General Awareness - Science and Technology
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Who propounded the possibility of placing communications satellites in geosynchronous orbit for the first time?
- (a)
Edwin P.Hubble
- (b)
William Herschel
- (c)
Arthur C.Clarke
- (d)
Pierre Laplace
At what height geo-synchr-ons orbit is located?
- (a)
6 km
- (b)
1000 km
- (c)
3600 km
- (d)
36,000 km
The orbits of planets around the sun may be
- (a)
Great circular and parabolic
- (b)
Parabolic and hyperpara bolic
- (c)
Circular and parabolic
- (d)
Circular and great circular
Which of the following is the first missile which has been devloped in India?
- (a)
Akash
- (b)
Prithvi
- (c)
Agni
- (d)
Trishul
The first person to enter into space was
- (a)
Valentina Tereshkova
- (b)
Edward H.White
- (c)
Yuri Gagarin
- (d)
Alan Shepard
ISRO is abbreviation for
- (a)
Indian scientific Research Organisation
- (b)
International Space Research Organisation
- (c)
International Sales Research Organisation
- (d)
Indian Space Research Organisation
What is the range of gni III, the long range basllistic missile, tested-fired by India recently?
- (a)
2250 km
- (b)
3500 km
- (c)
5000 km
- (d)
1000 km
Nuclear explosive devices were tested in India at
- (a)
Srihariikota
- (b)
Bangalore
- (c)
Pokharan
- (d)
Kanchipuram
The period of revolution of a geostationary satellite is
- (a)
24 hours
- (b)
30 days
- (c)
365 days
- (d)
Changing continuously
The name of India's research station at the North Pole is
- (a)
Dakshin Gangotri
- (b)
Maitri
- (c)
Himadri
- (d)
None of these
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is situated in
- (a)
Delhi
- (b)
Mumbai
- (c)
Chennai
- (d)
Hyderabad
Which of the following countries launched world's first satellite for monitoring Greenhouse Gases?
- (a)
USA
- (b)
Russia
- (c)
Japan
- (d)
China
Which city receives the highest cosmic radiation amongst the following?
- (a)
Chennai
- (b)
Mumbai
- (c)
Kolkata
- (d)
Delhi
Which of the following is Indias development IRBM?
- (a)
Prithvi
- (b)
Akash
- (c)
Agni-II
- (d)
Dhanush
Who has the first person to set foot on the moon?
- (a)
Yuri Gagarin
- (b)
Valentina Tereshkova
- (c)
Neil Armstrong
- (d)
Steven Sptelberg
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research is situated in
- (a)
Shriharikotta
- (b)
Mumbai
- (c)
Thiruvananthapuram
- (d)
Kalpakkam
India's first Naval Museum is being commissioned at this major sea port
- (a)
Chennai
- (b)
Mumbai
- (c)
Visakhapatnam
- (d)
Kochi
Indian and Russian Scientist successfully test-fired a supersonic cruise missile named
- (a)
GSAT-1
- (b)
GSLV
- (c)
Brahmos
- (d)
INSAT-3B
Who is Paul A.Volcker?
- (a)
Coauthor of the book Mitrokhin Archives II
- (b)
Under-Secretary-General of UN
- (c)
Chairman of committee appointed by the UN to investigate the 'oil-for-food' programme
- (d)
US Administrator in Iraq
The rear side of the moon was photographed by
- (a)
Viking I
- (b)
Viking II
- (c)
Luna III
- (d)
MarinerIX
The first Indian Satellite Aryabhatta was launched in
- (a)
1972
- (b)
1975
- (c)
1977
- (d)
1979
Which one of the following is not a Galilean Satellite of Jupiter?
- (a)
Europa
- (b)
Ganymede
- (c)
Callisto
- (d)
Deimos
Dactylogram is related with:
- (a)
teleprinter
- (b)
perumbulator
- (c)
cereals
- (d)
finger print
The Indian National Grid Computing Initiative for Scientific Engineering and Academic Community is named
- (a)
Ganga
- (b)
SAGA
- (c)
Garuda
- (d)
PARAM
Which of the following resources is renewable one?
- (a)
Uranium
- (b)
Coal
- (c)
Timber
- (d)
Natural Gas
For a missile launched with a velocity less than the earth's escape velocity, the total energy is
- (a)
either positive of negative
- (b)
Negative
- (c)
Zero
- (d)
Positive
Which one of the following is an indigenously built light combat aircraft of India?
- (a)
Akash
- (b)
Vikrant
- (c)
Arjun
- (d)
Vikrant
What is the name of Research Station established by Indian Government for conducting research in Autarctic?
- (a)
Dakshin Gangotri
- (b)
Yamunotri
- (c)
Uttari Gangotri
- (d)
None of the above
Which among the following was the first satellite launched by Indian Space Research Organisation?
- (a)
Bhasker
- (b)
Aryabhatta
- (c)
Rohini
- (d)
INSAT I-A
Who developed Ballistic Missile?
- (a)
Wernher von Braun
- (b)
J. Rober Oppenheimer
- (c)
Edward Teller
- (d)
Samuel Cohen
