General Awareness Questions

In a first, China is planning to send mini-ecosystems — containing potato seeds and silkworm eggs — to the Moon next year, in an attempt to study how the organisms develop on the lunar surface. The 3-kilogramme mini-ecosystem, developed by research teams led by Chongqing University in China, will be sent to the Moon by the Chang’e 4 scheduled to be launched in 2018, authorities announced at the Global Space Exploration Conference. An 18-centimetre-tall cylinder will carry potato seeds and silkworm eggs to be incubated.

1. Pinaka is a multi barrel rocket launcher developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Army.

2. The system has a maximum range of 40 km for Mark-I and 75 km for Mark-II, and can fire a salvo of 12 rockets in 44 seconds.

3. The system is mounted on a Tatra truck for mobility.

4. Actually, the meaning of Pinaka is Shiv Dhanush.

The Human Resource Development Ministry and the External Affairs Ministry launched an online verification portal to make the document verification process easier for students who planning to study abroad. The Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) academic repository of degrees and certificates “Parinam Manjusha” was also involved in the project of creating “eSanad”.

Internet giant Google has tied up with State Bank of India (SBI) for its mobile payments app Tez. Through this partnership, Google Tez will allow users to create an SBI UPI Id - @oksbi and get access.

According to the rules and regulations of cricket, the height of the stumps must be of 28 inches or 71.12 cms. The total distance between the off stump and leg stump should be 9 inches or 22.86 cms. 1. Width and pitching. Two sets of wickets shall be pitched opposite and parallel to each other at a distance of 22 yards/20.12 meters.