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All India Radio has been known by which Hindi name since 1957?Read the answer and worked solution →Limited television programming in India started in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Radio broadcasting in India was first initiated in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →From which Indian coastal state was the first expedition to Antarctica flagged off in 1981?Read the answer and worked solution →Who founded the Indian Academy of Sciences in Bangalore in 1934?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was the founder and first president of the National Academy of Sciences, India?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian National Science Academy is based in which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which scientist ran radio experiments in Kolkata in the 1920s to sound the ionosphere?Read the answer and worked solution →The Colaba Observatory, studying the Earth's magnetic field, was established in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which nuclear power station was built early on with American support?Read the answer and worked solution →The word inventor comes from a Latin verb meaning to do what?Read the answer and worked solution →A granted patent gives an inventor a proprietary interest for what kind of period?Read the answer and worked solution →A patent granted in one country gives its owner rights where?Read the answer and worked solution →A new gadget idea has no value yet but is still novel. It counts as an invention but not as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Vaccination and the smartphone both belong to which kind of invention?Read the answer and worked solution →In India, an invention must be capable of being made or used in what?Read the answer and worked solution →Inventions fall into three kinds. Which is NOT one of them?Read the answer and worked solution →

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All India Radio has been known by which Hindi name since 1957?

  1. Doordarshan
  2. Vividh Bharati
  3. Prasar Bharati
  4. Akashvani
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Correct answer: D. Akashvani

Since 1957 the national radio service has also been called Akashvani, meaning voice from the sky.

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Limited television programming in India started in which year?

  1. 1959
  2. 1927
  3. 1947
  4. 1982
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Correct answer: A. 1959

Limited duration television programmes began in 1959, with complete broadcasting following in 1965.

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Radio broadcasting in India was first initiated in which year?

  1. 1905
  2. 1927
  3. 1947
  4. 1959
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Correct answer: B. 1927

Radio broadcasting was initiated in 1927, long before television arrived in 1959.

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