GD/PI Experiences of Ankit Dikshit

Hi Friends,

After a long wait for around four years I could go to attend few of my dream colleges' GD/PI calls.. This year sure of doing an MBA I filled most of the colleges where I would have taken the admission and luckily got good number of opportunities in the form of GD/PI. Few of those experiences , I have shared here and will update other experiences soon. Hope, it would be interesting to read and learn.. 

XIMB

The story of XIMB was all about dreams, aspirations, honesty, grilling, poise, patience and perseverance.Venue: ISI, Lodhi Road, Neew DelhiSlot: 11 AMGroup: 7/8 MembersGD: 2 min to think, 7-8 min to discuss, WAT 5 min.GD Topic: “A ship in a harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
I was not first or second to contribute but I made strong points one of such points was ‘You walk, there is a risk, you travel, there is a risk, you breathe risk is still there. But not taking risk is the biggest risk.’ Quoted some examples of Alexander the Great, Chanakya, Shivaji. Put forward the point of calculated risk and to wait till storm in the sea poises. Overall decent in 7 min time :DPI: Went for 12-13 min.Three panelists. Two young dudes, who were comedy king and one uncle Sam, some tragedy type but very knowledgeable.  P1, P2, P3 respectively.P1: Why very low marks in grads?Ank: Sir, I contributed to other fields in parallel. P1 What kind? Ank: Sir, I launched a monthly magazine ‘LITC’. P2: Can you tell me how it was? Ank: Sir, if you allow can I present few issues here. P2: Sure!(I let him feel the touch, I started selling) We discussed the business model.P2: Do you know the girl on the front page of your magazineAnkit: No Sir. P1 then how did you print her. Ankit: Sir, it was on internet. P2: So, you can print like this?Ankit: Sir, no. There is a website which sells pictures. There are few pictures which have been used so many times that they make them free. I took it from there. :D (Shot!!)P3: Very Good!They also discussed about you are an ECE Engg, joined Media, thn IT and thn back to media… I justified this..P1: OK, Tell me how microwave oven works.  (the way I replied could be analyzed that he did not dare to ask another technical question :P )P3 (Daddy):  Why MBA?Ankit: I want to learn…..x P3 : don’t tell me the mugged up answers. I need your reason to do an MBA!Ank: Sir, the magazine in front of you, worked really well in Meerut. But when I tried to replicate it, I could not do that. So, I want to develop a business system which could be replicated. And only an MBA can take me that way.P3: So, what are your future plans, ankit?Ankit: I discussed my b-plan in detail, related to rural management and marketing.P3: It is a beautiful plan. I don’t think you need any MBA. Believe me, you are awesome and you really don’t need any MBA.Ank: Sir, as I told you replication is the reason. If I could do that, I would have done it long back in 2007.P3: But, you can earn millions in these two yearsAnk: It’s not about money, sir.P3: If it is not about money than either you are a fool or a liar.Ank: I firmly believe, if I create value to the society money will follow me. I do not want to work for money, I want money to work for me. And if money would matter to me, I would not have left IT where money is supreme.P3: Very Good. I like the spirit.P2: CAT Score? XAT Score? Why so low XAT Score? (Smiling)Ank:  (broke the series of smiles and Grinned) I really don’t know sir, how it happened :DP1: What other calls you have from CAT?Ank: Fore, IMT G. P1: You did not fill MDI and you preferred XIMB? Why?Ankit: Sir, I am after XIMB for last 2 years. I could not attend the call in 2010 and see; the destiny finally took me in front of you again. It was written, sir.P1: Did you fill RM? Ank: No, sir. P1: And you filled PGDM and HRM. What is your pref?Ankit: I am comfortable to either. I believe both add value to the organization.Panel: OK, ankit. It was nice meeting you. You may leave now.Ankit: Thank you sirs. Same here. Thanks for your time.  