YMCA quiz-2016

Prelims

YMCA QUIZ-Prelims

This 14 year old whose parents are humble

daily wage workers from Nizamabad,

Telangana was youngest woman on

Mount everest. A new movie is being

made on her by Rahul Bose.Identify•  

Q-1

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•Malvath Purna

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• Name the Indian

Mathematician who won

the Fields medal in 2014

considered to be the Noble

prize in mathematics

Q-2

•Manjul Bhargava

YMCA QUIZ-Prelims• Identify the person

Q-3

YMCA QUIZ-Prelims• Shakuntala Devi

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Which Indian Born Scientist referred to as the Father of Indian Nuclear programme died in a plane crash on Mont Blanc on January 24,1966?

Q-4

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• Homi J Bhaba

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• Name the series of annual prizes awarded by Columbia University, New York City, for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters, and music?

Q-5

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•Pulitzer Prize

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•Whose Autobiography is called Ace against Odds which was released this year 

Q-6

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• Sania Mirza

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•Name the Scientist who worked in the area of Structural chemistry and was the third scientist after CV Raman and Abdul Kalam to be honoured with Bharat Ratna?

Q-7

•CNR Rao

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•Which Indian Prime minister served as the Chairman of Telugu Academy in Andhra pradesh between 1968-74?

Q-8

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•Narasimha Rao

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With Which sport will you associate Aditi Ashok who represented India in Olympics 2016

Q-9

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•Golf

YMCA QUIZ-Prelims• Most Bullfighting Arena have a Statue or Shrine which

pays homage to which scientist whose invention has saved millions of Life around the world?

Q-10

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•Alexander Fleming

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•Who has written the book HARD CHOICES and Living History released recently

Q-11

YMCA QUIZ-Prelims• Hillary Clinton

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What condition is derived from Latin word for CRAB and was applied to this condition as the swollen veins around Tumours resembled the limbs of Crab?

• 

Q-12

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•Cancer

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• Name the new Governor of Reserve Bank of India who took over in September 2016

Q-13

YMCA QUIZ-Prelims• Urjit Patel

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• What is the Afrikaans word for “apartness” or “separateness”. Policy of racial segregation and political and economic discrimination against non-European groups called

Q-14

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•Apartheid

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• It has been mandatory by Ministry of Consumer affairs to label every food item with GM containing GM food items.

• What does GM stands for

Q-15

YMCA QUIZ-Prelims• Genetically Modified

YMCA QUIZ-Prelims• What is referred to as Red and Blue states by US media?

Q-16

YMCA QUIZ-PrelimsIdentify this Oscar winner from India?

Q-17

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•Bhanu Athaya

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• In 1591,which monument was constructed in Hyderabad to commemorate the end of plague epidemic

Q-18

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Charminar

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• With which Music instrument will you associate the following person

Q-19

YMCA QUIZ-Prelims• Flute

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• What Technology has been named after 10th-century Danish king who unified Denmark and Norway which was developed to enable a wide range of devices to work together?

Q-20

YMCA QUIZ-Prelims• Blue Tooth

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•Who founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan in 1980 and the RUGMARk?

Q-21

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• Mahatma Gandhi along with Franklin Roosevalt were named as the Runner up for Time Magazine’s Person of the Century in its issue dated December 1999.

• Who was the winner and named as the Person of the Century.

Q-22

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•Albert Einstein

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•Which IRISH Dramatist was awarded both Noble Prize as well as OSCARs?

q-23

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•George Bernard Shaw

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• Which Indian states name comes from the Indo Aryan word for Uneven?

Q-24

•Assam

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• What does T in NITI aayog stand for ?

• NITI is a policy think tank replacing Planning commission.

Q-25

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• Transforming

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