Question: NASA’s New Horizons mission was launched on 19 January 2006 to study which of the following planet? (a) Pluto (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) None of the above Ans: (a) Related facts: NASA’s New […]
Question: US space agency NASA’s Juno spacecraft sent to study Jupiter, entered into its orbit on- (a) 8 July 2016 (b) 7 July 2016 (c) 5 July 2016 (d) 4 July 2016 Ans. (d) Related […]
Question: Recently which of the following country has launched its second Shijian-16 Satellite? (a) China (b) Russia (c) Japan (d) North Korea Ans: (a) Related facts: On 29 June 2016 China has launched its second […]
Question: Recently India test fired a new surface-to-air missile- Barak-8 from which of the following place? (a)Chandipur, Orissa (b)Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (c)Kochi, Kerala (d)Mumbai, Maharashtra Ans: (a) Related facts: On 30 June 2016 India test […]
Question: Recently the International Astronomical Union(IAU) has officially named a Mars crater “Langtang”. Langtang is a- (a) One of the villages worst hit by the 2015 earthquake in Nepal. (b) China’s endangered bird species (c) […]
Question: With the help of which of the following Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle did the ISRO successfully launched 20 satellite in a single flight? (a) PSLV-35 (b) PSLV-33 (c) PSLV-34 (d) PSLV-36 Ans:(c) Related facts: […]
Question: Name the company which has launched two commercial communications satellites, Eutelsat 117 West B and ABS-2A successfully in Geosynchronous Transfer Orbits (GTO). (a) Space X (b) NASA (c) ISRO (d) None of the above […]
Question: The Indigenous Trainer Aircraft HTT 40 (Basic Trainer Aircraft – BTA) is designed and developed by- (a) Defence Research and Development Organisation (b) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (c) Indian Airforce (d) Brahmos Aerospace Ans:(b) Related […]
Question: What is the reason behind extinction of Great Barrier Reef’s only endemic (found nowhere else) mammal species? (a) Climate change (b) Hunting (c) Lack of food (d) None of the above Ans:(a) Related facts: […]
Question: Name the project under which scientists from Iceland have discovered a new way to trap the greenhouse gas (GHG) carbon dioxide (CO2) deep underground by changing it into rock? (a) Carbon Print (b) Carb-Fix […]