Test Your Knowledge _ 3

Test Your Knowledge _ 3

01.The twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad in India are divided by a lake. The famous stone embankment across the lake is known by a pretty simple name. There are two theories associated with how it got its name. State both of them.
02. a) What are the earliest Christians in India known as? (The Caste's name). b) Who is attributed to have travelled from the west and performed the first baptisms ? (The person's name or how he is popularly know as). c) When? (Which year). d) Where? (The exact place name).
03. Paraphrasing a great man's saying - "You are first ignored, later laughed at. Then they fight you, but you win." Connect this with a term in software jargon, its usage, the great man whose saying have paraphrased and the person who coined the term.
04. What word for a strong cotton working cloth or overalls, comes from a low lying village near Bombay where it was first manufactured?
05. In August 2003, J Jayalalithaa, chief minister of Tamil Nadu issued orders to enforce a law that had been passed 53 years earlier, but not enforced. What law was that?
06. What was British's first trading post in India? What was the year?
07. Which state of India gets its name from the fact that 5 tributaries run through it. Name the state, each of the five tributaries, and the river the tributaries belong to.
08. Name the Indian who discovered a law related to supernova? He also had an asteroid named after him.
09. Who was the ruler of Magadha at the time of Siddhartha Gautama's death?
10. This is the only country to have supported India in all its foreign policies in the last 50 years. However, it rarely gets praised for it and hardly gets any media coverage as India's strategic partner. Which country is being talked about and what is the reason behind its perpetual support to India's foreign policy.

ANSWERS

01. The first theory is that its called Tank bund because over the years the size of the 22 km² lake has reduced dramatically and people started referring to it as a really big 'tank' (a small enclosed water body). Also, there's an old M48 Patton Tank on display next to rotary park on the Bund. Thus another theory behind the name Tank Bund. The tank is one of 100s captured during the Battle of Assal Uttar in the Indo-Pak 1965 war.
02. a) Mar Thoma Khristianis/ Nasrani people b) St Thomas the Apostle c) 52 A.D. d) Palayoor
03. The term is GandhiCon. And the person is Eric S. Raymond. GandhiCon describes levels of recognition and perceived threat from open/free competitors to established commercial products. The "-Con" suffix is a nod to the military term "DEFCON."
04. Dungarees from Dongari Kapar named after fort Dongari Killa.
05. The law was "Tamil Nadu Prevention of Cruelties to Animals Act, 1950". It was used to clamp down on religious offerings (sacrifice of 500 buffaloes) made in the temple near the town of Trichy in August 2003. The practice continued even after that. 200 buffaloes were offered in temple in Karur district in June 2004.
06. Machilipatnam in 1611
07. River is Indus. Famous five tributaries - the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej - that give Punjab its name (land of the five rivers).
08. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar with the Chandrashekar Limit law. Asteroid 1958 Chandra was named after him and so was the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
09. Ajatashatru
10. Bhutan - The defence and foreign policy of Bhutan are the responsibility of India.