The plays The Captives (1963), Monsoon (1965), Angkor (1973) and The Refugee (1971) are the work of which author?
Answer: C
Asif Currimbhoy wrote these plays.
He was among the first Indian playwrights writing in English to gain an international audience, producing some thirty plays that drew on contemporary political events - Partition, Goa, the Bangladesh refugee crisis.
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Of the given artists, which is renowned as a Carnatic flute artist?
Answer: D
Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar is the Carnatic flute artist.
She belongs to the Sikkil lineage of flautists and learnt from her aunt Sikkil Neela. L. Subramaniam is a violinist, Lalgudi Jayaraman was also a violinist and composer, and M.S. Subbulakshmi was a vocalist.
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David Cameron was back to power on 9th May, 2015 in recently held elections in UK . Which party swept Scotland in the election with majority of its MPs
Answer: C
The Scottish National Party swept Scotland in the 2015 general election.
It took 56 of Scotland's 59 seats, up from six, largely at Labour's expense, in the year after the independence referendum. David Cameron's Conservatives won an overall majority across the United Kingdom.
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Who was the first Indian to make a movie?
Answer: B
It was Dhundiraj Govind Phalke.
Dadasaheb Phalke made Raja Harishchandra in 1913, India's first full-length feature. He had learned the technique in London after seeing The Life of Christ, and mortgaged his insurance to pay for it.
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To which country did Dr. Annie Besant belong ?
Answer: A
Annie Besant belonged to England.
She was born in London in 1847 to a family of Irish descent, and came to India in 1893 through the Theosophical Society. She founded the Central Hindu College at Benares and the Home Rule League, and in 1917 became the first woman President of the Indian National Congress.
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Dr. M. S. Swaminathan has distinguished himself in which of the following fields?
Answer: A
Dr M.S. Swaminathan distinguished himself in agriculture.
A plant geneticist, he introduced high-yielding dwarf wheat varieties to India with Norman Borlaug in the 1960s and is called the Father of the Green Revolution in India. He later chaired the National Commission on Farmers.
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Sham Lal did commendable work in which of the following fields?
Answer: C
Sham Lal did commendable work in journalism.
He edited The Times of India from 1967 to 1978 and was known for a weekly column of literary and philosophical criticism that ran for decades afterwards.
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Elvis Presley was a famous _____
Answer: D
He was an American pop singer.
Elvis Presley sold more records than any other solo performer and brought rhythm and blues into the mainstream of American popular music in the 1950s.
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The campaign of Interpol, "Turn Back Crime" has associated which Indian personality as its brand ambassador?
Answer: A
Shah Rukh Khan was the brand ambassador for Interpol's Turn Back Crime campaign.
He joined the global awareness campaign in 2014. It sought to make the public aware of how ordinary choices - buying counterfeit goods, for instance - help fund organised crime.
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The name of Pierre Cardin is associated with which of the following fields?
Answer: D
Pierre Cardin is associated with fashion designing.
The French couturier introduced the Space Age look of the 1960s and was among the first to license his name across a wide range of products, a practice that transformed the business of fashion.
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