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Which one of the following is a spacecraft?
(a)
Apophis
(b)
Cassini
(c)
Spitzer
(d)
TechSar
(B)
What is the purpose of the US Space Agency’s Themis Mission, which was recently in the news?
To study the possibility of life on Mars
To study the satellites of Saturn
To study the colorful display of high latitude skies
To build a space laboratory to study stellar explosions
(C)
ISRO successfully conducted a rocket test using cryogenic engines in the year 2007. Where is the test-stand used for the purpose, located?
Balasore
Thiruvananthapuram
Mahendragiri
Karwar
Economics
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I (Person) – List-II (Area). List-I(Person) List-II(Area)
A. Sabyasachi Mukherjee 1. Microfinance loans
B. Aniruddha Bahal 2. Pharmaceuticals
C. Vikram Akula 3. Fashion designing
D. Yusuf Hamied 4. Investigative journalism
A B C D A B C D (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 3 4 1 2 (c) 1 4 3 2 (d) 3 2 1 4
1-2-3-4
3-4-1-2
1-3-2-4
3-2-1-4
Off Topics
Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? Institute – Location. 1. National Centre for Cell Science Mysore 2. Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics Hyderabad 3. National Brain Research Centre Gurgaon Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1, 2 and 3
1 and 2 Only
2 and 3 Only
1 and 3 Only
Science and Technology
Where was the first desalination plant in India to produce one lakh liters of freshwater per day based on low-temperature thermal desalination principle commissioned?
Kavaratti
Port Blair
Mangalore
Valsad
(A)
Rajiv Gandhi National Flying Institute is being established in which State?
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Kerala
Orissa
Polity
Which was the Capital of Andhra state when it was made a separate State in the year 1953?
Guntur
Kurnool
Nellore
Warangal
Agriculture
Norman Ernest Borlaug, who is regarded as the father of the Green Revolution in India, is from which country?
United States of America
Mexico
Australia
New Zealand