Q481.Who among the following was the first recipient of Bharat Ratna?
Correct answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
Q482.Who is not the recipient of ‘Bharat Ratna’?
Correct answer: Rahul Gandhi
Q483.Who among the following has not beet awarded ‘Bharat Ratna’?
Correct answer: Acharya Narendra Dev
Q484.In 1992, J.R.D. Tata was awarded which of the following awards?
Correct answer: Bharat Ratna
Q485.Who was the first recipient woman of Vyas Samman?
Correct answer: Chitra Mudgal
Q486.In which field is the ‘Swarna Kamal’ award given?
Correct answer: Cinema
Q487.Who is the first person of Indian origin to win the ‘Booker Prize’?
Correct answer: V.S. Naipaul
Q488.NASA’s ‘Cassini’ spacecraft is on mission for which planet?
Correct answer: Saturn
Q489.Nobel Prizes are given by
Correct answer: Swedish Academy
Q490.Tim Peake is known as which of the following?
Correct answer: Astronaut
Q491.The ‘Chakradhar Fellowship’ is given in the field of
Correct answer: Classical music
Q492.Kalpana-I is the new name given to one of the following.
Correct answer: Metsat
Q493.The Maharana Pratap Award is given for excellence in the field of
Correct answer: Sports
Q494.Which one of the following satellites was successfully launched by India on 29th September, 2012?
Correct answer: GSAT-10
Q495.Which one among the following Indians was honoured by a Special Oscar Award?
Correct answer: Satyajit Ray
Q496.Electrically charged particles from space travelling at speeds of several hundred km/sec can severely harm living beings if they reach the surface of the Earth. What prevents them from reaching the surface of the Earth?
Correct answer: The Earth’s magnetic field diverts them towards its poles
Q497.Who among the following is Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award winner?
Correct answer: Firaq Gorakhpuri
Q498.What is the geostatic position?
Correct answer: When the object moves around the Earth with the velocity commensurate with the velocity of the Earth such that it maintain a fixed position in relation to some place on the Earth
Q499.Identify the wrong pair related to Indian Cinema.
Correct answer: First Indian Film to be nominated for an Oscar - Mughal-e-Azam
Q500.In which atmospheric layer, the communication satellites are located?
Correct answer: Exosphere
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