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Questions : Where is the satellite launching centre of India located ?

(a) Hassan

(b) Thumba

(c) Sriharikota

(d) Ahmedabad

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

Sriharikota is a barrier island off the coast of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It houses India’s only satellite launch centre in the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (also known as SHAR) and is used by the Indian Space Research Organisation to launch satellites using multi-stage rockets such as the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Originally called Sriharikota High Altitude Range (SHAR, an acronym ISRO have retained to the present day) and then Sriharikota Launching Range, the centre was renamed in 2002 after the death of ISRO’s former chairman Satish Dhawan.

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Question : 1

The company developed new device that helps Stephen Hawking communicate faster is

a) Apple

b) Sony

c) Microsoft

d) Intel

Answer: (d)

The ‘Intel’ has devised a communication technology in 2013 that helps Stephan Hawking communicate faster.

Question : 2

Consider the following statements:

  1. India has 10 Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs)
  2. The spent fuel from the PHWRs is reprocessed into plutonium.
  3. All imported reactors are under the safeguards of the international Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 only

b) 2 and 3

c) 2 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (c)

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.

Question : 3

Consider the following statements.

  1. Reliance Jio has launched 4G (4th Generation) telecom service using LTE (Long Term Evolution) Technology.
  2. The service was launched by company’s Chairman Mukesh Ambani on the 83rd birth anniversary of Dhirubhai Ambani.
  3. Aamir Khan was appointed as the brand ambassador for Jio.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?Codes:

a) 1 and 3

b) 2 and 3

c) 1 and 2

d) All of these

Answer: (c)

Shah Rukh Khan was appointed as the brand ambassador for Jio.

Question : 4

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics is situated at

a) Kolkata

b) New Delhi

c) Chennai

d) Mumbai

Answer: (a)

The Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) is an institution of basic research and training in physical and biophysical sciences located in Bidhannagar, Kolkata, India. The institute is named after the famous Indian physicist Meghnad Saha. This institute is well known to have many amazing types of equipment related to physics including a Van De Graff’s generator.

The Institute grew out of the Palit Research Laboratory in Physics of the University of Calcutta. After Professor Meghnad Saha returned from Allahabad in 1938 to succeed Sir C. V. Raman in the Palit Chair of Physics, he reorganized the post-graduate physics curriculum of the University of Calcutta to include nuclear physics by 1940 after realising the immense potential of the subject for the betterment of the country.

Soon the necessity of a small-scale cyclotron was felt for gaining first-hand knowledge in this virgin field which was procured from the fund raised by the help of Jawaharlal Nehru and the patronage of J. R. D. Tata.

Question : 5

Which of the following statements are correct?

  1. GSLV Mark III will be about 50 percent heavier than the GSLV
  2. GSLV Mark III will operate in three-stages
  3. GSLV Mark III will be less sensitive than the GSLV to disturbances that might occur as it accelerates through the dense atmosphere.
Codes:

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) None of these

Answer: (c)

GSLV Mark III will be more sensitive than the PSLV and the GSLV to disturbances that might occur as it accelerates through the dense atmosphere.

Question : 6

INS Sumitra has been recently commissioned in the Indian Navy. Which of the following does not belong to the same class as INS Sumitra?

a) INS Sunayna

b) INS Sumedha

c) INS Saryu

d) INS Shivalik

Answer: (d)

INS Shivalik does not belong to a 105-metre class of Naval Offshore Patrol Vehicle (NOPV)but is a stealth multi-role frigate.

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