KQ prelims

1. KQ Open

2. Prelims answers

3. A
 X was based on a
Khwaja Ahmed Abbas
story, The Thirteenth
Victim, which had
appeared in the
magazine called Imprint.
 In 1973 N.C Sippy's
sons, Romu Sippy
and Raj
Sippy collaborated with
partner Hrishikesh
Mukherjee to
produce X.

5. B
 This is a japaneese
painting of thirteenth
century named
Twenty-five X’s
Descending from
Heaven.
 According to the
Jataka tales, the term
“X" originally referred
to the pre-enlightened
practitioner of
austerities.

7. C
 Israel names a
new fast-
growing X flower
after PM
Narendra Modi,
in a special
gesture to mark
the first visit of
an Indian
premier to the
Jewish nation.
 X?

9. D
 X is a style of temple
architecture of northern
India and Bengal that
arose between the 6th
and the 10th centuries
and was revived in the
16th-19th century.
 The later representatives
of this style were
generally smaller and
included features
influenced by Islamic
architecture.

10.  Deul

11. E
 When X
visited Kolkata
in 1959 it
looks like he
was quite
amused to see
Gau- matas on
the streets.
 X?

13. F
 A bound bundle of wooden
rods, sometimes including
an axe with its blade
emerging.
 This had its origin in
the Etruscan civilization,
and was passed on
to ancient Rome.
 This image has survived in
the modern world as a
representation of
magisterial or collective
power.
 Which term is derived from

15. G
 XYZ portrayed a
Kashmiri family making a
living from their three
houseboats: X ('flower'),
Y ('garden‘ ), and Z
('gardener').
 Their livelihood is
threatened as running
houseboats for tourists
takes a hit due to
terrorism.
 The series aired on DD
National.

17. H
 Neil Island is
famous for its
naturally
shaped rock
formation.
 This rock
formation is
called X .
 It is best seen
during low tide.

19. I
 Name the real life
character played by
Tony Leung in this
2013 Wong Kar-
wai film .

20. Ip Man

21. J
In October 2015, he was inducted into the Memphis
Music Hall of Fame, becoming its youngest
member.
J has been active in several charitable pursuits,
initially through NSYNC's "Challenge for the
Children" aimed at a range of charities, and since
2001 through his "J Foundation," which initially
funded music education programs in schools, but
now has a much broader agenda.
Just Identify J.

23. K
 Coat of Arms of
which country?
 It serves as an
important link in the
connection between
central and
southern Europe,
the Adriatic Sea,
and Black Sea.

25. L
 The L is considered a national animal in
the Republic of Macedonia and is displayed on
the reverse of the 5 dinar coin. It is also the
national animal of Romania

26.  Lynx

27. M
Connect them with a common name

29. N
 This famous paining of Salvador Dali is
known as Metamorphosis of __________?

30.  Metamorphosi
s of Narcissus

31. O
 X is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was
first published in the August 1959 issue of The Magazine
of Fantasy and Science Fiction and reprinted in Asimov's
1968 collection Asimov's Mysteries.
 The story originated when Asimov read the X of his
friend Cyril Kornbluth in the New York Times, and found
himself feeling envy at the size and prominence of
Kornbluth's X and frustration at the knowledge that he
would never know whether his own X would be equally
prominent.
 Nine months after Kornbluth's death, Asimov decided to
exorcise his feelings by writing this story. Discussing “X" in
his autobiography, Asimov notes that it is the only story he
wrote with a female narrator
 Name X.

32.  Obituary

33. P
 P is a programming
language created
by Guido van
Rossum and first
released in 1991. The
name of this PL is very
familier witth us and is
becoming very
significant in the world
of artificial

35. Q
Connect

37. R
 R located in Wasc
o County, Oregon,
briefly incorporated
as a city in the
1980s, which was
populated with
followers Y Some
times name as R.
 Just name the
place R.
 Y not needed.

38. R -Rajneeshpuram,
X :Bhagwan Shree
Rajneesh, later known as
Osho.

39. S
 A group of Indian astronomers have discovered a
massive supercluster of galaxies, and have named
it S .
 The supercluster is about 4 billion light years away
and spreads over a “great wall” about 600 million
light years across. This makes it one of the largest
superclusters to be discovered and also the
furthest.
 The astronomers belong to Inter-University Centre
for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) and Indian
Institutes of Science Education and Research
(IISER) in Pune, besides NIT, Jamshedpur and
Newman College, Thodupuzha.
 What named they give to the galaxy?

41. T

42. Totapuri

43. U
 The U Award is given for excellence
in fruit cultivation in India. An award is given in
each of the categories of apple, banana, grapes,
guava, mandarin, mango, pineapple and sweet
orange. It is sponsored by the
National Horticultural Board awarded at both
state and national levels.
 Clue: U (Name) generally cited by Bengalis’ as a
believer of values, high morality and courageous.

44.  Udayan Pandit Award

45. V
 One of the most famous sculptures of lesser known
goddess V is as the forty-first yogini in the Chausath
Yogini Temple, Bhedaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The
goddess is called Sri-Ainginihere.
 Simple Questions . Just name her.

46.  Vinayaki

47. W
 Bilal Dar, an 18-year-old ragpicker who earned his
living by picking up waste from the W in Bandipora
district.
 Municipal commissioner said Dr Shafqat Khan told
that,
 “ He will be our brand ambassador. He is an inspiration
for everybody. He has been earning his livelihood by
cleaning the W and removing garbage, used bottles
and shoes among other things for many years now”.

48.  Wular Lake

49. x
 The term x was first used by the
character Lieutenant Gorman
in Aliens with reference to generic
extraterrestrial life.
 The species made its debut in the
film Alien (1979), and reappeared in the
sequels Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992),
and Alien: Resurrection (1997), as well as
the crossover franchise Alien vs.
Predator (2004) and Aliens vs. Predator:

50.  Xenomorph

51. Y
 Y Committee Report, ‘Learning without Burden’ (1993)
observes that learning has become a source of burden and
stress on children and their parents following these
observations, Executive Committee of NCERT decided at
its meeting of July 14, 2004, to revise the National
Curriculum Framework(NCF)
 The process of development of NCF was initiated in
November, 2004 by setting up various structures like
National Steering Committee Chaired by Y and twenty-one
National Focus Groups on themes of curricular areas,
systemic reforms and national concerns, Then NCF05
implemented. Just name Y.

52. He needs No introduction

53. Z
Z supposed only
known photograph,
possibly the only
photograph that
exists of any Mughal
empress.
Just name her.

54.  Zenat Mahal