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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

Explanation:

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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The Berlin conference in 1884 was significant because it

A) colonized Africa	B) colonized Germany
C) colonized Portugese	D) None of the above

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) colonized Africa

Explanation:

The Berlin conference in 1884 was significant because it created rules on how European nations want to colonize Africa.

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First man to go into space was

A) Roald Amundsen	B) Reynalt Mayor
C) Robert Peary	D) Major Yuri Gagarin

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Major Yuri Gagarin

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Statement I :The passing of the Coercive Acts made reconciliation between Britain and her American colonies virtually impossible.

Statement II :The British Parliament, having issued the Stamp Act in 1765, repealed it later.

A) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I	B) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false	D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

Explanation:

The Coercive Acts included a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774, including Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act of 1774, which were meant to punish American colonies for throwing a large tea shipment into Boston Harbour, so,the passing of the Coercive Acts made reconciliation between Britain and her American colonies virtually impossible. The Stamp Act of 1765 was passed by Parliament of Great Britain to impose a direct tax on the colonies of British America. It was later repealed on March 18, 1766 after protest.

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A body of mass 2 kg is thrown upward with initial velocity of 20 m/s. After 2 seconds, its kinetic energy will be : (g = 10 m/sq.s)

A) 0J	B) 200J
C) 400J	D) 100J

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 0J

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Choose the most appropriate answer:Natural radioactivity was discovered by

A) Marie Curie	B) Earnest Rutherford
C) Henry Bacquerel	D) Enrico Fermi

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Henry Bacquerel

Explanation:

Natural radioactivity was discovered by Henri Bacquerel.

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The SI unit of G, the universal gravitation constant is ______________.

A) N m2 kg2	B) N m2 kg-2
C) N m-2 kg-2	D) N m-2 kg2

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) N m2 kg-2

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A sound of single frequency is called a

A) Hertz	B) Tone
C) Pitch	D) Note

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