National Events (Part-IX)

Total Questions: 50

31. At the end of September 2012, India had successfully launched its heaviest communication satellite named - [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2013, U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013]

(a) OCEANSAT (IRS-P4)
(b) LANDSAT-10
(c) GSAT-10
(d) SPOT

Correct Answer: (c) GSAT-10

Solution:GSAT-10 launched by 'Ariane-5 VA-209' from French Guiana, Kourou on 29th September 2012, weighs 3.4 tons which is India's heaviest communication satellite launched till date. It is equipped with 30 transponders with 12 transponders in KU band 12 in C band and 6 in extended C-band. Its working period is 15 years.

32. Current Attorney General of India is - [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2002]

(a) Kirit Raval
(b) Milan K. Banerjee
(c) R. Ramchandran
(d) Soli Jehangir Sorabajee

Correct Answer: (d) Soli Jehangir Sorabajee

Solution:When the question was asked, Soli Jehangir Sorabjee was the Attorney General of India from 07.04.1998 to 04.06.2004. R. Venkataramani is the incumbent Attorney-General for India. He succeeded to the office as the 16th Attorney-General on 1 October 2022. His predecessor was K. K. Venugopal.

33. Apart from the satellite 'SARAL', ISRO launched six more satellites on 25-2-2013 from Shriharikota belonging to other countries whose number is: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2013, U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013]

(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6

Correct Answer: (b) 4

Solution:On 25th February 2013, the polar rocket made a successful flight from the Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota. Through this flight, PSLV-C20 successfully placed a total of 6 foreign small and microsatellites from 4 countries in their orbits, in addition to the joint satellite 'Saral' of India-France.

The details of the 6 foreign satellites that were launched are as follows-

(i) Sapphire - (Canada)
(ii) NEOSSat - (Canada)
(iii) BRITE - (Austria)
(iv) Uni-BRITE - (Austria)
(v) AAUSAT-3 -(Denmark)
(vi) STRAND-1 - (Britain)

34. How many foreign satellites are proposed to be launched by ISRO's next PSLV in December 2012? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2012]

(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6

Correct Answer: (d) 6

Solution:6 foreign satellites are proposed to be launched by ISRO's next PSLV in December 2012. Hence, option (d) is correct.

35. Roorkee has attained the status of - [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2002]

(a) Fifth IIT of country
(b) Sixth IIT of country
(c) Seventh IIT of country
(d) Eight IIT of country

Correct Answer: (c) Seventh IIT of country

Solution:Currently, there are 23 IIT colleges in India. On 21st September, 2001, the Government of India granted Roorkee Engineering College, the status of the seventh IIT in the country. BHU Varanasi established in the year 1919, was awarded the status of 16th IIT of the country in the year 2012.

IIT Palakkad and IIT Tirupati were awarded IIT status of 17th and 18th respectively, in the year 2015. In the year 2016, IIT-ISM Dhanbad (19th), IIT Bhilai (20th), IIT Goa (21th), IIT (22th) Jammu and IIT Dharwad were awarded 23rd IIT status.

36. In which one of the following cities country's first Indian Institute of Skills was established? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Mumbai
(c) Rohtak
(d) Kanpur

Correct Answer: (d) Kanpur

Solution:Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December 2016, laid foundation stone of the country's first Indian Institute of Skills (IIS) in Kanpur.

IIS's are being established in the country to enhance training standards beyond the current programmes available in the skill eco-system and to provide 'hands on skills' training to trainees in specialised areas in collaboration with industry, catering to local/regional industry requirements.

37. According to a recent news (March 2013), the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the United States Space Agency NASA have agreed to form a working group for cooperation in which of the following endeavours? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]

(a) Moon and Mars Missions of future
(b) Meteorology and Space Exploration
(c) Heliophysics
(d) All of the above

Correct Answer: (d) All of the above

Solution:India and the US agreed to expand the scope of cooperation to space-related activities. These activities range from weather and monsoon forecasts to cooperation in space exploration including Lunar and Mars missions. The agreement was announced between ISRO and NASA, the space agencies of the two countries, on 22nd March 2013 after a meeting of the US-India Civil Space Joint Working Group (CSZWG). The two sides also agreed to discuss home science and Haley Physics continuously.

38. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization in place of G. Madhavan? [U.P.P.S.C. (GIC) 2010]

(a) Venkatraman Ram Krishnan
(b) K. Radhakrishnan
(c) Dr. R. Bhabha
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer: (b) K. Radhakrishnan

Solution:On 30th October 2009, K. Radha Krishnan was elected ISRO Chairman in place of G. Madhavan Nair. Currently, S. Somanath is the chairman of ISRO, he assumed change on January 14, 2022.

39. Given below are two statements, one labelled as the Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R): [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Re-Exam) (Pre) 2016]

Assertion (A): Lucknow's Defence Expo 2020 was Asia's biggest Expo of defence products.

Reason (R): The Expo was organised to portrait India as emerging defence manufacturing hub.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

(a) Both (A) and (R) true and (R) is the correct expla-nation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true

Correct Answer: (a) Both (A) and (R) true and (R) is the correct expla-nation of (A)

Solution:During 5th-9th February 2020, Asia's biggest defence Expo was organised at Lucknow (UP), in which almost 1000 companies took part. The objective was to promote India's manufactured Defence products.

40. Former CBI Director, Ashwini Kumar has been recently appointed Governor of: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]

(a) Assam
(b) Bihar
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Nagaland

Correct Answer: (d) Nagaland

Solution:In March 2013, the then President, Pranab Mukherjee appointed two new Governors. The newly appointed Governors were former CBI directors Ashwani Kumar (Nagaland) and S.C. Jamir (Odisha). Presently, Shri La Ganesan has now been oppointed as the Hon'ble Governor of Nagaland and took oath on February 20, 2023

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