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1. Where was Pedro Alvares Cabral born? a) Belmonte b) Sines c) Lisbon d) Venice 2. When did Pedro Alvares Cabral begin his voyage to India? a) 9 March 1500 b) 17 May 1496 c) 14 July 1521 d) 7 December 1526 3. Who of the following explorers accompanied Pedro Alvares Cabral in his voyage to India? a) Bartholomeu Dias b) Christopher Columbus c) Ferdinand Magellan d) Vasco da Gama

1. When did John Bardeen first win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1956 b) 1950 c) 1945 d) 1962 2. When did John Bardeen win Nobel Prize for Physics for the second time? a) 1966 b) 1964 c) 1972 d) 1976 3. When was John Bardeen born? a) 29 February 1904 b) 23 May 1908 c) 11 July 1898 d) 5 December 1896

1. When was Arthur Conan Doyle born? a) 31 March 1854 b) 22 May 1859 c) 25 September 1857 d) 30 December 1855 2. Where was Arthur Conan Doyle born? a) Edinburgh b) Glasgow c) Aberdeen d) Dundee 3. When did Arthur Conan Doyle receive doctorate in medicine? a) 1880 b) 1874 c) 1885 d) 1882

1. In which city is Mukesh Ambani's famous residence, Antilia, located? (a) Delhi (b) Mumbai (c) Kolkata (d) Bangalore 2. What is the name of Mukesh Ambani's father, who founded Reliance Industries? (a) Ratan Tata (b) Dhirubhai Ambani (c) Kumar Mangalam Birla (d) Gautam Adani 3. Mukesh Ambani is the chairman and managing director of which company? (a) Infosys (b) Wipro (c) Reliance Industries (d) Mahindra & Mahindra

1. What is Azim Premji best known for? (a) Bollywood actor (b) Philanthropist and businessman (c) Cricket player (d) Politician 2. Which company did Azim Premji inherit from his father? (a) Reliance Industries (b) Wipro (c) Infosys (d) Tata Group 3. What is Wipro's main area of business? (a) Telecommunications (b) Information Technology (c) Automobiles (d) Consumer goods

1. In which year was Sachin Tendulkar born? (a) 1971 (b) 1973 (c) 1975 (d) 1977 2. At what age did Sachin make his Test debut? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 20 3. Against which country did Sachin play his first Test match? (a) England (b) Australia (c) Pakistan (d) West Indies

1. In which Indian state was Kapil Dev born? (a) Punjab (b) Haryana (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Maharashtra 2. What was Kapil Dev's primary cricketing role? (a) Wicket-keeper (b) All-rounder (c) Opener Batsman (d) Spinner 3. In which year did Kapil Dev make his international debut? (a) 1978 (b) 1983 (c) 1992 (d) 2003

1. In which Indian state was Kalpana Chawla born? (a) Maharashtra (b) Haryana (c) Gujarat (d) Punjab 2. What year was Kalpana Chawla selected by NASA for astronaut training? (a) 1980 (b) 1994 (c) 1970 (d) 2000 3. What was the name of Kalpana Chawla's first space mission? (a) Atlantis (b) Columbia (c) Challenger (d) Discovery

1. In which city was Homi Bhabha born? (a) Mumbai, India (b) London, England (c) Paris, France (d) New York City, USA 2. What field of science did Homi Bhabha specialize in? (a) Biology (b) Chemistry (c) Physics (d) Geology 3. Homi Bhabha is widely regarded as the "Father of" what in India? (a) Space Exploration (b) The Green Revolution (c) The Indian Nuclear Programme (d) Modern Medicine

1. What was Sri Aurobindo's birth name? (a) Mirra Alfassa (b) Rajneesh (c) Aurobindo Ghose (d) Sri Chinmoy 2. In which country was Sri Aurobindo born? (a) Pakistan (b) Sri Lanka (c) India (d) Nepal 3. Sri Aurobindo was a prominent figure in which of these fields? (a) Science (b) Politics (c) Engineering (d) Accounting