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GK Questions: Science & Technology – Set 4

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Hello Aspirants. Welcome to Online General Knowledge section in Affairs cloud, which is important for Banking exams and other competitive exams. We have included Some questions related to Science & Technology !!!

  1. India’s Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme was started in ………………….
    1.1990-91
    2.1980-81
    3.1982-83
    4.1997-98
    5.None of these
    Answer – 3.1982 – 83
    Explanation :
    Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme started in 1982–83 under the leadership of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and ended in 2008 after these strategic missiles were successfully developed. The last major missile developed under the programme was the Agni 3 intermediate-range ballistic missile

  2. The Akash’s first flight occurred in …………………
    1.2000
    2.1993
    3.1987
    4.1990
    5.None of these
    Answer – 4.1990
    Explanation :
    Akash is a medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile defense system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) for Missile Systems, Ordnance Factories Board and Bharat Electronics (BEL) for other Systems in India.

  3. Trishul is a which type of missile ?
    1.Surface to air missile
    2.Air to surface missile
    3.Air to air missile
    4.Surface to surface missile
    5.None of these
    Answer – 1.Surface to air missile
    Explanation :
    Trishul is a short range surface-to-air missile developed by India. It was developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation as a part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program.

  4. Astra is a state of the art beyond visual range air to air missile designed for a range of
    1.40km-80km
    2.20km-80km
    3.10km-60km
    4.30km-90km
    5.None of these
    Answer – 2.20km-80km
    Explanation :
    Astra is an active radar homing beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM)developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India. Astra is designed to be capable of engaging targets at varying range and altitudes allowing for engagement of both short-range targets (up to 20 km) and long-range targets (up to 80 km) using alternative propulsion modes

  5. Messenger is a spacecraft of which Planet ?
    1.Jupiter
    2.Mercury
    3.Earth
    4.Mars
    5.None of these
    Answer – 2.Mercury
    Explanation :
    MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging, and a reference to the Roman mythological messenger, Mercury) was a NASA robotic spacecraft that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015. The spacecraft was launched aboard a Delta II rocket in August 2004 to study Mercury’s chemical composition,geology, and magnetic field.

  6. Venus Express is a spacecraft for Venus. It was launched by ……………..
    1.ISRO
    2.NASA
    3.ESA
    4.NASA & ISRO
    5.None of these
    Answer – 3.ESA
    Explanation :
    Venus Express (VEX) was the first Venus exploration mission of the European Space Agency (ESA). Launched in November 2005, it arrived at Venus in April 2006 and began continuously sending back science data from its polar orbit around Venus.

  7. …………………. is a spacecraft for SATURN planet
    1.Messenger
    2.Juno
    3.Cassini
    4.Curiosity
    5.None of these
    Answer – 3.Cassini
    Explanation :
    Cassini–Huygens is an unmanned spacecraft sent to the planet Saturn. It is a flagship-class NASA–ESA–ASI robotic spacecraft.Cassini is the fourth space probe to visit Saturn and the first to enter orbit, and its mission is ongoing as of 2016. It has studied the planet and its many natural satellites since arriving there in 2004.

  8. GSAT -2 was launched in ………………….
    1.2002
    2.2006
    3.2012
    4.2003
    5.None of these
    Answer – 4.2003
    Explanation :
    GSAT-2 was an experimental communication satellite built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and launched on one of the first GSLVs. The satellite was positioned at 48 deg east longitude in the geo-stationary orbit.It was launched on 8th May, 2003

  9. Voyager-2 is a spacecraft for which planet ?
    1.Uranus
    2.Neptune
    3.Saturn
    4.Venus
    5.None of these
    Answer – 1.Uranus
    Explanation :
    The exploration of Uranus has, to date, been solely through telescopes and NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft, which made its closest approach to Uranus on January 24, 1986. Voyager 2 discovered 10 moons, studied the planet’s cold atmosphere, and examined its ring system, discovering two new rings.

  10. India announced that it had destroyed all of its chemical weapons stocks in ……………
    1.2004
    2.2009
    3.1998
    4.1989
    5.None of these
    Answer – 2.2009
    Explanation :
    India informed the United Nations in May 2009 that it had destroyed its stockpile of chemical weapons in compliance with the international Chemical Weapons Convention. With this India has become third country after South Korea and Albania to do so





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