(d) The World Year of Physics,
2005 is a commemorative volume
on the 100th anniversary of a histo-
rical publication. What was it ?
(e) Who is the scientist linked
to the Uncertainty Principle ?
(f) What is ISROs geostationary
satellite for educational purpose
called ?
(g) Which is the year in which
Indias neighbours Burma and Sri
Lanka became independent ?
(h) What does AK in the names
AK-47 and AK-56 of the rifles stand
for ?
(i) Who is known for his
Glasnost address to the UN
General Assembly ?
(j) Who is the Irish Inventor
who is considered as the father of
the modern submarine ?
Ans. (a) Giovanni-de-dolci.
(b) Lahore.
(c) Brazil, Japan, Germany and
India .
(d) It was the 100 years of
Einsteins miraculous work.
(e) Heisenberg
(f) Edusat
(g) BurmaOn 4 January, 1948
Sri LankaIn the year 1948
(h) Anton Kalashnikov
(i) Mikhai Gorbachev
(j) D. Bashnel in 1776.
Q. 7. (a) Fill up the blanks in the
following sentences
(i) A coin was introduced
in India on 1 April, 1957.
(ii) The Sikh Guru was
born at Patna in 1666.
(iii) is the international
cultural township founded by
Mother, a disciple of Sri
Aurobindo, in 1968.
(iv) The planned city to the
South of the Shivalik Hills is known
as
(v) is the worlds biggest
maker of power transformers.
(b) Fill up the blanks in the
following sentences
(i) The hymn Vande Mataram
was the Hallmark of Bankim
Chandra Chatterjees novel
(ii) The Act, 1878 provided
for the confiscation of printing
press, paper and other assets of a
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newspaper, if the Government belie-
ved that it was publishing seditious
material and had flouted an official
warning.
(iii) The Congress took up the
Swadeshi Call at its session in
1905, presided over by G. K.
Gokhale.
(iv) is a classical dance of
Manipur.
(v) acts as the guardian of
the Constitution.
Ans. (a) (i) One Rupee, 50, 25, 10,
5, 2 and naya paisa
(ii) Guru Gobind Singh
(iii) Auroville
(iv) Chandigarh
(v) BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electri-
cals Ltd.)
(b) (i) Anand Math
(ii) Vernacular Press Act
(iii) Banaras
(iv) Manipuri
(v) Supreme Court.
Q. 8. (a) Complete the sentences
by filling the blanks
(i) The submarines con-
tracted with the French company
will be built in India.
(ii) The conclave of cardinals
met at to elect the new Pope.
(iii) has the largest number
of ATMs in India.
(iv) Bhagyam and Vijaya, the
new oilfields of India are in
(v) The name given to the bus
service between Srinagar and
Muzaffarabad is
(b) (i) Lord Mahaviras Nirvana
coincides with which festival ?
(ii) In whose honour was the
city of New York named ?
(iii) What does Atithi Devo
Bhava mean ?
(iv) Who founded the sports
gear company Nike ?
(v) What was the British gold
coin worth one pound and one
shilling called ?
Ans. (a) (i) Scorpene
(ii) Vatican City
(iii) State Bank of India
(iv) Krishna Godavari/Rajasthan
(v) Thar Express
(b) (i) Mahavir Jayanti
(ii) The Sullivans
(iii) The guests he treated as gods
(iv) Bill Bowerman (in 1964)
(v) Guinea.
Q. 9. (a) Name the Authors of
any five of the following
(i) Da Vinci Code
(ii) Lajja (Shame)
(iii) Doctor Zhivago
(iv) Catch-22
(v) The City of Joy
(vi) A Bend in the River
(vii) Midnights Children.
(b) Answer any five of the
following
(i) Which institution awards the
Nobel Prize in medicine annually ?
(ii) Who directed the picture A
Beautiful Mind ?
(iii) Which country has so far
won the Miss Universe title the
highest number of times ?
(iv) Who won the first Dada
Saheb Phalke Award ?
(v) What is country symbol of
China ?
(vi) Who is the Father of
Modern Chemistry ?
Ans. (a) (i) Don Brown
(ii) Taslima Nasreen
(iii) Boris Pasternak
(iv) Joseph Heller
(v) Dominique Lapierre
(vi) V. S. Naipaul
(vii) Salman Rushdie
(b) (i) Royal Academy of Science,
Sweden
(ii) Ron Howard
(iii) U.S.A.
(iv) Devika Rani Roerich
(v) The great wall of China,
Dragon
(vi) Lavoiser.
Q. 10. (a) With what field of
activity do you associate the follow-
ing eminent persons ?
(i) Joseph E. Stiglitz
(ii) Bill Gates
(iii) S. G. Pitroda
(iv) Ghulam Ali
(v) Lindsay Davenport.
(b) (i) Who holds the world
record for grand slam singles titles ?
(ii) Who is the first woman to
swim across the five continents ?