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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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Who among the following is a Sanjay Chopra Award recipient for 2016?

A) Abhinash Mishra B) Arjun Singh
C) Aromal SM D) Srawanand Saha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Arjun Singh

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

"Jim Crow" shuns the mountains for reasons satisfactory to himself; not so the magpie, the raven, and __________ mischief-maker, Clark's nutcracker. All of which keeps the bird-lover from the East in an ecstasy of surprises until he has _____________ accustomed to his changed environment. One cannot help ___________ into the speculative mood in view of the sharp contrasts ______________ the birds of the East and _________ of the West.

 

until he has _____________ accustomed to his changed environment.

A) became B) becomes
C) to be D) become
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) become

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

Photography is the _____________ we can get to stopping time. The camera is our pause button, the cork we use to stop time from running out. And the photo album is the most potent time machine ever ____________, one that transports you to a curated past where everything exists ________ you choose to remember it,one that lets you revisit ________ just people and places and ages, but the hidden crannies of ________ own memory and the strange landscape of emotions that lies beyond.

 

Photography is the _____________ we can get to stopping time.

A)  close B) closest
C) closeness D) closely
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) closest

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Find the acceleration (in m/s2) of a body which accelerates from 25 m/s to 30 m/s in 10 seconds

A) 5.5 B) 1
C) 11 D) 0.5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 0.5

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A force of 200 N displaces a body by 4 m, calculate the work done (in J).

A) 40 B) 500
C) 80 D) 800
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 800

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Which of the following became first Indigenously developed vaccine from India to be pre-qualified by World Health Organisation?

A) Rotavac B) Hemophile
C) Pentavac D) Pneumococca
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rotavac

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Which of the following is associated with The Government of India's 'Khelo India' programme?

A) Science and Technology B) Literature
C) Sports D) Music
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sports

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