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Which Indian personality has been selected for France’s highest civilian award “Legion of Honour”  ?

A) Amitabh Bachchan B) Salman Khan
C) Soumitra Chatterjee D) Shahrukh Khan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Soumitra Chatterjee

Explanation:

Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee has been selected for France’s highest civilian award “Legion of Honour” for his outstanding contribution to cinema and theatre. With this, Chatterjee has become the first Bengali actor to be chosen for the award. The honour comes almost 3 decades after the same recognition was conferred on master director Satyajit Ray in 1987. Chatterjee has acted in several of Ray’s films including ‘Apur Sansar’, ‘Debi’,’ Aranyer Din Ratri’, ‘Ghare Bairey’ and ‘Ganashatru’. Earlier recipients of the Legion of Honour include sitar meastro Pandit Ravi Shankar, Amitabh Bachaan, Shahrukh Khan and Kamal Hasan. Chatterjee was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2012.

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The Pitt's India Act empowered the Governor - General with

A) Power of vote B) A casting vote
C) The power to dismiss the council D) The power to add more members to the council
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A casting vote

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Minjar Fair is the important fair celebrated in Chamba district. What does 'Minjar' represent for  ?

A) Lotus flowers B) Wheat flowers
C) Local Custom D) Maize flowers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Maize flowers

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________ oilfield of India has the largest quantity of recoverable reserves

A) Moron Oilfield B) Mumbai High oil field
C) Ankaleshwar Oil field D) Naharkatiya Oil field
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mumbai High oil field

Explanation:

The Mumbai High Offshore Oil field is considered as  a giant Oil field. An Oilfield to be categorised as a giant should have a minimum of 500 million barrels of recoverable crude oil.

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Blood is a connective tissue embedded in which type of intercellular matrix?

 

A) Jelly like B) Fluid
C) Dense D) No option is correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Fluid

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A series of instructions that tells a computer what to do and how to do it is called a _______

A) Program B) Command
C) User response D) Processor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Program

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The oldest Monarchy in the world is that of

A) UK B) Nepal
C) Saudi Arabia D) Japan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Japan

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Which of the following is India’s first indigenously developed nuclear powered submarine ?

A) INS Arihant B) INS Vikrant
C) INS Sindhurakshak D) INS Trikhand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) INS Arihant

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