave additional autonomy in operational
areas and recommended opening up of capital markets to FIIs. Just name it.= 9. The
Narasimham Committee.

... and now, here's one on a lighter note to end the quiz.

10. Till a few years ago, the sub collectorate at Dindigul, Tamil Nadu would, once a year,
write "nil" on a form and forward it on. They had been filling in this form for over forty
years before it was scrapped in a drive to cut down useless paperwork. What was this
form for? = 10. Cigars for Winston Churchill. Churchill, as an army officer posted in
India (briefly in Bangalore), developed his well known taste for Dindigul cheroots. The
local officials considered his annual cigar supply so important that a special form was
printed for it. After India's independence, and Churchill's death, the export of cigars
stopped, but the form still existed and had to be filled out.

1. The scheme of constellations, as we now know them, has been determined to have
been created around 2800 B.C., either in Asia Minor, or in India. How has this been
determined ? - 1. The named constellations do not cover the entire sky. Parts of the sky
that did not arise above the horizon at that time (and place: between 36 and 38 degree
north latitude) were apparently not mapped. The deduction was made in 1807 by a certain
Carl Schwartz, the Swedish counsel in Baku.

2. After having rejected as absurd the idea of the earth being supported by Sesanagas,
Kachhapas or Diggajas (snakes, tortoises or elephants), Bhaskara also rejected the notion
that the earth was continually falling. What was his proof ? = 2. Being heavier, the falling
earth should fall faster than an arrow shot upward; such arrows would therefore never fall
back to earth.

3. What was the Arab name for the Indian system of calculus of the stars ? - 3. SindHind
(from Siddhanta/Hind)

4. Brahmagupta's major work in astronomy was named "Brahmasphetasiddhanta". What

was his minor work called ? (English translations permitted)..= 4. Khandakadhyaka..
Khandaka is sugar-candy; so this would loosely mean "chewing gum for the brain"...
5. Aryrbhatta created two systems of Astronomy - Audayika and Ardharatika. How did
they differ ? = 5. Day begins at Sunrise/day begins at midnight. In the 14,400 years that
have elapsed Mahayuga, there is a difference of 1 day in these systems.

6. The astronomer Gargya is associated with the first enumeration of the constellations.
In what work did he set forth this theories? - 6. The Atharvaveda.

7. The most magnificient observatory of the dark ages was at Herasha. Which amateur
astronomer - king built it ? He is more famous for his lineage. - 7. Hulagu Khan, in the
1260s. He was the grandson of Genghiz Khan.

8. What real astronomical event, in 2 B.C., and easily extrapolated in astronomy software
packages, most closely matches the description of the Star of Bethlehem that the Magis
followed ? - 8. A conjunction of Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest non-lunar night
objects

1. What is the most famous item stored in the bank vaults of the Trust Company Bank,
Atlanta? - 1. Coke Formula

2. The sixth Nizam of Hyderabad once went on a tour with several of his Begums. When
they were suddenly caught in a rainstorm, several tents and huts were put up for them to
take shelter. When they moved on, these tents were occupied by people, and grew into
which town? - 2. Mahbubnagar (from Mahbub Ali Pasha)

3. In Asterix and the Cauldron, what did the cauldron originally contain? - 3. Onion Soup

4. Zeus was supposed to be swallowed by his father Cronos as a baby, but he was tricked
into swallowing a rock wrapped in cloth. He later vomited out the rock. What did it
become? [hint - Computers] * - 4. The Oracle at Delphi *

5. Thought to be a result of a huge protection exercise launched by government

departments, scientists and NGOs, thousands of these animals returned to the beaches of
Orissa to nest after an absence of three years. But after the recent super cyclone the
population has started declining again. Name them.- 5. Olive Ridley Turtles

6. In India, lots of people chew paan. In Colombia, the local people use another leaf in
the same way - applying chuna to the leaves, rolling them up and chewing them. What
leaf do they chew? * = 6. Coca leaves (Cocaine) *
7. This widely used commercial product bases its structural strength on that of an egg.
Usually, over 30 of it can be manufactured in a minute and each lasts for about 1000
hours. What? - 7. The electric bulb

8. What word originates from a 19th century Irish family which used to live in
Southwark, London, and was notorious for violence, rowdiness and crime? - 8. Hooligan
(from Houlihan)

9. What trend was set by the song "Jalte Hain Jiske Liye" from the movie "Sujata"? - 9.
Telephone songs (hero and heroine singing over a phone

