1. Scientist in the month of December
revealed a planet that could support life, orbits a Sun-like star near the
Earth. What is the name of the star around which this planet was found
orbiting?
a) Tau Ceti
b) Sirius
c) 36 Ophiuchi
d) Gliese 33
Ans-
(a)
2. Which Country won the Junior Table
Tennis Championship claiming all the titles?
(a) Germany
(b) China
(c) Hungary
(d) Sweden
Answer: (b)
3. Which team on 15 December 2012 won the
3rd World Cup Kabaddi Tournament for the third consecutive time in the Men’s
category and second consecutive time in the Women’s category?
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) Australia
(d) England
Answer: (a)
4. NASA developed new next-gen
spacesuit called Z-1 Prototype Spacesuit and Portable Life Support System
(PLSS) 2.0 for the sophisticated and complex space ventures, which also include
Mars mission. Which of the following statement is not true in this context:
a) The spacesuit is crafted out of various hard elements on the fabric. It also becomes flexible after being inflated.
b) There is no need of an airlock for seeking entry or getting exit in and out of this suit.
c) It makes use of the recent technique that includes sublimator which works only in hard vacuum.
d) The spacesuit packs in itself water membrane evaporation cooler which cools the suit through same method like sweating.
a) The spacesuit is crafted out of various hard elements on the fabric. It also becomes flexible after being inflated.
b) There is no need of an airlock for seeking entry or getting exit in and out of this suit.
c) It makes use of the recent technique that includes sublimator which works only in hard vacuum.
d) The spacesuit packs in itself water membrane evaporation cooler which cools the suit through same method like sweating.
Answer: (c) It makes use of the recent
technique that includes sublimator which works only in hard vacuum.
5. The gravity mapping satellites of NASA
ended the successful mission to Moon by crashing on the rim of crater. What is
the name of these gravity mapping satellites of NASA?
a) Voyager 1 and Voyager 2
b) Ebb and Flow
c) Orion and Kepler
d) Dawn and Orion
Answer: (b) Ebb and Flow
a) Voyager 1 and Voyager 2
b) Ebb and Flow
c) Orion and Kepler
d) Dawn and Orion
Answer: (b) Ebb and Flow
6. The Central Zoo Authority of India approved exchanging white
tigress from the Delhi Zoo against an animal from the Krasnoyarks Park of flora
and fauna, Roev Ruchey in Russia. Which animal was traded in exchange of white
tigress?
a) South American Jaguars
b) Kangaroos
c) Puma
d) Leopard
a) South American Jaguars
b) Kangaroos
c) Puma
d) Leopard
Answer:
(c) Puma
7. The Baikonur Cosmodrome is the world’s
first and largest operational space launch facility. In which country is it
located?
(A) France
(B) Kazakhstan
(C) Uzbekistan
(D) Germany
Ans.
(B) Kazakhstan
8. The International Hockey Federation has
decided to allot the next Hockey World Cup in 2010 to India. In which year
Hockey World Cup tournament started?
(A) 1971
(B) 1974
(C) 1976
(D) 1977
Ans.
(A) 1971
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