Just have a look at this Q&A. These questions asked in IAS interviews.
Q. How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
A. Concrete floors are very hard to crack! (UPSC Topper)
Q. If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?
A. No time at all it is already built. (UPSC 23rd Rank Opted for IFS)
Q. If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?
A. Very large hands. (Good one) (UPSC 11 Rank Opted for IPS)
Q. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
A. you will never find an elephant with one hand. (UPSC Rank 14 Opted for IES)
Q. How can a man go eight days without sleep?
A. No Probs, He sleeps at night. (UPSC IAS Rank 98)
Q. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?
A. It will Wet or Sink as simple as that. (UPSC IAS Rank 2)
Q. What looks like half apple ?
A: The other half. (UPSC – IAS Topper )
Q. What can you never eat for breakfast?
A: Dinner.
Q. Bay of Bengal is in which state?
A: Liquid (UPSC 33 Rank)
Technical Skill is the mastery of complexity, while Creativity is the master of presence of mind.
This is a famous paper written for an Oxford philosophy exam, normally requiring an eight page essay answer and expected to be backed up with source material, quotes and analytical reasoning. This guy wrote the below answer and topped the exam!
* OXFORD EXAMINATION BOARD 1987* *ESSAY QUESTION*
Question: What is courage? (50 Marks)
Answer: This is courage
Note :::I came across this comment from rgvzoomin by Housekeeping
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Funny Remarks on FOUNTAINHEAD
one day Ayan Rand walking on the streets in the early morning. she was thinking of her boyfriend. At that time she was 21 years. The previous day her boyfriend made an argument with Ayan Rand that he wants to start a plaster of paris dealership shop in the town. Ayan rand is not at all interested in those business. so she was very sad thinking about the previous day incident. suddenly she found him on the road with Mansion House Brandy full bottle laying on the platform. his head is full of dust and she wanted to wash his head and give him some water. near by there were no panshops. so she searched for water and she found the water near by the park. there is a fountain and she collected some water and washed her boyfriend’s head. at the moment she got the idea of the philosophical writing and finally she named that book as per the incident happened that day. she washed her boyfriends head with fountain water so it became FOUNTAIN HEAD.
the book is all about how to drink liquor without hangover.. how to get water in emergencies etc
Note :::I came across this comment from rgvzoomin by Housekeeping
the book is all about how to drink liquor without hangover.. how to get water in emergencies etc
Note :::I came across this comment from rgvzoomin by Housekeeping
Shiva A Landmark Telugu Film
THE DISSECTION OF SHIVA
The main story of SHIVA was lifted from Bruce Lee’s ENTER THE DRAGON where hero comes to a new city and confronts the gang there.
1. opening scene in SHIVA where goons wait and fight ensues by breaking soda bottles, kicking, using small barber knife = inspired from ANKUSH where similar fight is seen between Nana Patekar gang and the rival gang.
2. Introduction scene of Nagarjuna: low angle shot with sun in the background = Inspired from GHARSHANA: introduction of Karthik with a same low angle shot and sun in the background
3. Nagging sister-in-law indirectly demeaning Shiva= Step mother in ARJUN always shouting at Arjun
4. Nagarjuna liking Amala who is a sister of an inspector and both inspector and Shiva have respect for each other in the course of time = inspired from ARJUN but roles reversed. Arjun’s sister likes an inspector and both inspector and Arjun have respect and trust in each other in the course of time.
5. Amala walking into cinema screen in a theatre = inspeired from Janet Jackson song CONTROL in which she walks into the screen
6. Bashing of JD by Nagarjuna : starting from a cafe and into the busy streets and main road where people watch Nagarjuna bashing JD in broad day light = inspired from ARJUN where Sunny Deol beats a goon starting from cafe and runs into busy roads where people watch
7. Killing of Shubhalekha Sudhakar: goons chasing and finally ganesh is shown with a big dager killing sudhakar = inspired from ARJUN where goons kill Arjun’s friend Mohan in a similar chasing scene but in a rainy street (this was a fantastic shot both ARJUN and in SHIVA)
8. Nirmalamma slapping inspector Saichand: inspired from JAWS where mother a kid slaps Roy Schneider
9. The den of Bhavani consists of goons playing cards in the outer room while Bhavani sits in an inside room = inspired from ARDH SATYA where a similar situation is shown while introducing Rama Shetty (Sadashiv Amrapurkar)
10. Bhavani talking on phone while lying on bed and a prostitute sits besides him = inspired from ARDH SATYA where inspector (Shafi Inamdar) talks on phone lying on bed and a prostitute sits besides him.
