The figures provided by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Purandeshwari in 2008 included claims that 38 per cent of doctors in US are Indians, as are 36 per cent of NASA scientists and 34 per cent of Microsoft employees. Numbering over 38,000, physicians of Indian origin accounted for one in every 20 doctors practicing medicine in the US in 2002. Another 12,000 Indians and Indian-Americans were medical students and residents - doctors in specialty training - in teaching hospitals across the country. And Indians made up roughly 20 percent of the “International Medical Graduates” - or foreign trained doctors - operating in the U.S. The figures provided by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Purandeshwari in 2008 included claims that 38 per cent of doctors in US are Indians, as are 36 per cent of NASA scientists and 34 per cent of Microsoft employees. Numbering over 38,000, physicians of Indian origin accounted for one in every 20 doctors practicing medicine in the US in 2002. Another 12,000 Indians and Indian-Americans were medical students and residents - doctors in specialty training - in teaching hospitals across the country. And Indians made up roughly 20 percent of the “International Medical Graduates” - or foreign trained doctors - operating in the U.S.

Correct Option: C

The figures provided by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Purandeshwari in 2008 included claims that 38 per cent of doctors in US are Indians, as are 36 per cent of NASA scientists and 34 per cent of Microsoft employees. Numbering over 38,000, physicians of Indian origin accounted for one in every 20 doctors practicing medicine in the US in 2002. Another 12,000 Indians and Indian-Americans were medical students and residents - doctors in specialty training - in teaching hospitals across the country. And Indians made up roughly 20 percent of the “International Medical Graduates” - or foreign trained doctors - operating in the U.S. The figures provided by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Purandeshwari in 2008 included claims that 38 per cent of doctors in US are Indians, as are 36 per cent of NASA scientists and 34 per cent of Microsoft employees. Numbering over 38,000, physicians of Indian origin accounted for one in every 20 doctors practicing medicine in the US in 2002. Another 12,000 Indians and Indian-Americans were medical students and residents - doctors in specialty training - in teaching hospitals across the country. And Indians made up roughly 20 percent of the “International Medical Graduates” - or foreign trained doctors - operating in the U.S.

Ardaseer Cursetjee (Wadia) was an Indian shipbuilder and engineer who is noted for having been the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is recorded as having introduced several (at the time) novel technologies to the city of Bombay (now Mumbai), including gas lighting, the sewing machine, steam pump driven irrigation and electroplating.

Correct Option: B

Ardaseer Cursetjee (Wadia) was an Indian shipbuilder and engineer who is noted for having been the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is recorded as having introduced several (at the time) novel technologies to the city of Bombay (now Mumbai), including gas lighting, the sewing machine, steam pump driven irrigation and electroplating.

Gyan Darshan is a bouquet of satellite-based TV channel devoted to educational and developmental needs of the society. It offers distance education through Virtual Class Room mode and provides access to digital repository of educational content hosted at IGNOU. Doordarshan broadcasts the programme.

Correct Option: C

Gyan Darshan is a bouquet of satellite-based TV channel devoted to educational and developmental needs of the society. It offers distance education through Virtual Class Room mode and provides access to digital repository of educational content hosted at IGNOU. Doordarshan broadcasts the programme.

In response to persistent demands for ‘dual citizenship’ particularly from the Diaspora in North America and other developed countries and keeping in view the Government’s deep commitment towards fulfilling the aspirations and expectations of Overseas Indians, the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) Scheme was introduced by amending the Citizenship Act, 1955 in August 2005. The right of dual citizenship is restricted to those of the diaspora who have acquired the citizenship of the US, the UK, the European Union, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan and New Zealand, leaving out large chunks of the diaspora in the Gulf, besides Myanmar and smaller numbers in Trinidad and Tobago, Fiji, Guyana and other places.

Correct Option: D

In response to persistent demands for ‘dual citizenship’ particularly from the Diaspora in North America and other developed countries and keeping in view the Government’s deep commitment towards fulfilling the aspirations and expectations of Overseas Indians, the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) Scheme was introduced by amending the Citizenship Act, 1955 in August 2005. The right of dual citizenship is restricted to those of the diaspora who have acquired the citizenship of the US, the UK, the European Union, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan and New Zealand, leaving out large chunks of the diaspora in the Gulf, besides Myanmar and smaller numbers in Trinidad and Tobago, Fiji, Guyana and other places.

Due to the availability of multiple operators offering fixed line services (either over wire or wireless), there is an operator-code for each telephone number, which is the first digit in the phone number. These are: 2 BSNL and MTNL; 3 - Reliance Communications; and 4 - Bharti Airtel.

Correct Option: B

Due to the availability of multiple operators offering fixed line services (either over wire or wireless), there is an operator-code for each telephone number, which is the first digit in the phone number. These are: 2 BSNL and MTNL; 3 - Reliance Communications; and 4 - Bharti Airtel.