Have a crack at the prelims of News quiz conducted in Kochi

1. Prelims

2.  Jigme Singye Wangchuck was the first to propose the
concept of Gross National X
 Madhya Pradesh was the first state to have a X
department in 2017.
 Finland has topped the World X index for 5 years in
row
 India was ranked 136 out of 146 countries in the United
Nations' World X Report, 2022 report
 What is X we are talking about
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3.  We celebrate July 23 as National Broadcasting day
 Bahujanahitaya Bahujanasukhaya
(बहुजनहहताय बहुजनसुखाय) is the motto
Of the organization
What has been Blanked in the logo here which is the
official name of the organization since 1957
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4.  Rabindranath Tagore and X shared a lifelong
relationship of mutual admiration, love and
respect.
 The poet inspired the statistician to reach new
heights while the latter took it upon himself to
promote Tagore’s ideals and his works around
the globe.
 India observes National Statistics Day
on 29th June every year to honour the work and
contribution of late Professor and Scientist in
the field of Statistics and economic
planning.Identify the person
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5.  Name the Sponsors of Indian Hockey team with the
tagline Indias Best kept secret
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6. What is the name of the
Mascot shown in the
picture
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7. “Shabaash Mithu ” is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed
by Srijit Mukherji and produced by Viacom18 Studios.
On whom is the film based
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8.  Which is the country that is referred to as the
YOUNGEST Country in the world after gaining
Independence in 2011?
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9. Identify the Instrument
shown in the picture
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10. Which team won its first Ranji Trophy Title last month defeating 41 times
champions Mumbai in the final?
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11. IDENTIFY THE ADVERTISER
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12. Who has written these books
Prelims News Quiz Q-11
• The Mother I Never Knew
• Three Thousand Stitches
• The Man from the Egg
• Here, There, Everywhere
• The Magic of the Lost
Temple
• The Bird with Golden
Wings
• How I Taught My
Grandmother to Read and
Other Stories

13. This is traditional folk dance of Rajasthan. It was the Bhil tribe who performed it to worship Goddess
Sarasvati which was later embraced by other Rajasthani communities.It consists of woman dressed in
colourful Ghagra Cholis twirling in circles.Name the dance made popular in the movie Padmaavat
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14. Maryna Viazovska, James Maynard, June Huh, Hugo Duminil-Copin were the winners of
medal this year.It is awarded at University at Toronto.Which award did they win?
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15. Identify the person
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16.  She won the Grammy award for 'Best
Children's Music Album' this year for
album A Colorful World.
 In this album the she used the analogy
of crayons in a box to have a
conversation about race with her son
Nishaad.
 The crayons are all of different colours
but they still live together
 Identify the singer
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17.  Neal Stephenson first coined the term in his
1992 book "Snow Crash,"
 He recently took to social media to let people
know he is definitely not involved in an X
company's efforts to make the some sort of
reality.
 The book Snow crash envisioned a Virtual
reality based successor to the Internet
 What are we talking about
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18.  The book Reth Samadhi traces the
transformative journey of 80-year-old
Ma, who becomes depressed after the
death of her husband.
 She then decides to travel to Pakistan,
confronting trauma that had remained
unresolved since she was a teenager
who survived the Partition riots. The
story is fictional
 Identify the writer of the book
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19. He was the first director of CSIR (council
of scientific and industrial research) the
first Industrial research organization and
is regarded as the father of research
laboratories in india.
In 1958 CSIR instituted an award in his
name given to scientists who have made
significant contributions in various
branches of science
IDENTIFY THE PERSON
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20. Indian biochemist who in 1939 became the first Indian
woman to receive a PhD in a scientific discipline
Her work on the nutritional benefits of the palm extract called
'Neera' was inspired by the then-president Rajendra Prasad's
suggestion
Her research delved into the effects of vitamins and into the
values of pulses, paddy, and groups of food items consumed by
some of the poorest sections of the Indian population
From her work on potatoes, she discovered the enzyme
'Cytochrome C' which plays an essential role in the electron transport
transport chain
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21.  The song was called Tarānah-e-Hindi and was written by
Philosopher and lecturer at Govt college Lahore
 The poem was published in the weekly journal Ittehad on 16
August 1904
 The song was made into a marching tune for Armed forced by
Antsher Lobo
 Ravi Shankar composed the music for the song for a movie.He
felt the original tune was slow and sad.
 Lata Mangeshkar sung to a third version of the tune later
 Which song are we talking about
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22. Lets take a break