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I UNIT - HEAVENS GATE

1. A Sikh officer checked the authors passport at . above the sea. ( ) a) 14,000 feet b) 16,000 feet a) 20 b) 25 c) 30 c) 15,000 feet d) 35 d) 17,000 feet 2. The author had travelled for the last . Years ( ) 3. Journey in Ladakh was written by ( ) a) Anu George b) Nehru c) Andrew Harvey d) Mahaswetha Devi 4. Who is the son of the last king of ladakh? ( ) ) ) a) Norberg b) Tsewang c) Choegyal Jigmed d) Mao Jedong 5. The first Europeans who settled in Leh arrived in ( a) 1974 b) 1975 c) 1976 d) 1977

6. Preparing traditional Ladakhi food is not easy because .. (

a) The cooking is elaborate b) The local ingredients are expensive c) The people have forgotten their cuisine d) Travelers dont like it 7. The authors account of Ladakh is based on ( ) a) His readings b) What others have told him c) His visit to the place 8. Ladakh, the high dry region in northern India that borders .. 9. . whirred above had suddenly broken into impromptu song 10. Two storied white buildings were clustered together in patches of green silent amid & willows 11. The first Europeans who settled in Leh were .. 12. The name Ladakh means .. 13. The Indo- Iranians trace their blue eyes to .. 14. The author saw faces that spoke of Lhasa...&. 15. Workers in the best hotels boast of . 16. Lehs narrow streets are now filled with .. and . 17. The highest Motorable pass in the world is .

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18. The Ladakhi festival that was mentioned in the lesson was .. 19. Indian reformer who brought tantric Buddhism to Tibet was . 20. The author began to edge down towards the . valley 21. Indian soldiers were shivering in their 22. The chapels are thick with the smell of melted .. butter 23. The author could not helped smiling at the .shops 24 The teenagers of ladakh were fluent in every verse of . 25. Leh is the capital of

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27. Pico Iyer found . & animals in the Nubra valley. 28. Barley and wheat were irrigated by . 29. The signs flying from the lamp posts of Leh were saying. 30. Ladakh was often referred to as the worlds .. 31. Ladakh takes in the Muslim region of .. 32. The writer witnessed ..festival at .. 33. The 18th century Indian reformer who brought Tantric Buddhism to Tibet was ..

I UNIT - HARGOBIND KHORANA

1. Four different types of are arranged on the spiral stair case of DNA molecules.( a) Nucleotides a) 9th Jan, 1922 a) 1967 b) 1968 a) London a) 1952 b) Nucleosides c) antibiotics b) 3rd Nov, 1933 c) 1969 d) bacteria ) 2. According official documents the date of birth of Hargobind Khorana is ( c) 9th Jan, 1923 d) 9th Feb 1922

3. Khorana, along with two other scientists, was awarded the Noble prize in the year( d) 1970 ) ) d) New York city d)1950 d) 13-12-1966 4. Marshal Nirenberg was born in .. ( b) Paris b)1943 b) 13-12-1968 c) Moscow

5. Khorana was offered a job in British Columbia Research Council in the year.( c) 1997 6. The noble lecture was delivered on a) 12-12-1968 c) 12-12-1966

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7. Nirenberg passed his Bachelor of Science degree from the university of ( a) Michigan b) Cambridge c) Florida d) Oxford )

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8. When Khorana was studying in DAV high school in Multan he was greatly influenced by . 9. Khorana completed his PhD degree from the university of 10. Khorana began research in Cambridge university under 11. Khorana joined the Institute of enzyme research in the year . 12. . are produced by D N A. 13. Khorana shared the noble Prize with two scientists in 14. A village agricultural taxation clerk in British India system of government is known as .. 15. Khorana was influenced by .. during his study in DAV High school 16. Khorana got married in 1952, to. 17. The place of birth of Hargobind Khorana is .. 18. The nucleotide code is transmitted to the cell in groups of three, called . 19. Thefeasible combinations of the nucleotides are read off along a strand of DNA. 20. . was a great teacher and accurate experimentalist who supervised Khoranas work in M.Sc. 21. Nirenbergs interest in bird watching made him study .. 22. Holley sequenced and deduced the structure of the first 23. Nirenbergs PhD work was on . 24. Dave Roy, son of Khorana was born on .. 25. Dr. Khoranas invention of . has become indispensible tool in biotechnology. 26. supervised Khoranas PhD and also looked after him sincerely and affectionately. 27. Khorana and his research team were able to synthesize the first artificial copy of a .. 28. Among the devoted and loyal colleagues of Khorana contributed to the spiritual & intellectual make-up of the group. 29. Khorana currently lives in USA serving as MITs 30. Khoranas later research areas include structure-function in

