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Answer: Option B. -> ‘Science and Technology for Indigenous Development in India’.
Answer: (b)The theme for 103rd Indian Science Congress was ‘Science and Technology for Indigenous Development in India’.
Answer: (b)The theme for 103rd Indian Science Congress was ‘Science and Technology for Indigenous Development in India’.
Answer: Option A. -> Prithvi
Answer: (a)
The Government of India launched the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program in 1983 to achieve self-sufficiency in the development and production of a wide range of Ballistic Missiles, Surface Air Missiles etc. Prithvi was the first missile to be developed under the Program. DRDO attempted to build a Surface-to-air Missile under Project Devil.
The Prithvi missile project encompassed developing 3 variants for use by the Indian Army, Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy. Over the years these specifications underwent a number of changes. While the codename Prithvi stands for any missile inducted by India into its armed forces in this category, the later developmental versions are codenamed Prithvi II and Prithvi III.
Prithvi I class was a surface-to-surface missile having a maximum warhead mounting capability of 1,000 kg, with a range of 150 km. It has an accuracy of 10 – 50 metres and can be launched from Transporter erector launchers. This class of Prithvi missiles was inducted into the Indian Army in 1994.
Answer: (a)
The Government of India launched the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program in 1983 to achieve self-sufficiency in the development and production of a wide range of Ballistic Missiles, Surface Air Missiles etc. Prithvi was the first missile to be developed under the Program. DRDO attempted to build a Surface-to-air Missile under Project Devil.
The Prithvi missile project encompassed developing 3 variants for use by the Indian Army, Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy. Over the years these specifications underwent a number of changes. While the codename Prithvi stands for any missile inducted by India into its armed forces in this category, the later developmental versions are codenamed Prithvi II and Prithvi III.
Prithvi I class was a surface-to-surface missile having a maximum warhead mounting capability of 1,000 kg, with a range of 150 km. It has an accuracy of 10 – 50 metres and can be launched from Transporter erector launchers. This class of Prithvi missiles was inducted into the Indian Army in 1994.
Answer: Option C. -> 1, 2 and 3 only
Answer: (c)
VELOX-1 is a Singaporean satellite. ISRO’s PSLV C23 was launched on 30 June 2014 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at 9.52 am.
The PSLV C23 carried five satellites belonging to four countries namely France, Germany, Canada and Singapore. All these five satellites were launched under commercial arrangements that ANTRIX (ISRO’s commercial arm) has entered with the respective foreign agencies.
Answer: (c)
VELOX-1 is a Singaporean satellite. ISRO’s PSLV C23 was launched on 30 June 2014 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at 9.52 am.
The PSLV C23 carried five satellites belonging to four countries namely France, Germany, Canada and Singapore. All these five satellites were launched under commercial arrangements that ANTRIX (ISRO’s commercial arm) has entered with the respective foreign agencies.
Answer: Option C. -> Yuri Gagarin
Answer: (c)Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space and the first to orbit the earth, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April, 1961. Vostok 1 marked his only spaceflight, but he served as backup crew to the Soyuz 1 mission (which ended in a fatal crash).
Answer: (c)Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space and the first to orbit the earth, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April, 1961. Vostok 1 marked his only spaceflight, but he served as backup crew to the Soyuz 1 mission (which ended in a fatal crash).
Answer: Option D. -> Phalcon
Answer: (d)Airborne Early Warning and Control System is an airborne radon system designed to detect aircraft at long ranges. AEWACS-Phalcon was inducted in the Indian Air Force in 2009.
Answer: (d)Airborne Early Warning and Control System is an airborne radon system designed to detect aircraft at long ranges. AEWACS-Phalcon was inducted in the Indian Air Force in 2009.
Answer: Option A. -> Tarapur
Answer: (a)Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS), located in Tarapur in Maharashtra, was initially constructed with two boiling water reactor (BWR) units of 210 MWe each initially by Bechtel and GE under the 1963 123 Agreement between India, the United States, and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Answer: (a)Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS), located in Tarapur in Maharashtra, was initially constructed with two boiling water reactor (BWR) units of 210 MWe each initially by Bechtel and GE under the 1963 123 Agreement between India, the United States, and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Question 67. Consider the following statements.
- Russia’s Rostech State Corporation has signed 3 billion US dollar deal with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to manufacture 200 Kamov 226T light helicopters.
- These helicopters will be manufactured under Make in India initiative and will replace the ageing fleet of Cheetah and Chetak helicopters.
- Kamov 226T light helicopters will be mainly used to move troops and equipment to high-altitude locations like Siachen.
Answer: Option B. -> 2 and 3
Answer: (b)Russia’s Rostech State Corporation has signed 1 billion US dollar deal with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to manufacture 200 Kamov 226T light helicopters.
Answer: (b)Russia’s Rostech State Corporation has signed 1 billion US dollar deal with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to manufacture 200 Kamov 226T light helicopters.
Question 68. Consider the following statements.
- India and Pakistan exchanged the list of their nuclear installations under a bilateral agreement that bars them from attacking each other’s atomic facilities.
- This is the 25th consecutive exchange of such list between the two countries.
- The agreement, which was signed on 1st January, 1988 and entered into force on January 27th, 1991.
Answer: Option C. -> 1 and 2
Answer: (c)The agreement, which was signed on December 31st, 1988 and entered into force on January 27th, 1991.
Answer: (c)The agreement, which was signed on December 31st, 1988 and entered into force on January 27th, 1991.
Answer: Option C. -> 1 and 2
Answer: (c)In a nuclear disaster, the main focus is to cool the nuclear reactor. Pumping of water to the reactors and use of boric acid are some of the options.
Answer: (c)In a nuclear disaster, the main focus is to cool the nuclear reactor. Pumping of water to the reactors and use of boric acid are some of the options.
Answer: Option C. -> Ship
Answer: (c)
The waterline is the line where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water, in concept or reality.
Specifically, it is also the name of a special marking, also known as the national Load Line or Plimsoll Line (positioned amidships), that indicates the draft of the ship and the legal limit to which a ship may be loaded for specific water types and temperatures in order to safely maintain buoyancy, particularly with regard to the hazard of waves that may arise.
The purpose of a load line is to ensure that a ship has sufficient freeboard (the height from the water line to the main deck) and thus sufficient reserve buoyancy (e.g., the enclosed volume created by the area between the waterline and the main deck).
The freeboard of commercial vessels is measured between the lowest point of the uppermost continuous deck at the side and the waterline and this must not be less than the freeboard marked on the Load Line Certificate issued to that ship.
Answer: (c)
The waterline is the line where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water, in concept or reality.
Specifically, it is also the name of a special marking, also known as the national Load Line or Plimsoll Line (positioned amidships), that indicates the draft of the ship and the legal limit to which a ship may be loaded for specific water types and temperatures in order to safely maintain buoyancy, particularly with regard to the hazard of waves that may arise.
The purpose of a load line is to ensure that a ship has sufficient freeboard (the height from the water line to the main deck) and thus sufficient reserve buoyancy (e.g., the enclosed volume created by the area between the waterline and the main deck).
The freeboard of commercial vessels is measured between the lowest point of the uppermost continuous deck at the side and the waterline and this must not be less than the freeboard marked on the Load Line Certificate issued to that ship.
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