GENERAL STUDY The “NuSTAR” is a space based X-ray telescope designed by NASA to study ___? [A]Comets [B]Black Holes [C]Asteroids [D]Dwarf Planets Hide Answer Black Holes The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array is an Explorer mission that will allow astronomers to study the universe in high energy X-rays. Launched in June of 2012, NuSTAR is the first focusing hard X-ray telescope to orbit Earth. NuSTAR’s primary science objectives include: Conducting a census for black holes on all scales using wide-field surveys of extragalactic fields and the Galactic center. Mapping radioactive material in young supernova remnants; studying the birth of the elements and to understand how stars explode. 2. The Line Probe Assay (LPA) and Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (CBNAAT) are the new diagnostic technologies used globally to determine which one of the following diseases? [A]Tuberculosis [B]Malaria [C]HIV/AIDS [D]Dengue Hide Answer Tuberculosis For early and rapid diagnosis of drug resistant tuberculosis, new diagnostic technologies such as Line Probe Assay (LPA) and Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (CBNAAT) have been developed globally. India is using these technologies since 2012. 3. Ebb and Flow is the name of a mission related to : [A] NATO [B] NASA [C] CERN [D]European Science Organization Hide Answer Ebb and Flow A pair of NASA spacecraft tumbled out of orbit around the moon and crashed into the surface, ending a mission that peered into the lunar interior. The twin spacecraft were called Ebb and Flow. Ebb plunged first, slamming into a mountain near the moon’s north pole. Its twin, Flow, followed about a half minute later and aimed for the same target. The demise of Ebb and Flow comes on the same month as the 40th launch anniversary of Apollo 17, the last manned mission to the moon. 4. What is the allowed value for the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of mobile handsets? [A]1.6 watt/kg averaged over 10 grams of human tissue [B]1.8 watt/kg averaged over 10 grams of human tissue [C]1.6 watt/kg averaged over 1 gram of human tissue [D]1.8 watt/kg averaged over 1 gram of human tissue Hide Answer 1.6 watt/kg averaged over 1 gram of human tissue. 5. Consejo Regulador Del Tequila has got a GI tag in India. It is a product of ___? [A]Peru [B]Argentina [C]Mexico [D]Brazil Hide Answer Mexico The Jalisco-based Consejo Regulador Del Tequila is also all set to get the GI tag in India. Mexicans have long identified tequila as not just their national drink, but also as a unique symbol of their culture and environment, the notification says. The Agave tequilana plant, commonly known as weber’s blue agave, the extract of which is used to make tequila, can only be planted and harvested within the limits of Jalisco region in Mexico.It has become the 10th product under the wine-spirit category to get the GI tag in India. Others include champagne and cognac (France), Scotch whisky (UK), Porto and Douro wines (Portugal) Napavalley wine (US), Peruvian Pisco brandy ( Peru) and fenny and Nasik Valley wine (India). 6. Who among the following is the first South Korean to go into the space? [A]Yi So-Yeon [B]Chiaki Mukai [C]Liu Yang [D]Naoko Yamazaki Hide Answer Yi So-Yeon The 29-year-old South Korean astronaut Yi So-Yeon became the first South Korean to take off on a space odyssey when Russia’s Soyuz TMA which was launched on April 8, 2008. Yi, a biomechanical engineer, was chosen from about 36,000 applicants for the mission, which cost South Korea about $20 m. Yi was initially the back-up astronaut, but was moved up after Russian officials said the first-choice, 31-year-old Ko San, had broken space centre rules. 7. Consider the following statements about the Satellite with ARgos and ALtika (SARAL): 1. It’s a joint project between India and France 2. It’s primary objective is earth sensing Which among the above statements is / are correct? [A]Only 1 [B]Only 2 [C]Both 1 & 2 [D]Neither 1 nor 2 Hide Answer Both 1 & 2 SARAL refers to Satellite with ARgos and ALtika. The SARAL/AltiKa project is collaboration between France (CNES) and India (ISRO)
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