General Awareness

Q621.Which of the following trophies is not associated with cricket?

Q622.Consider the following statements. 1. A geostationary satellite is at an approximate height of 10000 km. 2. FM transmission of music is of very good quality because the atmospheric or man-made noises which are generally frequency variations can do little harm. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Q623.Which of the following is wrongly matched?

Q624.The satellite used for telecommunication relay are kept in a geostationary orbit. A satellite is said to be in such an orbit when 1. The orbit is geosynchronous. 2. The orbit is circular. 3. The orbit lies in the plane of the Earth’s equator. 4. The orbit is at an altitude of 22,236 km. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Q625.The Wimbledon Championship is played in

Q626.Consider the following statements. 1. Vigyan Rail is a Science Exhibition on wheels organized by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2. Vigyan Prasar is an autonomous body under the ministry of human resources development. 3. The educational satellite of ISRO (EDUSAT) was launched in 2004 from French Guiana. Which of the above statement is correct?

Q627.What is the meaning of term ‘Ace’ in Tennis?

Q628.With reference to ‘Astrosat’, the astronomical observatory launched by India, which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. Other than USA and Russia, India is the only country to have launched a similar observatory into space. 2. Astrosat is a 2000 kg satellite placed in an orbit at 1650 km above the surface of the Earth. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Q629.The term ‘bully’ is associated with

Q630.Assertion (A): India’s telecommunication has been linked to a satellite. Reason (R): India is preparing for starwar.

Q631.Googly is associated with

Q632.In which of the following activities are Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites used? 1. Assessment of crop productivity 2. Locating groundwater resources. 3. Mineral exploration 4. Telecommunication 5. Traffic studies Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Q633.Ranji Trophy is associated with

Q634.Assertion (A): A space shuttle loses radio contact with ground station for a while during landing on the Earth. Reason (R): As a space shuttle enters Earth’s atmosphere, the shuttle’s surface temperature increases which ionize the surrounding air. In the context of the above statements, which of the following is correct?

Q635.‘Gambit’ is the term associated with which of the following games?

Q636.Which is the correct chronological order of the following space programmes? 1. APPLE 2. IGMD 3. STEP 4. SITE Code

Q637.Michael Ferreira is associated with which of the following games/ sports?

Q638.India developed the Satellite launch vehicles over a period of few decades. Which is the correct chronological order of development of the following vehicles A, B, C and D? 1. PSLV 2. ASLV 3. SLV 4. GSLV Select correct answer from code below. Code

Q639.Merdeka Cup is associated with

Q640.Match the following pairs. Launch Vehicle (a) Satellite Launch Vehicle-3 (SLV-3) (b) Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) (c) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) (d) Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Satellite 1. Chandrayaan-1 2. Rohini 3. SROSS-C 4. EDUSAT Which of the following codes are correctly matched? Code (a) (b) (c) (d)