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The famous activist Irom Chanu Sharmila is better known as 'The Iron Lady of ......

A) Manipur B) Mizoram
C) Nagaland D) Tripura
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Manipur

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Who is the first woman ruler of India?

A) Indira Gandhi B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Razia Sultan D) Sucheta Kriplani
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Razia Sultan

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Raziya al-Din, popularly known as Razia Sultana, was the first woman ruler of India. She is a ruler of the Delhi Sultanate in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. She is notable for being the first female Muslim ruler of South Asia.

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Which American of Indian descent has recently been appointed as the president of the US-Indian Business Council?

 

 

A) Nina Davuluri B) Nisha Dessai Biswal
C) prith Banerjee D) Asim Ghosh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nisha Dessai Biswal

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Who discovered sea route to India?

A) Babur B) Vasco-da-Gama
C) Galileo D) Ferondoz
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Vasco-da-Gama

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Anti-apartheid activist _______ was imprisoned for 27 years by the South African government in 1962.

A) Thabo Mbeki B) Kgalema Motlanthe
C) Nelson Mandela D) Evelyn Mase
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Nelson Mandela

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Rukmini Devi Arundale was a reputed dancer and choreographer in which form of dancing?

A) Opera B) Lavani
C) Bharatnatyam D) Dandiya
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bharatnatyam

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Who is known as the father of Green Revolution?

A) Dr. Robert Nucleus B) Dr. Ian Wilmut
C) Dr. NE Borlaug D) Dr. JC Bose
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Dr. NE Borlaug

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What are the names of the two identical long tailed macaques cloned by the Chinese Scientists?

A) Long Hong and Zhua Zhua B) Zhong-Zhong and Hua Hua  
C) Tailong and Shanua   D) Rongla and Shamone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Zhong-Zhong and Hua Hua  

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