Miscellaneous GK Quiz 2

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is a public deemed research university located in Mumbai that is dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences. It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India. With support from JRD Tata, TIFR was founded on 1 June 1945. Homi Jehangir Bhabha was the founder director and professor of physics at TIFR.

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Indian Air Force Academy is a Defence Service training institute located in Hyderabad, Telangana. The Academy was established in 1969 and started operations in 1971.

Human cloning is permitted in Britain for the purpose of therapeutics. Britain is the first country in Europe to approve the use of human cloning for medical purposes (Therapeutics). Therapeutic cloning in the UK is regulated by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

Television was introduced in India on 15 September 1959 in Delhi, after British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began the first television service of the world in 1936. On 25 April 1982 Doordarshan had introduced to broadcast India's first-ever colour programme.

Northern Rhodesia was a British protectorate before 24 October 1964, when it became independent as the Republic of Zambia.

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the French people commemorating the alliance of France and the United States during the American Revolution in 1885.

The Indian Broadcasting Company (IBC) came into being on July 23, 1927, only to face liquidation in less than three years. In April 1930, the Indian Broadcasting Service, under the Department of Industries and Labour, commenced its operations on an experimental basis.

Sarvodaya is a Sanskrit term meaning 'Upliftment of all'. The term was used by Mahatma Gandhi as the title of his 1908 translation of John Ruskin's book “Unto This Last”, and Gandhi came to use the term for the ideal of his own political philosophy.

Gandhiji had said that his mission in life was 'to wipe every tear from every eye.' Jawaharlal Nehru mentioned this statement of Gandhiji in his famous speech 'Freedom at midnight', “The ambition of the greatest men of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but as long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.”