IMISlept at 2:30 at night and woke up at 6. Reached IMI at 9 and they started with the ppt part. They said that you have reached here and CAT score will not have any value from now on, you all are equal here. I immediately asked ‘Sir, if such is the case, then why you asked us to fill our CAT score on the IMI form’ As expected I got a void answer.Then they started with an Essay: ‘Global Warming is an inevitable consequence of Economic Development’ 20 minutes. I would say my attempt had a good start and a perfect blend of data and opinion with a streamlined flow. :satisfied:Next was a 15minute Psychometric Test followed by document verification.Then came the role of perseverance. It took another 5-6 hours to get in front of panel (being #13 with an avg PI time of 25-30 min and 1 hour lunch break). It started headache, Mudit, student co-ordinator of the day was very helpful and arranged coffee and disprin, thanks man!!PI: There were two people 1- Dr Himadri (Dean, Academics) 2- A lady faculty. They asked approximately everything.  Timings: around 25 minutes.H: So, you have to wait for so long.Me: It’s ok sir. You were doing a very important task and future of many aspirants like me depends upon this only. I believe this was worth investing.H: He started with my 1^st job, and then he came to discuss my life and project at Infy. Unexpectedly, he knew much about Business Intelligence. He asked many questions on it. Then we switched to my present job, discussed approximately everything on it.  Then he asked me to speak about my band Tatva (later I come to know it was an extempore: P, I spoke well: D).He asked the capital of Manipur, I don’t know why I said Agartala, he immediately asked and Tripura?Me: Sir, its Agartala. Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar, Nagaland Kohima, Assam Dispur and I told him all other capital-state of NE.H: So, you did not know only Manipur!Me: Co-incidence, sir. :DH: What is Euro Crisis.Me: I started explaining. But was not much comfortable and I honestly said, sir I mugged it up.H: So, what you have not mugged up.Me: Sir, you can discuss WTO, Iran, Middle East, History of India, China etc.H: Tell me no. of constituency in Meerut? Who was last selected from Meerut? What are your projections?Me: (Took little time for second question) but explained the projections on the basis of past and demographics.H: What about UP Polls?Me: (I watched TV in the afternoon, so new how SP was heading and spoke well, SP was leading by then by 198 seats)H: So, how SP will make it to 202+? Will it take help from congress?Me: I don’t think so. This is a small gap and could be filled by neutral candidates.H: Will Ajit Singh support him?Me: As per past record Ajit Singh can support because state politics has importance. But, congress has played a good game and made him an aviation minister. May be this was meant for this day, only :DL: What are recent trends in advertising?Me: I discussed about internet, direct marketing by FB, google ads  etc.L: As you know advertising is an unethical field. Even you people insert your newspaper in TOI, HT and people think that your newspaper is a part of these newspapers. So what is your take on it?Me: Madam, we have no where mentioned that we are part of them. Even, we explicitly said that they are our competitors.  And we pay the hawkers for insertion. Even, if it would be anywhere unethical, then these newspapers would have sued us in court.L: What is this OMET?Me: I discussed about the principle of ‘Divide and Conquer’. How this idea came into my mind. What we are doing these days on it? What are our future plans.L: You have mentioned that networking sometimes turned to be negative for you, how?Me: Mam, I spend more than desired time on it which I think I should work on.L: What other social networking sites you visit.Me: Mam, Orkut is an old story now. I sometimes visit Linkedin.L: How many friends you have on both?Me: Linkedin 300 around. FB 1750+.L: 1750? Where do you heard about IMI?Me: I told her two sources.I could not answer the following questions: Governor of UP, Commerce Minister. but I replied to who was and is Telecom Minister, HRD, Governor of RBI, President of Mauritius.--over-- 

