Tag: Generalknowledge

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This company started as a loom machine manufacturing company in 1924, but then transitioned into an automobiles in 1934. The company’s current logo is perhaps a nod to this heritage, with it showing a thread being threaded through the eye of a needle.
Name the company.
Hint: The logo also seems to spells out all the alphabets in the company’s name.

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Toyota

tologo

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There is an urban legend related to the political leadership of Russia. It has been followed from 1825, since the time of Nicholas I. Its latest occurrence can be seen in the last 4 leaders as well.
What am I talking about?
Russian leaders

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Bald-hairy, referring to the empirical rule of the state leaders' succession defined as a change of a bald or balding leader to a hairy one and vice versa.
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6 cities in the USA have sued Kia & Hyundai for a trend which has gone viral on TikTok. The graph below shows a statistic from The Economist which highlights the problem.
Hyundai KiaWhat’s the funda?

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The companies are being sued for how susceptible their cars are to theft.
As per the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) Highway Data Loss Institute, immobilizing anti-theft devices were standard on 96% of all US vehicles in 2015, but were standard on only 26% Hyundai & Kia vehicles.

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Sanjiv Mehta, owner of a luxury lifestyle brand unveiled a basketball sized coin to commemorate the life of Queen Elizabeth II. Made up of 8 pounds of gold, 6,426 diamonds, the ‘coin’ is valued at $23 million.
Mehta acquired this ‘brand’ in 2005, though the company itself originated in 1600 in Britain. What did he acquire?
Sanjiv Mehta

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East India Company
Mehta acquired the rights to the name and the coat of arms in 2005. The company now sells luxury products including jewelry, homeware and commemorative coins that “capture moments in history for contemporary enthusiasts and future generations to treasure,”

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What is common between the following wars? (non-exhaustive list)

    • Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta between 431–404 BC
    • Punic Wars between Rome & Carthage around 240BC
    • First Balkan War (1912–13) between Turkey on one side & Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Montenegro on the other side
    • Irish War of Independence from 1919 to 1921 between Ireland & the UK
    • First Kashmir War of 1947–1948 between India & Pakistan
    • Six-Day War of 1967 between Israel & Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia (plus Lebanon)

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These are some of the few wars in history recorded between democracies.

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X is the biggest player in the eyewear industry. The company owns bands such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Sunglass Hut and many others. In addition, it designs & manufactures the entire range for brands like Chanel, Prada, Giorgio Armani, Burberry, Versace, Dolce and Gabbana, Michael Kors, Coach, Miu Miu and Tory Burch.
In 2018, it merged with Essilor and the combined entity now holds 30% of the global market.
Name the company.

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Luxottica. Not surprisingly, it has been accused of price gouging.