Tuesday, September 14, 2010

INSEARCH OF MADHWA SITHAR............

              As you all know that,this hostel  is famous for its Extra-co-curricular activities which will be held through out the year. There will be several competitions in different fields and the best two will be awarded 1st and 2nd. The one who grabs max number of prizes will be awarded as MADHWA SITHAR.
              Now already 4 competitions  were successfully completed. Due to unhealthy we were unable to update the blog so please excuse us. The competition details are here, just check out.
 The main organizer of this competitions are:- 
  1.  SUHAS B BHAT
  2.  KOPRESH KOPPAR
COMPETITION    NO    :-    01
COMPETITION NAME  :-   SUDOKU                                                          COORDINATORS         :-   SUHAS B BHAT 
TENTATIVE DATES      :-   25-28 AUG
WINNERS                      :-   1ST PLACE      -    SANTHOSH  KUMAR  P  N
                                              2ND PLACE    -    CHETHAN  RAJ

COMPETITION    NO    :-    02 (A)
COMPETITION NAME  :-   KANNADA CROSSWORD                              COORDINATORS         :-   SHISHIR  U  R
                                             SHASHANK
TENTATIVE DATES      :-   28-31 AUG
WINNERS                      :-   1ST PLACE      -   KARTHIK  D  R
                                              2ND PLACE    -   SANTHOSH  KUMAR   P  N

COMPETITION    NO    :-    02(B)
COMPETITION NAME  :-   ENGLISH  CROSSWORD                               COORDINATORS         :-   SHISHIR  U  R
                                             SHASHANK
TENTATIVE DATES      :-   28-31 AUG
WINNERS                      :-   1ST PLACE      -    GAURAV

                                              2ND PLACE    -    VIDISHA


COMPETITION    NO    :-    03
COMPETITION NAME  :-   VOCABALIA                                                    COORDINATORS         :-   SHASHANK
                                              KOPRESH
TENTATIVE DATES      :-   1-3 SEP
WINNERS                      :-   1ST PLACE      -    GIRIACHAR

                                             2ND PLACE    -     VEDHANTH

THE QUESTION PAPER IS HERE  .......



                          Vocablia 2010                                                 Time Duration: 30 mins

Anagrams

1. MOON STARER …………………………

2. REAL FUN …………………………………

3. OBEY GOD………………………………..

4. TRIMS CASH……………………………

5. BRA SETS………………………………..

6. BIG MULE………………………………
 
Select the word that is closest in the meaning to the phrase or sentence

1. Interested only in money
a) Marmoreal
b) Mordant
c) Mercenary
d) Munificent

2. Science of making watches
a) Graphology
b) Morphology
c) Aneroid
d) Horology

3. A happening that cannot be altered
a) Invincible
b) Fate
c) Congruence
d) Fait accompli

4. Functioning in air
a) Anaerobic
b) Pneumatic
c) Inflationary
d) Vulcanizing
 
Write words starting with ‘G’ which are opposites to the given word. (Ex: STOP = GO)

1. Scarcity……………………………….

2. Sad….………………………………….

3. Awkward…………………………….

4. Moron………………………………..
 
Analogies

1. Family : Spouse
a) Business : Partner
b) Army : Major
c) Truth: Witness
d) Home : Lady

2. Oil: Well
a) Animal : Zoo
b) Water : Ocean
c) Coal : Mine
d) Cheese : Milk

3. Mile : Distance
a) Litre : Fluid
b) Scale : Weight
c) Bushel : Grain
d) Degree : Angle

4. Word : Letter
a) Book : Page
b) Team : Player
c) Ship : Crew
d) Phrase : Word
 
Find the odd word out of the given set of words

1. Reign, Rule, Law, Dictum
a) Reign
b) Rule
c) Law
d) Dictum

2. Obese, Corpulent, Swarthy, Large
a) Obese
b) Corpulent
c) Swarthy
d) Large
 
Set the given jumbled paragraph into order

1. These pieces of crust, called plates restlessly roam about, driven by plumes of molten rock that boil up from the planets superheated core.

2. Many of worlds’ earthquakes occur at boundaries of such plates.

3. Its surface, cracked like ancient pottery is broken into 15 large pieces.

4. But this movement of the plates is not uniform.

5. The earth is constantly moving underfoot.
a) 5 2 1 3 4
b) 4 1 3 2 5
c) 5 3 1 2 4
d) 4 3 2 1 5
Fill in the blanks with meaningful word to complete the sentence.

1. The result came ……… just as I had expected.
a) Up
b) In
c) About
d) Off

2. If he were appointed, he ……… make a good captain.
a) Will
b) Shall
c) Could
d) Would

3. He dresses in a ………. and flamboyant manner, which offends aesthetics.
a) Colorful
b) Garish
c) Gossamer
d) Glimmering

4. I was afraid of missing the train, so walked ….. I reached the station ten minutes ahead
of time.
a) Too fast that
b) Fast enough for
c) Quite fast and
d) So fast that
 


COMPETITION    NO    :-    04
COMPETITION NAME  :-   PUZZLES                                                          COORDINATORS         :-   GAURAV
                                              SANDEEP
TENTATIVE DATES      :-   25-28 AUG
WINNERS                      :-   1ST PLACE      -    ASHWIN

                                              2ND PLACE    -   KARTHIK  P  S


Congrats for the winners.