1. Which car sports this logo? (Please refer to the pic to the left)
a) Mahindra and Mahindra
b) Maybach
c) Morris Minor
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The correct answer is Maybach.
Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH is a German luxury car manufacturer. It was founded in 1909 by Wilhelm Maybach with his son Karl Maybach as director. The company was originally a subsidiary of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin until 1918. Today, the brand is owned by Daimler AG and is based in Stuttgart.
Photograph: Mark Renders/Getty Images
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Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH is a German luxury car manufacturer. It was founded in 1909 by Wilhelm Maybach with his son Karl Maybach as director. The company was originally a subsidiary of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin until 1918. Today, the brand is owned by Daimler AG and is based in Stuttgart. Photograph: Mark Renders/Getty Images
2. Who is the world's largest commercial employer?
a) Wal-Mart
b) Indian Railways
c) National Health Service (UK)
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The correct answer is Indian Railways.
Indian Railways is one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world, transporting seventeen million passengers and more than one million tonnes of freight daily. IR is the world's largest commercial or utility employer, with more than 1.6 million employees.
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Indian Railways is one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world, transporting seventeen million passengers and more than one million tonnes of freight daily. IR is the world's largest commercial or utility employer, with more than 1.6 million employees.
3. Which is the world's costliest coffee?
a) Kopi Luwak
b) Harrar
c) Bourbon
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The correct answer is Kopi Luwak.
The world's costliest coffee, at $130 a pound, is called Kopi Luwak. It is in the droppings of a type of marsupial that eats only the very best coffee beans. Plantation workers track them and scoop their precious poop.
Sidamo is a town and a coffee growing region of Ethiopia.
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The world's costliest coffee, at $130 a pound, is called Kopi Luwak. It is in the droppings of a type of marsupial that eats only the very best coffee beans. Plantation workers track them and scoop their precious poop.
Sidamo is a town and a coffee growing region of Ethiopia.
4. With how much capital did Infosys start?
a) Rs 10,000
b) Rs 15,000
c) Rs 25,000
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The correct answer is Rs 10,000.
Infosys was founded on July 2, 1981 with a capital of Rs 10,000. The six founders -- N R Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, N S Raghavan, S Gopalakrishnan, S D Shibulal and K Dinesh -- earlier worked together at Patni Computers Systems.
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Infosys was founded on July 2, 1981 with a capital of Rs 10,000. The six founders -- N R Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, N S Raghavan, S Gopalakrishnan, S D Shibulal and K Dinesh -- earlier worked together at Patni Computers Systems.
5. Who invented photocopying?
a) Georgi Nadjakov
b) Chester Floyd Carlson
c) Otto Kornei
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The correct answer is Chester Floyd Carlson.
Chester Floyd Carlson, a physicist, born in Seattle, USA invented the process of instant copying which he called electrophotography. It later came to be known as xerography.
Carlson, who worked at the patent office in New York found the job of taking copies of documents very exhausting.
This prompted him to find a solution and experiment with photoconductivity and electro-photography.
It took Carlson ten years to convince a company to accept his invention. He was rejected by companies like GE, IBM, Kodak and RCA.
In 1947 he finally sold the commercial rights to his invention to the now famous Xerox Corp. Eleven
years later, Xerox introduced its first office copier.
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Chester Floyd Carlson, a physicist, born in Seattle, USA invented the process of instant copying which he called electrophotography. It later came to be known as xerography.
Carlson, who worked at the patent office in New York found the job of taking copies of documents very exhausting.
This prompted him to find a solution and experiment with photoconductivity and electro-photography.
It took Carlson ten years to convince a company to accept his invention. He was rejected by companies like GE, IBM, Kodak and RCA.
In 1947 he finally sold the commercial rights to his invention to the now famous Xerox Corp. Eleven
years later, Xerox introduced its first office copier.