General Awareness Questions

Q:

Which of the following is India’s first indigenously developed nuclear powered submarine ?

A) INS Arihant B) INS Vikrant
C) INS Sindhurakshak D) INS Trikhand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) INS Arihant

Explanation:
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The ozone layer is located in the

A) Mesosphere B) Ionosphere
C) Troposphere D) Stratosphere
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Stratosphere

Explanation:

The earth's atmosphere is composed of 4 layers. 

 

1. Troposphere

2. Stratosphere

3. Ionosphere

4. Mesosphere

 

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The ozone layer is located in the lower region of the Stratosphere which extends at 11 - 50 kms from the Earth's suface.

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Q:

What is another name for the governor of a state?

A) Chief Executive B) Attorney General
C) Secretary of the State D) Vice Pesident
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Chief Executive

Explanation:

Another name for the governor of the state is Chief Executive of the state.

And we also know that, The attorney general is the head of the US Department of Justice, The vice president is just under the president of the US and The secretary of state is the head of the US Department of State.

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Q:

Which Wins Patent for Flying Warehouse to Deliver Parcels via Drones ?

A) Flipkart B) Snapdeal
C) Amazon D) Paytm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Amazon

Explanation:

The U.S. e-commerce giant, Amazon has been awarded a patent for launching a giant flying warehouse that would acts as a launch pad for drones to deliver items within minutes.The patent reveals plans for setting up an “Airborne Fulfillment Center” (AFC) such as an Airship or Blimp, floating at an altitude of around 45,000 and stocked with lots of products especially in area where the demand for certain items is expected to be high. When a customer places an order, a drone or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) will fly down and deliver the package. The patent claims that this would require little or no power because the drone would be gliding down rather than having to take off and land.

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Q:

India’s first-ever Rural LED Street Lighting Project will be set up in which state  ?

A) Telangana B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Gujarat D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Andhra Pradesh

Explanation:

India’s first-ever Rural LED Street Lighting Project will be implemented by the Government of India (GoI) in Andhra Pradesh (AP). The Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) under the Ministry of Power will retrofit10 lakh conventional street lights with LED lights in Gram Panchayats of 7 districts in AP. This is the first project for rural LED street lighting in the country under the GoI’s Street Lighting National Project (SLNP). In the first phase, the replacement will be undertaken in gram panchayats of the districts of Guntur, Prakasham, Nellore, Kurnool, Kadapa, Ananthapur and Chittoor. This replacement drive in rural areas will help the gram panchayats to cumulatively save approximately 147 million units of electricity annually and lead to reduction of 12 crore tonnes of CO2. The entire upfront capital cost of this project is being funded by French Development Agency Agence Française de Développement (AFD).

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Q:

In 1689, which chief of the Maratha Navy effectively controlled the Konkam trade from his headquarters at Kolaba?

Answer

Kanhoji Angre

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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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