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Sunday, February 26, 2012

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What connects:
1) A place of pilgrimage near Nashik.
2) 7, Race Course road, New Delhi.
3) The Banyan Tree.

Panchavati, the name of building for Prime Minister's residence, a pilgrimage place near Nashik.
पन्चवटि is a combination of पन्च(Five) + वटि (The Banyan tree). The place was known for 5 large Banyan trees during Lord Rama's exile near this place.

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A concert in whose memory?

Yitzhak Rabin.

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Which non profit organization's logo is a simple glowing earthen lamp with the Sanskrit word for ‘Literature’ inscribed at the center of the lamp?

Sahitya Acedemy.

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Identify this person on the stamp

Edmund Hillary.

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Identify this famous science station. It is no longer in operation and has been replaced since 1990 by a ‘friendly’ one. Where and what?

Dakshin Gangotri, the first Indian science center in Antarctica, later replaced by 'Maitri'.

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What is the engineering term to describe the phenomenon shown here?

Aliasing.

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What phenomenon in science is illustrated here?

Sunday, February 5, 2012

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He was nominated for Nobel prize in physics 4 times, though did not get it
An equation to describe physical and chemical composition of stellar objects is named after him. Who?

Meghnand Saha.

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Indian Standard Time (IST) is +5.30 GMT and is calculated at 82.5 degrees E longitude.
This longitude passes through just south of a town in Uttar Pradesh, named after the person depicted. Which town?


The 82.5 degrees longitude, the basis of IST passes through South of Mirzapur, named after the Ghalib.

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What is the connect?


The Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment, the experimental communication satellite by ISRO was popularly abbreviated as APPLE. The first pic shown the very early logo of Apple computers, a tribute to the Apple that is supposed to have fallen on Newton's head and inspired him to study gravity.