I B.Tech. I Mid Examinations, November – 2011 jntu

                     JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

I B.Tech. I Mid Examinations, November – 2011

ENGLISH

Objective Exam

Name: ______________________________ Hall Ticket No.



 Time: 20 Min. Marks: 10.

Answer All Questions. All Questions Carry Equal Marks.

I. Choose the correct alternative:

1. The meaning of Ladakh is __________                                                                    [a]

(a) the land of high passes                 (b) the land of mountains

(c) the land of rivers                              (d) the land of valleys.

2. What did Pico Iyer aspire for Ladakhis?                                                                    [d]

(a) Skillful education                 (b) Preservation of the environs

(c) To know about Paris Hilton (d) To retrieve something lost

3. Helen Norberg-Hodge’s organization was trying to protect the _____ of Ladakh. [b]

(a) ecology (b) the people (c) spiritual fervour (d) monuments

4. When did Raman pass his M.A., examination?                                                          [b]

(a) February 1906 (b) January 1907 (c) February 1907 (d) January 1909

5. How did Raman explain the working of ‘ektara’?                                                      [d]

(a) being fascinated by waves and sounds.         (b) by studying about musical instruments

(c) by studying and experimenting in the IACS (d) using an idea in Helmholtz’s book

6. What is the prestigious examination that Raman intended to take up?              [b]

(a) FCS            (b) ICS            (c) IAAS          (d) IACS

7. Where did Khorana begin his research on nucleic acids?                                            [c]

(a) the University of Liverpool   (b) the University of Wisconsin

(c) the University of Cambridge        (d) the University of Leeds

8. Then Indian Prime Minister Mr. Rajiv Gandhi made Sam Pitroda his Chief Scientific Advisor and requested him to start a new public-sector venture called __________. [c]

(a) Centre for the Development of Telecoms (b) Centre for the Development of Telephones (c) Centre for the Development of Telematics (d) Centre for the Development of Polemics

9. ‘Philosophical Magazine’ is a _________.                                                    [a]

(a) British Journal (b) American Journal (c) French Journal (d) Indian Journal

10. As a result of RAX about how many exchanges and telephone lines were installed in India?                                                                                                                          [d]

(a) 40,000 exchanges & 40 million telephone lines (b) 20,000 exchanges & 40 million telephone lines(c) 20,000 exchanges & 20 million telephone lines (d) 40,000 exchanges & 20 million telephone lines

 

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11. Ladakh was the one place where pastoral existence was still preserved

12. Who is the author of “journey in Ladakh” Andrew Harvey

13. Workers in the best hotels in Ladakh boast of “24 hours Cold water

14. Raman joined the MA physics class in Presidency College, Madras.

15. Sam pitroda was born in the year 1942.

16. Khorana joined the faculty of Massachusetts Instutitue of Technology as Alfred P. Slaon professor of Biology and chemistry.

17. Raman took up the director ship of Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.

18. Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in the year 1930.

19. During Rajiv Gandhi’s government Sam Pitroda became the chairman of National Technology Mission

20. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.