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India's first satellite of 2020 GSAT-30 was successfully launched is a -

1) Remote Sensing Satellite

2) Communication Satelite

3) Spy Satellite

4) Metrological Satellite

Aditya-1 is a spacecraft, whose mission is to study the 'Sun'. It will study?

1. Sun's corona

2. Sun's photosphere

3. Sun's chromospheres

Select the correct code :

1) 1 only

2) 1 and 3

3) 2 only

4) All of the above

Very Large Array (VLA), a radio astronomy observatory which led to the recent discovery of smallest galaxies known to host massive black holes, is located in -

1) Paris

2) Hawaii Island

3) New York

4) Central New Mexico

Consider the following statements about Anti-Satellite test conducted by India -

1. The test was named as Operation Shakti.

2. India is the first Asian country to conduct this test.

3. The test is in violation of Outer Space Treaty.

4. The test was conducted by ISRO

Which of the following are not correct?

1) 3 and 4 only

2) 2 only

3) 2 and 3 only

4) All of the above

With reference to 'LIGO (Laser Inferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory)', which of the following statements is/ are correct?

1. LIGO is the world's largest gravitational wave observatory

2. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo detectors recorded an unknown or unanticipated 'burst' of gravitational waves on January 14, 2020.

Which among the above statements is/ are correct?

1) 1 only

2) 2 only

3) Both 1 and 2

4) Neither 1 nor 2

The study of images of deities falls within a branch of art history called -

1) Pictography

2) Lithography

3) Icthyography

4) Iconography

Earth Imaging Satellite Goafen-10 has been launched onboard' Long March 4C rocket by -

1) Russia

2) China

3) Israel

4) Japan

NEON the artificial human is claimed to have been developed by -

1) STAR Labs of Samsung

2) Apple Inc

3) Microsoft Corporation

4) Adobe Inc

Name the project recently initiated by ISRO to safeguard Indian space assets from debris and other harm.

1) Project NETRA

2) Project DRISHTI

3) Project ROSHNI

4) Project Space

Name the project recently initiated by ISRO to safeguard Indian space assets from debris and other harm.

1) Project NETRA

2) Project DRISHTI

3) Project ROSHNI

4) Project Space

Peter Higgs from United Kingdom and Francois Englert from Belgium had shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in which subject?

1) Chemistry

2) Medicine

3) Literature

4) Physics

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Akira Yoshino, M. Stanley Whittingham and John B. Goodenough for which of the following works?

1) For the direct evolution of enzymes

2) For the phage display of peptides and antibodies

3) For the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems

4) For the development of lithium-ion batteries

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. Where is the headquarters of IAEA?

1) Paris, France

2) New York, USA

3) New Delhi, India

4) Vienna, Austria

Which of the following countries has opened the largest solar farm in Southeast Asia?

1) Vietnam

2) People's Republic of China

3) Myanmar

4) India

UNESCO inaugurated the celebration of 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements to celebrate its completion of how many years?

1) 100

2) 150

3) 75

4) 50

UNESCO inaugurated the celebration of 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements to celebrate its completion of how many years?

1) 100

2) 150

3) 75

4) 50

Recently, ISRO and CNES signed an agreement to set up a joint maritime surveillance system CNES is a space agency of which country?

1) Russia

2) Germany

3) France

4) Canada

The book, The Origin of Species was written by -

1) Linnaeus

2) Lamarck

3) Mendel

4) Darwin