General Knowledge(GK) (or) General Awareness

Correct Answer :   Helium

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Helium is a special gas called a Noble Gas, which means it doesn't burn. When a match is held near a helium-filled balloon, the balloon pops.

Correct Answer :   Washington

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NASA's 10 major centers, plus its headquarters in Washington, D.C., are joined by eight smaller facilities -- Goddard Institute for Space Studies (New York City), Independent Verification & Validation Facility (West Virginia), Michoud Assembly Facility (New Orleans), NASA Shared Services Center (Mississippi),..

Correct Answer :   Vitamin C

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The water-soluble vitamins include ascorbic acid (vitamin C), thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B₆ (pyridoxine, pyridoxal, and pyridoxamine), folacin, vitamin B₁₂, biotin, and pantothenic acid.

Correct Answer :   Nephron

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Nephrons are the cells of kidney which are considered as smallest functional unit because it is microscopic structure which actively participates in functions of kidney like blood filtration and osmoregulation. A healthy adult has 0.8 to 1.5 million nephrons in each kidney.

Correct Answer :   Pascal

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The SI unit for pressure is the pascal (Pa), equal to one newton per square metre (N/m², or kg·m⁻¹·s⁻²).

Correct Answer :   Trinity

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On 16 July 1945, the 'Trinity' nuclear test plunged humanity into the so-called Atomic Age. The first-ever nuclear bomb was detonated in New Mexico, at the Alamogordo Test Range. Nicknamed the “gadget”, the plutonium-based implosion-type device yielded 19 kilotons, creating a crater over 300 metres wide.

Correct Answer :   Dakshin Gangotri

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Dakshin Gangotri was the first scientific base station of India situated in Antarctica, part of the Indian Antarctic Programme. It is located at a distance of 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) from the South Pole.

Correct Answer :   Cuttuck

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The Central Rice Research Institute is located in Cuttack in Odisha state (200N, 860E) at 24 meters above mean sea level (MS1). The annual rainfall at Cuttack is about 1200 – 1500 millimeters and is received mostly during June-October (Kharif or Wet Season).

Correct Answer :   Subhash Mukhopadhyay

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Subhash Mukhopadhyay (16 January 1931 – 19 June 1981) was an Indian scientist, physician from Hazaribagh, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India (now in Jharkhand, India), who created the world's second and India's first child using in-vitro fertilisation.

Correct Answer :   Soviet Union

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Assembled at Peenya, near Bangalore, Aryabhata was launched from Volgograd Launch Station (presently in Russia) from a Soviet-made rocket. The life of the satellite, weighing 360 kg, was about 17 years