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Drishti PrelimsShe was a national volleyball and football player who boarded the Padmavat Express train at Lucknow for Delhi on 11 April 2011, to take an examination to join the CISF. She was pushed out of a general coach of the train by thieves wanting to snatch her bag and gold chain.She lost her Leg in the incident. While still being treated in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, she resolved to climb Mount Everest, She was inspired by cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who had successfully battled cancer, "to do something" with her life. She contacted Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest, in 2011 and signed up for training under her .She became the first Female amputee to scale Mount everest on May 21,2013 and the first Indian Amputee to scale the Everest.She has written the book “Born again in the mountain”.

Who are we talking about

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ARUNIMA SINHA

Padma Shri 2015

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What connects them

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They are Arun Khetarpal,Jadu Nath Singh,Manoj Kumar Pandey,Piru Singh and Vikram Batra

All Param Vir Chakra winners - The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy. The majority of the recipients, fourteen out of twenty one, were awarded posthumously

Drishti prelimsThis musician has got a patent for

two of his instruments Mohan Veena and Vishwa Veena.He won the Grammy for the Album “A meeting by the river “with RY Cooder.

Who are we talking about.

Q 3

Answer 3

Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

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In 2012, the duo worked on the concept of indigenous tablet PC for healthcare workers in primary health centres in rural areas..

Who is the man in the Picture along with Kalam

Q4

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Well known cardiologist Dr. B. Soma Raju of Care Foundation who together also created the Low cost heart stent

A4

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This dance form originated from a small Hamlet in Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh which gives the dance its name. According to legend, an orphan named Siddhendra Yogi is considered to be the founder of the dance-drama tradition.Famous dancers include Joysula Seetharamaiah,Vempathi Chinna Sathyam.What is the name of the dance?

Q5

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Kuchipudi

Drishti prelims X Studio was launched in Kolhapur by VG Damle, S Fathelal,

KR Dhaiber, SB Kulkarni and V Shantaram. The studio was later

relocated to Pune. Starting with silent films, it entered the sound era

in 1932 and made films in Marathi and Hindi.Today FTII occupies the

land that once belonged to the studio.Which is the studio we are

talking about

Q 6

Answer-5

Prabhat studio

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Prime minister Narendra Modi has created a seperate ministry for AAYUSH.

What does Y represent in AYUSH?

Q7

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YOGA Shripad Yesso Naik as Minister of State

(Independent Charge) for AAYUSH to look after Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy.(AAYUSH)

A7

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If you had friends from Bilaspur,Champa,Korba,Durg and Bhillai ,which state will they be belonging to?

Q8

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Chattisgarh

A8

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Name the organization in which Abdul kalam spent nearly 4 decades

Q9

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DRDO-Defence Research and development organizatiom

A9

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In 1591,which monument was constructed in Hyderbad to commemorate the end of plague epidemic

Q10

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Charminar

A10

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Something beautiful for God is a book by Malcolm Muggeridge.

Who is the Subject of the book

Q11

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Mother Teresa

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Where was the 15th World Athletics championships held this year

Q 12

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Beijing

A 12

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Two sisters, Mildred and Patty Hill, composed the music for song with words "Good morning to all/Good morning to all/Good morning dear children/Good morning to all which was later applied to popular song.Warner Chappel music claimed the rights for this song.

Recently federal district court in California freed this song from copyright shackles.Name the

song

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Happy birthday to you

A 13

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Which much beloved fictional personality met his end while heroically trying to save the life of his friend, Senator Kevin Keller?

Q14

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Archies Andrews

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In which country is the Baikonour cosmodrome located ?

Q-15

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Kazakhsthan

Drishti prelims It was founded in 1961 by Peter Benenson a London

lawyer who organised a letter writing competition

calling for pardon of Prisoners of Conscience.This

organization seeks to inform public of Violation of

human rights especially abridgement of freedom of

speech and religion and imprisonment of Political

Dissidents.Which organization?

Q-16

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For which club does this player play?

Q17

Bayern Munich

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Who is the youngest to get the Noble prize in literature?

Q18

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Rudyard Kipling

Drishti prelimsIt is a small town somewhere in South India, a few hours journey from 

Madras. It is located on the shore of the river Sarayu. Mempi Forest is nearby. Market Street is the central street of town, the location of several big

shops including Bombay Anand Bhavan and Truth Printing Works. Kabir Street is the residence of the elite of this town while Lawley

Extension is a new upcoming lane housing the rich and the influential. Ellammn Street, home to the oil-mongers, is the last street and beyond it

lies the river Sarayu. Other streets include Grove Street, Kalighat Lane and Vinayak Mudali Street.

Palace Talkies was built in 1935 to replace the old Variety Hall. Albert Mission School and Albert Mission College are the more popular educational institutions. There is also the board school and the town elementary schools

Which town are we talking about

Q19

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Never Tickle a sleeping dragon is the Moto of which School

Q20

Hogwarts

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Which NBA team has this player joined this year?

Q21

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Dallas Mavericks

Drishti prelims In November 26, 1965, France launched its first

satellite from Algeria – thus becoming only the 6th country in the world after USSR, USA, UK, Canada and Italy to have an artificial satellite in orbit. The satellite was originally called A-1 because it was the French Army’s first satellite, but it was later renamed to honour (perhaps) France’s most important contribution to the world, bringing much joy to adults and children everywhere.

What was the satellite renamed as?

Q 22

ASTERIX SATELLITE

A 22

Drishti prelims In the 1960s, Chinese leader Mao Zedong demanded a

cure for malaria. X who had only an undergraduate degree in pharmacology, was among those sent to work on the project.At the time, nearly a quarter million different compounds had been tried worldwide to fight the disease. Nothing worked well.

X studied ancient texts and found the Chinese had used sweet wormwood around 400 AD. The team had no success at first, but X dived back into her reading, adjusted the recipe, and boiled an extract of the wormwood — artemsinin in 1972.

X also volunteered to be the first human treated with the new drug.The discovery led to a drug that battles malaria-carrying parasites.Identify X

Q 23

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Tu Youyou the first Chinese

woman to get the Noble prize for medicine in 2015

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What is the space centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh used for Launching satellites called

Q 24

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Sathish Dhawan Space centre

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Which state or union territory in India has French as an official language?

Q 25

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Pondicherry

A 25