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If a magic mirror would tell you the
truth about persons, their life, their future what would you want to know ?
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If you can go back in time and choose a friend, whom will you choose and why ?
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Can you describe your dream house ?
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If you are given a chance to trade places with a celebrity in India, who would it be and why ?
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How often do you talk to yourself ?   2
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What do you think this world will be like in 100 years
from now and what would be the state of our country ?
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If you have the power to travel to any part of this world, where would you go and why ?
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How would you describe a perfect day ?
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Whom do you admire the most in this entire universe ? why ?   3
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If you are given a choice to learn an art which you don’t know now, what would you choose ?
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Would you like to be in the company of men / women ? In which sex would you want your best friend to be ?
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Which was the best year of your life. Why ?
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Which is the best way to relieve tension ?
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Would you like to be the Chief Minister of your state? If so, what are the issues that would get immediate attention ?
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What will you be doing five years from now ?
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Would you love to go back in time or into the future ?
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You find a person very amusing. Will you be the first to start the conversation or wait to be approached ?
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Suppose you get an offer of one lakh rupees per
month as salary for the rest of your life and that you can have peace assured for all your problems, would that spice up your life ?   6
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Imagine your friend has a bad body odour and bad breath. Would you point out or keep quiet ?
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If the whole world gets destroyed and you have a
chance to live in a fully provisioned shell along with one person, who would that be ?
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If you were to bring three dead people back to life, who would they be and why ?
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A street named after you, a statue erected in your
honour, a postage stamp to commemorate your birthday. What do you think it would take to reach these honours ?   8
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Can you think of any couple who leads a happy married life ?
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If God grants you three boons, what will you ask ?
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If you are to vote for an MLA candidate out of a list of a thief, a rapist and a murderer, what will be you choice ?
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Have you ever done this in public: spitting or nose picking ?
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Your friend’s mother packs a lunch box for you and half way through lunch, you find a cockroach in the lunch box. Would you throw away the food or take the cockroach out and continue eating your food ?
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Who is the most important person in your life ?
What would you do to enhance your relationship ?
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Do you appreciate it when people go out of their
way to help you ? Will you still appreciate if they help someone else ?
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Do you believe in rumours ? Were you aware at any
point of time that you were a part of a rumour chain ? Can you recollect the last rumour that you have heard ?
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You move to a new place. Will you take time to sleep at night because it’s a new place ?
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Your superior suddenly scolds you for no mistake of yours ? Would you argue or try to reason out with him ?
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Have you ever tried to find out the secrets of
success from successful men? Who do you think is the most successful man you have ever met ?
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Would you spare your time to fill a questionnaire or would you think it a waste of time ? Do you believe in the results of these surveys ?
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Are you proud about your community ? Would you give special attention to someone who is of your community or who knows your mother tongue ?
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Do you believe in love at first sight ?
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What do you think are the major issues that are confronting our globe ?
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Do you believe in UFO ( Unidentified Flying Objects) and life on other planets ?
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A lady with a baby asks for alms and a very decent
person approaches you and asks for money since he has lost his purse. Who deserves your help ?
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If somebody comes crying to complain, would you go out of your way to settle it or listen to it patiently ?
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What if you are given a chance to start your life
afresh? Would you choose to be the same or different ?
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Your favorite verse / verses from a poem.
What is your favourite quote which you often use ?
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What is the best thing that has ever happened to your town or state ?
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If you can do plastic surgery to any part of your body, which part would you go for ?
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Which is your favourite heavenly body and why do you think so ?
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What is the feeling you get when you look at the sea ?
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What specific subject do you feel you know better than other subjects ?
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Have you ever felt bad talking in your mother tongue in a five star hotel or a mall ?
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Do you think having ‘community’ as one of the
criteria for admissions is good for our education ? 17
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Do you really say good morning or good night very genuinely or do it just as a ritual?
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Highest place you have ever been and how does it feel to be at the top ?
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Do you tend to puke or feel dizzy if you see a gory accident ?
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Do you fume or relax when you get stuck in a traffic jam ?
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Your neighbours catch a thief and beat him black and blue, would you also join the bandwagon ?
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Have you ever thought that you are the best looking person in this universe ?
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Your country wages a war and tries to justify it. Would you stand by your country ?
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Do you think man is a territorial animal ?
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When you think of world leaders, which are the faces that come to your mind ?
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What does it take for you to trust someone ?   19
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Do you believe in a very lavish wedding or a simple, humble one ?
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Do you believe in astrology, numerology and vasthu? Can they change your destiny ?
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If you know that one of your relatives is going to be
alive only for the next 24 hours, what would you do for him ?