10. What was the rather strange reason why West Indian cricketer Lawrence Rowe had to
give up cricket midway through the 1976 tour of England? - 10. He suddenly became
allergic to grass

11. By what name is the building "Phiroze Jeejebhoy Towers" better known as? = 11.
Bombay Stock Exchange (on Dalal Street)

12. Mars is known as the "Red Planet". Why is it red colored? - 12. Its soil is extremely
rich in iron ore

13. Who was the song "Candle in the Wind" by Elton John originally dedicated to? = 13.
Marilyn Monroe

14. From which scripting language was Sabeer Bhatia inspired to name his free mail
service "Hotmail"? * = 14. HTML (HoTMaiL) - because the site uses HTML extensively
*

15. In which ad would you expect to hear Mozart's 25th Symphony?= 15. Titan Watches

16. What is a column in a newspaper containing advertisements of missing relatives and

friends called? = 16. Agony Column

17. All donations to the Orissa Cyclone Relief & Reconstruction Fund are 100% exempt
from income tax under which section of the Income Tax Act? - 17. Section 80(G)

18. Which rishi was known as 'the black man born on an island'? - 18. Krishna
Dvaipaayana (Veda Vyasa)

19. The Indian Department of Tourism (ITD) has classified hotels into six categories. The
first five are One star to Five Star. What is the sixth category? * - 19. Heritage Hotels *
20. In which famous novel would you find a submarine captained by Prince Dakkar of
Bundelkhand? * - 20. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (Jules Verne) *

21. What is the singer Gummadi Vithal Rao better known as? - 21. Gaddar

22. Complete the famous second line from this poem by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan -
"Bundelon Harbolon ke muh hamne suni kahani thi // _________". = 22. Khoob Ladi
Mardaani, Woh tho Jhansi Wali Rani Thi.

23. Which musical instrument's name means "Wood Music" in Greek? = 23. Xylophone
(Xylos = Wood)

24. In the Oral-B brand of dental care products, what does the B in Oral-B stand for? -
24. Brush

25. What is the claim to fame of Mrs.Savitri Bai Khanolkar, and based on Indra's Vajra? -
25. The Param Vir Chakra

26. This was introduced by Momofuko Ando in the 1940s, and originally priced at 10
cents a pack. Nobody thought it would sell, as this was six times the cost of buying the
prepared dish at a restaurant. What? - 26. Top Ramen Noodles (Nissin Foods)

27. To whom did Maruti present the first Maruti 800 car they produced? * = 27.
Venkateswara Temple, Tirupati *

28. Talking about his books, who commented "My books are water, those of the great
geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water"? = 28. Mark Twain

29. What are the Gibb Brothers better known as? = 29. The Beegees (Robin, Maurice and
Barry Gibb)

30. Which song has received 11 Grammy nominations this year? - 30. Smooth (Santana)

1. Operation "Golden Flow" dealt with what epidemic ? - 1. The Dropsy epidemic last
year, that was caused by adulterated mustard oil consumption. Amul launched this
operation to provide pure edible oil.

2. The high speed and aerodynamic efficiency of Formula 1 cars largely due to what
design element? - 2. Placing the engine behind the driver makes it easy to confer an
aerodynamic wedge shape to the car.

3. James Herrick, in 1912, proved that this disorder was not always fatal : until then it had
only been seen in post mortems, and non-fatal instances of this disorder were usually
mis-diagnosed as indigestion or food poisoning. What disorder ? - 3. A coronary, or heart
attack.
4. In legend, this animal disppeared from earth because Noah forgot to take it on the ark.
What animal are we talking about ? 4. The Unicorn.

5. Upto 35,000 degrees Celsius is the hottest "naturally" produced temperature that is
likely to be felt on the surface of the earth. What can cause this ? - 5. Lightning

6. What do the EPpy Awards honour ? - 6. Electronic editions of Newspapers.

7. What is the generic name given to computer games (such as Unreal Tournament and
Quake) played between players on different computers in which the objective is to be the
Last Man Standing ? -7. Death matches.

8. What Sanskrit word, when tanslated into English, means "Attraction by the Master" ?
You can give the Sanskrit word or its Hindi equivalent (both are the same), or the English
one... - 8. Gurutvaakarshana, gravitation.

9. First it was Indiana, then Savage Encounter. What is it now ? - 9. Goan singer Remo
Fernandez's groups; Microwave Poppadums is his latest group.

10. What is the shape of the Milky Way Galaxy ?= 10. A flat spiral. The Sun is in one of
the four spiral arms.

11. Gandhi's pickets at shops selling British Goods - How did they dissuade Indians
wishing to enter such shops ?- 11. The pickets lay down in front of the shop entrances,
making it necessary for Indian customers to step on them on their way in if they wanted
to buy from the shop.

