utpt gen prelims 2012

8/2/2019 UTPT GEN Prelims 2012

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Under the Peepal Tree 2012

General Prelims-with answers


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Rules

24 questions

Questions 21-24 connect to give 25.

2 points for the connect.


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1

__________________has been used for about 50 types ofdisorders. Research has led to the isolation of phytosterols,amino acids, furanocoumarins, phenolic components,hydrocarbons, aliphatic alcohols, volatile components andfew other classes of secondary metabolites.

___________________emerged as a good source oftraditional medicine for the treatment of asthma, diabetes,diarrhea, epilepsy, gastric problems, inflammatorydisorders, infectious disorders and sexual disorders.Detailed investigation for its potential against cancer,cardiovascular disorders, neuroinflammatory disorders,neuropsychiatric disorders, oxidative stress relateddisorders and parasitic infections are now being carriedout.


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Peepal tree


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2. Types of what?

Andabata

Bestiarius

Cestus

Dimachaerus

Hoplomachus

lorarius Murmillo

Provocator

Retiarius

Rudiarus

Samnite

Scissor Secutor

Thraex

Velites

Venator


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Gladiators


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3.

The _______________________ chain was primarilystarted in early 1940s, under a different name, duringBritish rule. In the mid 1950s the chain was closed down,due to a policy change. The thrown-out workers then tookover the branches, under the leadership of

the communist leader A. K. Gopalan and renamed thenetwork to its present name. The first co-operative societyfor the associated workers was founded in Bangalore on 19August 1957. The first ______________________ wasopened in New Delhi on 27 October 1957.Gradually, the

chain expanded across the country, with branchesin Pondicherry, Thrissur, Lucknow, Nagpur, Jabalpur, Mumbai, Kolkata, Tellicherry and Pune by the end of 1958.


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India Coffee House


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The origin of __________ may lie in the shortsupply of cooking fuel in the Near East, whichmade the cooking of large foods difficult,

while urban economies made it easy to obtainsmall cuts of meat at a butcher's shop.Thephrase is essentially Persian in origin andArabic tradition has it that the dish was

invented by medieval persian soldiers whoused their swords to grill meat over open-fieldfires.


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Kebab


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The term _________ might refer to a small piece of hardware thatplugs into an electrical connector on a computer and serves as anelectronic "key" for a piece of software. However nowadays, it hasbeen used to describe pretty much any device that sticks out of thehub.

According to the webster online dictionary, ________ has beenused as a placeholder name since the 1970s. Its origin is unknown.A 1992 advertisement for Rainbow Technologies, claimed the wordwas derived from the name "Donald Gall"though untrue, this hasgiven rise to an urban myth.

Urban dictionary however says the term means to get head behindthe shed at a party.


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Dongle


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The origin for the current significance of the date _______ is ratherunclear.

Academics generally suppose that the days significance comes from thechange of calenders, from the Julian to the Gregorian, which resulted inthe shift of the new year, and Jan 1st according to the Julian calender fellon _________ in the Gregorian. Those who werent aware of this changein Eurpoe, were highly ridiculed in those times.

According to Joseph Boskin, a professor of history at Boston University, thepractice began during the reign of Constantine, when a group of court

jesters told the Roman emperor that they could do a better job of runningthe empire. Constantine, amused, allowed a jester named Kugel to be kingfor one day. The jester ruled rather absurdly and the event becameannual.


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April fools day


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X is publishing two volumes of his autobiographical memoir entitledY.

The memoirs trace his life from infancy until 1958, His recollectionof events is reported through conversations with journalist KatiuskaBlanco.

Im willing to do everything possible to convey what I rememberwell, X was quoted as saying in the official newspapers Granmaand Young Rebel. Ive been expressing all the ideas I had and thefeelings that I went through. I am aware of the importance of telling

all this to pass it so that it can be useful.

X gave copies of his two-volume memoirs to Brazilian PresidentDilma Rousseff.


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Fidel Castro and Time guerilla


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Genus X

Western X (X X) is of two subspecies which are the Western lowland X (X X X) and

Cross River X (X X diehli)

Eastern X (X beringei) is again of two subspecies, the Mountain X (X beringei beringei) and

Eastern lowland X (X beringei graueri)

The proposed third subspecies ofX beringei, which hasnot yet received a trinomen, is the Bwindi population ofthe mountain X, sometimes called the Bwindi X.

Scientific name is in ( )

ID X. Yes, all the X's are the same.