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II UNIT - SIR C.V. RAMAN 1. C.V.Raman was awarded the Noble Prize for physics in the year. ( ) a) 1932 b) 1930 3) 1951 d) 1901 2. C.V.Raman took up the dictator ship of . ( ) a) Indian Institute of Science - Bangalore b) Indian Institute of Medical Sciences c) Indian Institute of Molecular Biology d) Indian Institute of Biology 3. National Science day is celebrated on . ( ) a) 28th Feb b) 19th Aug c) 1st Dec d) 2nd Oct 4. What was the prestigious examination that Raman intended to take up? ( ) a) FCS b) ICS c) IAAS d) IACS 5. The three books that Raman could pick to mould his mental and spiritual outlook and determine his chosen path were . ( ) a) Edwin Arnolds Light of the World, The Elements of Eucloid, a treatise on classical geometry and The Sensations of Tone by Helmholtz. b) Edwin Arnolds Light of Asia, The Elements of Euclid, a treatise on classical geometry and The Sensations of Tone by Helmholtz. c) Helmholtzs Light of Asia, The Elements of Euclid, a treatise on classical geometry and The Sensations of Tone by Edwin Arnold. d) Edwin Arnolds Radiance of Asia, The Rudiments of Eucloid, a treatise on classical geometry and The Sensations of Tone by Helmholtz 6. Sir C.V. Raman was born on 7. Sir C.V. Ramans mother is. & his father is.. 8. C. V. Ramans Father was a lecturer in college. 9. At the age of 13 Raman went to Madras to study 10. Raman studied B.A at .. 11. .. taught English to Raman at presidency college 12. I C S stands for 13. During Ramans two years of M.A Course he attended . 14. IAAS stands for 15. The British journal in which Ramans paper on light was published is 16. Raman passed the M.A Examination in . 17. Besides violin, Raman studied the 18. Raman married...who belonged to. 19. Raman went to Calcutta with his wife to work as .. 20. Raman received a fabulous amount of . as an allowance
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21. When riding to work on a tram, Raman spotted a sign board with words .................... 22. During Ramans stay in Calcutta, his papers appeared in international Journals such as and . 23. The book in which Ramans extensive studies on the violin were published is.. 24. ..was the newly appointed vice - chancellor of Calcutta University. 25. Some well-known names among Ramans brilliant students are ., . &.. 26. Around 1917 Raman was offered the position of ..at the university 27. In the year.the university of.. Conferred on Raman an honorary doctorate. 28. The scientist who explained the blue color of the sky was. 29. Ramans paper explaining his observation on Mediterranean Sea was published in the journal.. 30. Raman wrote a brilliant essay entitled The Molecular Diffraction of Light in the year .. 31. The was discovered in 1923 32. On 28 February of 1927 the famous was discovered. 33. Raman devoted to setting up of in Bangalore from 1946 to 1970 34. C.V. Raman died on .. 35. Raman edited the journals .&

II UNIT - SAM PITRODA

1. . built the foundation of revolution in communication system.( ) a. Graham bell b. Sam Pitroda c. Rontgen d. Addison 2. Sam Pitroda was born on .. ( ) a. 4th May 1944 b. 4th March 1942 c. 4th May 1942 d. 4th March 1944 3. Pitroda did his masters in from Baroda. ( ) a. Physics & Maths b. Physics & Chemistry c. Maths & Electronics d. Physics & Electronics 4. National technology mission was started in the year.. ( ) a. 1985 b. 1986 c. 1987 d. 1988 5. Sam Pitroda made his first telephone call when he went to ..( ) a. USA b. USSR c. UK d. China 6. Sam Pitroda visited Saudi American bank in the year.( ) a. 1982 b. 1983 c. 1984 d. 1985 7. As a result of RAX how many exchanges and telephone lines were installed in India? ( ) (a) 40,000 exchanges & 20 million telephone lines (b) 20,000 exchanges & 40 million telephone lines (c) 20,000 exchanges & 20 million telephone lines (d) 40,000 exchanges & 40 million telephone lines 8. Sam Pitroda is known as father of .. 9. Pitroda started his career in .. 10. Sam Pitroda started a telephone exchange company called ..in 1974
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11. The Indian prime minister ..made Sam Pitroda as his scientific advisor 12. C - DOT stands for.. 13. RAX stands for.. 14. RAX were equipped with .... 15. The first chairman of Indias telecom commission was... 16. During the 20th century . Telephone booths were established all over India. 17. Sam Pitroda introduced himself as at Saudi American bank. 18. Sam Pitroda notched up over patents along the way 19. Self sufficient village community is the dream of .. 20. Indians are highly talented in 21. Sam Pitroda was born in.. 22. Pitroda sold Wescom switching tofor.dollars. 23. All the exchanges were equipped withsystem. 24. The unique feature of the new communication network system is that all the switches operate without. 25. According to Pitroda .., ., and are required in the process of modernization. 26. In 1993 Sam Pitroda was awarded the..medal. 27. Sam Pitroda was awarded thein the year 1995. 28. Dataquest has presented Sam Pitroda Award in 29. Sam Pitroda is currently working on.. 30. Sam Pitroda was advisor to.in the UNO on the ICT advisory committee. 31. Pitroda felt that the existing payment systems are 32. In 1995 Pitroda found . organization to develop telecom infrastructure.

