Consider the following names in field of Indian cinema :
Vidya Balan
Soumitra Chatterjee
Tapan Sinha
VK Murthy
Which of the following statement is/are correct ?
1. All of them are winners Dadasaheb Phalke award.
2. While Tapan Sinha is a director VK Murthy is known cinematography
3. Soumitra Chatterjee was the last to get the Dadasaheb Phalke awards
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 2 and 3 only (C) 3 only (D) 1 and 2 only
Consider the following statements
1. Justice Dalveer Bhandari was recently elected as the President of International Court of Justice
2. Justice Bhandari was a senior Judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Where of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(A) 1 only (B) 2 only (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2
Who among the following was recently (May 2012) elected as Chair of the Asian Development Bank's Board
of Governors ?
(A) Pranab Mukherjee (B) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
(C) Duvvuri Subbarao (D) Adity Puri
When an electrical safety fuse is rated (marked) as 16 A, it means it
(A) Will not work if current is less than 16 A (B) has a resistance of 16 Ω
(C) will work if the temperature is more than 16º C (D) will be blown (break) if current exceeds 16 A
For a simple pendulum, the graph between T2 and L (where T is the time period & L is the length) is
(A) straight line passing through origin (B) parabolic
(C) circle (D) none of the above
A bucket full of water is kept in a room and it cools from 75ºC to 70ºC in time T1 minutes, from 70ºC to
65ºC in time T2 minutes, and from 65ºC to 60ºC in time T3 minutes, then
(A) T1 = T2 = T3 (B) T1 < T2 < T3 (C) T1 > T2 > T3 (D) T1 < T3 < T2
Telescopes are placed in space to view distant galaxies primarily to
(A) get closer to the observed objects
(B) avoid the absorption of light or other radiations in the atmosphere of the earth
(C) avoid light pollution from the earth's populated areas
(D) avoid steering the telescope against the earth's motion
Which one among the following statements is correct ?
The press in democracy must
(A) be free and impartial
(B) be committed to the policies of the government
(C) highlight the achievement of the government without criticizing its policies
(D) criticize the policies of the government
The first Prime Minister of India in 1947 was appointed by
(A) the governor General (B) The president of India
(C) Mahatma Gandhi (D) a committee headed by Dr. Rajendra Prasad