11. Cycle chasing scene in SHIVA where goons chase Shiva and Shiva being on a cycle = inspired from ARJUN but roles reversed. Arjun being in a cycle chases goons who drive in a car.
12. night fight scene in SHIVA where goons try to attach Shiva’s gang while they were in a small tea stall. They get ready with hockey sticks, rods, chains etc = inspired from ARJUN where Arjun and his friends wait near a tea stall with same hockey sticks, rods and chains and goons come in car and a fight ensues.
13. Killing of Chinna where he tries to escape during night by running in a empty streets and but at last he seems to escape but gets killed = inspired from ARJUN climax scene where arjun runs during night in empty streets and just when he reaches police station again gets attacked by a goon but in this case Arjun kills the gon.
14. Killing of small girl where Bhavani is looks at the girl and then camera captures the girls fear. Next shot shows Nagarjuna looking at the dead body drapped in white cloth = inspired from SHOLAY where gabbar singh point his gun at little kid and the camera captures the fear on that kid. Next shot, train stops in a station followed by Sanjeev Kumar looking the while cloth drapped dead bodies.
15. Climax fight between Shiva and Bhavani : one to one fight where Bhavani uses a small knife = inspired from MACKENNA’s GOLD where Omar Sharif and Gregory Peck have one to one fight and Omar Sharif uses a small dagger.
16. Chinna hitting the pole is copied from SADMA (VASATHA KOKILA) where Kamal Haasan hits the pole in similar fashion in climax scene.
17. Subhaleka Sudhakar hitting the stone while running, just before his killing, was lifted from QAYAMAT SE QAYAMANT TAK
KNOWLEDGE:: to know about movies like ARDH SATY, ARJUN, SADMA, MCKENNA’S GOLD etc etc
INTELLIGENCE:: To analyse all those movies, making important points with critical observation
GENIUS:: To practically apply all the knowledge and intelligence gained from above movies to make SHIVA
WISDOM:: spend one rupee fifty paisa in Anjali talkies to watch SHIVA and enjoyy the movie
Note :::I came across this comment from rgvzoomin by autojaani
The main story of SHIVA was lifted from Bruce Lee’s ENTER THE DRAGON where hero comes to a new city and confronts the gang there.
1. opening scene in SHIVA where goons wait and fight ensues by breaking soda bottles, kicking, using small barber knife = inspired from ANKUSH where similar fight is seen between Nana Patekar gang and the rival gang.
2. Introduction scene of Nagarjuna: low angle shot with sun in the background = Inspired from GHARSHANA: introduction of Karthik with a same low angle shot and sun in the background
3. Nagging sister-in-law indirectly demeaning Shiva= Step mother in ARJUN always shouting at Arjun
4. Nagarjuna liking Amala who is a sister of an inspector and both inspector and Shiva have respect for each other in the course of time = inspired from ARJUN but roles reversed. Arjun’s sister likes an inspector and both inspector and Arjun have respect and trust in each other in the course of time.
5. Amala walking into cinema screen in a theatre = inspeired from Janet Jackson song CONTROL in which she walks into the screen
6. Bashing of JD by Nagarjuna : starting from a cafe and into the busy streets and main road where people watch Nagarjuna bashing JD in broad day light = inspired from ARJUN where Sunny Deol beats a goon starting from cafe and runs into busy roads where people watch
7. Killing of Shubhalekha Sudhakar: goons chasing and finally ganesh is shown with a big dager killing sudhakar = inspired from ARJUN where goons kill Arjun’s friend Mohan in a similar chasing scene but in a rainy street (this was a fantastic shot both ARJUN and in SHIVA)
8. Nirmalamma slapping inspector Saichand: inspired from JAWS where mother a kid slaps Roy Schneider
9. The den of Bhavani consists of goons playing cards in the outer room while Bhavani sits in an inside room = inspired from ARDH SATYA where a similar situation is shown while introducing Rama Shetty (Sadashiv Amrapurkar)
10. Bhavani talking on phone while lying on bed and a prostitute sits besides him = inspired from ARDH SATYA where inspector (Shafi Inamdar) talks on phone lying on bed and a prostitute sits besides him.