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Gorilla


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9. connect


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Aussie cricketeers


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The photograph ____X___ , depicts two young twin sisters, Cathleenand Colleen Wade, standing side by side in matching corduroydresses, white tights, and white headbands in their dark hair. Bothstare into the camera, one slightly smiles and the other slightlyfrowns. The parallelism and haunting nature of the photo has beenthe subject of many essays. The photo has been said to sum up tothe photogrpahers vision. Biographer Patricia Bosworth said, "Shewas involved in the question of identity. Who am I and who areyou? The twin image expresses the crux of that vision: normality infreakishness and the freakishness in normality.

The photo has also inspired other art and is echoed in the film______Y_____, which features sisters in an identical pose.


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11. Connect


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Vulnerable at single vital points


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12

Milburn Pennybags also known as Whiff, is a

very rich man. He is usually seen along with

Jake the Jailbird , and Officer Edgar Mallory.

He has a niece, Sandy, and two nephewscalled Randy and Andy. He also has a wife

named Madge.

How do we better know Milburn Pennybags?


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Monopoly guy


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13.

This video shows the reconstruction of what?


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Russell market


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14

Astraphobia, also knownas astrapophobia, brontophobia, keraunophobia, or tonitrophobia, is a type of specific phobia. Itis a treatable phobia that both humans andanimals can develop. The term astraphobiaderives from the Greek words (astrape)and (phobos; fear). However, the name

can be more easily understood by translatingthrough sanskrit, where Astra would mean adivine weapon. So what is Astraphobia a fear of?


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Fear of lightning


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The Chief Scout is the head of The ScoutAssociation. The post originated with theappointment of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st BaronBaden-Powell, the founder of the ScoutMovement, as Chief Scout. The current ChiefScout is the youngest chief scout ever, at the ageof 35. But, many claim he deserves this title, ashe has spread awareness of the survival tacticsand hardiness of scouts, through contemporarymedia.


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Bear grylls


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__________ are a particular type of shorttrousers, now widely worn as semi-casual attireby both men and women. The hem canbe cuffed or un-cuffed, around one inch above

the knee. In some places, they are considered appropriate

business attire for men when made of suit-likematerial and worn with knee-length socks,

a dress shirt, tie, and blazer. They are included inthe national costume of South Africa for Africansand Anglo-africans.


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Bermuda shorts


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___________ is a style of dance. It is primarily done tolive music, although it can be done to recorded music.

Many variations of ___________ exist, suchas thrashing, or the more extreme Wall of Death, and

are typically done in an area in front of the stage whichis referred to as thepit, though many pits have beenknown to occur elsewhere, most notably the middle.

While _______________ is seen as a form of positive

feedback or expression of enjoyment,it has also drawncriticism over its dangerous nature. Injuries and a fewdeaths have been reported.


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Moshing


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_____is an event, produced annually in late March or early.It was first produced event on March 31st,1985 at Madisonsquare garden in NYC, to be the companys premiereannual event and has since produced twenty-seveneditions with the twenty-eighth and twenty-

ninth scheduled to take place in Miami Gardens, Florida in2012 and East Rutherford, New Jersey in 2013.

All of the subevents in __________ have been sold out withina short period of time, with recent editions being sold outwithin minutes of tickets going on sale. The third edition of

_________ in Detroit was the highest-attended indoorsports event in the world, with 93,173 fans in attendance,till 2010.


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Wrestlemania


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On April 1, 1996, Taco Bell took out a full-pageadvertisement in seven leading U.S. newspapers

announcing that they had purchased the artifact____________ , which was an iconic symbol tothe nation, to "reduce the country's debt" andrenamed it to resonate well with the companysmarketing marquees and logos. Thousands ofpeople protested before it was revealed at noonApril 1 that the sale was a hoax. What did theysupposedly buy?


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Liberty bell


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20

Computer generated

imagery of which

famous valcanos

explosion in AD 79?


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Mt. Vesuvius


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21. ID person


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R L stevenson


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22*.

Modern Penatathlon was introduced to theOlympics at the 1912 olympic games atStockholm, Sweden. The United States had

just one competitor in the first Olympicpentathlon competition. _____________, whowould become a famous in about threedecades from then, excelled in the military-

influenced set of events. __________ finishedin fifth place; he was the only non-Swedeamong the top seven finishers.


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Patton


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Id the man sitting next to Nana Patekar.


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VK Singh


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24. Riddle me this

2009-Renegade, who had a close contest with Eagles wife Evergreen.2001-Tumbler

1993-Eagle

1989-Timberwolf, Tumblers dad

1981-Rawhide,the actor

1977-Deacon the humane

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1953-Scorecard, who crusaded against Communism, Korea andcorruption

So, who was scorecard?


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Dwight Eisenhover


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25. Who wrotethis? He also

gave a speech on

18th June 1940

to the same

effect.


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De gaulle


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b l


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