General Knowledge(GK) (or) General Awareness

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These General Knowledge Question are very important and usefull to UPSC, IAS/PCS, UPPSC, IBPS, SBI, RBI, SSC, CGL, Railway, APPSC, TSPSC, KPSC, TNPSC, TPSC, UPPSC, MPSC, RPSC, BPSC, MPPSC, UKPSC, MPSC, and other competitive exams.

1 .

The first flight of SARAS PT1N, the new upgraded version of indigenous developed transport aircraft SARAS, took off from ______.

New Delhi

Hyderabad

Bengaluru

Chennai

Correct Answer : Bengaluru

Published On : June 7, 2021

2 .

What is the basic unit of classification in taxonomy?

Family

Genus

Order

Species

Correct Answer : Species

Genus is a rank in the biological classification (or taxonomy). Genus is the first order category above the species level. It is a group of species, which are related and have fewer characters in common as compared to species.

Published On : June 7, 2021

3 .

Which of the following is appropriate to describe a Shooting Star?

Fragments & debris

Planet

Asteroid

Star

Correct Answer : Fragments & debris

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4 .

When was the ASLV used in India for the first time?

1987

1989

1992

1998

Correct Answer : 1987

The Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle or Advanced Satellite Launch Vehicle, also known as ASLV, was a Small-lift launch vehicle five-stage solid-fuel rocket developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to place 150 kg satellites into LEO. This project was started by India during the early 1980s to develop technologies needed for a payload to be placed into a geostationary orbit. Its design was based on Satellite Launch Vehicle. ISRO did not have sufficient funds for both the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle programme and the ASLV programme at the same time and the ASLV programme was terminated after the initial developmental flights.

The ASLV made four launches, of which one was successful, two failed to achieve orbit, and a third achieved a lower than planned orbit which decayed quickly. The type made its maiden flight on 24 March 1987, and its final flight on 4 May 1994.

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5 .

The first Indian communication satellite was

Aryabhatta

APPLE

Bhaskara-I

Chandrayaan-I

Correct Answer : APPLE

Indian First Communication Satellite – APPLE : Ariane Passenger PayLoad Experiment, APPLE was an experimental communication satellite successfully launched by Ariane-1, from Kourou, French Guiana on June 19, 1981, exactly 35 years back, marking an important milestone in India's space programme. APPLE was designed and built as a sandwich passenger-carrying Meteosat on top and CAT (Capsule Ariane Technologique) module below. It was boosted into Geo-Synchronous Orbit (GSO) by ISRO's own apogee motor derived from the fourth stage motor of the SLV-3. APPLE spacecraft was designed and built in just two years with limited infrastructure in industrial sheds. It gave ISRO valuable hands-on experience in designing and developing three-axis stabilized geostationary communication satellites as well as in orbit raising manoeuvres, in orbit deployment of appendages, station keeping, etc.

Published On : June 7, 2021

6 .

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

TV relay to remote areas

Internet services

Mapping locations through GPS

Mobile network in remote areas

Correct Answer : TV relay to remote areas

The major objective of INSAT series of satellites is to facilitate TV relay to remote areas. INSAT or Indian National Satellite System refers to a series of geo-stationary satellites launched by ISRO. These were designed to take care of telecommunications, meteorology, broadcasting, and search and rescue operations.

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7 .

In 1969, who among the following was a part of the crew of spaceflight Apollo-XI?

Pete Conrad

Yuri Gagarin

Alan Shepard

Neil Armstrong

Correct Answer : Neil Armstrong

Apollo 11(XI) launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin into an initial Earth-orbit of 114 by 116 miles.

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8 .

Air pollution level is considered to be moderate if Air Quality index between

0 to 100

151 to 200

200 to 400

400 to 600

Correct Answer : 151 to 200

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9 .

Earthquake tremors are caused by the disturbance deep down inside the uppermost layer of the earth called the _________.

kernel

core

crust

pith

Correct Answer : crust

Are earthquake is a sudden shaking or trembling of the earth which lasts for a very short time. ... It is caused by a disturbance deep inside the earth's crust.

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10 .

What is the number of Galilean moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei in January 1610?

Correct Answer : 4

Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – four(4) satellites of Jupiter – are popularly referred to as the Galilean moons. This is because these moons were discovered by the famed Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei in January 1610. And that discovery brought about astronomical changes to our perception of the solar system.

Published On : June 7, 2021