Q.1

What is the name of the eighth planet discovered by NASA, circling Kepler- 90?

  • Kepler–90g
  • Kepler–90h
  • Kepler–90i
  • Kepler–908
Q.2

Speakers can establish credibility by 

  • using professionally designed visual aids
  • describing their qualifications
  • previewing their main points
  • getting the audience involved
Q.3

The recently approved, LIGO-India project, is related to

  • Research on use of solar energy
  • Research on laser technologies
  • Research on gravitational waves
  • Research on relocation of lions
Q.4

In 2015, underground glaciers of frozen water were discovered on

  • Mars
  • Venus
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
Q.5

Study of earth is known as

  • Ecology
  • Biology
  • Ethology
  • Geology
Q.6

Glaciers are formed by

  • Melting snow
  • Accumulation of snow
  • Heavy hail fall
  • High rainfall
Q.7

Which of the following is not a voluntary action?

  • Taking an object
  • Beating of heart
  • Moving a chair
  • Closing a fist
Q.8

Which of the following classical dances and their places of origin is INCORRECTLY matched ?

 

  • Kuchipudi-Odisha
  • Bharatanatym-Tamilnadu
  • Mohiniattam-Kerala
  • Sattriya-Assam
Q.9

The Hirakud Dam is built across the river:

 

  • Damodar
  • Tungabhadra
  • Mahanadi
  • Koyna
Q.10

As of January 2020, which of the following countries had NOT independently launched a human into space?

 

  • India
  • USA
  • Russia
  • China
Q.11

Which two space agencies collaborated to launch the mission called “NISAR”?

  • ISRO and ROSCOSMOS
  • ROSCOSMOS and NASA
  • ISRO and NASA
  • NASA and CNSA
Q.12

When was the 120th birth anniversary of Shaheed Udham Singh celebrated in India?

 

  • 26 November 2019
  • 26 September 2019
  • 26 October 2019
  • 26 December 2019
Q.13

A channel of canal where water flows under the influence of gravity is called ______.

 

  • lift channel
  • warabandi system
  • command area
  • flow channel
Q.14

In 2015, aircraft maker Boeing developed a metal called _____, which is lighter than air and stronger than steel.

 

  • Molybdenum
  • Titanium
  • Microlattice
  • Iridium
Q.15

Justice Rajinder Sachar Committee was set up to study ________.

 

  • the socio-economic status of Muslim community in India
  • the socio-economic status of Muslim community in India
  • the standards maintained by government hospitals in India
  • the environmental issues of the western ghats in India
Q.16

Chinese spacecraft Chang’e 5 has returned to the Earth, carrying samples from which astronomical body?

 

  • Moon
  • Sun
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
Q.17

Which one of the following is the largest source of natural energy to humans?

  • Plants
  • Earth
  • Animals
  • Sun
Q.18

Botanical Survey of India has discovered a new species of parasitic flowering plant Gleadovia Konyakianorum named in the honour of which community?

 

  • Toda
  • Caddo
  • Nagas
  • Tobu
Q.19

_____ is the hottest planet in the solar system.

 

  • Mercury
  • Earth
  • Mars
  • Venus
Q.20

The major objective of INSAT series of satellites is to facilitate.

  • TV relay to remote areas
  • Mobile network in remote areas
  • Internet services
  • Mapping locations through GPS
Q.21

The first Indian communication satellite was

  • Aryabhatta
  • Bhaskara-I
  • Apple
  • Chandrayaan-I
Q.22

Which one is called the dwarf planet?

  • Venus
  • Mercury
  • Moon
  • Pluto
Q.23

The Surface-to-air, Akash missile, was test fired from

  • Sriharikota
  • Abdul Kalam Island
  • Thumba
  • Pokhran
Q.24

The process that moves, elevates or builds up portions of the earth’s crust is called:

 

  • volcanism
  • denudation
  • weathering
  • diastrophism
Q.25

Which of the following is a system designed to transmit information between electronic musical instruments?

 

  • MIDI devices
  • Optical Mark Reader
  • Bar code reader
  • Visual Display Unit
Q.26

In March 2019, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) of India grounded which aircraft due to technical fault?

 

  • Boeing 787 Max 14
  • Boeing 737 Max 8
  • Boeing 777 Max 12
  • Boing 747 Max 9
Q.27

Which of the following is a type of memory and is similar to RAM? It is used by computers to move data between the RAM and the CPU.

 

  • ROM
  • I Beam
  • Cache
  • Hypertext Link
Q.28

In November 2017, ............. was India's nominee for the fifth and last seat in the International Court of Justice. S/he was re-elected after Britain withdrew its candidate from the election.

 

  • Dalveer Bhandari
  • Ronny Abraham
  • Neeru Chadha
  • Debasish Bhaduri
Q.29

The first electric train of india 'Deccan Queen' was run between

  • Howrah and Delhi
  • Bombay and Surat
  • Kalyan and Pune
  • New Delhi and Madras
Q.30

INSAT-3D the meteorological Satellite with advanced weather monitoring payloads was launched in

  • 2012
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
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