DSE (MHROD/MIB)

 Mar 7, 2012. 11 am slotIt started with a very casual form filling and document verification session. Then we were a group of 9 people queued for a GD.It started with a round of introduction of each member.Topic:  ‘Foreign aid is dangerous drugs that can be stimulate in small dozes but become fatally addicted in larger dozes.’It took more than 2 minutes to write and understand what topic is. Somebody started with FDI, FII and the discussion went on. We also discussed about Greece and Euro Crisis. But the discussion was more focused towards FDI/FII rather on foreign aids which I believe was a blunder. It was a fish market and I also shouted like a dog as others were doing :P.PI: Started after lunch break. Went for around 9 min. There were three people in the panel:  a lady, and to other professors. P1 – Please have a seat and tell me about yourself.Ank: blablabla ‘LITC’P1 – What is LITC all about?Ank: explained.P1: so, is it working now. Ank: No, Sir.P1: So, it is ‘Dead in the city’? : )Ank: Creative name sir!P1: What do you mean by business?Ank: It is a system built for creating values.P1: I am here and creating value. Am I into business?Ank: Sir, you are employed. Business is a function which ideally should not be human dependent but system dependent.L1: Which course MIB/MHROD?Ank: Sir, I am comfortable with either. But if you ask about my preference, as I have inclination towards marketing so I will prefer MIB.L1: But both the courses are different and require different traits.Ank: It’s about flexibility. Both could be learned and are required for a business to grow.P1: What is HR?Ank: Sir, human resource….P1: But how can you call human a resource?Ank: Sir, anything which is used to get a desired output is a resource. So, are the humans. And as I have worked with Infosys, even their client and our managers use to call us resources. Human is the only resource ….. 'Human is the only resource which, if motivated and appreciated, can give more than its 100%. I understand people's emotion and my past experience while working in team says that I can do well as a HR. Though my marketing exposure and experience says that I have inclination towards itP1: So, you are not employed now?Ank: I work with blablabla..P2: In stock market on what factors does stocks price can go lower.Ank:  1- Sir, if a business system is not working as per the their expectations stock price may go down.2- Even due to govt policies and other external factors e.g. Decisions regarding  FDI in Retail witnessed change in stocks prices of Retail Players like Pantaloons, Vishal MM etc.P1: Do you invest?Ank: No, Sir (lie ;) )P1: I advice you do not go into it.Ank: OK.L1 again asked the preference and I repeated the answer. 

Nirma WAT/PI Expereince

Mar 19, 2012, DelhiSlept late, woke up ultra-late.. subah aawaaz suni.. tum gaye nahi? I thought, it’s already 9 or 10. I even checked the result of IRMA in the morning (ki aa gaya hoga to nahi jaunga :P )But Twas 7. Reporting time was 8:45 and it takes 90 minutes (min) to reach to the venue. To add, I did not have either the print out of the form or passport size photograph. Could not find my clothes even (LoL) but somehow I managed to leave home by 7:45. On my way, metro got stuck for 15 minutes and added flavors to the delay.So, reached venue at 9:20., when they have already started the WAT at 9. Came to know there are 5-6 more people who came late, sigh of relief and they finally allowed us to take WAT (Remember I still don’t have photographs or form).WAT, Essay (500 words) Topic: Globalization, a necessary evil.So, after this I rushed for the print out and photograph part. PI number was 7, so managed that.  PI Panel 3, 3 panelist (Tom = Work Ex Question Bank, Dick = ‘bhadhe ka tattu type’ (aisa lag raha tha pan wala bitha diya he), Harry = seems to be a Prof at Nirma and a very sensible and genuine person)T: (asked about my first co., then Infy and thn latest co.)D: (he asked software development cycle, kind of C*** puzzle like how as a client I will choose your IT Co. I gave several answers but he got satisfied with Quality. He asked how we check this I said CMM, 6-Sigma, He started grilling on this. Then He started talking about in how many ways can you do advertisement on FB, told him)H: Asked about my band, what a rock is, types of guitars, guitar’s mechanism and technology (I described everything well) Then he asked few more question which I don’t remember and said thank you.Me: Sir, we had really good conversation in last 10 minutes. If you allow me I would like to show you few of my works which I did as an entrepreneur.H: Sure, we would love to.Me: Thank you sir, I think touch speaks a different language.H: You are right. It is doing actually. You know this is the best part in last 12 minutes.D: (in Hindi) ye tumhari he? Bahut professional lag rahi he.H:  He is a printer of that magazine ( and I knew that this Harry was a prof at MICA :D just recalled that)Me: Sir, I am a professional.T: (in Hindi) itne ads kaha se le aaye bhai?Me (in Hindi) Sir, marketing ki he.. sales team bahut strong banai thi.T: Ye ad kitne ka he?Me: Sir, barter he.H: It’s good, why don’t you join our entrepreneurship and family business?Me:  Sir, I have long term plan for entrepreneurship. I want industrial exposure as a manager for few more years, after my MBA.H: Our course is eligible for people who have family business.Me: Sir, I am a first generation entrepreneur, so, I think I won’t be eligible to that course.H: By the way, Can I take this magazine as I think we should show our management the potential aspirants coming to NIRMA. But but but, that does not mean that you will consider yourself as selected.Me: I am open for any decision you make, sir.H: What other calls you have?(told)D: Which calls will you prefer, if you get all convertedMe: Sir, it’s too premature to judge. I should not count my chicken before they hatch.D: Take 20, 30, 60 seconds to think and reply.Me: I will join TISS Sir.H: So, you want to do in HR?Me: Sir, I think HR or Marketing both serves an organization and I am comfortable to learn either.H: OK, Ankit. Thank you. It was pleasure meeting you.Me: Same here sir, thanks for your time. 

