Infinite Bounce
Biz
1. Subroto Bagchi was a cofounder of MindTree Limited in 1999. His first book ‘The High Performance Professional’ was followed by ‘Go Kiss the World – Life Lessons for Professionals’. In 2008, his role in MindTree was re-designated. What is his designation?
2. In 1997, a Texas based company called RT won a patent for which it faced international outrage over allegations of biopiracy. It had also caused a brief diplomatic crisis between India and United States with India threatening to take the matter to WTO as a violation of TRIPS. Both voluntarily and due to review decisions by the United States Patent Office, RT has lost most of the claims of the patent. This was a huge victory for Indian farmers who could have faced enormous economic losses from the patent. What was the patent regarding?
3. The business in question was set up in 1986 by S S Goenka, who founded a small company called Peutronics Pvt. Ltd with the aim of using computers to simplify accounting. His son Bharat was responsible for the development of the software product which led Peutronics Pvt. Ltd., into changing its name and becoming the company it is today. Name the company.
2. In 1997, a Texas based company called RT won a patent for which it faced international outrage over allegations of biopiracy. It had also caused a brief diplomatic crisis between India and United States with India threatening to take the matter to WTO as a violation of TRIPS. Both voluntarily and due to review decisions by the United States Patent Office, RT has lost most of the claims of the patent. This was a huge victory for Indian farmers who could have faced enormous economic losses from the patent. What was the patent regarding?
3. The business in question was set up in 1986 by S S Goenka, who founded a small company called Peutronics Pvt. Ltd with the aim of using computers to simplify accounting. His son Bharat was responsible for the development of the software product which led Peutronics Pvt. Ltd., into changing its name and becoming the company it is today. Name the company.
4. Identify the advertiser.
5. The name of this Unilever brand was chosen by its founder in this manner: one part came from his surname and the other simply because it sounded pleasing to his ears. Founded in 1845 in Lancashire, the first shop opened in Piccadilly in 1869. Name the brand.
6. Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance to King Louis XIV, had ambitious plans for French self-sufficiency in industry. One of his visions involved freeing France from the monopolistic practices of Venice with regard to a certain product. To this end, he gave direction to the establishment of a firm. How do we know it today?
7. Identify.
Sci-Tech
1. This man believed that keeping the body wrapped up in blankets was beneficial to the health. He is credited with the discovery of the Greenhouse Effect in 1824. Who?
2. How do we better know the drug Osteltamivir?
3. Section G of X’s notes contain an algorithm to compute a sequence of Bernoulli numbers intended for an invention of Y. It is considered to be the world’s first computer program. X was described by Y as “The Enchantress of Numbers”. Name X and Y.
1. This man believed that keeping the body wrapped up in blankets was beneficial to the health. He is credited with the discovery of the Greenhouse Effect in 1824. Who?
2. How do we better know the drug Osteltamivir?
3. Section G of X’s notes contain an algorithm to compute a sequence of Bernoulli numbers intended for an invention of Y. It is considered to be the world’s first computer program. X was described by Y as “The Enchantress of Numbers”. Name X and Y.
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6. Although used previously as a descriptive term, this term gained its current context and meaning after the 1987 US Supreme Court Edwards vs Aguillard case regarding creationism. It became popular after the publication of the book 'Of Pandas and People'. Name the term.
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