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If you have the option of choosing your parents, who would they be ?
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You pester your grandmother to go with you for a ride
in the car which you have just bought. After a good time, you return back home. When she alights, you slam the car door accidentally injuring her fingers. Now would you feel guilty for what you have done or try to console yourself saying that it was just bad luck ?
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If you are authorized to kill anyone in this world, who would you choose and why ?
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would happen if you lost all your wealth overnight ?
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You come home very hungry and find a cake to eat
and suddenly you have a visitor. Would you share the piece of cake or eat it all by yourself ?   21
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What is your ambition in life ?
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You are one of the few lucky winners, eligible to stay in a five star resort in Goa for five days along with five persons. Whom would you invite ?
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If you were to dine with anyone in this whole world, whom would you choose, and why ?
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Is your birthday a special day for you ? What do
you think about your birthday ? Are you happy that you lived so long or sad that life on earth is getting shorter with each passing day ?   22
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If you were stuck in the middle of a war zone in Iraq, what would be your view on war ?
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you think of a moral story, which story comes to your mind? Do you think that the story has served its purpose in your life ?
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What do you think is essential for success ?
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Do you think bad habits like smoking, drinking and
chewing pan are some of the criteria things to make you feel macho ?   23
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Do you believe in ghosts and demons ? Have you ever heard of people seeing it?
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Do you like theme parks ? What would it be like to have a free fall? Have you tried it?
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One of your close relative’s marriage coincides with that of your friend’s marriage, and you are able to attend only one. Which one would you go for ?
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Is life wonderful with or without a family ?
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Some acquaintances ask for donation for a temple
festival, in which you don’t have faith. Would you half heartedly give them money or say ‘no’ politely ? 25
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Suppose you are given the ability to give speech to
three animals from the animal kingdom, which would you choose ?
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Have you ever sympathised with people who live on the roads and pavements ?
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In case of a war, if you are asked to join the army, ( not mandatory ) would you volunteer ?
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What would you ask God for if you had a chance to interview Him ?
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Are you an optimist or a pessimist ?
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Do you think the present education system is
outdated ? Are the subjects you read, relevant to your life or your profession ?
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Do you think it is rare to see genuine people ?
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What do you think are the important qualities of
a leader ? Who do you think is the leader in your country, in the sphere of politics and business ?
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Are you a materialist or spiritualist ?
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If you are to raise a kid, how differently would you
like to raise it? Would you like to thrust your opinions, and beliefs on the kid and so influence the kid considerably ?
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What were you thinking about an hour ago ? Was that thought anywhere close to your goal ?
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Which is more important: the actual incident or the memories of it ?
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Which is the greatest of all the inventions, List three of them according to your priority ?
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What is the feeling you get, when you see people
working well past their age, to make both ends meet ?
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Have you ever wished to be popular? If so, in what
way ? Have you ever wished to appear on television ?
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You are entitled with one of the services free for a
life time: train travel, hospital, library or mobile phone. Which would you choose and why ?   29
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When was the last time
you shouted at someone and why ? Did you feel bad afterwards ?
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Have you ever felt one with nature ? Do you have
time to listen to the sounds of nature around you ?
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Do you believe in organ donation ?
Have you enrolled yourself to donate your eyes or your body ?
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When you narrate an incident you witnessed, do you usually exaggerate it or tell it plainly ?
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Do you believe whatever you see on TV as fair?
Has it ever occurred that there is someone who is controlling the content of news ? Do you think news channels are unbiased ?   31
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What is freedom ?
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In your view which is the noblest of all the professions ?
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Can anyone ruin your day without your permission ?
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Life is a rollercoaster, just got to ride it.
But why is it scaring when it comes down both in life as well as in the rollercoaster ? Did you enjoy it at all ?
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What if life is a joke ?
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You see three teenagers make fun of a mentally retarded woman. How would you react ?
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In a day on what do you spend most of your time ?
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Which is the most difficult task you have ever accomplished ?
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Name the person you know with the purest soul ?
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If you pass by any mirror, would you like to see yourself or just walk past it ?
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Do we live to die or die to live ?
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Which was the dream you enjoyed the most ?
Which was the worst nightmare you ever had ?
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What was the biggest failure in your life? Professional and Personal ?
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When was the last time that you did something for the first time ?
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When did you last cry in front of another person ? Did you expect them to cry along with you ?
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Would you like to know the date and time of your death ?
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Imagine you are in a coffin with all the people you
know around you. What would your best friend, your favourite cousin, your boss think and say about you ?
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Do you believe in God ? If not, would you pray during a life and death situation ?
