General Knowledge Questions

We know that, the nucleotide in DNA is of the form deoxyribose + phosphate group + polymerase.

Hence, Deoxyribose + Phosphate Group + Thymine is the only option in that form of nucleotide in DNA.

"My Life, My Mission" is the autobiography of Baba Ramdev.

Whereas

Ace Against Odds is the autobiography of Sania Mirza

Test of My Life: From Cricket to Cancer is the autobiography of Yuvraj Singh

Wings of Fire is the autobiography of Abdul Kalam.

Second generation computers were developed during 1956 - 1963.

The gold prices in India are determined according to the international market in the following way:

- The price of gold in USD is taken as a base price. Depending on the value of indian rupee as compared to USD (eg- 1 USD= ₹63), the price of gold is converted into rupees.

- The import duties on gold are added to obtain the final price of gold.

• Gold is a global commodity. In the international market, the price of gold is determined by the forces of demand and supply. Higher demand leads to higher price and vice versa. Higher supply leads to lower price and vice versa.

The Von Hippel Award, the Materials Research Society's highest honor, recognizes those qualities most prized by materials scientists and engineers—brilliance and originality of intellect, combined with vision that transcends the boundaries of conventional scientific disciplines. The Von Hippel Award is named after Arthur von Hippel (1898-2003), who was a pioneer in the study of dielectrics, semiconductors, ferromagnetics and ferroelectrics.

Eminent Scientist and Bharat Ratna Prof C.N.R. Rao was awarded 2017 Von Hippel Award. He is first Indian and first Asian to win this honour. The award will be presented to Prof Rao for his interdisciplinary contributions to development of novel functional materials, including nanomaterials, graphene, superconductivity, 2D materials and colossal magnetoresistance at Boston in November 2017.