IIT M

IIT M, Mar 9, 2012, 8 am slot, at IIT D, New Delhi.Most of us would not deny the fact that we have tried hard to clear JEE to get into IITs. Today morning, I visited IIT D campus after a very long time. Was sleepy but zephyr was speaking to me. I had wonderful feeling of going to visit an IIT for a final round of selection.It was the first day for GT PI process for IIT M and the people out there were more excited than we were. Wonderful people (prof (around 5-6 in number and students), full of smiles and energy.They divided the whole group into two parts and further into sub-groups of 6 each. We went for PI round first. I was really sleepy as slept hardly for 4 hours this stolen my energy to speak, aggressively. But this worked :D as Tamil people are really simple and peace loving. So, this added to my personality and I presented myself as a calm and cool fellow. ;) All people in my group were grilled on technical questions, as I said, I was lucky. Nothing technical (technical ki wajah se darra hua tha thodha)PIDuration: 11-12 minutes (wrt average PI time of 20 minutes)Panel: 2 people one lady and other Prof Ganesh LSL: Tell me something about you and your family which is not mentioned in the form. Tell something so that we can know you more.Me: Ma’am I am Ankit Dikshit. Blessed with God’s Gift in the form of a different structure of my hand.  I consider it as gift because due to this I am blessed and talented person. I would never be able to play guitar in my life with this zeal as putting my fingers of left hand on guitar was not possible and hence I thought differently and started strumming it with the left hand. Now, it’s been 10-12 years with the instrument and I am still in love with it. (I also told her about my family and how we were brought up and what I culture except the surname family has injected into me and how I am following them and ended this answer with.) We are the happy and peaceful people.L: You have done exceptionally well in your 10^th and 12^th but graduation marks is not that good.Me: (I gave reason of relative score, my involvement in extracurricular activity. The wrong thing which I said was ‘ I tried to balance’ and she asked what do mean by balancing? Are you sure you were able to manage the balance. I said no ma’m I was always inclined towards managing things and hence I kept myself busy in the field which keeps me busy and happy and I added) Madam, but I promise you, if you give me chance to study at DOMS IIT M then I will keep my academics strongest as management is something which steals my interest.PGLS: Why you want to do an MBA? And what you expect to learn from MBA?Me: I gave him the reason f doing business and how business can be expanded by using an MBA exposure. I also gave many points on learning.PGLS: But you can go for some entrepreneurship programme.Me: Sir, I have inclination towards management and want to learn, as much as I can, from all other management streams. I also want some exposure before starting my own venture 3-4 years down the line. So, MBA (General) will be my preference.PGLS:  (Asked me about my magazine LITC and about my current work experience and job responsibilities and then we discussed about my event handling capabilities and then we come to the band part)PGLS: So, what you band plays?Me: We were an Indi-Rock band.PGLS:  Do you play songs in Hindi?Me: Sir, Music in itself is a language. So, we are audience dependent. Most of our performances were Hindi oriented, though. PGLS: Do you play Western as well?Me: Yes, sir, We have played bands like Greenday, Linkin Park, Bon Jovi, Nirvana, GnR etc..L: Do you know  or heard about Prof Ganesh on internet or somewhere? (Prof smiling and denying (may be he had some gut feeling that isko kaise pata hoga)Me: Mam, I have never heard about him. But, I am sure he has a strong music background. (both laughed and I could see spark in Prof’s eyes)PGLS: (Looking towards his fellow prof..) OK Ankit Thank you.Me: Sir, I you would allow me I would like to bring in front of you the works I have done in print media.PGLS: On sure, my pleasure.(I put LITC on their desks)Me: (While these fellows were going through my magazines I started describing my b-plan which is related to micro media and social entrepreneurship and I also said.. ) Sir, I believe that touch could be better felt than words. And hence I put this in front of you. I am a dedicated person and willingly interested to learn from you in IIT-M and if you give me a chance, I assure you, I won’t let you down.PGLS: It’s a wonderful work my friend. Thank you.Me: Thanks for your time and patience sir, mam.GT Topic: ‘You are a member of a team of senior executives of n FMCG co. Your company is facing major attrition problem and most of the people are leaving in their first year of joining. It is a difficult time for the company and you are required to maintain profitability of the co with lower attrition rate. Discuss how you can get twice amount of money as compare to their salary from each employee where each of them has undergone for a mandatory training of 3 months.’6 people, 15 minutes of cool discussion. No fish market (topic hi aisa tha).I took it more as a role play rather taking it just a case study.A wonderful start and put more points and behaved liked the CEOs of billion $ companies do.Over all IIT-M was a wonderful experience. Happy!Ooops.. I forgot to add the major part.. Prof asked me.. suppose you are performing live and a person from crowd comes and get on stage and kiss you hard on your mouth. I spoke something..Prof.. The person is done with it in front of thousands of people.. What will be your very next response. Me: Sir, I will behave how rock stars behave. I will smile and hold the mic and will say 'This is people's love for me which take you here right next to me.' Prof smiled and said what if the person is a girl. Me: Sir, I knew that you are going to ask this ( :D ) Sir, I will behave in the similar manner. They are my fans and like doctors, engineers and others fans also don't have genders. Prof- Very good. You know this has happened with me. And I behaved somehow what you said!   

