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Famous Duos

Renowned pairings have elevated the bar in every genre whether it is literature, technology, medicine,
television, or any other. They have formed partnerships to create things that have changed the way
we think or act.
Read the descriptions and write the names of these partners. You may use the Help Box.

1. These two brothers were writers who popularised folklore.
They created characters like Snow White, Hansel and Gretel,
and Cinderella, that are popular even today.
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2. Their father gave them a toy helicopter when they were not
even teenagers. This stirred their interest in flying, later, they
went on to build the first plane.
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3. This Indian duo, both IIT alumni, were the founders of
Flipkart, one of the largest e-commerce companies, started
from a Bengaluru flat. Even though they share the same last
name, they are not related.
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4. The Russian-American duo met in 1995, and together founded
the search engine, Google. They started Google more than
20 years ago as science graduate students at Stanford University.
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5. They were childhood friends who shared a love for computers.
They teamed up to translate their passion into a business idea
that led to the formation of Microsoft.
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Help Box Fact File

Paul Allen and Bill Gates, Binny Bansal and Sachin Bansal, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the duo
Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who began Apple’s computer in 1976, are
Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm among the most well-known revolutionaries

of telecommunication.
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