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Question 371.

India's first composite shooting range has been inaugurated at which place?

  1.    INS Karna
  2.    INS Kalinga
  3.    INS Circars
  4.    INS Virabhu
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> INS Karna
India's 1st Composite Indoor Shooting Range has been inaugurated at INS Karna.
Question 372.

Indian Army conducted a pan-India satellite communication exercise to test the operational readiness and robustness of its hi-tech satellite communication systems. What has the name of this exercise?

  1.    Spacelight
  2.    Sunlight
  3.    Moonlight
  4.    Skylight
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Skylight
The Indian Army conducted a pan-India satellite communication exercise named 'Ex Skylight', in the last week of July.
Question 373.

James Webb Space Telescope has captured new images of which planet?

  1.    Saturn
  2.    Mars
  3.    Venus
  4.    Jupiter
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Jupiter
The images of Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, have been captured by NASA's newest James Webb Space Telescope showing the planet in a new avatar.
Question 374.

Which organisation unfurled the Indian Flag 30 kilometres above the Earth on Independence Day 2022?

  1.    Periyar Science and Technology Centre
  2.    Space Zone India
  3.    Spectra Academy
  4.    Space Kidz India
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Space Kidz India
Space Kidz India unfurled the Indian Flag about 30 kilometres above the Earth on Independence Day 2022.
Question 375.

What is the name of the satellite developed by 750 girls across 75 rural schools to be launched by ISRO?

  1.    CommuniSAT
  2.    AzaadiSAT
  3.    BharatSat
  4.    GramSAT
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> AzaadiSAT
The SSLV will carry EOS-02, an indigenously developed earth observation satellite, and Cubesat AzaadiSAT, which was developed by 750 school girls across 75 schools in rural India.
Question 376.

The ISRO successfully launched which earth observation satellite, in its first launch of the year 2022?

  1.    EOS-4
  2.    EOS-2
  3.    EOS-3
  4.    EOS-5
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> EOS-4
The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched an Earth Observation Satellite, EOS-04 and two small satellites into the intended orbit.
Question 377.

What is the area of space, around which the James Webb Space Telescope orbit?

  1.    CV Raman Point
  2.    Lagrange Point
  3.    Curie Point
  4.    Newton Point
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Lagrange Point
James Webb Space Telescope reached its final destination, at around 15 lakh km from Earth. The telescope will orbit in an area of space known as a Lagrange point, where the gravitational pull from the Sun and Earth will be balanced by the centrifugal force of the rotating system.
Question 378.

MUSE and HelioSwarm, which were seen in the news, are associated with which space agency?

  1.    NASA
  2.    ISRO
  3.    JAXA
  4.    ESA
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> NASA
NASA has announced two new science missions namely Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm.
Question 379.

Halodule uninervis, a species of seagrass, is found to have strong activity against which disease?

  1.    Covid 19
  2.    Hypertension
  3.    Cancer
  4.    Diabetes
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Cancer
Researchers have recently found scientific evidence of strong anti-cancer activity in the ethyl acetate fraction of Halodule uninervis.
Question 380.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe took pictures of the surface of which planet from space?

  1.    Venus
  2.    Tues
  3.    Mercury
  4.    Saturn
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Venus
The Parker Solar Probe of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has taken pictures of the surface of the planet Venus from space.

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