Practice Quiz set 6 - general awareness mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) According to recent announcement of the Indian government, how many Indian satellites are currently operational?
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According to the Indian government, 27 Indian satellites are currently operational. Out of these, 11 are communication satellites, 12 are earth observation satellites, 3 are navigational satellites and 1 is MOM.
Q-2) Russian capsule Bion-M returned after a monthlong space tour with the animal
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ARussian Capsule Bion-M craft that was filled with 45 mice and 15 newts along with other animals returned from a month’s long mission in Orbit on 19 May 2013.
Q-3) Which of the following resources is renewable one ?
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Timber is a renewable resource, like plantation forests, which are planted and then cut down to make paper. It is sometimes called a sustainable resource, so long as we keep planting and growing trees at the same rate as we cut them down. Fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas are non-renewable resources.
Q-4) Indian and Russian scientists successfully test-fired a supersonic cruise missile named
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BrahMos is a stealth supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. It is a joint venture between Republic of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russian Federation's NPO Mashinostroeyenia.
Note : A hypersonic version of the missile, BrahMosII, is also presently under development with speed of Mach 7-8 to boost aerial fast strike capability. It is expected to be ready for testing by 2017. The name BrahMos is a portmanteau formed from the names of two rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia. In 2016, as India became a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), India and Russia are now planning to jointly develop a new generation of BrahMos missiles with 600 km-plus range and an ability to hit protected targets with pinpoint accuracy.
Q-5) The company developed new device that helps Stephen Hawking communicate faster is
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The ‘Intel’ has devised a communication technology in 2013 that helps Stephan Hawking communicate faster.
Q-6) The acronym of which one of the following missile is perceived as the confluence of the two nations (India and Russia) represented by two rivers?
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BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile that is developed jointly by India’s DRDO and Russia’s NPO. The acrynonym of BrahMos is perceived as the confluence of the nations represented by two rivers, the Brahmputra of India and the Moskva of Russia.
Q-7) Space Telescope of NASA discovered magnetic Braids in the atmosphere of
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A small telescope of NASA in Jan. 2103 has captured surprising images of “magnetic braids” in the outer atmosphere, or corona, of the sun.
Q-8) Consider the following statements: - In 2008, Government of India adopted the Guidelines developed by the International Commission on Nonlonizing Radiation Protection from mobile towers.
- The values chosen for the permissible Power Density (Mobile radiation) are 4.5 W/Sqm for 900 Mhz & 9 W/Sqm for 1800 Mhz.
Which of the above statement are/is true?
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At present, for 900 MHz, permissible Power Density is 4.5 Watt per Square meter, whereas for 1800 MHz permissible Power Density is 9 Watt per Square meter.
Q-9) Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct? - Malaria is mainly a tropical disease.
- RTS,S, to be launched soon, is claimed to be the first Malarial Vaccine
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RTS,S, world’s first malaria vaccine would be launched by 2015 by GSK.
Q-10) Consider the following statements: - India has 10 Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs)
- The spent fuel from the PHWRs is reprocessed into plutonium.
- All imported reactors are under the safeguards of the international Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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India has 19 Pressurized Heavy water Reactors. It is a nuclear power reactor commonly using unenriched natural uranium as its fuel, that uses heavy water (D2 O) as its coolant and moderator.