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Have you ever thought of committing suicide ?
What is that one thing that makes life worth living ?   37
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Did you like your school or college days ?
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If you have to pick one teacher from all your school life , who would you choose ? Have you ever done anything to thank your teachers ?
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Do you think politics is a necessary evil ? Are you a
member of any political or communal outfit ? If not, why ?
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Whom do you prefer: your mother or father ?
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Have you ever been in a tight corner ? ( For eg., you take a friend’s son and lose him in the beach )
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Your parents leave home for a wedding out of
station and warn you not to entertain friends. Would you listen to them or instead throw a wild party ?
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Which is the best gift you ever received? and cheapest ?
Costliest
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Do you expect people to wish you on your special days like birthdays and anniversaries ? Will you remember to wish your loved ones on their special day ?
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Have you ever tried to figure out what’s happening in the mind of your loved ones ?
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Scariest experience ?
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Have you ever imagined a world without you ?   40
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Which was the best piece of advice you received ? Never mind even if it was in the form of a proverb or maxim.
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You go to a party with your friend and everyone
compliments your friend. Would you envy your friend?
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Some group of students tease a girl in a bus. Would you dare ask them to stop it or be a silent spectator and enjoy it ?
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Your favourite movie, song and lyrics ?   41
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Have you ever come across the word “dejavu” ? Have you ever felt it ?
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You speak with a very learned man and he uses
some English words which you don’t understand. Would you care to stop him and ask for the meaning, or pretend as if you know the meaning ? What if he suddenly asks you whether you know the meaning of that word ?
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You are with a very rich group of friends and a very poor old friend of yours passes by not noticing you. Would you care to go and say hello ?
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Have you ever been exploited ? 42
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What are the things that you would do to keep yourself happy ?
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What would you give as a present for your best
friend’s wedding ? Gold, cash, gift vouchers or a bouquet of flowers ? What would you expect for your wedding ?
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Of all the people close to you, whose death would you find most disturbing ?
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Have you ever cried watching a film and would you like to hide it from being noticed ?
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Who was your first crush and first love ?
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You get into an argument with a friend and you hurt
each other verbally. When you meet him face to face next time, would you continue be angry with him, or forget about it ?
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What do you like the most and least about yourself ?
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Have you ever rehearsed what you have to say before going for an interview or speaking to someone ?
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Are you organized ?
How many times have you misplaced your keys ?   45
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Have you ever pictured yourself as an old person relying on walking sticks ?
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You fight with a friend over a trivial issue. Would you
wait for the friend to come and patch up or would you make the initiative ?
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Do you agree with the fact that friends made in trains do not last long ?
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Have you ever embarrassed any one by your
questions or have you ever been in this situation ?   46
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Did you ever read a joke at which you laughed to your heart’s content ?
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Have you ever caught your friends lying to you ? If yes, how ?
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Do you fall for flattery ?
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Do you get attracted to someone who has got a similar personality, or a different one ?
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Do you find it easy to ask for a favour ? How would you react if they turned it down ?
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What do you think you are doing with this life ?
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Which is the most expensive article of clothing you have ever worn ?
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Have you ever felt ashamed or guilty for what you have done ?
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Do you believe in life after death and re-incarnation ?
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If an acquaintance asked you how much salary you
were getting, would you gladly state the right figure or would you change it for your convenience ?   48
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Which is the most beautiful, ethereal face you have ever seen ?
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Have you ever tried to interpret your dreams ?
Has it ever occurred to you that it will happen ?
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During school years, when using bad language, did it make you feel superior or inferior ?
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What was your favourite outdoor sport while you were in school? Do you still play it, even after growing up ?
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Do you ever play pranks with your loved ones over the telephone ? Have you tried it with a stranger ?
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Are you afraid of darkness ? Do you like to sleep with a night light on or in pitch darkness ?
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As a kid have you ever been abused sexually by your relatives or strangers ?
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Without hesitation name three persons who have helped you in a very critical situation ?
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Do you have any kind of OCD, (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) ?
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If someone pays you 1 lakh rupees to shave your
head and keep silent for one day without explaining it to anyone, would you ?
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Do you like flowers for its fragrance or colour ?
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You just had a miraculous escape from death.
Hence forth would you mend your ways and try to lead a austere life, or still be the same ?
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Which is your most treasured moment ?
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If you have the power to choose the way you want to die, which would you choose ?
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Do you have any specific long term goals ? How do you plan to reach it ?
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If you can adopt two brothers and sisters, who would you like to adopt out of your friends and acquaintances ?
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What is the most fascinating aspect of life ?
