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Each section contains 100 MCQs on Basic General Knowledge .
81
India's first Technicolor film ____ in the early 1950s was produced by ____
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
India's first Technicolor film Jhansi Ki Rani in the early 1950s was produced by Sohrab Modi.
82
India has largest deposits of ____ in the world.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The British Geological Survey reports that as of 2005, Kodarma district in Jharkhand state in India had the largest deposits of mica in the world.
83
How many Lok Sabha seats belong to Rajasthan?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Rajasthan is a state in north India and has 25 seats in the Lok Sabha of which 4 are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 3 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
84
India's first satellite is named after
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
India's first satellite is named after Aryabhatta. The Aryabhata spacecraft,named after the famous indian astronomer,was india's first satellite;It was completely designed and fabricated in India.It was launched by a Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket from Kapustin Yar on April 19,1975.
85
India's first atomic reactor was
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
India's first atomic reactor was Apsara. Apsara is the oldest of India's research reactors. The reactor was designed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) and built with assistance from the United Kingdom (which also provided the initial fuel supply consisting of 80 percent enriched uranium). Apsara first went critical on 4 August 1956.
86
In which year, terrorists crash two planes into New York's World Trade Centre on September 11 in a sequence of destruction?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
In year 2001, terrorists crash two planes into New York's World Trade Centre on September 11 in a sequence of destruction. The September 11 attacks were a series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 terrorists associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. It was the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil; nearly 3,000 people were killed.
87
India's first ocean wave's energy project was launched in
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
India's first ocean wave's energy project was launched in 1991.
88
In which of the following years, the membership of the Security Council was increased from 11 to 15 (under Article 23)?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
In 1965, the membership of the Security Council was increased from 11 to 15 (under Article 23). Expansion of the UN Security Council from 11 to 15 members, with the supermajority required for action being increased from 7 to 9 votes.
89
India's tallest stone statue of the Jain sage Gomateswara is at
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
India's tallest stone statue of the Jain sage Gomateswara is at Sravanabelagola, Karnataka. Shravanabelagola (Śravaṇa Beḷagoḷa) is a town located near Channarayapatna of Hassan district in the Indian state of Karnataka.
90
In 1945, fifty nations met to phrase the basic charter for a world organization which would "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war". This conference took place at
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
In 1945, fifty nations met to phrase the basic charter for a world organization which would "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war". This conference took place at San Francisco.