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Q:

The commercial and marketing arm of ISRO is

A) Antrix Corporation Limited B) ISRO Satelliet Corporation
C) Space Applications Center D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Antrix Corporation Limited

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Q:

Which Indian personality received Carnot Prize for Power Reforms, Rural Electrification?

A) Piyush Goyal B) Arun Jaitley
C) Amit Khare D) Ravi Shankar Prasad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Piyush Goyal

Explanation:

Piyush Vedprakash Goyal is the Indian personality received Carnot Prize for Power Reforms, Rural Electrification. He is an Indian politician and the current minister of Railways, Coal in the Government of India.

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Which of the following professionals cannot diagnose a patient?

A) Nurse B) Specialist
C) Physician's assistant D) Medical doctor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Nurse

Explanation:

A nurse cannot diagnose a patient among the given options. 

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Q:

Farsightedness is more properly called

A) Myopia B) Retinal detachment
C) Hyperopia D) Diabetes mellitus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Hyperopia

Explanation:

Farsightedness is more properly called Hyperopia.

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Which of the following Indian Universities has topped the list of country's official higher education rankings, recently announced by the HRD Ministry ? 

A) Jawaharlal Nehru University B) Banaras Hindu University
C) IISc-Bengaluru D) Delhi University
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) IISc-Bengaluru

Explanation:

The Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc)- Bengaluru has topped the list of best universities of country's official higher education rankings, recently announced by the HRD Ministry.

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Which one of the following statements about the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is not correct?

A) It is a placement-linked skill training programme exclusively for rural girls. B) It aims to convert India’s demographic surplus into a demographic dividend.
C) The scheme aims to benefit more thain 55 million poor rural folk. D) It is a generational poverty alleviation programme.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) It is a placement-linked skill training programme exclusively for rural girls.

Explanation:

The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) announced the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) Antyodaya Diwas, on 25th September 2014. DDU-GKY is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity to the incomes of rural poor families and cater to the career aspirations of rural youth.

DDU-GKY is uniquely focused on rural youth between the ages of 15 and 35 years from poor families. Over 180 million or 69% of the country’s youth population between the ages of 18 and 34 years, live in its rural areas. Of these, the bottom of the pyramid youth from poor families with no or marginal employment number about 55 million.

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Q:

Who is the First Indian Woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest?

Answer

Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Ltd at Jamshedpur, became the first Indian and the fifth woman in the world to reach the summit of Mt. Everest on May 23, 1984.

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Q:

Which pop musician had his first major hit with a song titled "Heart break Hotel"?

Answer

Elvis Presley

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