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Have you ever felt butterflies in your stomach ? When was the last time and for what ?
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What would happen, if one day, currency in the whole world became invalid ?
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Do you get irritated when some tele - marketing executives call you on your cell phone to market their product ?
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Have you ever felt during a conversation, that the
person to whom you are talking to, is boring ? Has it ever occurred to you that you could have been a bore at times ?
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A friend flirts with another common friend of yours next to you, would you feel jealous or peeved that you can’t be like that ?
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Have you ever hesitated to express your love for
someone when you were young ? Do you think you are still hesitant ? 54
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What images comes to your mind when you hear
the word “police station” ? Do you think the police are polite to the public ?
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Suddenly you have to go by train to Delhi and the seats are all full. You travel in an unreserved compartment. A TTI offers you a berth for a few hundred rupees extra. Would you gladly agree or would you decide to stay back in the general compartment ?
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You travel in a luxury bus and suddenly you want to
attend nature’s call. Would you ask the driver to stop immediately or would you wait for the next junction to alight ?
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Which is your signature city ? 55
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Are you the type who hurries to do things at the last minute ?
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You just felt a severe jolt or a quake. Who would you call up first to find out if they were fine, other than your relatives ?
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Do you like to participate in slogan contests or lucky draws. Have you ever won ?
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Did you ever hear of the word Tsunami before 26 th December 2004 ? Where were you at that time and how did you know about it ?
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Your friend’s mother thinks that you are having a bad influence on her kid, so she asks you to stop coming home. Would you stop or would you brush it off ?
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Would you wish to get caught in a lift with a lovely person alone ?
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Does listening to songs elate your mood ?
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If you say hello to someone and the person does
not notice you, but someone else sees that you were ignored, would you blush or pretend you are not bothered ?
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Have you ever been intimidated or threatened to do something ?
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One of your colleagues harasses you, would you
take it up to the authorities immediately or give them time to mend their ways ?
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Do you like to be pampered a lot ?
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How would you generally feel about people
wasting food in the plates after they eat ? Has it ever occurred there are many villages in our country where people can afford to eat only once a day ?
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What do you strive for most in life ?
Love, power, knowledge, money, excitement, spirituality or anything else ?
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Doctors have advised you to be on liquid diet for a
week. What food would you love to eat for breakfast on the day of your first regular diet ? Have you ever tried detoxifying your body ?
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Who told you bedtime stories ? Have you ever
passed on these stories to the younger generation ?
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Do you like kids ? New borns or tiny tots ?
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Do you schedule your priorities in life ? Do you organize things much in advance ?
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If you see someone crying, would you also start crying or feel sad ?
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How well do you know your city ? Have you ever
thought of exploring your own city, avenues and lanes ?
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Have you ever had a pen friend ?
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Do you like your name ? How would you feel, to
meet someone with the same name as yours ? If you can change your name , what would it be ?
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You go with a girl who is your relative, and some
persons pass a vulgar comment. Would you react violently or would you pretend not to notice ?
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Are you very much attached to your maternal or paternal relatives ?
Do you believe that
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going to places of worship or on a pilgrimage, would yield positive results ? Have you ever made promises to God in exchange for favours received from God ?
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Have you ever kept up your new year resolution ?
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Are you health conscious? What are the things that you do to keep yourself healthy ?
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You travel in an auto and he charges you an
exhorbitant rate. Would you agree, argue or politely tell him to reduce ?
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Are you corrupt ? Would you ever bribe to get things
done ? Do you remember when was the last time you were part of it ?
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What are the tourist attractions in your city ? Other than school trips, have you ever wished to travel to these places when you have time ?
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Do you still have the same role model
up to when you were young ?
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If you were to choose a physical disability you could live with, what would that be and why ?
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You decide to get dressed for a party. What kind of attire would you love to see yourself in ?
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Are you punctual ? Do you think going late is trendy ?
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You see a eunuch on the road, do you look at him sarcastically or pretend you are busy with your other things ?
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Usually your father is home by 8 pm but there is no
word from him even till 11 pm. If your mother panics, how would you react ?
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What would you do if you were asked to spend one
crore in a day, which should not be carried forward in any kind of assets ?
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Have you ever thought that your actions influence
the people around you ? Can you think of someone who has influenced you recently ?
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Are you a vegetarian or non - vegetarian ? If you see how a chicken or goat is being slaughtered, would you still go ahead eating it ?
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What are the qualities you would look for in a person ?
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If you could prevent a Tsunami which could kill
50,000 people in Japan, or a train collision near your area which could kill 1,000 people, or a road accident which could kill your best friend, whom would you choose to save?
