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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who among the following received UK Royal Society honour, recently?
A
Anant Parekh
B
Gurdyal Besra
C
Baba Kalyani
D
Yusuf Hamied
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Honorary Fellows include the World Health Organization’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (2022), Bill Bryson (2013), Melvyn Bragg (2010), Robin Saxby (2015), David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville (2008), Onora O’Neill (2007), John Maddox (2000), Patrick Moore (2001) and Lisa Jardine (2015).

Detailed explanation-2: -The honour of being the first Indian Fellow of the Royal Society goes to Ardaseer Cursetjee (1808-77), marine engineer at Bombay, who was elected on 27 May 1841 (figure 1).

Detailed explanation-3: -05 September 2022 Responding to the news of the election of a new Conservative leader, Royal Society President, Sir Adrian Smith, said: “Any bold vision of a thriving UK must have science and innovation at its heart as they are key to driving growth, increasing productivity and improving lives.

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