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Question : 41 [SSC GL 2013]

Communication satellites are used to :

a) receive and redirect communication signal

b) transmit communication signal only

c) provide information of natural resources only

d) receive communication signal only

Question : 42

Consider the following Statements:

1. World’s first electric satellites were successfully lifted off by a Space Exploration (SpaceX) Technologies rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, United States.
2. The rocket was carrying two all-electric commercial satellites built by Boeing.
3. It was lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, United States.
4. The satellites are owned by the French satellite provider Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS)

a) 1 ,3 and 4 only

b) 2 ,3 and 4 only

c) 1 ,2 and 3 only

d) All of the above

Question : 43 [SSC CML (PRE) 1999]

From where was INSAT-2E launched?

a) Kourou

b) Chandipur

c) Sriharikota

d) Baikanour

Question : 44

Consider the following statements.

1. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned a 660 MW unit of Prayagraj Super Thermal Power Project at Bara town in Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh.
2. This is the first supercritical thermal unit to be commissioned in the state to achieve capacity addition on attaining full load.
3. It is Greenfield thermal power project is owned by Prayagraj Power Generation Company Limited (PPGCL), a subsidiary company of Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited.

a) 1 and 3

b) 2 and 3

c) 1 and 2

d) All of these

Question : 45 [SSC SO 2005]

What is supernova ?

a) A dying star

b) A comet

c) An asteroid

d) A black hole