General Awareness

Q541.Which of the following is called a ‘Grand Slam’?

AWinning the Wimbeldon singles title successively for 2 years BWinning the highest number of medals in the Olympic Games CTaking 100 wickets and scoring 1000 runs in cricket DWinning all thirteen tricks of a deal at one time in the card game of Bridge

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Q542.Which of the following is not correctly matched?

ASpace Application Centre - Ahmedabad BNational Remote Sensing Centre - Hyderabad CIndian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre - Sriharikota DVikram Sarabhai Space Centre - Thiruvananthapuram

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Q543.Aswini Nachappa distinguished herself in

AAthletics BHockey CBadminton DSwimming

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Q544.The ‘Black Box’ of an aeroplane is of

AWhite colour BRed colour CBlack colour DOrange colour

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Q545.Leander Paes is associated with

AFootball BCricket CBadminton DTennis

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Q546.On which date did Chandrayaan enter the lunar orbit?

A3 November B6 November C8 November DNone of the above

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Q547.Monica Seles is associated with which of the following games?

AAthletics BBadminton CBasketball DTennis

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Q548.Name of the spacecraft for India’s mission Moon is

AChandrayaan-I BChandrayaan-II CAntariksha DChange-I

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Q549.Ramesh Krishnan is a distinguished personality in the field of

ACricket BFootball CLawn Tennis DTable Tennis

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Q550.Chandrayaan-I was launched from

AOrissa BTamil Nadu CKarnataka DAndhra Pradesh

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Q551.Limba Ram is known for his outstanding performance in which of the following?

ABoxing BShooting CSwimming DArchery

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Q552.The Project Director of Chandrayaan-II was

AC. Rangarajan BA.P.J. Kalam CP. Chidambaram DDr. M. Annadurai

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Q553.Rovers Cup is associated with

ATennis BVolleyball CFootball DBasketball

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Q554.Which of the following statement is not correct about Chinese space shuttle ‘Shenzhou-7’?

AIt was manned by four astronauts BIt was launched by long March 2F rocket CFor the first time, the Chinese astronauts performed a spacecraft DThe astronauts returned safely to Earth

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Q555.Jaspal Rana is a distinguished athlete in which of the following games?

AArchery BShooting CSwimming DWeightlifting

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Q556.China developed a system nicknamed ‘Micius’ which is

AAn ancient Chinese musical system BA quantum satellite communication system CA computer game DNone of the above

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Q557.The Summer Olympic Games were normally held at intervals of

A2 years B3 years C4 years D5 years

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Q558.NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is located in

AHouston BLos Angeles CPasadena DCape Kennedy

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Q559.The Winter Olympics came into being in

A1912 B1916 C1920 D1924

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Q560.What is ‘Greased Lightning-10 (GL- 10)’?

AElectric plane tested by NASA BSolar-powered two-seater aircraft designed by Japan CSpace observatory launched by China DReusable rocket designed by ISRO

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