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In which year did Sir Edmund Hillary reach the summit of Mount Everest?
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| b. | 1953 |
| c. | 1954 |
| d. | 1955
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”View Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer”]Option”B” is correct Edmund Percival Hillary, born in Auckland New Zealand in the year 1919, was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest together with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953. |
| 62. | India’s first fast breeder neutron reactor was- |
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| b. | Zerlina |
| c. | Apsara |
| d. | Kamini
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”View Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer”]Option”D” is correct India’s first fast breeder neutron reactor was Kamini. KAMINI (Kalpakkam Mini reactor) is a research reactor at Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research in Kalpakkam, India. It achieved criticality on October 29, 1996. |
| 63. |
India’s first atomic power station was set up at-
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[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”View Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer”]Option”B” is correct India’s first atomic power station was set up at Tarapur (Maharashtra), is the oldest nuclear power plant in India. The power station comprises two 120MW boiling water reactor (BWR) units commissioned in October 1969 and two pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) units commissioned between 2005 and 2006. |
| 64. | How many Ergs are there in 1 joule? |
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| c. | 106 |
| d. | 107
[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”View Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer”]Option”D” is correct 1 Joule = 1 Newton × 1 m displacement = 105 dyne × 100 cm displacement = 107 ergs. |
| 65. | In 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin met at Teheran primarily- |
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[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”View Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer”]Option”B” is correct In 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin met at Teheran primarily for creating an effective instrument for maintaining international peace. |
| 66. | How much of blood does the normal human heart on each of its contraction pump into the arteries? |
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[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”View Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer”]Option”D” is correct The normal human heart on each of its contraction pumps 60 cm3 of blood into the arteries. |
| 67. | Hygrometer is used to measure- |
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[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”View Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer”]Option”B” is correct Hygrometer is used to measure relative humidity. Humidity is the measure of the amount of moisture in the air. A psychrometer is an example of a hygrometer. |
| 68. | India became a member of the United Nations in- |
| a. | 1945 |
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| c. | 1959 |
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[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”View Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer”]Option”A” is correct India became a member of the United Nations in 1945. India is a founding member of the United Nations. On June 26, 1945, India was among 50 countries to sign the UN charter. India joined the United Nations after ratifying the UN Charter on October 30, 1945. |
| 69. |
India has-
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[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”View Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer”]Option”D” is correct India has largest turmeric production, largest tea production and largest ginger production. |
| 70. | India’s first indigenously built submarine was- |
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[bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ expand_text=”View Answer” collapse_text=”Hide Answer”]Option”C” is correct INS Shalki (S46) is a Shishumar-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy. The submarine was the first ever submarine to be built in India. It was launched in 1987 by the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. |