 IIT Kgp, VGSOM

IIT Kgp, 2:15 PM Slot, at IIFT, New Delhi.Ppt, GD & PI in that order.The feeling while attending the last call of the season could be related  to the feelings of  Alexander the Great before conquering his last territory (though he would not have been known that it’s his last, but I was lucky to know and feel that).  Woke up at 12 and reached there at 2:30. Without suit, just in simple formals, I entered the hall in between the ppt and settled and participated well in the questionnaire. Most of the questions were related to entrepreneurship cell etc.GD: The most  ‘faadu’ GD Topic/Case Study. Twas on 3D Printing and after a 10 sec pin drop silence on of the guy dared to start on it. I showed a :thumbs up: sign to him. It was a good discussion.5 minutes to think, 12-15 min to speak, 5 minutes to write the summary of the discussion.PI:Interesting one! The person before me was inside for 25 minutes. They kept me inside for  just 4-5 minutes! :OTwo Prof 1- Prof G(G), Prof C ( C ), Me (A)C welcomed me on door and asked me to get inside. I kept standing until they asked me to sit. JG- Sit down Ankit.G- Ankit, what are your calls and arrange them as per your preferences.A - (This was always the last question, how could it be the first :O, anyways) Sir, IIT Kgp, XIMB, IMT G, TISS, IRMA in that order. I got final calls from IMT & IRMA.G-  So, why IIT Kgp at the top?Me- Sir, because it gives me freedom for General Management & we have a robust entrepreneurship cell in the campus.G- why not IMT G thn?Me- It stands nowhere in front of the brand IIT.G- You left Infosys and joined a Micro Advertising Firm! You know few years back I have also left Tata Technologies and my office was also in front of your office. And even I can recognize your face, I have seen you loitering in Lemon Tree.Me- May be sir, I was a regular visitor there.G- You know why I became a professor and left Tata? Because money is not everything and peace is what I wanted.Me- And sir satisfaction!G- Yes of course! And you know very few men have audacity to leave that job and world. I can see myself in you. Very Good! Ankit, the profile you have is excellent and believe me during any admission season, this happens very rare to see the profile like yours. I am ready to take you, just answer my only question, why you scored so less in graduation? Padhai Nahi Ki Thi?Me- Sir, padhai ki thi. But, I engaged  myself in extracurricular activities.G- You have not even scored I-Division!Me- Sir,  as per my university norm 60+ means I division.G- (To Prof C and me) Please check his certificates.I opened the file and Living in the City’s copy was atop, inside.C (the only word he spoke after checking each and every certificate, newspaper cuttings etc) Very Good, Ankit.G- Is it the same magazine you wrote about?Me- Yes SirG- (he asked for the copy)Me- Sir, I understand that I my grads marks do not reflect my inclination towards technical subject. But, I assure you that if you give me a chance I will remain in the toppers club of VJSOM.G- You guarantee this?Me- Yes sir. 100% Guarantee. A chance, I deserve.G- We, at IIT are very much concern for academics. You know I understand that you should do well in your extracurricular but not by keeping your acads on stake. OK, I am giving you a chance. I am clicking your picture in my mind and be careful that once you enter into IIT Kgp, you should take care of everything with acads as prominent. OK, What if you could not made to that guarantee word?Me- Sir, you can kick my ass out of VJSOM, whenever you like.G (he laughed)Me- Sir,  I have proved that whatever interests me, I can do well. Take examples of my 10^th, 12^th or CAT %ile.G- Yes, CAT %ile of 96.9 speaks your bloody passion.Me- And sir, management is something I have dreamed for and I am living for. And hence I am sure I will do my best in it.G- You need not to explain your interest in management. You profile, personality speak what management mean to you. And I can see the spark for it in your eyes.G- Are you sure you will join IIT Kgp and it is your first preference?Me- Yes sir, absolutely.G- Start packing your begs and welcome to VJSOM. You can leave now and don’t speak to the fellows waiting outside for your narration.Me- Yes sir, sure sir. Thank you sir . Thanks for your time.     

