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Venkataraghavan Srinivasan

Daily Quiz | M. Visvesvaraya

Q: M. Visvesvaraya is credited with inventing the block system, automated doors that close when the water overflows. He designed and patented the floodgates. Where was its first installation? 

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A: Khadakvasla Pune

Q: Who genetically engineered a new species of Pseudomonas bacteria (‘the oil eating bacteria’) in 1971 while working for the research & development center at the General Electric Company in Schenectady, New York? 

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A: Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty

Q: The engineering marvel of ancient civilisation, the Great Sphinx of Giza, has the head of a human and the body of a what?

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A: Lion

Q: During the ebola outbreak, what website did Pierre Omidyar start to provide information of the epidemic in the Bay Area of the U.S.

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A: ebay

Q: In terms of engineering software, what does CAD stand for?

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A: Computer Aided Design

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