GK Practice Test: Question Set - 04
1. Missile 'prithivi' aims
- (A) To
test the performance of an indigenously built heat-shield
- (B) To
hit target without the help of the Air Forces
- (C) To
defend a large installations like oil-fields etc. against enemy attacks
- (D) None of the above
2. Which Indian satellite had a main function to perform X-ray experiments in space and send back data to earth?
- (A) Aryabhatta
- (B) Bhaskara I
- (C) Bhaskara II
- (D) None of the
above
3. Where is the BARC's Research Centre?
- (A) Variable
Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata
- (B) Nuclear
Research Lab, Kashmir
- (C) High
Altitude Research Lab, Gulmarg
- (D) All
of the above
4. The first nuclear reactor in India is
- (A) Dhurva
- (B) Harsha
- (C) Apsara
- (D) Vipula
5. Which atomic reactor is used for studies of uranium heavy water lattice?
- (A) Apsara
- (B) Zerlina
- (C) Dhruva
- (D) Purnima-I
6. Which among the sources of energy tapped in India has shown the largest growth till the Eighth plan?
- (A) Hydro
- (B) Thermal
- (C) Gas
- (D) Nuclear
7. The first development flight of SLV-3 took place on
- (A) May 31, 1981
- (B) April 17,
1983
- (C) December 21,
1999
- (D) December 28,
1995
8. The department of Atomic Energy was established in
- (A) 1948
- (B) 1954
- (C) 1963
- (D) 1971
9. The country's first indigenously built missile boat was
- (A) INS Vibhuti
- (B) INS Vipul
- (C) INS Savitri
- (D) INS Shakti
10. The battle tanks that have been modernized to keep pace with the latest technology development is
- (A) Vijayanta
- (B) T-55 and
T-72
- (C) Arjun
- (D) All of the
above
11. Who was the first Indian to go into space?
- (A) Rakesh
Sharma
- (B) Satish Dawan
- (C) Kalpana
Chawla
- (D) Ravi
Malhotra
12. The SLV-3 project provided India with the expertise to lop a larger and more sophisticated launch vehicle
- (A) PSLV
- (B) ASLV
- (C) GSLV
- (D) None of the
above
13. The objective of India's space programme was
- (A) Mass
communication and education via satellite
- (B) Survey
and management of natural resources
- (C) Development
of indigenous satellites and satellite launch vehicles
- (D) All of the
above
14. What is the range of missile 'Akash'?
- (A) 4 km
- (B) 25 km
- (C) 500 m to 9
km
- (D) 150 km