Quant Funda by Faad Pankaj Kamani

http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/quantitative-questions-and-answers/78107-official-quant-thread-cat-2012-a-466.html#post3376538

Famous Sports Personalities

1. Badminton –

• Pulela Gopichand
• Saina Nehwal
• Anup Sridhar
• Aparna Popat
• Dipankar Bhattacharya
• Prakash Padukone
• Jwala Guetta
• Chetan Anand

2. Table Tennis –

• Chetan Baboor
• Mouma Das
• Poulami Ghatak
• Achanta Sharatha Kamal

3. Boxing

• Akhil Kumar
• Vijender Kumar (current world number 1 on middleweight class)
• Jitender Kumar
• A.L. Lakra
• Dinesh Kumar

4. Shooting

• Abhinav Bindra
• Anjali Bhagwat
• Gagan Narang
• Jaspal Rana
• Manvjit Singh Sandhu
• Samresh Jung
• Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

5. Archery

• Dola Banerjee
• Jayanta Talukdar
• Limba Ram
• Tarundeep Rai

6. Athletics

• Ashwini Nachappa
• Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
• KM Beenamol
• Soma Biswas
• Anju Bobby George
• Milkha Singh
• P.T.Usha
• Shiny Abraham

7. Golf

• Gaurav Ghei
• Jeev Milkha Singh
• Jyoti Randhawa
• Shiv Kapur
• Arjun Atwal

8. Hockey

• Dilip Tirkey
• Gagan Ajit Singh
• Leslie Claudius
• Pargat Singh
• Dhanraj Pillai
• Dhyan chand

9. Weight lifting

• Karnam Malleshwari
• N. Kunjarani Devi

10. Wrestling

• Dalip Singh Randhawa
• Dara Singh
• Gobar Goha
• The Great Gama
• Yogeshwar Dutt
• Palvinder Singh Cheema

11. Squash

• Joshna Chinappa
• Ritwick Bhattacharya
• Saurav Ghoshal

12. F1

• Narayan Kartikeyan
• Armaan Ebrahim
• Karun Chandhok

13. Chess

• Dibyendu Barua
• K Sasikiran
• P Harikrishna
• Parimarjan Negi
• Sandipan Chanda
• Koneru Humpy
• Viswanathan Anand

14. Football

• Baichung Bhutia
• Dr. Talimeran Ao
• Inivalappil Mani Vijayan

15. Billiards/Snooker

• Geet Sethi
• Pankaj Advani
• Ashok Shandilya
• Michael Ferreira

16. Athletics

• Ashwini Nachappa
• Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
• KM Beenamol
• Soma Biswas
• Anju Bobby George
• Milkha Singh
• P.T.Usha
• Shiny Abraham