12. 29/11/1999 was the last date with only odd numbers. Which will be the next ? - 12.
1/1/3111. (or 1/1/3001, depending on how you intepret shunya - or zero)

13. The "Emperor's Cup" is associated with what sport ? - 13. Sumo wrestling.

14. One word answer wanted - "Show a dog of bone - it salivates. Then ring a bell and
show it the bone - it salivates. Finally just ring a bell - it salivates." What is the dog going
through ? - 14. Conditioning (ref the experiments on dogs by Pavlov.

15. In ancient India, what part of a ship was known as the 'Karna'? (karna means 'ear'). =
15. The rudder.

16. After the electric lamp, what was the next electrical appliance/device to be
commercially available ? = 16. The Electric Oven.
17. In the early 1700s, Daniel Fahrenheit formulated his temperature scale. For zero
degrees, what did he use as a reference ?= 17. An ice-water-salt mixture (commonly
called "freezing mixture")

18. If around 3000 B.C., you were in Luxor, Egypt, and watched the dog star, Sirius, rise
just a few minutes before sunrise, what would you learn to expect ? (before this day,
Sirius would be too close to the Sun to be visible in the pre-dawn sky..) = 18. The annual
flooding of the Nile would occur a few days later. Happened in June every year (on June
7, in the year 3000 B.C.). This is an early instance of an observed coincidence between
recurring, notable events in the sky and on earth - astrology ?

19. What sport was once known as Rathera, and originally played with chariots ? Noted
Arjuna Awardees in this sport include Shekhar Dharwadkar, Usha Nagarkar and Shrirang
Inamdar. - 19. Kho Kho

20. What term has come to describe the recent waves of attacks on popular websites like
Yahoo!, leading to an illusion that hundreds of thousands of users are trying to access the
site ? - 20. These are generically known as Distributed Denial of Service - using tools like
Trin00 and Stacheldracht

21. This flower, frequently referred to in South Indian (specifically Tamilian) Literature,
is believed to blossom once every 12 years but in reality does so sporadically, for reasons
unknown. What flower ? = 21. The Kuranji Malar. In the Nilgiris.

22. In 1946, this owner of an Italian aircraft parts Manufacturing unit decided to face the
post-war recession in his industry by designing what innovative product that went on to
sell in millions ? - 22. Enrico Piaggio - who made the Vespa scooter

23. Mark Waugh is sometimes refered to by two nick-names - Afghanistan and

Olympian. For what separate reasons ? - 23. Afghanistan - the Forgotten Waugh;
Olympian because he once scored five ducks in a row

24. What was also known as Hima-valuka (snow-sand) and chandraka (moon-like;
transluscent) because of its appearance ? - 24. Camphor (Kapooram).

25. If Absolute zero were to produce motionless atoms, devoid of momentum, what
fundamental tenet of physics would they falsify ? - 25. Heisenberg's Uncertainity
Principle

7. Which modern state was formed from the unification of these 4 tribal provinces :
Hejaz, Asir, Najd and Al Hasa ? - 7. Saudi Arabia
8. The Richter scale is used to measure the amount of energy released by an earthquake.
What scale is used to measure the intensity of an earthquake? -8. The Mercali Scale ;
from I to XII

9. What Period in the Earth's history is divided into the following epochs : MALM,
DOGGER and LIAS ? - 9. The Jurassic period

10. In the field of space exploration, what first did the Luna 1 achieve ? - 10. The first to
escape from the earth's gravity

1. Commonly dubbed the first "Public Enemy No. 1", he was wanted for several bank
hold-ups, 16 murders and daring prison breaks. He poured acid on his fingertips to
eradicate any fingerprints. Identify this notorious criminal who was shot by the police on
22nd July 1934 outside a Chicago cinema after watching a Clark Gable gangster movie.

2. Who dedicated one of his most famous works (which he refused to publish in his
lifetime) to a certain "S.A", for whom " I gathered these tides of men into my hands and
wrote my will across the sky in stars". Clue : He died in a motorcycle accident while
riding from Bovington army camp in Dorset to his nearby cottage "Clouds Hill" in 1935.

3. Complete this quote by George Bernard Shaw :

" I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a
fiend in human form could have invented the _____ _____ ." - 3. Nobel Prize. GBS was
refusing the 7000 pounds prize money awarded to him when he won the Nobel Prize for
Literature.

