Inter school Najath quiz ENQUESTA

Prelims Question 1
“I had failed to realize my dream of becoming
a pilot. It is only when we are faced with
Failure do we realise that we have the
resources within us.We only need to find them
and move on with our lives are lines of newly
released book “ My Journey: Transforming
Dreams into Action"
Who is the Author of the book

Question 2

WIn September, 2013 ,Ms Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was
awarded the 2012 Indira Gandhi Prize for
Peace,Disarmament and Development.
SShe is also the winner of 2011 Noble Peace prize.She
was awarded for serving as an inspiration for ensuring
return of Democracy,Development and security in her
tiny nation? Which nation are we talking about?

Question 3
This writer is credited with using the word for the first time in
the Book “Run Around”.He talked of 3 laws for them
1.A 'X' may not injure a human being or, through inaction,
allow a human being to come to harm.
2.A 'X ' must obey the orders given to it by human beings,
except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3.A 'X' must protect its own existence as long as such
protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Identify the writer and X( Half point each for identifying
writer and X)

ROBOTICS

Issac Asimov

The modern term robot
derives from the Czech
word robota (“forced
labour” or “serf”), used in
Karel Čapek's play R.U.R.
(1920).

Question

4

In 1960 a group of British naturalists including
biologist Sir Julian Huxley, artist and
conservationist ,Peter Scott and ornithologists
Guy Mountfort and Max Nicholson started
which Organization.

Question

5

Leander Paes at the Age 40 this year won
the US 2013 open Doubles crown? Who
was his doubles partner for the event

Radek Stepanek from Czech republic

Question 6)
She won the Pulitzer Prize for her debut
collection of short stories, Interpreter of
Maladies (1999). Her first novel Namesake
was adopted into a film by the same name
and later won many awards,Her latest work
The LOWLAND was in the shortlist for the
BOOKER prize.
Identify the writer

Question 7
Which Sport has 2 styles called Greeco
roman and Freestyle?

Question 8)Name the current
chairman of the TATA group
of companies

Question 9) Who was the first from the
field of Music to get Bharat Ratna in1998?

Q10) What is the most widely used quantitative
measure or a Scale of the magnitude of an
earthquake, devised in 1935 by an American
seismologist called?

Answer

Richter scale


American physicist and
seismologist who developed the
Richter scale for measuring
earthquake magnitude

Q11)Amīr Khusro,one of India's greatest
Persian-language poets,is considered the
Father of this form of Music.Identify the
music.

Q

12 How do we know the actor who was
born as Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan
Pillai?

Q13 Name the Script writer and Director
who have directed films like
Mathilukal,Kathapurusan and Nizhal
Kuthu

Q14 Name the creator of the two popular
comic strips of Phantom and Mandrake
the Magician?

Falk lee born as Leon
Harrison gross

Question 15 )Which nation will be hosting
the 2020 Summer Olympics?

Question 16) Ms Megan Young won the Miss world
2013 title.Which country does she belong to?

Question 17) Who is the current Chief justice
of India who was sworn in on July 19,2013
as the 40th Chief Justice of India?

Answer: Justice Palanisamy Sathasivam

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Question 18 In the Hindi film Tare Zameen
Par,Darsheel Safary played role of which
reading disorder in which words looks
Jumbled

Question 19-If you are travelling with your
parents in your summer vacation through
places like Bhagalpur,Purnia,Motihari and
Darbhanga which Indian state will you be
in

Question 20) Name the person who was
conferred with Bharata Ratna in 1992
posthumously but due to controversy the
award was withdrawn?

Question 21 Name the Indian Born American
Biochemist who won the Nobel Prize for
Physiology or Medicine for research that
helped to show how the nucleotides in nucleic
acids, which carry the genetic code control the
cell's synthesis of proteins.

Question 22) What is Saphire in Thai
Called?

Q 23) Who is the head of the
AAM AADMI PARTY

Who won the Nobel
prize for Literature this
year

Q24)

Ans Alice Munro,
Canadian short story writer

Q 25) Queens Baton Relay came to India in
October first week before the commonwealth
games?
Where is the next Commonwealth games going
to be held?

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