17. Lawn Tennis

• Jaidip Mukerjea
• Ramesh Krishnan
• Rohan Bopanna
• Vijay Amritraj
• Leander Paes
• Mahesh Bhupathi
• Ramanathan Krishnan
• Sania Mirza

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2012 F1 TEAMS AND PLAYERS -- 

1. Red Bull Racing -- Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber
2. McLaren -- Jansen Button and Lewis Hamilton
3. Ferrari -- Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa
4. Mercedes -- Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg
5. Lotus -- Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean
6. Force India -- Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg
7. Sauber --  Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez
8. Toro Rosso -- Daniel Ricciardo and Jean Eric Vergne 
9. Williams --  Pastor Maldonado and yet to announce
10. Caterham -- Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli
11. HRT -- Pedro de la Rosa and yet to announce
12. Marussia --  Timo Glock and Charles Pic

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List of 2011  - F1 Championships (efforts by Akash Ladha, editing by Ankit dikshit)

China, germany and abu dhabi - lewis hamilton 

Canada, hungary, japan - Jenson Button 

Great Britain - Alonso 

brazil - webber 

Baaki - Vettel !

Document by Charu Bhathele, The GK God

figures of speech funda!! by Ankit Dikshit

Alliteration: Alliteration refers to the repetition of any particular sound among words placed close together, in a sentence. These are mainly consonant sounds, but can be vowel sounds too. It is often used as a figure of speech in poetry. Some examples of alliteration are:

• Don't delay dawns disarming display. Dusk demands daylight. - Paul Mccan
• Sara's seven sisters slept soundly in sand.

Funda: A Literary(Alliteration)  Puzzle (Tongue Twister) or Alliteration??? 

Anastrophe: This refers to the inversion of the normal order of speech in a particular sentence. It can also be said, that the language is interrupted, and speech takes a sudden turn. This is used for the purpose of emphasis. Examples of anastrophe are:

• Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. - Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
  (Original Sentence: There was no object. There was no passion. I loved the old man.)
• Why should their liberty than ours be more? - Adriana, Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare
  (Original Sentence: Why should their liberty be more than ours?)
• Anna ne saari trophy ulti kar di... (sentence here) Anna-trophy 

Anaphora: Anaphora refers to a repetition of one particular word purposely, at the start of consecutive sentences or paragraphs. This is again in order to emphasize a point. Examples of anaphora are:

• I'm not afraid to die. I'm not afraid to live. I'm not afraid to fail. I'm not afraid to succeed. I'm not afraid to fall in love. I'm not afraid to be alone. I'm just afraid I might have to stop talking about myself for five minutes. - Kinky Friedman, When the Cat's Away
• Water, water, every where,
  And all the boards did shrink ;
  Water, water, every where,
  Nor any drop to drink. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Rime of the Ancient Mariner
• Mnemonic : Ankit Dikshit wrote a poem titled "Rain-Rain come Again, Little Earth is dying to live again!! Ab rain me phodhe to nikal aate he!! rain-2 come again!! (Ana-phodha)

Antonomasia: Antonomasia refers to the substitution of a proper name, with a phrase, which then becomes a way of recognition for the person in question. This can be explained with the help of the following examples:

• The King of Pop - Michael Jackson
• The Bard - William Shakespeare
• The Dark Knight - Batman
• Funda: Jana Gana Mana -Anthem of Asia (Antonomesia) 

Euphemism: A euphemism is the use of neutral language to remark something that may be offensive to the receiver. Euphemism is often used by people who are diplomatic, and who wish to be politically correct. Some examples of this figure of speech are:

• We have to let you go. Read: You're fired.
• You're well fed. Read: You're fat.

Hyperbole: A hyperbole is a figure of speech used for the purpose of exaggeration. It mainly forms the basis of several jokes, is used as a way of insults, or could simply be used to dramatize a situation, where in reality, the situation may not be that bad. This can be understood with the help of these hyperbole examples:

• I'm so busy trying to accomplish ten million things at once. - I'm trying to accomplish several things at one time.
• Your dog is so ugly, we had to pay the fleas to live on him. - Here the hyperbole has been used as an insult.Name suggests.. 
• Hyper hoke bol 

Irony: Irony refers to the use of certain words that actually intend to convey the opposite. Irony forms the basis of sarcasm, and of humor. It is also a way of expressing the ugly truth in a slightly gentle manner. Some irony examples are:

• Bill Gates winning a computer. - Situational Irony (He is the owner of the world's largest software company.)
• Having a fight with your best friend just before your birthday, and commenting -"Great, this is just what I needed". - Verbal Irony (It is probably the worst thing that could happen before your birthday.)
• In Romeo and Juliet, when Juliet is drugged, Romeo assumes her to be dead, and kills himself. Upon waking up Juliet finds him dead, and kills herself. - Dramatic Irony (mainly based on miscommunication and misunderstanding)

Litotes: This figure of speech refers to the use of understatement, to affirm a particular situation or event with the use of a negative opposite. Examples include:

• He was not unfamiliar with the work of Shakespeare. - He was familiar with the work of Shakespeare.
• Einstein is not a bad mathematician. - Einstein is a great mathematician.
• mnemonics : Light in Tottes (cute gals' slang) is not less (Light + Totte --> Litotes)

Metaphor: Used for the purpose of comparison, a metaphor is a figure of speech that implies the meaning of an object with its reference to another completely unrelated object. For instance:

• The sofa is fertile soil for a couch potato.
• But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill. - William Sharp, The Lonely Hunter

Metonymy: Metonymy refers to the use of a phrase regarding associated concept, in order to describe the actual concept. Some metonymy examples are:

• The 'editorial page' has always believed... - This refers to the belief of the editors who write the editorial page.
• He writes a fine hand - It means he has good handwriting.

Metonymy: Trains in a Metro(Metonymy) City is known as Metro Train.

Oxymoron: An oxymoron uses a contradictory adjective to define an object, situation or event. Oxymoron examples are:

• Loners club
• A stripper's dressing room
• I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!

Funda: Morons cam never be an oxygen but they stay together in Oxymoron. So do the such words.

Onomatopoeia: Such words imitate the sounds made by certain objects or actions. Some examples of onomatopoeia are:

• The clatter of utensils.
• The flutter of birds.

Funda: When the mat rubs the floor (on mat) it sounds like pooeeeeeeee (Mat do poeeeia)

Paralipsis: This figure of speech is used by people who do not wish to speak on a subject, but still manage to disclose it. Some examples are:

• It would be unseemly for me to dwell on Senator Kennedy's drinking problem, and too many have already sensationalized his womanizing...
• I will not dwell on the senator's shady history with the criminal underworld, or on her alcoholic son... such issues should not be brought up in a reasoned debate.

Funda: Par lips of sis says what they dint speak.

Personification: This refers to the art of bringing to life an inanimate object, trait, or action, by associating it with a human quality. Examples of personification are:

• The picture in that magazine screamed for attention.
• The carved pumpkin smiled at me.

Pun: Puns refer to the deliberate substitution of similar sounding words, to create a humorous effect. For example:

• I bet the butcher the other day that he couldn't reach the meat that was on the top shelf. He refused to take the bet, saying that the steaks were too high.
• Santa's helpers are subordinate Clauses.

Funda: Pun, Sun, Mere Dil ki Dhun..

Rhetoric: Rhetoric refers to the art of persuasion through effective speech. Questions that have an obvious answer are known as rhetorical questions. Such questions are not expected to be answered, as the answer is already known. These are included in persuasive speech. Some examples include:

• If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice? - Billy Corgan
• Why do you need a drivers license to buy liquor when you cannot drink and drive?

Funda: Ratlo, Ratlo kya ratlo jab exam hi nahi dena he :P (A common B.Tech mid  term taking fellow) -Rhetoric

Simile: A simile is similar to a metaphor. However, here, a reference between two concepts is made by using the terms 'like' or 'as'. Some simile examples are:

• Cause she looks like a flower but she stings like a bee/Like every girl in history. - Ricky Martin
• George felt as worn out as an old joke that was never very funny in the first place.

Zeugma: This figure of speech refers to the use of only one word to describe two actions or events. The word however, logically applies only to one of the actions. For instance:

• She opened the door and her heart to the orphan.
• She lowered her standards by raising her glass, her courage, her eyes and his hopes.

Jew loves Ma, Mama's Mahima and Moma's Enigma!!

Material Credit: Gurpreet Singh

Sincere Efforts on Mnemonics, just one day before SNAP, by Ankit Dikshit