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Whatever money you get, your enemy would get double its value. Would you agree for this deal ?
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Would you give up watching movies for the next
5 years, if that would be compensated to satisfy the hunger of 1000 starving children in Bangladesh ?
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On your way to work, you see lots of people
gathered around an accident victim. Would you also join them to watch or call “100” for rescue ?
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Have you ever thought of celebrating your special day or anniversary in a charity or old age home ?
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Someone asks you a favour, but you are not in a
position to oblige, would you still agree to it so as not to hurt him / her ?
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Would you give your seat in a crowded bus to an elderly person to sit ?
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Would you try to atleast enquire, if you see a middle aged couple along with their kids stranded on a highway late in the night ?
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If the friends you trust let you down at a very crucial time, would you forgive them ?
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How many of your friendships have lasted more than 10 years and which of your current friends will be important to you 10 years from now ?
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How much are you worth in both movable and immovable assets ?
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How much time do you spend in a day watching television? Do you think its worth your time ?
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If you are to assess yourself about the time that you have spent on this planet, how would you rate in a chart of 1 to 10 ?
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What are you good at ? Have you ever tried to analyse your strengths and weaknesses ?
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Comparing to how you were 10 years ago, to
what extent have you changed physically, mentally, friends, priorities etc.,
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In times of difficulty, would you grind down or polish up ?
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If you have decided firmly on one particular issue and suddenly your friends advised you to do something else, would you trust your instincts or your friends ?
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Would you do anything for your friendship to last, even if it demanded killing a person ?
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Did you urinate in public places ? Have you ever
done it because of some unexpected circumstances ?
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Have you ever fought on the streets ? If so for what and when was the last time ? Did you win or lose ?
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Have you ever made a sacrifice. If so, would you keep boasting about it or would you keep quiet ?
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Have you ever cheated anyone ?
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For 10 crore rupees of brand new notes would you be willing to lose your best friend’s friendship ?
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Would you agree to leave India for ever, in return for an island with all amenites near the Caribbean ?
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If you are offered, to leak information about
confidential aspects of your company, for a very large sum of money, would you agree to it ?
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Late in the night on a lonely highway, you drive full
speed in your vehicle and suddenly someone falls in front of your vehicle . You ram the person down and no one sees you. Would you care to stop by to help or go away ?
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After an excellent meal in a restaurant, you find one of the items has not been charged in the bill, would you point it out or keep quiet ?
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You are in an exam hall and you realize suddenly
the person next to you is copying from your paper, would you try to hide your paper or make the position better for the person to copy ?   82
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Do you have any principles in life ? Would you like to compromise with it at times ? Has it ever happened ?
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Would you go without taking a bath or brush your
teeth for 1 month in exchange for a brand new car ?
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Do you like to get wet in the rain or are you scared that you might catch a cold ?
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Do you like to gossip ? Has it ever occured to you that others could also gossip about you ?
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Which is the most creepiest of all the insects ? What if you find one in your bed ?
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What makes life so spectacular ? The small little things or the big great ones ?
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Which would you choose ? A succcessful
professional life with an ordinary private life or a succesful private life with an ordinary professional life.
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Do you know your time, date and place of birth?
Have you ever tried visiting the spot where you first came to earth ?
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What is the habit you are trying to get rid of ?
Do you regularly struggle to break these habits ?
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Have you ever empathised with the people’s family
who die in terrorist attacks in planes, trains and cities ?
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Do you believe that you will be a millionaire in your lifetime ? If so, how do you plan to achieve it ?
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hanks for your time and patience in going through this book. As I have mentioned earlier, this book is a perfect gift for any season. This life itself is the greatest gift one has and it’s our duty to make the best possible use of it. Now that you have taken time to walk through life, by now you must be aware of your strengths and weaknesses. Focus on your strengths and jump start on developing your goals, realistic goals and work towards them. Drive your own luxurious car, dine at your favourite restaurant, live in your dream mansion, visit your favourite places on the globe, cruise through Mediterranean seas, scale mountains, take evening walks with your beloved, watch sunrise etc., All these things are possible and is very much within your reach. But you will have to stretch out and work for it. There is no black magic which can make all this possible overnight. Have realistic goals and try to achieve them step by step. Just like how a train journey has got a destination, the journey of life also has a destination. If you want to be one among the million, watch all the wonderful things in your journey pass by and reach your destination. If you want to be one in a million, then take charge of your life’s journey, don’t just watch , get down to enjoy the beauty of it. Its all in your hands. Are you one among the million or one in a million ? You decide. My last question : “ How can you understand others when you don’t understand yourself ?” Carpe diem!
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