Q1. Rachappa Ranga is a migrant construction labourer in Bengaluru. He was using that occupation as a front for his real occupation, which is drug-dealing. Police seized 25+ kilos of drugs and cash of over Rs. 5 lakhs from him.
Police found him when he did something responsible for the first time last year. What responsible act did he do?
Q2. The film XXX: The Return of Xander Cage , starring Vin Diesel and Deepika Padukone, starts off with Samuel L Jackson as NSA Agent Gibbons recruiting _____ for the XXX program in Brazil, when a satellite crashes, and kills both of them.
_____, made his acting debut in the film, and his Ligue 1 debut last year and turns 26 today.
Q3. Scotland’s old national slogan was, ‘The Best Small Country in the World.’ In 2007, they had a contest to determine the new slogan of the country for boosting tourism. They spent 1,25,000 Pounds to come up with the new slogan.
Upon its reveal, the Culture Minister said that they weren’t looking for flashy slogans, so the new slogan was perfect. It was slammed by the opposition, for its lazy and simple nature, and the need for a contest was questioned. What slogan did Scotland choose?
Q4. Mosler Safe Company, started in 1874 and went bankrupt in 2001. Their safes were chiefly installed in some branches of the Mitsui Bank, headquartered at Japan. It had a really prestigious reputation, due to certain events that transpired in the mid-1940s. After 1950, they started making claims that their safes could withstand forces of tremendous magnitude, with concrete proof. Even the US Declaration of Independence is stored in a Mosler Safe.
What claim did they make?
Q5. In the Harry Potter universe, in Britain, the term ‘Muggle’ is used to describe a person who lacks any sort of magical ability and isn’t associated with the wizarding world. What is its American equivalent, which was prominently mentioned in the movie Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them ?
Q6. When you type X into Wikipedia, it lists the following disambiguations:
X wool – A type of wool obtained from the X goat.
X – a painting by John Singer Sargent
X – a post-disco and soul music group.
X – A minor character in the Hunger Games.
X is said to be the anglicised version of Y, which is how we commonly know it.
What are X and Y?
Answers
A1. He filed his tax returns, declaring an annual income of over ₹40 lakhs.
A2. Neymar Jr.
A3. Welcome to Scotland.
A4. Nuclear blast-proof safes.
A5. No-Maj
A6. X – Cashmere, Y - Kashmir
