1)

Who among the following was associated with Vaisheshika School of Philosophy?

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A)

Gautama

B)

Kanada

C)

Jaimini

D)

Patanjali

2)

Who among the following is NOT a Bharat Ratna recipient?

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A)

Nelson Mandela

B)

Mother Teresa

C)

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

D)

Baldev Singh

3)

The 55^th Jnanpith Award was given to ______.

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A)

Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri

B)

Raghuveer Chaudhari

C)

Amitav Ghosh

D)

Bhalchandra Nemade

4)

Who is the author of the book ‘A Better India: A Better World’?

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A)

Shashi Tharoor

B)

NR Narayana Murthy

C)

Ratan Tata

D)

Gurcharan Das

5)

Who among the following poets wrote under the pen name ‘Nirala’ ?

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A)

Jaishankar Prasad

B)

Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

C)

Maithili Sharan Gupta

D)

Suryakant Tripathi

6)

Jayaprakash Narayan was fondly known as:

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A)

Rajarishi

B)

Dinbandhu

C)

Loknayak

D)

Deshbandhu

7)

The book ‘The Life Divine’ was written by:

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A)

Amrita Pritam

B)

Swami Vivekananda

C)

Sri Aurobindo

D)

Dayanand Saraswati

8)

Who is referred to as the ‘Darwin of the 20^th Century’ ?

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A)

Ernst Mayr

B)

Har Gobind Khorana

C)

Marshall Warren Nirenberg

D)

Katherine Esau

9)

Who wrote the book ‘India Wins Freedom’ ?

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A)

Vijay Lakshmi Pandit

B)

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

C)

Syama Prasad Mukherjee

D)

Mahatma Gandhi

10)

The Rig Veda is divided into ______ books or mandalas.

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A)

12

B)

34

C)

8

D)

10