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Qn.1 Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala is Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology , ... Prof.C.N.R. Rao started his career working on spectra and structure of molecules, his research interests have slowly moved almost entirely to Solid State and Materials Chemistry, Surface Science and related areas.

Qn.2 Nobel Prizes

• The Nobel Committees at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences are responsible for the selection of candidates for the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry.
• The Prize Committee at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is responsible for The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
• The Nobel Committee at Karolinska Institutet is responsible for the selection of candidates for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
• The Nobel Committee at the Swedish Academy is responsible for the selection of candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• The Norwegian Nobel Committee, whose five members are appointed by the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget), is entrusted both with the preparatory work related to prize adjudication and with the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Peace Center was opened in the heart of Oslo , Norway on June 11, 2005.

Qn.3. In the 1980 Moscow Olympic hockey tournament.9 teams from the 1976 Montreal Olympic hockey competition did not compete. The boycotting teams included the top 3 teams at Montreal - New Zealand (gold), Australia (silver) and Pakistan (bronze). European hockey powerhouses Germany , Holland and Great Britain also did not compete in this US-led boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games.

• ..with only 4 minutes remaining, Spain scored again with their skipper Juan Amat completing his hat-trick. .. India finally won the thriller 4-3, and thus regained the elusive gold after 16 long years. Spain had to be content with the Fairplay Trophy.
• �The 16 goals scored by centre-forward Surinder Singh Sodhi in the 1980 Moscow Olympics is the highest tally by an Indian in an Olympic hockey competition. It beat the earlier record of 15 goals set by the great Udham Singh in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

Qn.4. Ilmenite is the titanium ferrous ore that is abundantly available in India in the coastal sands of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Orissa. -- Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd (KMML) Kollam is the  only integrated titanium dioxide facility having mining, mineral separation, synthetic rutile and pigment-production plants producing world's finest ilmenite, rutile, zircon, sillimenite, synthetic rutile and rutile grade titanium dioxide pigment

Qn.5 The successful launch of India �s first Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-3) on July 18, 1980, was a historic landmark for the Indian space programme

• Bangladesh was formed in 1971, when the east Pakistan Province declared their independence on March 26.
• Sikkim became the 22nd state of India on May 16, 1975
• The first Indian test - Pokhran I or "Smiling Buddha" on May 18, 1974

Qn.6. The Panchayat Raj Institutions of Tamil Nadu cornered maximum number of the coveted Nirmal Gram Puraskar Awards worth Rs.48 lakhs.

Qn.7. The Rashtrakutas were feudatories to the Chalukya and came into prominence under Dantidurga around 753 CE --- Dantidurga was the first independent Rashtrakuta king..

Qn.8 On August 25, 2005 CMs of UP and MP signed a MoU for a project to interlink Betwa and Ken rivers. Betwa river in Bhojpur is lifeline of millions of people in the two states; but rain-fed river has been shrinking due to bad monsoons year after year....Betwa and Ken, which correspond to the border areas of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. ...

Qn.9. GoI appoints a committee to choose the best movie released that year, which is sent as India 's official entry to the Oscars for a nomination for Best Foreign Film �next year�

• In 2004 it was Shwaas by Sanjay Sawant. Starring Arun Nalawade, Ashwin Chitale.

• In 2005 it was Paheli by Amol Palekar. Starring Shah Rukh and Rani

Qn.10 On Sept 28, 2005 PM presented the CSIR Diamond Jubilee Technology Award for 2004 to Midas Communications Technologies Pvt. Ltd. PM also released the �India Science Report� relating to science and technology status report of the country.

Qn.11.ONGC Mittal Energy Ltd (OMEL), the joint venture between ONGC and L N Mittal Group, signed a MoU with the Nigerian Government for long-term infrastructure investments in exchange for drilling rights in that country (Nov 2005).

Qn.12. Cairn Energy discovered (in 2004) the reserves in Mangla oil field of the Barmer-Sanchore basin to the north of the desert state, Rajasthan

Qn.13 Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Khadakwasla (near Pune) as it is known today, was  established in 1916 by the then Bombay Presidency as a "Special Irrigation Cell" with a limited mandate to modify irrigation practice to meet agricultural requirements

Qn.14 Project and Development India Limited is addressed as (Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Department of Fertilizers), PDIL Bhawan, A-14, Distt. Gautam Budh Nagar,  Sector-I, Noida - 201 301, U.P.

Qn.15.PM Dr. Manmohan Singh is President-CSIR,  Kapil Sibal -Vice President and  Dr. R A Mashelkar is Director General of CSIR; CSIR, the premier industrial R and D organization in India was constituted in 1942 by a resolution of the then Central Legislative Assembly. CSIR is an autonomous body registered under the Registration of Societies Act of 1860

Qn.16. Angkor Vat has a unique place in the long ancient Khmer tradition of the royal "Temple-Mountain.". Built in the 12th century in the reign of King Suryavarman II, this was the residence of Vishnu, the divine palace in which the King himself was to reside after death

Qn.17 Indian, the company was formerly known as Indian Airlines. On December 7, 2005 The company was rebranded as Indian as a part of a program to revamp the company image in preparation for an IPO.. The airlines new logo is said to be contemporary graphic representation wheel of Sun temple in Konark

Qn.18. E.C.G. Sudarshan made crucial contribution to quantum theory  - ONE half of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics is for "the contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence". But the Nobel Committee's decision to name only Roy J. Glauber of Harvard University for this award has surprised many Indian physicists greatly. 

Dr V. Shanta is a cancer specialist and Magsaysay awardee on her mission to make the world a healthier place

Qn.19. The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world. The Forum provides a collaborative framework for the world's leaders to address global issues, engaging particularly its corporate members in global citizenship. � it takes place annually at a luxury ski-resort in Davos , Switzerland .

Qn.20 Universal Product Code was the first bar code symbology widely adopted. Its birth is usually set at April 3, 1973, when the grocery industry formally established UPC as the standard bar code symbology for product marking

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