1. Net Practice
“The prelims”
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2. Welcome one and all…
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3. 1*. Pythagoras coined (among others)
a word meaning ‘love of wisdom’ and
a word meaning ‘that which is
learned’.Both words are names of
disciplines today. Give both.
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4. 2. What is so unique about the
recently launched train "Vivek
Express" by Indian Railways?
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5. 3*. What is known as the second
battle of Haldighat?
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6. 4. Who is the Times Person of
the Year 2011?
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7. 5. Who has acquired a Scottish
Island for about £2 million to set up
a wellness retreat ?
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8. 6. He currently serves as the president of Lakshmi Narayan
Dham, an organization that works under his holiness Shri Kumar
Swami Brahmarishi who is known for blessing people with "beej
mantras" (secret incantations) to help them with their
problems and cure their illnesses. He got his first break in
Indian cinema in the 1977 film Paheli. He later starred in other
films such as Sawan Ko Aane Do (1979), Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin
(1979), Ayaash (1982) and Itni Si Baat (1981).He also worked in
Oriya movies like Bidhira Bidhan (1989) and many Telugu
movies like Edu Kondalaswamy (1991), Govindha Govindha
(1993), and Great Robbery (1996).Identify the actor?
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9. 7*. What could have been Amitabh
Bachchan’s television debut, the role
went to Shashi Kapoor in 1987.Identify
the character that he portrayed?
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10. 8. Toshiba is in talks with TerraPower
to jointly develop an advanced
nuclear reactor. Which well known
business personality owns
TerraPower?
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11. 9*. Blaze is a closed social
networking platform for the
common public to interact with the
employees of a section of which
Indian company?
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12. 10. Who was awarded the
Padma Bhushan by the Govt. of
India in 1992 for his efforts in
establishing an ideal village?
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13. 11*. Madanapalle is a town and a
Municipality located in the Chittoor district of
Andhra Pradesh state. It is one of the biggest
Revenue Divisions in India (it covers almost
half of the Chittoor district). It is a fast-
growing city at the center of an agricultural
region noted for its fruits and vegetables,
especially tomatoes. What is its claim to
fame?
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14. 12. Identify the God
in the picture whose
birthday is
celebrated as Cheti
Chand by the Sindhi
community?
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15. 13. Connect : I Qila Rai Pithora,
Mehrauli, Siri, Tuglaqabad,
Jahanpanah, Ferozabad,
Dinpanah, Shahjahanabad
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16. 14. Which Indian Bollywood actress,
apart from Aishwarya Rai, has her
wax statue at Madame Tussauds?
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17. 15. Which brand launched a
Facebook application that ‘whitens'
your profile picture?
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18. 16. Google Doodle Occasion
IS_____?
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19. 17. Who is a ‘Googlegänger'?
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20. 18.Connect …
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21. 19. Clover Holdings had purchased
what from Escom for a whopping
price of 13 Million Dollars?
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22. 20. . REMCloud.com is a recently
launched but popular social
networking platform like twitter.
What do people post on it or what is
it an aggregator of_______?
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23. 21.Poor girl did nothing wrong, was not credited for what she
“did” and was part of a controversy during the 2011 Oscar
Awards
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24. 22. X has not lost a match since 2003 – 418
matches without losing!!
37 Grand Slams, 21 Masters titles; unbeaten
at Wimbledon. #1 ranked player in the world
for 11 yearhas won 10 consecutive world
titles. Career winning % - 96% (By
comparison, Roger Federer has won 81
percent of his.)
15 Grand Slam Doubles
Won Laureas Awards in 2002 & 08.
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25. 23. President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a
nonpartisan educational and policy studies organization
based in Washington, D.C.
Previously held positions as Chairman and CEO of CNN and
the Managing Editor of TIME.
Appointed by President Obama to be the Chairman of the
Broadcasting Board of Governors, which runs Voice of
America, Radio Free Europe, and the other international
broadcasts of the U.S. government.Who is this?
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26. 24.Identify
him?
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27. 25.Please do stand up.
Why it was in news in the recent past?
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Communications)
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28. PRELIMS OVER