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In 1994 Government of India in recognition of his outstanding achievement in Cricket honoured him with
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  1. Padma Shri

  2. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

  3. Padma Vibhushan

  4. Arjuna Award

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Correct Option: D

"If you accept the status quo as good enough, you're managing in a rearview mirror. And in this economy, you can bet you'll crash right into the future."
general knowledge

  1. Michael Dell

  2. Jack Welch

  3. John Chambers

  4. David Packard

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following is NOT an obstacle to development of nuclear energy?
general knowledge science & technology

  1. skyrocketing costs of building nuclear facilities that have to maintain the highest safety standards

  2. possible escape of radioactive debris during a meltdown of the core or other malfunction

  3. there are real hazards associated with the disposal of nuclear waste

  4. nuclear power is a clean, cheap source of energy to replace fossil fuels

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Correct Option: D

For generation of hydroelectric power, why are dams not permanent solutions, and are instead short-lived structures?
general knowledge science & technology

  1. water volume usually decreases over time due to significant cracks in the dam

  2. dams are usually not well built, so they will collapse, usually within a few years of construction

  3. debris and rocks are deposited on the downstream side of the dam, thus making the power of the impounded water lowered

  4. sediment is deposited on the upstream side of the dam, thus making the impounded water a lower volume

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Correct Option: D

A famous one-liner, one that famously sounded the death knell for DEC: "I don't think there is the need for anybody to have a computer in his or her home."
general knowledge

  1. Bill Gates

  2. Jack Welch

  3. Michael Capellas

  4. Ken Olsen

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Correct Option: D

How do deposits of graphite form, typically?
general knowledge science & technology

  1. as deposits around submarine, hot spring vents

  2. by decomposition of humus and soil gases during intense, tropical weathering

  3. by regional metamorphism of organic-rich, black shales

  4. as hydrothermal vein deposits in limestone around a granitic batholith

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Correct Option: C

A snide understatement by a former CEO, when asked by John Doerr to accept the top post of a popular search-engine company: "No one gives a damn about search."
general knowledge

  1. Steve Ballmer

  2. Eric Schmidt

  3. Larry Ellison

  4. Marc Andreesen

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Correct Option: B

"Of all things created, the most lovely and divine are children."
general knowledge

  1. Percy Shelley

  2. John Keats

  3. William Canton

  4. Arthur Conan Doyle

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following is NOT a building material?
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  1. gypsum

  2. aggregate of crushed stone, sand and gravel

  3. clay

  4. limestone

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Correct Option: D

Which famous scientist, upon completion of a famous nuclear project said: "Now I have become Death, the destroyer of Worlds."
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  1. Robert Oppenheimer

  2. Homi Bhabha

  3. Werner von Braun

  4. Anil Kakodkar

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Correct Option: A