I B.Tech. I Mid Examinations, December – 2010
I. Choose the correct alternative:
1. What are the three things which made the writer, Pico Iyer think of Afghanistan? [ ]
(a) chapels thick with the smell of yak butter, barren mountains and the snow caps
(b) white terraces of the houses, snow caps and melted yak butter
(c) the houses gathered along the valley, the barren mountains and the snow caps
(d) the houses gathered along the valley, the dry river beds and the snow caps
2. Who is the author of Journey in Ladakh? [ ]
(a) William Harvey (b) Andrew Harvey (c) Andrew Hilton (d) William Hilton
3. The three books that Raman could pick to mould his mental and spiritual outlook and determine his chosen path were [ ]
(a) Helmholtz’s Light of Asia, The Elements of Euclid, a treatise on classical
geometry and The Sensations of Tone by Edwin Arnold. (b) Edwin Arnold’s Radiance of Asia, The Rudiments of Eucloid, a treatise on
classical geometry and The Sensations of Tone by Helmholtz.
(c) Edwin Arnold’s Light of the World, The Elements of Eucloid, a treatise on
classical geometry and The Sensations of Tone by Helmholtz.
(d) Edwin Arnold’s Light of Asia, The Elements of Euclid, a treatise on classical
geometry and The Sensations of Tone by Helmholtz.
4. What is the title of the story of Gautama Buddha? [ ]
(a) Radiance of Asia (b) Sparkle of Asia
(c) Light of Asia (d) Light of the World
5. Sam Pitroda successfully embarked upon the creation and launch of ______________ exchanges designed and manufactured by him and his team of Indian engineers. [ ]
(a) Urban Automatic Telephone (b) Rural Automotive Telephone
(c) Rural Automatic Telephone (d) Urban Automative Telephone
6. Pico Iyer, when stepped onto Main Bazaar Road, saw some Indo-Iranians who trace their blue or green eyes to ___________. [ ]
(a) Akbar the Great (b) Shajahan the Ruler (c) Tippu Sultan (d) Alexander the Great
7. Khorana shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine with ______ and ________. [ ]
(a) Robert W. Holley & Prof. A.R. Todd
(b) Marshall W. Nirenberg & Prof. A.R. Todd
(c) Dr. Jack Campbell & Robert W. Holley
(d) Marshall W. Nirenberg & Robert W. Holley
8. Raman remarked, “I shall ever be grateful to this man”. Here Raman is referring
to _________. [ ]
(a) Professor E. H. Elliot (b) Civil Surgeon of Madras
(c) Accountant General, Calcutta (d) Ashutosh Mookerjee
9. Where did Khorana begin his research on nucleic acids [ ]
(a) the University of Liverpool (b) the University of Florida (c) the University of Cambridge (d) the University of Wisconsin
10. Then Indian Prime Minister Mr. Rajiv Gandhi made Sam Pitroda his ___________ and requested him to start a new public-sector venture called C-Dot. [ ]
(a) Chief Telecom Officer (b) Chief Scientific Officer
(c) Chief Scientific Advisor (d) Chief Telecom Advisor
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11. Workers in the best hotels in Ladakh boast of “24 hours ______.”
12. ________, the eighth-century Indian reformer brought Tantric Buddhism to Tibet.
13. If there is one man who built the foundation of the revolution in communication systems, it is _______.
14. Light can undergo a scattering through a liquid resulting in a change in its frequency. This is called the famous ______ effect.
15. At DAV High School who influenced Khorana greatly ____________
16. The telephone exchange company started by Sam Pitroda is called ____________.
17. Sam Pitroda founded World Tel-a global organization in the year ______.
18. Pico Iyer drove out early one morning to Hemis to witness one of the great events of the Ladakhi calendar, the _______ festival.
