Practice Quiz set 2 - general awareness mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) The rank of India on the list of spam spewing nations in the world is
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Q-2) Beagle 2, which was found after eleven years, was a space probe to
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Beagle was released European Space Agency’s Mars Express (MEx) orbiter in 2003. It was discovered by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Q-3) Scientists at the Berkley lab created world’s first digital Atlas of
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Q-4) Which of the following statements are correct regarding Astra missile? - It is an air-to-air missile indigenously built by DRDO.
- It can intercept target aircraft at supersonic speed.
- It uses an indigenous liquid fuel propellant.
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Astra is a single stage solid fuelled missile. It can be integrated with all the major fighter planes of Indian Air Force. Recently, it was successfully testfired from a Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft.
Q-5) India’s first Defence Satellite, successfully placed in the Geosynchronous orbit
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India’s first exclusive defence satellite GSAT7 was successfully launched by European space consortium Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana on 30 August, 2013.
Q-6) Consider the following statements: - India has launched IRNSS 1C the next satellite in IRNSS (Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System) series on 16th October.
- IRNSS is a navigation system that will cover India, and also extend 2000 kms from its boundaries.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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The satellite weighed 1, 425.4 kg and was successfully placed into a sub geosynchronous transfer orbit just 20 minutes after the launch.
Q-7) UK scientists produced a disease resistant piglet called
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Q-8) Consider the following statements: - Unit 3 of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) is the 2nd longest running reactor in the world by being in operation for 765 days nonstop.
- Unit 7 of Canada’s Pickering nuclear plant holds the world record of running the largest operating plant that ran continuously for 894 days.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Unit 5 of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) is the 2nd longest running reactor in the world by being in operation for 765 days nonstop.
Q-9) Curiosity Rover captured a flower like formation on the rocks of
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Mars Curiosity Rover has captured an image of a flower like object embedded on the rocks of Mars. It has also photographed a snake-like rock formation on the Martian Rocks. The picture was captured by the microscope Mars Hand Lens Imager held by the robotic arm of Rover on 19 December 2012.
Q-10) GARUDA SHAKTI-III which was conducted at Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School in Vairengte, Mizoram from 09 to 21 Feb 15 was a joint exercise of armies of India and
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The exercise aimed at building and promoting positive military to military relations between the armies of India and Indonesia. It included sharing of experience in counter terrorism and conduct of joint counter insurgency training.