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Who among the following bowlers have taken more than 500 wickets in Test Cricket? 1. Wasim Akram 2. Glenn McGrath 3. Richard Hadlee 4. Courtney Walsh Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a)
1 and 2 only
(b)
3 and 4 only
(c)
1, 2 and 3 only
(d)
1, 2, 3 and 4
(B)
Match List-I and Select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I(Person) List-II(Company)
A. Vishwapati Trivedi 1. Essar Group B. Tulsi R. Tanti 2. Info Edge India (which runs naukri.com) C. Shashi Ruia 3. Indian (Indian Airlines) D. S. Bikhchandani 4. Suzlon Energy
2 4 1 3
3 1 4 2
2 1 4 3
3 4 1 2
(D)
Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Prize winner from Kenya, is known for her contribution to which one of the following?
Journalism
International economics
Sustainable development
Child development
(C)
How is Gabriel Garcia Marquez well-known as?
Known for research in agriculture
A renowned football coach
A great writer who won the Nobel Prize for literature
Known for research in railway engineering
For which one of the following books did Kiran Desai win the Man Booker Prize 2006?
The Secret River
In the Country of Men
Mother’s Milk
None of the above
Where was the first conference of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs held in the Year 1957?
Minnowbrook (USA)
Rhode Island (USA)
Nova Scotia (Canada)
Nagasaki (Japan)
Which one of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Person Award Champadevi Shukla Goldman Environmental Prize Dr. P. Sri Ramachanrudu Vachaspati Puraskar Ela Ramesh Bhatt Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics, and Management Upamany Chatterjee Lalit Kala Ratna Award
1 and 2
1, 2 and 3
3 and 4
Consider the following statements about India’s post offices and telecom sector. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Champadevi Shukla – Goldman Environmental Prize
Dr. P. Sri Ramachanrudu – Vachaspati Puraskar
Ela Ramesh Bhatt – Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management
Upamany Chatterjee – Lalit Kala Ratna Award
Consider the following statements about the Man Booker Prize. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 only
1 and 3
2 and 3
Match items in the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List I (Former Sport Person) List II (Game/Sport) (A) Wallly Grout 1. Swimming (B) Eusebio 2. Lawn Tennis (C) Rod Laver 3. Cricket (D) Mark Spitz 4. Football 5. Basketball Codes:
A B C D 3 5 2 4 2 4 3 1 3 4 2 1 2 5 3 4
3 5 2 4
2 4 3 1
3 4 2 1
2 5 3 4