Wednesday, February 3, 2010

QUESTION 143

X WAS WORKING ON SOMETHING WHICH HE MEANT TO DEDICATE TO Y. EVEN THOUGH HE WASN'T BOUND TO RECEIVE ANY MAJOR FINANCIAL RETURN BY DEDICATING IT, HE PROCEEDED. BUT WHEN Y DID SOMETHING WHICH INFURIATED X, X SCRATCHED OUT Y'S NAME FROM THE DEDICATION SO HARD THAT A HOLE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE PAPER. WHAT DID X PLAN TO DEDICATE?

X



Tuesday, February 2, 2010

QUESTION 142

IN 1911, TWO RESEARCHERS NAMED STUMPT AND PFUNGST CONDUCTED AN EXPERIMENT ON A HORSE NAMED "CLEVER HANS"( DER KLUGE HANS).
HANS WAS SUPPOSEDLY ABLE TO ADD,SUBTRACT AND SOLVE PROBLEMS INVOLVING MUSICAL HARMONY. HANS WOULD SIGNAL(TAP HIS FOOT) THE CORRECT ANSWER EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF HIS MASTER. THIS RULED OUT THE QUESTION OF FRAUD. IT WAS LATER OBSERVED THAT HANS WASN'T INTELLIGENT AT ALL! IF THE QUESTIONER DID NOT KNOW THE ANSWER, HANS COULDN'T ANSWER IT EITHER. HANS WOULD START TAPPING WHEN THE QUESTIONER MADE ANY GESTURE. EVEN THE INCLINATION OF A HEAD WAS ENOUGH FOR THE HORSE TO STOP. IN OTHER WORDS, PEOPLE WERE GIVING THE HORSE THE ANSWERS DUE TO THEIR EXPECTATIONS OF IT(VIA PHYSICAL SIGNS). WHAT EFFECT DOES THE INCIDENT DEMONSTRATE?

QUESTION 141


WHAT IS SHOWN IN RED?

QUESTION 140



WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN 1960?


ANSWER- DEBATE BETWEEN KENNEDY AND RICHARD NIXON. FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE TO BE TELEVISED.
KAUSHIK PARTLY GOT IT WITH "TELEVISED"

QUESTION 139

X AND Y STARRED IN A 2006 ROMANTIC COMEDY. ON WHICH OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS WAS THE MOVIE BASED ON?

X


Y


Sunday, January 31, 2010

QUESTION 138

EDWARD LONGSHANKS , DURING THE SIEGE OF STIRLING CASTLE, STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF ______. THE COMPONENTS FOR ______ TOOK APPROXIMATELY 30 WAGONS TO LOAD. WHEN THE ENEMY SURRENDERED EVEN BEFORE _____ WAS CONSTRUCTED. WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?

QUESTION 137

HE WAS A GENERAL IN THE GERMAN ARMY. HIS EXPLOITS IN THE FRANCO PRUSSIAN WAR MADE HIM FAMOUS AMONG THE GERMANS. IN 1890, HIS LEADERSHIP WAS CRITICIZED AND HE HAD TO RESIGN FROM THE ARMY. BUT HE IS ALSO REMEMBERED AS THE INVENTOR OF ___________



QUESTION 136


LOGO OF?

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Friday, January 29, 2010

QUESTION 134

X WAS A GERMAN-AMERICAN STATISTICIAN WHO INVENTED THE MECHANICAL TABULATOR TO TABULATE HUGE AMOUNTS OF DATA. HE STARTED A COMPANY WHICH WAS RENAMED BY Y TO WHAT IT IS KNOWN AS NOW. ID X,Y.

X
Y