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1. The PSLV-C62 mission was which flight number for PSLV?
a) 62nd
b) 64th
c) 66th
d) 68th
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Correct Answer: b) 64th
2. During which stage did the anomaly occur in PSLV-C62?
a) First stage
b) Second stage
c) Third stage
d) Fourth stage
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Correct Answer: c) Third stage
3. NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) was incorporated in which year?
a) 2017
b) 2019
c) 2021
d) 2023
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Correct Answer: b) 2019
4. What was the orbit intended for EOS-N1 satellite?
a) Geostationary Orbit
b) Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
c) Low Earth Orbit
d) Medium Earth Orbit
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Correct Answer: b) Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
5. How many co-passenger satellites were on board PSLV-C62?
a) 10
b) 15
c) 20
d) 25
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Correct Answer: b) 15
6. What is the payload capability of PSLV to 600 km Sun-Synchronous Orbit?
a) Up to 1,550 kg
b) Up to 1,750 kg
c) Up to 1,950 kg
d) Up to 2,150 kg
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Correct Answer: b) Up to 1,750 kg
7. In which year did PSLV set a world record by launching 104 satellites in one launch?
a) 2015
b) 2017
c) 2019
d) 2021
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Correct Answer: b) 2017
8. Which stage of PSLV uses the Vikas engine?
a) First stage
b) Second stage
c) Third stage
d) Fourth stage
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Correct Answer: b) Second stage
9. The POCSO Act was enacted in which year?
a) 2010
b) 2012
c) 2014
d) 2016
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Correct Answer: b) 2012
10. Under POCSO, a child is defined as a person below what age?
a) 16 years
b) 18 years
c) 21 years
d) 25 years
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Correct Answer: b) 18 years
11. What type of trials are conducted in POCSO Courts?
a) Open court trials
b) In-camera trials
c) Public trials
d) Video conference trials
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Correct Answer: b) In-camera trials
12. What is the ideal time period for disposal of POCSO cases?
a) Within 6 months
b) Within 1 year
c) Within 2 years
d) Within 3 years
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Correct Answer: b) Within 1 year
13. What is China’s EAST reactor also called?
a) Artificial Moon
b) Artificial Sun
c) Artificial Star
d) Artificial Fire
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Correct Answer: b) Artificial Sun
14. What does EAST stand for?
a) Enhanced Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
b) Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
c) Energy Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
d) Engineering Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
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Correct Answer: b) Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
15. What theoretical limit did EAST overcome?
a) Einstein limit
b) Greenwald limit
c) Lawson criterion
d) Chandrasekhar limit
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Correct Answer: b) Greenwald limit
16. Where is ITER located?
a) Southern Germany
b) Southern France
c) Southern Italy
d) Southern Spain
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Correct Answer: b) Southern France
17. When did India’s ADITYA Tokamak become operational?
a) 1979
b) 1989
c) 1999
d) 2009
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Correct Answer: b) 1989
18. When was SST-1 fully commissioned?
a) 2003
b) 2013
c) 2023
d) 2033
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Correct Answer: b) 2013
19. Where is the Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) located?
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu
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Correct Answer: a) Gujarat
20. How much additional heat did oceans absorb in 2025?
a) 13 zettajoules
b) 23 zettajoules
c) 33 zettajoules
d) 43 zettajoules
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Correct Answer: b) 23 zettajoules
21. What percentage of excess heat from greenhouse gases is absorbed by oceans?
a) Nearly 70%
b) Nearly 80%
c) Nearly 90%
d) Nearly 100%
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Correct Answer: c) Nearly 90%
22. Global average sea surface temperatures in 2025 were about how much above the 1981-2010 baseline?
a) 0.3°C
b) 0.5°C
c) 0.7°C
d) 0.9°C
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Correct Answer: b) 0.5°C
23. When is the launch of the first/base module (BAS-01) planned?
a) By 2026
b) By 2028
c) By 2030
d) By 2032
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Correct Answer: b) By 2028
24. When is the BAS planned to be fully operational?
a) By 2030
b) By 2035
c) By 2040
d) By 2045
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Correct Answer: b) By 2035
25. The Bhadrakali Inscription dates to which year CE?
a) 1069 CE
b) 1169 CE
c) 1269 CE
d) 1369 CE
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Correct Answer: b) 1169 CE
26. Who was Acharya Bhavabrihaspati associated with?
a) Maurya King Ashoka
b) Solanki King Kumarapala
c) Gupta King Samudragupta
d) Chalukya King Pulakeshi
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Correct Answer: b) Solanki King Kumarapala
27. The National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Limited was established in which year?
a) 1950
b) 1960
c) 1970
d) 1980
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Correct Answer: b) 1960
28. Swami Vivekananda was born on which date?
a) 12 January 1860
b) 12 January 1863
c) 12 January 1866
d) 12 January 1869
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Correct Answer: b) 12 January 1863
29. Swami Vivekananda gave his historic address at the Parliament of World’s Religions in which year?
a) 1890
b) 1893
c) 1896
d) 1899
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Correct Answer: b) 1893
30. When did Swami Vivekananda found the Ramakrishna Mission?
a) 1895
b) 1897
c) 1899
d) 1901
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Correct Answer: b) 1897
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