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Rifath Sharook has designed the world’s lightest satellite “KalamSat”. He hails from which country  ?

A) Russia B) Pakistan
C) Dubai D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) India

Explanation:

Indian teen Rifath Sharook from Tamil Nadu has designed the world’s lightest & smallest satellite named “KalamSat”. The satellite weighs only 64 grams and will be launched by NASA on June 21, 2017. With this, he will become the first Indian student to have his experiment launched by NASA. The main role of the satellite will be to demonstrate the performance of 3-D printed carbon fibre. The satellite has been designed in a way which will have a 240-minute mission in space and will operate for 12 minutes in a micro-gravity environment of space.

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Which of the statements given below are correct?

1. The author of the novel 'Atonement' is Ian McEwan.
2. The author of the novel 'The Sound and the Fury' is L. Ron Hubbard.
3. The author of the novel 'White Teeth' is Zadie Smith.

A) 1 and 2 B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 3 D) 1, 2 and 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1 and 3

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The schedule performance index (SPI) is calculated as

A) Planned Value (PV) divided by Earned Value (EV) B) Earned Value(EV) divided by Planned Value (PV)
C) Project duration divided by Earned Value divided by Planned Value (Duration/(EV/PV)) D) Earned Value (EV) minus Planned Value (PV)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Earned Value(EV) divided by Planned Value (PV)

Explanation:

Answer A is reversed. Answer C is sometimes mistakenly used to forecast project completion (it’s invalid because it does not take into consideration which completed tasks are on the critical path). Answer D is the definition of Schedule Variance. 

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Q:

Hitendra Desai was known outstanding in which field ?

A) Literature B) Politics
C) Journalism D) Social Service
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Politics

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The intersection of a column and a row

A) Cell B) Menu
C) Key D) Field
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cell

Explanation:

The intersection of a column and a row in a spread sheet is called as a cell or a bon.

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The schools which taught primary education to Muslims during the period of sultanate

A) Mukhaddams B) Makthabs
C) Kohies D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Makthabs

Explanation:

Makthabs taught the primary education to muslims during the period of sultanate

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Which state of India has the largest number of cotton mills?

 

A) Karnataka B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Maharashtra D) Gujarat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Maharashtra

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Bankim Chandra Chatterjee pen name?

A) Jisu Dasgupta B) Kamala Kanta
C) Sripantha D) Vanu Singh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kamala Kanta

Explanation:

A pen name is nothing but a nick name used by the writer when publishing books instead of using their real names. 

 

Kamala Kanta was the pen name of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee who lived from 1838 - 1894. He was a Bengali author, poet who wrote Indian national anthem Vandemataram.

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