19. The name Ladakh means ___________.
20. The Centre for Development of Telematics was founded in the year _______.
KEYS
1. c
2. b
3. d
4. c
5. c
6. d
7. d
8. b
9. c
10. c
11. cold water
12. Padmasambhava
13. Sam Pitroda
14. Raman
15. Ratan Lal
16. Wescom Switching
17. 1995
18. Tse-Chu
19. the land of high passes
20. 1984
I. Choose the correct alternative:
1. What are the three things which made the writer, Pico Iyer think of Afghanistan? [ ]
(a) chapels thick with the smell of yak butter, barren mountains and the snow caps
(b) white terraces of the houses, snow caps and melted yak butter
(c) the houses gathered along the valley, the barren mountains and the snow caps
(d) the houses gathered along the valley, the dry river beds and the snow caps
2. Who is the author of Journey in Ladakh? [ ]
(a) William Harvey (b) Andrew Harvey (c) Andrew Hilton (d) William Hilton
3. The three books that Raman could pick to mould his mental and spiritual outlook and determine his chosen path were [ ]
(a) Helmholtz’s Light of Asia, The Elements of Euclid, a treatise on classical
geometry and The Sensations of Tone by Edwin Arnold. (b) Edwin Arnold’s Radiance of Asia, The Rudiments of Eucloid, a treatise on
classical geometry and The Sensations of Tone by Helmholtz.
(c) Edwin Arnold’s Light of the World, The Elements of Eucloid, a treatise on
classical geometry and The Sensations of Tone by Helmholtz.
(d) Edwin Arnold’s Light of Asia, The Elements of Euclid, a treatise on classical
geometry and The Sensations of Tone by Helmholtz.
4. What is the title of the story of Gautama Buddha? [ ]
(a) Radiance of Asia (b) Sparkle of Asia
(c) Light of Asia (d) Light of the World
5. Sam Pitroda successfully embarked upon the creation and launch of ______________ exchanges designed and manufactured by him and his team of Indian engineers. [ ]
(a) Urban Automatic Telephone (b) Rural Automotive Telephone
(c) Rural Automatic Telephone (d) Urban Automative Telephone
6. Pico Iyer, when stepped onto Main Bazaar Road, saw some Indo-Iranians who trace their blue or green eyes to ___________. [ ]
(a) Akbar the Great (b) Shajahan the Ruler (c) Tippu Sultan (d) Alexander the Great
7. Khorana shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine with ______ and ________. [ ]
(a) Robert W. Holley & Prof. A.R. Todd
(b) Marshall W. Nirenberg & Prof. A.R. Todd
(c) Dr. Jack Campbell & Robert W. Holley
(d) Marshall W. Nirenberg & Robert W. Holley
8. Raman remarked, “I shall ever be grateful to this man”. Here Raman is referring
to _________. [ ]
(a) Professor E. H. Elliot (b) Civil Surgeon of Madras
(c) Accountant General, Calcutta (d) Ashutosh Mookerjee
9. Where did Khorana begin his research on nucleic acids [ ]
(a) the University of Liverpool (b) the University of Florida (c) the University of Cambridge (d) the University of Wisconsin
10. Then Indian Prime Minister Mr. Rajiv Gandhi made Sam Pitroda his ___________ and requested him to start a new public-sector venture called C-Dot. [ ]
(a) Chief Telecom Officer (b) Chief Scientific Officer
(c) Chief Scientific Advisor (d) Chief Telecom Advisor
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11. Workers in the best hotels in Ladakh boast of “24 hours ______.”
12. ________, the eighth-century Indian reformer brought Tantric Buddhism to Tibet.
13. If there is one man who built the foundation of the revolution in communication systems, it is _______.
14. Light can undergo a scattering through a liquid resulting in a change in its frequency. This is called the famous ______ effect.
15. At DAV High School who influenced Khorana greatly ____________
16. The telephone exchange company started by Sam Pitroda is called ____________.
17. Sam Pitroda founded World Tel-a global organization in the year ______.
18. Pico Iyer drove out early one morning to Hemis to witness one of the great events of the Ladakhi calendar, the _______ festival.
19. The name Ladakh means ___________.
20. The Centre for Development of Telematics was founded in the year _______.
KEYS
1. c
2. b
3. d
4. c
5. c
6. d
7. d
8. b
9. c
10. c
11. cold water
12. Padmasambhava
13. Sam Pitroda
14. Raman
15. Ratan Lal
16. Wescom Switching
17. 1995
18. Tse-Chu
19. the land of high passes
20. 1984
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