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Who was the first Indian to be honoured with a lifetime achivement Oscar award

A) Salim Ali B) Pandit Ravi Shankar
C) Satyajit Roy D) Bachchendri pal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Satyajit Roy

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What furniture item was invented by California furniture designer Charles Prior Hall in 1968?

A) Sofa bed B) Captain's chair
C) Waterbed D) Hammock
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Waterbed

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Which of the following does not contain the material particles

A) alpha - rays B) beta - rays
C) gamma - rays D) anode rays
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) gamma - rays

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Bhangra is the folk dance of which Indian state

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Punjab

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The panchatantra was written during the

A) Maurya period B) Gupta period
C) Sultanate period D) Kushana period
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gupta period

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The panchatantra was written by Vishnu sharma, an Indian scholar during the period of Gupta rule. It is during 3rd Century BCE.

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Who won the world’s largest pre-college science competition in the US in the environmental engineering category for his project on biodegradation of pesticides  ?

A) Shanmuga Sundaram B) Prashant Ranganathan
C) Suresh Kumar D) Vijay Ragunathan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Prashant Ranganathan

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An Indian boy has won the world’s largest pre-college science competition in the US in the environmental engineering category for his project on biodegradation of pesticides. Prashant Ranganathan, a 12th grader from Jamshedpur, alongwith over 20 high school students from various parts of India, participated in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

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Who invented the BALLPOINT PEN?

A) Write Brothers B) Waterman Brothers
C) Biro Brothers D) Bicc Brothers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Biro Brothers

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What drink was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg in 1929?

A) 7-Up B) Yoo-Hoo
C) Pepsi D) Hawaiian Punch
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 7-Up

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