11. Cycle chasing scene in SHIVA where goons chase Shiva and Shiva being on a cycle = inspired from ARJUN but roles reversed. Arjun being in a cycle chases goons who drive in a car.
12. night fight scene in SHIVA where goons try to attach Shiva’s gang while they were in a small tea stall. They get ready with hockey sticks, rods, chains etc = inspired from ARJUN where Arjun and his friends wait near a tea stall with same hockey sticks, rods and chains and goons come in car and a fight ensues.
13. Killing of Chinna where he tries to escape during night by running in a empty streets and but at last he seems to escape but gets killed = inspired from ARJUN climax scene where arjun runs during night in empty streets and just when he reaches police station again gets attacked by a goon but in this case Arjun kills the gon.
14. Killing of small girl where Bhavani is looks at the girl and then camera captures the girls fear. Next shot shows Nagarjuna looking at the dead body drapped in white cloth = inspired from SHOLAY where gabbar singh point his gun at little kid and the camera captures the fear on that kid. Next shot, train stops in a station followed by Sanjeev Kumar looking the while cloth drapped dead bodies.
15. Climax fight between Shiva and Bhavani : one to one fight where Bhavani uses a small knife = inspired from MACKENNA’s GOLD where Omar Sharif and Gregory Peck have one to one fight and Omar Sharif uses a small dagger.
16. Chinna hitting the pole is copied from SADMA (VASATHA KOKILA) where Kamal Haasan hits the pole in similar fashion in climax scene.
17. Subhaleka Sudhakar hitting the stone while running, just before his killing, was lifted from QAYAMAT SE QAYAMANT TAK
KNOWLEDGE:: to know about movies like ARDH SATY, ARJUN, SADMA, MCKENNA’S GOLD etc etc
INTELLIGENCE:: To analyse all those movies, making important points with critical observation
GENIUS:: To practically apply all the knowledge and intelligence gained from above movies to make SHIVA
WISDOM:: spend one rupee fifty paisa in Anjali talkies to watch SHIVA and enjoyy the movie
Note :::I came across this comment from rgvzoomin by autojaani
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Excellence
“A German once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, “Do you need two statues of the same idol?” “No,” said the sculptor without looking up, “We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage.” The gentleman examined the idol and found no apparent damage. “Where is the damage?” he asked. “There is a scratch on the nose of the idol.” said the sculptor, still busy with his work. “Where are you going to install the idol?”The sculptor replied that it would be installed on a pillar twenty feet high. “If the idol is that far, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?” the gentleman asked. The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the gentleman, smiled and said, “I will know it.”
The desire to excel is exclusive of the fact whether someone else appreciates it or not.
“Excellence” is a drive from inside, not outside. Excellence is not for someone else”
Note :::I came across this comment from rgvzoomin by Narender
The desire to excel is exclusive of the fact whether someone else appreciates it or not.
“Excellence” is a drive from inside, not outside. Excellence is not for someone else”
Note :::I came across this comment from rgvzoomin by Narender
Monday, March 1, 2010
Some Interesting Comments
Failure does not depend on a persons profession,failure is not being able to do what one likes and enjoys.
But as we know there are neither good guys nor bad ones, it just the oppurtunity, bad guys might end up being good given no chance and the other way round too.
A majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities.” – Ayn Rand.
Money can really make people do literally anything…
If they are happy, they are not failures.
Not give chances but Take chances
Art lacks a fixed form, a proper shape and a specific boundary….,,,,,,,,,,,,,
If Art can take any shape or form, depending on the creative mind that chooses its container.????
Then i think there is no right or wrong here, no absolute ways of doing things.!!!!!!
When someone sees the same people every day,they wind up becoming a part of that person’s life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn’t what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own - Committed relationships
The Like you like and the dream you dream, Stay on it.
The movement you commit, you lose the freedom – either woman, company, or someone.
“The more you tell the truth, the more you become bad to the world.”
If cinema is the battle filed to be conquered,U are a warrior that invades till your last breath.
Stories are never unique but the narration/presentation is that makes a film unique.
I want to direct visions and I don’t want my visions to be directed
i dont want to be product of environment ,i just want environment to be my product”
Fame is an illusion, in the sense that it is not what we think it is..and as elders say, never go after an illusion.
