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Interesting Questions and Answers

By-Anonymous

INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES(IAS) /Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) Exam Interview-1998

Question and their Answers given by Candidates:
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 23 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. It is not a problem, since 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 Problems, 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. What happened when wheel was invented?
A: It caused a revolution.
Q. Bay of Bengal is in which state?
A: Liquid (UPSC 33Rank)
Q: what is the opposite of Nagpanchmi?
A: Nag did not punch me.

The Difference between Focusing on Problems and Focusing on Solutions.

By-Suraj Pradhan

Case 1When NASA launched an astronauts into the space,they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (ink won't flow down to the writing surface). To solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity,upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C. And what did the Russians do...?? They used a pencil.

Case 2One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soapbox, which happened in one of Japan's biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soapbox that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soapbox went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soapboxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent a whoopee amount to do so. But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was posed with the same problem, he did not get into complications of X-rays, etc., but instead came out with another solution. He bought a strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan on, and as each soapbox passed the fan, it simply blow the empty boxes out of the line.

Moral

Always look for simple solutions. Devise the simplest possible solution that solves the problems. Always Focus on solutions & not on problems.

Ex-King holds press meet before leaving Royal Palace

A good retirement guide for monarchs

Michael, the respectable Romanian

Ex-royalty
Keep pretending
Jun 5th 2008From The Economist print edition

A KING with no throne might seem as pointless as an admiral with no ships. The Nepalese royal family probably feels pretty gloomy as it packs its possessions and prepares to leave its palace this week following the country's decision to abolish the monarchy. Claiming to be reincarnated Hindu gods may not be enough to stop the Nepalese ex-royals ending up in obscurity, like the pretenders to the Ottoman or Chinese imperial thrones. But history suggests that, with a bit of grit and imagination, being an ex-monarch can be a pleasant and even profitable occupation.
The big hope is that the republicans muck things up. Few monarchies have been successfully restored to their former glory (Spain's is a big exception) but plenty of pretenders find a respected place in their country's life. Afghanistan's Mohammed Zahir Shah returned from exile in Rome to Kabul as “Father of the Nation” in 2002—something that seemed unlikely during his nearly 30 years in exile. Bulgaria's ex-King Simeon confounded scoffers by returning after a 40-year Communist interregnum and serving (not very successfully) as prime minister; his counterpart from Romania, Michael, is a respected public figure (rather a rarity in that country's politics).
If things at home are still bad, moral leadership for the émigrés can be a decent job: the pretender to the Peacock Throne, Reza Pahlavi, is modestly important in the Iranian emigration; the royal families of Laos and Vietnam play a similar role in their countries' diaspora.
One big no-no is damaging the brand with playboy antics. The career of Vittorio Emanuele, head of Italy's royal house, has been dotted with scandals including a fatal shooting, fisticuffs, and allegations of anti-Semitism. In 2006 he was arrested on racketeering charges, which he denies. Another tip: selling titles to the gullible is a money-earner, but hard to manage discreetly.
One more risk: dynastic quarrels. (Can daughters inherit? Are marriages with non-royals valid?) Brazil's imperial house has two pretenders; Russia's monarchists can't decide between the Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna or Prince Nicholas. Portugal's monarchists are sorry that the head of their royal house, Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, made peace with the republic; oddly, he may be in line to take on the ultra-traditionalist Carlist claim to the throne in Spain.
So the lesson for Nepal's ex-King is clear: wait for the new Maoist rulers to disappoint; keep up the profile with good works, though not with active politics; and try some discreet commerce on the side. The Nepalese may take some convincing, but plenty of other people will love it.

Motivation for everyone

We all are motivated-either positively or negatively. Make sure how you are motivated...

This is the story of two brothers being motivated by their father.One was a drug addict and a drunk and who frequently beat up his family. The other was a very successful business man who was respected in society and had a wonderful family. How could two brothers raised by the same parents,brought up in the same environment, be so different?
The first brother was asked," What makes you do what you do? You are a drug addict, a drunk, and you beat your family. What motivates you?" He answered,"My father.My father was a drug addict, a drunk and he beat his family.What do you expect me to be? That is what I am."
The second brother was asked."How come you are doing everything right? What is your source of motivation?" And guess what he said? "My father.When I was a little boy, I used to see my dad drunk and doing all the wrong things.I made up my mind that, that is not what I wanted to be."
Both brothers derived their motivation from the same source, but one was using it positively and the other negatively.Negative motivation brings the desire to take the easier way which ends up being the tougher way.