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1. What does Scramjet stand for?
a) Super Combustion Ramjet
b) Supersonic Combustion Ramjet
c) Stratospheric Combustion Ramjet
d) Swift Combustion Ramjet
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Correct Answer: b) Supersonic Combustion Ramjet
2. For how long did DRDO successfully ground-test the Scramjet engine?
a) Over 8 minutes
b) Over 12 minutes
c) Over 15 minutes
d) Over 20 minutes
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Correct Answer: b) Over 12 minutes
3. Which DRDO laboratory conducted the Scramjet engine test?
a) DRDO Defence Research Laboratory
b) Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL)
c) Advanced Systems Laboratory
d) Armament Research and Development Establishment
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Correct Answer: b) Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL)
4. What speed is classified as hypersonic?
a) >Mach 3
b) >Mach 5
c) >Mach 7
d) >Mach 10
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Correct Answer: b) >Mach 5
5. Which of the following countries is NOT part of the select group capable of scramjet testing?
a) USA
b) Russia
c) Japan
d) China
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Correct Answer: c) Japan
6. What is the speed equivalent of Mach 5 in km/h?
a) >4,100 km/h
b) >6,100 km/h
c) >8,100 km/h
d) >10,100 km/h
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Correct Answer: b) >6,100 km/h
7. Which type of hypersonic weapon glides to target and is not self-propelled?
a) Hypersonic Cruise Missile (HCM)
b) Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV)
c) Hypersonic Ballistic Missile
d) Hypersonic Drone
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Correct Answer: b) Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV)
8. At what speed can a Scramjet engine NOT produce thrust?
a) Zero speed
b) Subsonic speed
c) Supersonic speed
d) Hypersonic speed
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Correct Answer: a) Zero speed
9. What is the computational capacity of Param Shakti?
a) 2.1 Petaflop
b) 3.1 Petaflop
c) 4.1 Petaflop
d) 5.1 Petaflop
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Correct Answer: b) 3.1 Petaflop
10. Where was Param Shakti launched?
a) IIT Delhi
b) IIT Madras
c) IIT Bombay
d) IIT Kanpur
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Correct Answer: b) IIT Madras
11. Param Shakti was built using which series of servers?
a) INDRA series
b) RUDRA series
c) SHAKTI series
d) PARAM series
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Correct Answer: b) RUDRA series
12. Which operating system does Param Shakti run on?
a) Ubuntu Linux
b) AlmaLinux
c) Red Hat Linux
d) Debian Linux
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Correct Answer: b) AlmaLinux
13. The National Supercomputing Mission was launched in which year?
a) 2013
b) 2015
c) 2017
d) 2019
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Correct Answer: b) 2015
14. How many high-performance computing facilities does NSM aim to network?
a) Over 50
b) Over 70
c) Over 90
d) Over 100
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Correct Answer: b) Over 70
15. Which was India’s first supercomputer?
a) Param Shivay
b) PARAM 8000
c) Param Pravega
d) AIRAWAT
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Correct Answer: b) PARAM 8000
16. Which is the largest supercomputer in India?
a) Param Shivay
b) Param Shakti
c) Param Pravega
d) AIRAWAT
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Correct Answer: c) Param Pravega
17. Which supercomputer serves as a common compute platform for AI research?
a) Param Pravega
b) AIRAWAT
c) Param Shakti
d) Param Shivay
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Correct Answer: b) AIRAWAT
18. The Shaksgam Valley is located in which region?
a) Southern Kashmir
b) Northern Ladakh
c) Eastern Himachal Pradesh
d) Western Uttarakhand
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Correct Answer: b) Northern Ladakh
19. What is the alternate name for Shaksgam Valley?
a) Trans-Himalayan Tract
b) Trans-Karakoram Tract
c) Trans-Ladakh Tract
d) Trans-Siachen Tract
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Correct Answer: b) Trans-Karakoram Tract
20. When was the China-Pakistan Boundary Agreement signed?
a) 1953
b) 1963
c) 1973
d) 1983
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Correct Answer: b) 1963
21. Shaksgam Valley lies between which two mountain ranges?
a) Himalayas and Karakoram
b) Kunlun Mountains and Karakoram range
c) Hindu Kush and Karakoram
d) Pir Panjal and Karakoram
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Correct Answer: b) Kunlun Mountains and Karakoram range
22. Which glacier is the Shaksgam Valley close to?
a) Gangotri Glacier
b) Siachen Glacier
c) Baltoro Glacier
d) Zemu Glacier
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Correct Answer: b) Siachen Glacier
23. What does NIDMS stand for?
a) National Intelligence Data Management System
b) National IED Data Management System
c) National Integrated Data Management System
d) National Investigation Data Management System
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Correct Answer: b) National IED Data Management System
24. Which organization inaugurated NIDMS?
a) NIA
b) NSG
c) IB
d) RAW
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Correct Answer: b) NSG
25. What does IED stand for?
a) Integrated Explosive Device
b) Improvised Explosive Device
c) International Explosive Device
d) Industrial Explosive Device
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Correct Answer: b) Improvised Explosive Device
26. NESL was established by which organization?
a) CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory
b) CSIR-National Physical Laboratory
c) CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
d) CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation
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Correct Answer: b) CSIR-National Physical Laboratory
27. Which country has the world’s first National Environmental Standard Laboratory?
a) USA
b) UK
c) Germany
d) Japan
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Correct Answer: b) UK
28. The Weimar Triangle was founded in which year?
a) 1989
b) 1991
c) 1993
d) 1995
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Correct Answer: b) 2019
29. Where was the Weimar Triangle founded?
a) Paris, France
b) Weimar, Germany
c) Warsaw, Poland
d) Berlin, Germany
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Correct Answer: b) Weimar, Germany
30. Which countries are members of the Weimar Triangle?
a) France, Germany, Italy
b) France, Germany, Poland
c) France, Spain, Poland
d) Germany, Poland, Czech Republic
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Correct Answer: b) France, Germany, Poland
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