296: Consider the following statements:
1. The Islamic Calendar is twelve days shorter than the Gregorian Calendar.
2. The Islamic Calendar began in AD 632.
3. The Gregorian Calendar is a solar calendar.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 3 only
Explanation:
The Julian Year was 11 min. and 11 sec. longer than the Solar year. To make the Vernal equinox occur on March 21, as it had in AD 325, the year' of the First Council of Nicaea, 'Pope Gregory XIII' issued a decree dropping 10 days from the Calendar. To prevent further 'displacement he instituted a Calendar, known as the Gregorian Calendar. Islamic Calendar a lunar one used in most Muslim countries was started from AD 622, the day after-the Hegira, or emigration of Mohammad from Mecca to Medina .
297: Sendeep Pandey, the winner of Raman Magsaysay Award, is mainly an activist in
(a) prevention of child marriages
(b) promotion of communal harmony
(c) environmental protection
(d) education and livelihood projects for Dalits
298: Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
1. Francis Collins : Mapping human genome
2. Sergey Brin : Google Search Engine
3. Jimmy Wales : Wikipedia
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Explanation:
Francis S. Collins is an American physician-geneticist, noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes, and his leadership of the Human Genome Project (HGP). He is the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
Sergey Brin is a Russian-born American entrepreneur who co-founded Google with Larry Page. He is also the fourth-youngest billionaire in the world.
. Jimmy Donal "limbo" Wales is an American best known for his role in co-founding Wikipedia, a free open content encyclopedia, in 2001. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, holding the boardappointed "community founder" seat, and is a founder of Wikia, a privately owned free web hosting service set up by Wales in 2004.
299: What was the main reason for a great civil strife in Argentina recently?
(a) Ethnic conflict between the native Red Indian tribes and others
(b) Economic crisis due to huge public debt
(c) The issue of using native languages as medium of instruction in schools
(d) Clashes between government troops and secessionist groups
300: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
List I List II
(Sports Women) (Sport)
I. Anjali Vedpathak (A) Athletics
II. Mouma Das (B) Gymnastics
III. Neelam Singh (C) Rifle Shooting
IV. Tumpa Debnath (D) Table Tennis
(E) Chess
Codes:
(a) I-C, II-D, III-B, IV-E
(b) I-D, II-C, III-A, IV-B
(c) I-D, II-C, III-B, IV-E
(d) I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-B