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Answer: (d)

Agni is a surface to surface missile developed in India under Integrated Guided Missile Programme.

Answer: (b)

The Apollo missions were a series of space missions, both manned and unmanned, flown by NASA between 1961 and 1975. They culminated with a series of manned Moon landings between 1969 and 1972.

The first manned flight of Apollo was in 1968 and it succeeded in landing the first humans on Earth’s Moon in 1969 through 1972.

It was during the Apollo 11 mission that astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed their Lunar Module (LM) on the Moon on July 20, 1969, and walked on its surface while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit in the command spacecraft, and all three landed safely on Earth on July 24.

Answer: (d)

Mahyco-monsanto Biotech (MMB) - a 50 : 50 joing venture between Mahyco and monsanto Holdings Pvt Ltd. has sub licensed the Bollgard II and Bollgard technologies to 28 Indian seed companies each of whom has introduced the bollgard technology into their own germ plasm.

Answer: (b)

India has three research stations in Antarctica: Dakshina Gangotri Maitri and Bharati. India’s first committed research facility, Dakshin Gangotri, was set up in 1983. It is currently being used as a supply base. Maitri and Bharati were set up in 1989 and 2012 respectively.

Answer: (d)

The Agni missile is a family of medium to intercontinental range ballistic missiles developed by India, named after one of the five elements of nature. In the Agni series of ballistic missiles, Agni II, Agni III and Agni IV are Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBMs). These are all nuclear capable missiles.