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Prelims Question 1Prelims Question 1“

“I had failed to realize my dream of becoming a pilot. It is only when we are faced with Failure do we realise that we have the resources within us.We only need to find them and move on with our lives are lines of newly released book “ My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Action"

WWho is the Author of the book

Answer 1Answer 1

Question 2Question 2WIn September, 2013 ,Ms Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was awarded the 2012 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,Disarmament and Development.SShe is also the winner of 2011 Noble Peace prize.She was awarded for serving as an inspiration for ensuring return of Democracy,Development and security in her tiny nation? Which nation are we talking about?

Answer

LIBERIA

Question 3This writer is credited with using the word for the first time in

the Book “Run Around”.He talked of 3 laws for them1.A 'X' may not injure a human being or, through inaction,

allow a human being to come to harm.2.A 'X ' must obey the orders given to it by human beings,

except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.3.A 'X' must protect its own existence as long as such

protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.Identify the writer and X( Half point each for identifying writer

and X)

Issac Asimov

ROBOTICS

The modern term robot derives from the Czech word robota (“forced labour” or “serf”), used in Karel Čapek's play R.U.R. (1920).

Question 4

In 1960 a group of British naturalists including biologist Sir Julian Huxley, artist and conservationist ,Peter Scott and ornithologists Guy Mountfort and Max Nicholson started which Organization.

Answer

Question 5

Leander Paes at the Age 40 this year won the US 2013 open Doubles crown? Who was his doubles partner for the event

Radek Stepanek from Czech republic

Question 6) She won the Pulitzer Prize for her debut

collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies (1999). Her first novel Namesake was adopted into a film by the same name and later won many awards,Her latest work The LOWLAND was in the shortlist for the BOOKER prize.

Identify the writer

Jhumpa Lahiri

Question 7 Which Sport has 2 styles called Greeco

roman and Freestyle?

Answer: Wrestling

Question 8)Name the current chairman of the TATA group of companies

Answer:Cyrus Pallonji Mistry

Question 9) Who was the first from the field of Music to get Bharat Ratna in1998?

Ans- MS Subhalakshmi

Q10) What is the most widely used quantitative measure or a Scale of the magnitude of an earthquake, devised in 1935 by an American seismologist called?

Answer

Richter scale American physicist and

seismologist who developed the Richter scale for measuring earthquake magnitude

Q11)Amīr Khusro,one of India's greatest Persian-language poets,is considered the Father of this form of Music.Identify the music.

Answer: Qawwali

Q

12 How do we know the actor who was born as Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai?

Dilip

Q13 Name the Script writer and Director who have directed films like Mathilukal,Kathapurusan and Nizhal Kuthu

Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Q14 Name the creator of the two popular comic strips of Phantom and Mandrake the Magician?

Falk lee born as Leon Harrison gross

Question 15 )Which nation will be hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics?

Answer: Tokyo

Question 16) Ms Megan Young won the Miss world 2013 title.Which country does she belong to?

Answer: Philippines

Question 17) Who is the current Chief justice of India who was sworn in on July 19,2013 as the 40th Chief Justice of India?

Answer: Justice Palanisamy Sathasivam

Question 18th In the Hindi film Tare Zameen Par,Darsheel Safary played role of which reading disorder in which words looks Jumbled

Answer:Dyslexia

Question 19-If you are travelling with your parents in your summer vacation through places like Bhagalpur,Purnia,Motihari and Darbhanga which Indian state will you be in

AnswerBIHAR

Question 20) Name the person who was conferred with Bharata Ratna in 1992 posthumously but due to controversy the award was withdrawn?

Subhash Chandra Bose

Question 21 Name the Indian Born American Biochemist who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for research that helped to show how the nucleotides in nucleic acids, which carry the genetic code control the cell's synthesis of proteins.

Hargobind Khurana

Question 22) What is Saphire in Thai Called?

Phailin

Q 23) Who is the head of the AAM AADMI PARTY

Answer Arvind Kejriwal

Q24) Who won the Nobel prize for Literature this year

Ans Alice Munro, Canadian short story writer

Q 25) Queens Baton Relay came to India in October first week before the commonwealth games?

Where is the next Commonwealth games going to be held?

Glasgow,Scotland