Question For The Day 07 May 07

Just name the person who wrote this beautiful poem. (Its one of my favorites :-)






















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1. I read it as part of my course curriculum (C.B.S.E.)
2. A just married lady going to her husband's home.


Answer for the Day 07 May 07
The answer I was looking for is "Sarojini Naidu"

The poem basically talks about a newly wed bride being taken to her husband's home by the traditional Palanquin bearers.
I always find this poem very touching.

Question For The Day 30 Apr 07

The aircraft has a unique functionality associate with it.
Identify it ?

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1 Even Indian Navy owns one of its variants
2 Whats the best part of a Helicopter.

Answer for the Day 02 May 07
VTOL/STOVL ie Vertical Take off and Landing and Short take off and Vertical Landing.
Due to smaller or no runway the aircraft's that can be used onboard need to have this capability.
Choppers and Sea Harrier in Indian Navy have this capability.
(Quoting Verbatim from the ans of Commander Arvind Saluja, Senior Indian Navy Officer)

Question For The Day 27 Apr 07

I am not sure if this is the kind of question that should be asked in QFTD series. But today morning I was reading "Stephen Hawking: The theory of everything" and the idea struck

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1. Yes he actually referred to an apple.
2. Read the intro part again. (The book)

Answer for the Day 27 Apr 07
Heres what I wanted to convey:
Facts:
No Apple ever fell on Newton's head. (W.r.t. to laws of gravity)
He wasn't sitting in a garden or something.
All these stories are man made.
The only Documented thing Newton ever said was
"That the idea of gravity came to him as he sat in a contemplative mood, and was occasioned by the fall of an apple".
(Source: "The theory of everything")

Question For The Day 20 Apr 07

Name this Indian City ?

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1. In XXXX language Mother is called as Aai.
2 Salsette Island

Answer for the Day 20 Apr 07
The ans we were looking for is "Mumbai or Bombay"
All the characteristics/trait mentioned in the Question were uniquely related to Mumbai. (India)

Question For The Day 19 Apr 07

What relates them ?

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1. Bombay
2. Very high profile.

Answer for the Day 19 Apr 07
The ans I was looking for is "La - Mer".
Its the name of the posh building in Bandra where Aishwarya and Sachin lives.

Question For The Day 18 Apr 07

Name this chameleon of the sea.



















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Blood: Green Blue.
Hearts: three in number.

Answer for the Day 18 Apr 07

The answer we were looking for is
"Cuttlefish" (No they are not related to Squids)
They are called as chameleon of the sea because of their superior camouflaged abilities.
I am sorry for sending the hyperlinked images and thanks guys for pointing it out.

Question For The Day 17 Apr 07

Name the company?

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1. One of the main reasons I always go to Rajpath on 26 Jan.
The roar of 3 XXXXX in arrow head formations.
2. Unlike Cxxxx they are always there when we needed them.

Answer for the Day 17 Apr 07
The answer I was looking for is "Sukhoi Corp"
Images:
Sukhoi P. : Founder Sukhoi Corp
Su-8 : An old bomber
Logo: Sukhoi Corp
Su 30: Used by Indian Air force

On 26 Jan the roar of 7 Jaguars/SU 30 in arrowhead formation
Or 3 Su-30 with smoker guns blazing in trishul formation.
No sight in the world can beat that.

Question For The Day 16 Apr 07

Name these daredevils ?
















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Nick Name: Sharks
52 Sqdn (Not very sure on this one)

Answer for the Day 16 Apr 07
Answer I was looking for is:
Images were of the "Indian Airforce Acrobatics Team"
Commonly called: "Surya-Kiran"
Aircraft: Indigenously built Kirans MK II

Question For The Day 13 Apr 07

There is something that relates them together. What ????











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Define indigenous
Rhyme Burrow

Answer for the Day 13 Apr 07
"All of these words have now entered the English language."
i.e. they have been borrowed from Hindi/Urdu into the English language.
For details visit
http://www.askoxford.com/globalenglish/borrowings/map_05/?view=uk

Question For The Day 12 Apr 07

Google recently came up with this: free in-home wireless broadband service http://www.google.com/tisp/ (Visit the link)

Tell me the main Purpose behind this ?

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1. I stress on the word recently.
2. What exactly does Google Do.

Answer for the Day 12 Apr 07
Anyway:
The correct answer is:
"To make you April Fool"
GOOGLE has a long history of playing Hoaxes/Pranks on 1st April.
(Talk E-Sat :-)))
For details visit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%27s_hoaxes

Question For The Day 11 Apr 07

Identify this unfulfilled dream of Ala-ud-din ? the victory tower that couldn't be...................


















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Location: North of Qutub Minar.
Height: 27 mtrs
Status: Uncompleted

Answer for the Day 11 Apr 07
"Alai Minar in Delhi"
It was initially planned to be bigger than Qutub Minar but construction was stopped mid way.

Question For The Day 10 Apr 07

No references to currencies.
Its a serious question.(Apply concepts)

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1. Define Billion.
2. If I correctly remember in my Maths book (CBSE) this logic was actually explained.

Answer for the Day 10 Apr 07

"The way we define a billion in US and traditional UK are different"
One Billion:
US: 109 Millions or a thousand million
UK: 1012 Millions or a million million. (Its not very much in use now)
For all international ranking we use the US definition of Billion.

For further info you can visit:
http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxbill00.html
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwords/billion

Question For The Day 05 Apr 07

Identify the famous spy of WWII fame ?

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A descendent of Tipu Sultan
One of the famous spies the British had in their armoury
Executed by the Germans

Answer for the Day 05 Mar 07
The answer I was looking for is "Noor Inayat Khan".
She was the great-great-great-granddaughter of Tipu Sultan
Was posthumously awarded the George cross, one of the highest awards for bravery
In 1944, the Gestapo firing squad executed her.
She was born in Russia and brought up in London and Paris.
Those who answered Mata Hari: Will soon bring out a question on her too. (She wasn't exactly known for her bravery)

Question For The Day 04 Apr 07

I am looking for the name of a Movie. ?

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Image 1: Think of "Discovery of India" and "Guru"
Image 2: Think of Schindler's List and ..........
Image 3: Think Advertising and Theatre

Answer for the Day 04 Apr 07
The answer for the day is "Movie --> Gandhi".
Images were of:
Roshan Seth: Nehru in the movie (Also acted in Guru)
Ben Kingsley: Gandhi in the movie
Alyque Padamsee: Jinnah in the movie.

Question For The Day 03 Apr 07

Identify both of them.

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1. The International "Hall of Fame" invited the two players on 17July, 2006.
2. Both are former International Tennis players.

Answer for the Day 04 Apr 07

Gabriela Sabatini and Patrick Rafter.
Both are former International Tennis players.
Pat Rafter (Australian) is former no.1 player. Won US Open twice.
Sabatini's (Argentina) highest rank was 3. Won US Open in 1990.