I UNIT - HEAVENS GATE KEY 1.15,000 feet 2. 25 3. Andrew Harvey 4. Choeygyal Jigmed 5. 1975 6. The local ingredients are expensive 7. His visit to the place 8. Tibet & Pakistan 9. Helicopter 10. apritcot trees 11. Helena Norberg-Hodge 12. Land of high passes 13. Alexander the Great 14. Herat & Samarkand 15. 24 hours cold water 16. Construction cranes & revving suzukis
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17. Nubra valley, Ladakh 18. Tse-chu 19. Padmasambhava 20. Nubra 21. white encampaments 22. yak 23. he & she 24. Hotel California 25. Ladakh 27. wild asses, marmots & Bactrian camels 28. glacial snowmelt 29. say no to polythene 30. last shangrila 31. Kargil 32. Tse-chu at Hemis 33. Padmasambhava

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I UNIT HARAGOBIND KHORANA KEY 1. Nucleotides 2. 9 Jan, 1922 3. 1968 4. New York 5. 1952 6. 12 Dec,1968 7. Florida 8. Ratanlal 9. Liverpool 10. Sir Alexander Todd 11. 1960 12. Amino acids 13. 1968 14. Patwari 15. Ratanlal 16. Esther Elizabeth Sibler 17. Raipur in Panjab 18. Codons 19. 64 20. Mahan Singh 21. Biology 22. RNA molecule
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23. Sugar transport in tumour cells 24. 26 July, 1958 25. Oliguonucleotides 26. Roger J.S. Beer 27. Yeast gene 28. Dr.Gordon M.Tenner 29. Alfred P.Sloan Professor of Biology & Chemistry (Actually he died) 30. Rodospin & protein protein interaction II UN IT SIR C.V.RAMAN KEY 1. 1930 2. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 3. Feb, 28 4. ICS 5. Light of Asia, the Elements of Eclid and the Sensations of Tone 6. 8 Nov, 1888 7. Parvathi Ammal, Chandra Sekhar Iyer 8. Mrs.A.V.Narsimha Rao 9. B.A. 10. Presidency College, Madras 11. E.H.Elliot 12. Indian Civil Service 13. Only one lecture 14. Indian Administrative and Audit Services 15. Philosophical Magazine 16. Jan 1907 17. Veen, tambura, mridangam and table 18. Loka Sundari, Madhurai 19. Asst.Accountant General 20. 400 Rs. 21. Indian Association for the Cultivation of the Science 22. Nature, the Philosophical Magazine & Physical Review 23. Mechanical theory of vibrations of musical instruments of the violin family 24. Ashutosh Mukherjee 25. K.R.Ramanathan, K.S.Krishnan & Suri Bhagavantham 26. Palit Professor of Physics 27. 1921, Calcutta 28. Lord Rayleigh 29. Nature 30. 1922 31. Compton Effect
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32. Raman Effect 33. Raman Research Institute 34. 21 Nov, 1970 35. Current Science & Proceeding of the Academy II UNIT SAM PITRODA KEY 1. Sam Pitroda 2. 4, May 1942 3. Physics and Electronics 4. 1987 5. Chicago, USA 6. 1984 7. 40,000 exchanges & 20 million telephone line 8. Indian Telecom Revolution 9. Digital switching technology 10. Wescom Switching 11. Rajiv Gandhi 12. Center for the Development of Telematics 13. Rural Automatic Telephone Exchanges 14. Ss7 intelligent networking signaling systems 15. Sam Pitroda 16. 6,00, 000 17. Venture Capitalist 18. 50 19. Mahatma Gandhi 20. Mathematics 21. Titlagarh 22. Rockwell, 10 million dollars 23. Ss7 intelligent networking signaling systems 24. Air-conditioning 25. Food, water, shelter & communication 26. IIT Alumni 27. International Distinguished 28. IIT lifetime achievement, 2002 29. Electronic wallet 30. Kofi Annan 31. Obsolete 32. World Tel

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