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Who was the inventor of the Spinning Jenny?

1) Sir Richard Arkwright

2) Sir Issac Pitman

3) Harry Brearley

4) James Hargreaves

Which of the following is an ore of Aluminium?

1) Borax

2) Dolomite

3) Carnallite

4) Bauxite

Which Arab scientist could be given the credit of christening the mathematical discipline of algorithm?

1) Al-Khwarizmi

2) Ibn al-Haytham

3) Ibn Rushd

4) Ibn Sina

Prahaar is -

1) a battle tank

2) a surface-to-surface missile

3) an aircraft carrier

4) a submarine

When hot water is placed into an empty water bottle, the bottle keeps its shape and does not soften. What type of plastic is the water bottle made from?

1) Thermoplastic

2) PVC

3) Polyurethane

4) Thermosetting

Tuvalu has become a point of discussion recently, Why?

1) Potato plant that could grow in high altitude

2) Place in equatorial Africa, where snow is found

3) New innovative technology to meet global warming

4) A country under threat of submergence due to ice melting and sea level rise

Which one of the following planets was explored by Cassini Mission launched by NASA, which ended in September 2017?

1) Sun

2) Neptune

3) Saturn

4) Jupiter

Which one of the following planets was explored by Cassini Mission launched by NASA, which ended in September 2017?

1) Sun

2) Neptune

3) Saturn

4) Jupiter

One carbon credit is accepted as equivalent to -

1) 100 kg of carbon

2) 100 kg of carbon dioxide

3) 1000 kg of carbon

4) 1000 kg of carbon dioxide

Which one of the following is India's first indigenous designed and developed long-range subsonic cruise missile which can be deployed from multiple platforms?

1) Astra

2) Akash

3) Nirbhay

4) Shankhnaad

White coal' is-

1) uranium

2) hydro-electricity

3) ice

4) diamond

Which of the following air pollution control devices is suitable for removing the finest dust from the air?

1) Cyclone separator

2) Electrostatic Precipitator

3) Fabric filter

4) Wet scrubber

With whom of the following has Indian Council of Medical Research signed a pact for vaccine research and development recently ?

1) International Vaccine Institute

2) National Vaccine Institute

3) International Institute of Vaccination

4) National Institute of Vaccine Immunology

Which of the following institute has recently launched India's heaviest rocket which put GSAT-19 in space?

1) DRDO

2) ISSO

3) ISRO

4) NASA

Which of the following institute has recently launched India's heaviest rocket which put GSAT-19 in space?

1) DRDO

2) ISSO

3) ISRO

4) NASA

Recently NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has discovered traces of water forming ingredients i.e. hydrogen and oxygen molecules in which of the following asteroid ?

1) Pallas

2) Bennu

3) Hygiea

4) Ceres

As per the newspaper reports (August 2016), the world’s first ‘self-driving’ taxi service has been launched in which of the following countries ?

1) China

2) Singapore

3) Japan

4) Russia

Which Indian scientist was bestowed with the 2016 Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam award by the Government of Tamil Nadu ?

1) D.K. Radhaswami

2) Rajesh Gopa Kumar

3) C.N.R. Rao

4) P. Shammugam