What is the sequence number of Pranab Mukherjee as the President of the Republic India?
Answer: D
Pranab Mukherjee was the 13th President of India.
He held office from 2012 to 2017, having served as Finance Minister, External Affairs Minister and Defence Minister over a career of more than fifty years. He received the Bharat Ratna in 2019.
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Who amongst the following is called as Deen bandhu ?
Answer: D
It is C. F. Andrews.
The English priest worked with Gandhi in South Africa and India and campaigned against indentured labour. Gandhi called him Deenbandhu, friend of the poor, and his initials were read as Christ's Faithful Apostle.
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Who advocated the theory of laissez Faire
Answer: C
Adam Smith advocated laissez-faire.
In The Wealth of Nations (1776) he argued that individuals pursuing their own interest are led by an invisible hand to promote the general good, and that the state should confine itself to defence, justice and certain public works.
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Who was known as Iron man of India?
Answer: D
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was known as the Iron Man of India.
As Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister he integrated 562 princely states into the Indian Union between 1947 and 1949, using persuasion where possible and force at Junagadh and Hyderabad. His birthday, 31 October, is observed as National Unity Day.
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Who among the following is the creator of the Rock Garden in Chandigarh
Answer: C
Nek Chand created the Rock Garden in Chandigarh.
A road inspector, he began it secretly in 1957 on government land, building sculptures from broken bangles, tiles and other waste. It was discovered in 1975 and, instead of being demolished, was opened to the public.
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The Indian Institute of Advanced Study welcomed its first woman chairperson. Who was she?
Answer: D
Chandrakala Padia became the first woman chairperson of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study.
She was appointed in 2015. The Institute, at Shimla, occupies the former Viceregal Lodge and was founded in 1965 as a centre for advanced research in the humanities and social sciences.
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Who among the following has been appointed as the chairman of Central Electricity Authority:
Answer: B
H.L. Bajaj was appointed chairman of the Central Electricity Authority.
The CEA is the technical body under the Ministry of Power that advises on policy, prepares the National Electricity Plan and specifies technical standards for the grid.
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Limba Ram is associated in which fields?
Answer: A
Limba Ram is associated with sports.
He is an archer from a tribal family in Rajasthan who equalled the world record in 1992 and competed at three Olympic Games. He received the Arjuna Award and the Padma Shri.
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Who amongst the following is a famous Sarod player
Answer: D
Amjad Ali Khan is the famous sarod player.
He is the sixth generation of the Bangash lineage of sarod players and received the Padma Vibhushan in 2001. Zakir Hussain plays the tabla, Hari Prasad Chaurasia the flute and Ram Narayan the sarangi.
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Name an eminent cartoonist who created the comic book character like Chacha Chaudary and Sabu who died in 2014 ?
Answer: B
Pran Kumar Sharma created Chacha Chaudhary and Sabu.
He began the strip in 1971 in the Hindi magazine Lotpot, and the character - whose brain 'works faster than a computer' - became the best-known Indian comic figure. Pran died in August 2014.
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