4. For the setting up of what was the following given as an explanation ? -

" I have seen thousands of boys and young men - hunched up, miserable specimens,
smoking endless cigarettes, many of them betting." - 4. The Boy Scouts, by General Sir
Robert Baden-Powell

1. This famous writer wrote a pamphlet "Lawn Tennis tournaments - the true method of
assigning prizes, with proof of the fallacy of the present method". He envisoned seeding
as a matter of tournament control but he died before it was first permitted in 1922 at
Wimbledon. Who is this famous writer/novelist ? = 1. Lewis Caroll (Charles L. Dodgson)

2. After Edberg lost in the 1991 Wimbledon semifinals to Stich 4-6, 7-6(7-5),7-6(7-5),7-
6(7-2) he said afterwards (not disrespectfully), "If he hadn't lived, Michael and I might
still be out there playing." Who was he referring to ? - 2. Jimmy Van Angel (inventor of
the tiebraker) who died the very same day as the match.
3. Who is the only player to have won the Junior Grand Slam- the Australian, French,
Wimbledon and U.S. Open Junior Singles ? = 3. Stefan Edberg

4. Flushing Meadow is the site of the U.S Open. What is the venue where Australian
open is played called ? - 4. Flinders Park

5. What popular sport was responsible for the decline of tennis in the 1890's in
Wimbledon and why ? 5. Cycling, due to the invention of the modern bicycle around that
time.

6. Ernest Hemingway once said, " There are only three sports, ______, _____, _____. All
the rest are just games." Fill in the blanks. = 6. Bull fighting, Mountaineering and Car
racing

7. "Be Patient. I was told as a kid. I keep hearing that today . It seems to be the civil war
has been over about 93 years, if that isn't patience, I don't know what is " , he said in a
1957 interview. Who is this legend and what was he referring to ? 7. Jackie Robinson, the
baseball legend on racial prejudice and discrimination

8. Who was the first black woman to join the LPGA (Ladies golf)? She was also the first
black to win a Grand Slam title. = 8. Althea Gibson

9. Alexandra Stevenson and Serena Williams are credited for coming out with this term
"duck hunt" ? What does it mean ? = 9. It means taking out a top seed.

10. On 443 not out, with one more day to go in a first class match, Bhausahib Nimbalkar
needed just 10 more runs to beat the then existing record of 452 not out by Bradman, but
he was unable to play on the last day. Why? = 10. He was getting married on that day

1. Colonel Rudolf Abel was one of the most notorious Eastern Bloc spies, who ran a
successful spying ring in the United States for several years till he was captured. A few
years later, he was exchanged with the Soviets for which high profile prisoner? = 1. Gary
Powers - Pilot of the downed U2 spyplane

2. In Which We Serve was a Noel Coward movie - featuring a fictional ship called HMS
Torrin, which was sunk off the coast of Crete. This movie was based on the real life
exploit of a famous Royal Navy officer on the HMS Kelly. Name this officer, who is
better known for something else. - 2. Lord Louis Mountbatten - the last Viceroy of India

3. Which brilliant inventor killed himself, leaving a note which said "Why Wait"? = 3.
George Eastman (of Kodak)
4. In World War II slang, who or what were Boffins? = 4. Scientists / Civilian Experts
employed by the Royal Air Force

5. Connect the movie "A bridge too far" with an agricultural practice in which farmers
grow fruits and vegetables out of season and sell them at exorbitant rates. = 5. Market
Gardening / Operation Market Garden (the attack on Arnhem)

6. This is the opening line of an Oscar winning movie - and also a famous quote
attributed to the movie's protagonist - "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his
country, he won it by making the other poor bastard die for his country". Name the movie
and the actor who played the lead role. - 6. Patton, in which Gen. Patton was played by
the late George Scott

7. Connect the following - HMS Nelson, USS Missouri and the Soviet Headquarters in
Berlin.- 7. The three axis powers of World War II surrendered here - Germany
surrendered at the Soviet HQ in Berlin, Italy on board HMS Nelson and Japan on board
USS Missouri

8. Who made his directorial debut with In the Gloaming ? = 8. Christopher Reeve (best
known for playing Superman)

9. What do you get when you mix Nitroglycerine with Guncotton and Keiselguhr (a
volcanic earth)? - 9. Nitroglycerin + Guncotton = Cordite (a primer for bullets and
shells), and Nitroglycerin + Keiselguhr mud = Dynamite.

10. In the 17th to 19th century in the USA, what was a Calumet ? = 10. A Red Indian
Pipe of Peace