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A recent movie titled The Man Who Knew Infinity is based on the biography ofRead the answer and worked solution →India's HIGHEST civilian award is:Read the answer and worked solution →In which academic discipline was C. R. Rao celebrated as a global pioneer?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was C.V. Raman awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics?Read the answer and worked solution →What optical phenomenon is known as the Raman Effect?Read the answer and worked solution →National Science Day on 28 February commemorates the discovery of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which premier institute did C.V. Raman head as its first Indian director?Read the answer and worked solution →Who is widely revered as the father of the Indian nuclear programme?Read the answer and worked solution →Which research institution did Homi Bhabha establish in June 1945?Read the answer and worked solution →The Atomic Energy Establishment at Trombay was later renamed as:Read the answer and worked solution →In which mountain region did the tragic plane crash of Homi Bhabha occur?Read the answer and worked solution →Which scientific laboratory in Ahmedabad was founded by Vikram Sarabhai?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Indian rocket engine is named in honour of Vikram Sarabhai?Read the answer and worked solution →Sarabhai initiated the project for the fabrication of which first Indian satellite?Read the answer and worked solution →The International Astronomical Union named which lunar crater after Vikram Sarabhai?Read the answer and worked solution →Which popular sobriquet was given to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam?Read the answer and worked solution →A.P.J. Abdul Kalam served as which numbered President of India?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the title of the famous autobiography of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam?Read the answer and worked solution →Which number is celebrated as the famous Hardy-Ramanujan number?Read the answer and worked solution →Which English mathematician mentored and collaborated with Ramanujan?Read the answer and worked solution →Ramanujan's birth anniversary on 22 December is observed annually as:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1918, Ramanujan became one of the youngest Fellows of which body?Read the answer and worked solution →From which prestigious American university did B.R. Ambedkar earn a degree?Read the answer and worked solution →In which town did Dr. Ambedkar lead the historic 1927 drinking water satyagraha?Read the answer and worked solution →To which religion did Dr. B.R. Ambedkar convert in Nagpur in 1956?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ministerial portfolio did Dr. Ambedkar hold in free India's first cabinet?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European to win:Read the answer and worked solution →Which poetry collection won Rabindranath Tagore the Nobel Prize?Read the answer and worked solution →Which world university at Shantiniketan was founded by Tagore?Read the answer and worked solution →Tagore composed the national anthems of which two sovereign nations?Read the answer and worked solution →

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A recent movie titled The Man Who Knew Infinity is based on the biography of

  1. S. Ramanujan
  2. S. Chandrasekhar
  3. S. N. Bose
  4. V. Raman
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Correct answer: A. S. Ramanujan

The Man Who Knew Infinity is a biographical film about the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. Therefore S. Ramanujan, option A in this question, is correct.

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India's HIGHEST civilian award is:

  1. The Bharat Ratna
  2. The Padma Vibhushan
  3. The Padma Bhushan
  4. The Padma Shri
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Correct answer: A. The Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian honour, instituted in 1954. The Padma series (Vibhushan/Bhushan/Shri) comes next in order of precedence.

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In which academic discipline was C. R. Rao celebrated as a global pioneer?

  1. Astrophysics
  2. Geophysics
  3. Biochemistry
  4. Statistics
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Correct answer: D. Statistics

C.R. Rao gained worldwide eminence for monumental contributions to mathematical statistics.

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