General Knowledge Question Answer: Current Affairs GK Questions and Answers

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Q. Rustom 1 UAV is India's -
1) A fleet tanker
2) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
3) Surface to air missile
4) Air to sea missile

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Q. Astra missile which was recently test-fired is a -
1) Air to-air missile
2) Surface to-air missile
3) Surface to surface missile
4) Air to surface missile

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Q. Consider the following statements -
1. GSAT-8 is the heaviest and largest satellite built by ISRO.
2. It was one of the two copassengers in ISRO's launch carried by Ariane-5 on May 21, 2011.
3. The two communications satellites which the 800 tonne Ariane-5 launched carried weighed 9,000kg.
4. The other and even heavier satellite was from Singapore and Taiwan.
which of the above is correct?

1) only 1 and 2
2) only 3 and 4
3) only 1, 2 and 3
4) All the four

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Q. With reference to a news item related to ISRO setting up several new critical facilities which of the following is not correctly matched? Facility Centre/Location (A) Hypersonic Wind Tunnel- Trivendrum (B) Testing Facility for High Thrust Cryogenics Engines-Mahendragiri (C) New Mission Control- New Delhi (D) Advance Research and Development Centre - Chitradurga
1) (A)
2) (B)
3) (C)
4) (D)

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Q. Islam Karimovvwho recently visited India is the President of -
1) China
2) Mongolia
3) Kazakhstan
4) Uzbekistan

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Q. Which of the nations did Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh visit in second week of may 2011?
1) Afghanistan
2) Sri Lanka
3) Bangladesh
4) Pakistan

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Q. By which of the following was 'The Decade of Action for Road Safety'launched?
1) United Nations Organisation
2) Indian Government
3) SAARC Nations
4) None of the above

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Q. Planning Commission has recently set up Working Group on -
1) School Education
2) Health Reforms
3) Infrastructure development
4) Tribal Welfare

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Q. India recently signed Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA)with -
1) Japan
2) Argentina
3) Russia
4) Colombia

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Q. India recently ratified United Nations Convention against--
1) Drug Trafficking
2) Terrorism
3) Corruption
4) None of the above

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