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Who among the following is the first Indian to win Pulitzer Prize?

A) Arundhati Roy	B) Gobind Behari Lal
C) Vijay Seshadri	D) Jhumpa Lahiri

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gobind Behari Lal

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Gobind BehariLal: He came to study at the University of California in Berkeley in 1912 on the Guru Govind Singh Sahib Scholarship. He later became the science editor of the San Francisco Examiner. He won the Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1937.

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What was invented by Zacharias Jansen?

A) Jet Engine	B) Radium
C) Microscope	D) Electric Lamp

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Microscope

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Who Invented Ceiling fan?

A) Lloyd Groff Copeman	B) Bartolomeo Cristofori
C) Leonardo da Vinci	D) Philip Diehl

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Philip Diehl

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The prestigious 'Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding' is instituted by

A) National Centre for Art and Culture	B) Department of Youth and Sports
C) Nehru Memorial Museum	D) Indian Council for Cultural Relations

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Indian Council for Cultural Relations

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Name the first Indian to get Nobel prize in literature.

A) Rabindranath Tagore	B) CV Raman
C) Lal Bahadur Shastri	D) Amartya Sen

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rabindranath Tagore

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What is the name of the book written by Panini ?

A) Mahabhashya	B) Mitakshara
C) Madhyamika Karika	D) Ashtadhyayi

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ashtadhyayi

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First Leader of opposition in Lokshabha was _____.

A) B. R. Ambedkar	B) A. K. Gopalan
C) S Radhakrishnan	D) Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A. K. Gopalan

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The Prime Minister is the ex-officio President of

A) CLRI	B) CSIR
C) ISRO	D) DRDO

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