Phyllis Dorothy James, popularly known as PD James, died recently. She was well-known for her series of detective novels starring investigator Adam Dalgliesh. Name her first novel that featured Dalgliesh.
This organ is best developed in lizards and snakes, and helps them taste and smell. Name the organ.
The saxophone, a popular jazz instrument, was initially used in military bands and orchestras. Who invented this instrument?
The Jnanpith Award is given to writers for their lifetime contribution to Indian Literature. Who received the award in 2013?
Paella is a dish that blends seafood, poultry, rice, and other ingredients. In which country would you most likely find this dish on the menu?
This aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy played a key role in the Indo-Pak war of 1971. Due to rising maintenance cost, its scrapping was approved and commenced recently. Name the warship.
Solutions:
1. Cover Her Face, published in 1962;
2. Jacobson’s organ. A snake flicks its tongue out and in rapidly, and chemicals present in the air stick to its tongue, and the organ detects it;
3. Antoine-Joseph Sax;
4. Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh;
5. Spain;
6. INS Vikrant.
