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‘X’, born in the UK, was conferred the Nobel Prize in 2025. He was a professor in an American university when the prize was announced. Identify ‘X’:
(a)
Michel H. Devoret
(b)
Richard Robson
(c)
John Clarke
(d)
Joel Mokyr
(c) John Clarke
Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? Institute – Location. 1. National Centre for Cell Science Mysore 2. Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics Hyderabad 3. National Brain Research Centre Gurgaon Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1, 2 and 3
1 and 2 Only
2 and 3 Only
1 and 3 Only
(C)
Rajiv Gandhi National Flying Institute is being established in which State?
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Kerala
Orissa
(B)
Raghu Rai is well known for which one of the following areas?
Research in Mathematics
Photography
Water harvesting
Pollution control
Which one of the following Organisations won the CSIR Award for Science and Technology (S&T) Innovations for Rural Development, 2006?
CLRI
IARI
NDDB
NDRI
(A)
What is the broad area in which the Nobel Prize winners for the year 2006 in Physiology or Medicine, worked to get the Prize?
Prevention of weakening due to ageing
Flow of genetic information
Immunology and disease resistance
Adult stem cell research
In which one of the following cities is the Global Automotive Research Central being set up?
Chennai
Hyderabad
Pune
Gurgaon
How is Steve Fossett known as?
as a crocodile hunter
For completing the longest nonstop flight around the globe
For swimming across Atlantic Ocean
For climbing Mt. Everest without any co-climber
With reference to the steel industry in India in the recent times, consider the following statements: 1. Vizag Steel Plant (RINL) has been declared Mini Ratna. 2. Merger of IISCO with SAIL has been completed. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
The Stilwell Road, built in 1940s, which was recently in news, connects which of the following?
Agartala in India and Yangon in Myanmar via Bangladesh
Ledo in India and Kunming in China via Myanmar
Kalimpong in India and Lhasa in Tibet via Bhutan
Imphal in India and Bangkok in Thailand via Myanmar