Shouldnt trust all the attention you get. Believing in hype is unreal. Whats real is the connection you have to your passion, your roots, your soul.
The only possible repentance is learning with resolve. No ritual can cleanse you of your sins.
Art is born out of frustration. Every thing is born out of frustration.
Note :::I came across these comments from rgvzoomin on 24Feb2010
But as we know there are neither good guys nor bad ones, it just the oppurtunity, bad guys might end up being good given no chance and the other way round too.
A majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities.” – Ayn Rand.
Money can really make people do literally anything…
If they are happy, they are not failures.
Not give chances but Take chances
Art lacks a fixed form, a proper shape and a specific boundary….,,,,,,,,,,,,,
If Art can take any shape or form, depending on the creative mind that chooses its container.????
Then i think there is no right or wrong here, no absolute ways of doing things.!!!!!!
When someone sees the same people every day,they wind up becoming a part of that person’s life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn’t what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own - Committed relationships
The Like you like and the dream you dream, Stay on it.
The movement you commit, you lose the freedom – either woman, company, or someone.
“The more you tell the truth, the more you become bad to the world.”
If cinema is the battle filed to be conquered,U are a warrior that invades till your last breath.
Stories are never unique but the narration/presentation is that makes a film unique.
I want to direct visions and I don’t want my visions to be directed
i dont want to be product of environment ,i just want environment to be my product”
Fame is an illusion, in the sense that it is not what we think it is..and as elders say, never go after an illusion.
Shouldnt trust all the attention you get. Believing in hype is unreal. Whats real is the connection you have to your passion, your roots, your soul.
The only possible repentance is learning with resolve. No ritual can cleanse you of your sins.
Art is born out of frustration. Every thing is born out of frustration.
Note :::I came across these comments from rgvzoomin on 24Feb2010
Some Interesting Thoughts
1.The intensity of desire and passion determines the amount of pain we can sustain .
Ans: If the pain is physical it cannot be in control of the mind but a mental or an emotional pain will always be in the realm and the control of our own mind and it only depends on our understanding power. I always feel passion and never pain. In other words I am too understanding to ever feel pain.
2. There are a million possible films inside and outside each actual film.
3. Ayn Rand said, “Many people don’t like to find answers. They just like to think that no answer is possible”.
Ans: Yes and also most people just want to live their lives commenting on others faults and also gloating in others failures thereby completely and totally resigning themselves to be the ultimate failures in life.
4. How do I discover my passion?
Ans: By just being truly truthful to your feelings.
5. The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticisms.
Ans: Both praise and criticism have no meaning unless accompanied by reasons acceptable to the subject.
6. A woman is like a highway. More the curves more the dangers.
Ans: Yes but I would rather risk the danger than loose out on the travel.
7. “Wages of fear” are the kind of work places in films where you need to go next.
Ans: I really agree with you and I am truly amazed at the insights you have on cinema. It’s not about praising or criticizing but it’s the why I am interested in as only asking why, telling why and listening to why, is what can make any one really grow.
Note :::I came across these comments from rgvzoomin on 24Feb2010
Ans: If the pain is physical it cannot be in control of the mind but a mental or an emotional pain will always be in the realm and the control of our own mind and it only depends on our understanding power. I always feel passion and never pain. In other words I am too understanding to ever feel pain.
2. There are a million possible films inside and outside each actual film.
3. Ayn Rand said, “Many people don’t like to find answers. They just like to think that no answer is possible”.
Ans: Yes and also most people just want to live their lives commenting on others faults and also gloating in others failures thereby completely and totally resigning themselves to be the ultimate failures in life.
4. How do I discover my passion?
Ans: By just being truly truthful to your feelings.
5. The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticisms.
Ans: Both praise and criticism have no meaning unless accompanied by reasons acceptable to the subject.
6. A woman is like a highway. More the curves more the dangers.
Ans: Yes but I would rather risk the danger than loose out on the travel.
7. “Wages of fear” are the kind of work places in films where you need to go next.
Ans: I really agree with you and I am truly amazed at the insights you have on cinema. It’s not about praising or criticizing but it’s the why I am interested in as only asking why, telling why and listening to why, is what can make any one really grow.
Note :::I came across these comments from rgvzoomin on 24Feb2010
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