QUESTIONS
ASKED IN WHATSAPP GROUP
[By
Mr. Vishwanathan]
(01) What is GAGAN?
GAGAN: GPS Aided Geo Augmented
Navigation
Developed jointly by ISRO and AAI
Purpose: to improve the accuracy of
signals (particularly in Air traffic Management systems)
(02) What is
SIMRAN?
SIMRAN: Satellite Imaging for Rail
Navigation
Developed by: IIT-Kanpur
Purpose: to provide the precise location of trains
through interactive mode on mobile phones in order to save the railway gangamen
who works in tracks
(03) What exactly
is allocated in Spectrum allocation?
Frequency of Radio Waves to different Service Providers
(04) Number of
nuclear sites in India
7 sites
(05) India’s rank
in SPI-2015 (Social Progress Index)
Total countries surveyed: 133
India’s rank: 101 (lower than Nepal and Bangladesh; lower
in BRICS group)
Top 3 are: Norway, Sweden and Switzerland
(06) Difference b/w
HDI and SPI.
SPI: measures the well-being of a
country by observing social and environmental factors rather than the economic
factors
SPI is based on the writings of
Amartya Sen, Douglass North and Jospeh Stiglitz
HDI: measures life expectancy,
education and per capita income
HDI is developed by Amartya Sen and Mahbub
ul Haq
(07)
What is Munich Agreement, 1938?
Germany’s annexation of Czechoslovakia
Along the borders of Czech, mainly
inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation
"Sudetenland" was coined [Russia opposed it]
(08)
Expansion of SAGAR gave by Narendra Modi in Mauritius
SAGAR: Security and Growth for All in the Region
(09) What is
Panamax Vessels?
Terms for the size limits for ships traveling through the
Panama Canal
(10) Headquarter of
Zoological Survey of India
Kolkata
(11) Headquarter of
Central Food Technology
Mysuru
(12) Headquarter of
ASI’s Directorate of Epigraphy
Mysuru (Dravidian and Sanskrit) and Nagpur (Arabian and
Persian)
(13) Who are the
members of Cabinet Committee on Security?
Headed by Prime Minister
Members:
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministry of External Affairs
(14) G20 Summit
2014 was held in
Brisbane (Australia); 2015 will be in Antalya (Turkey)
(15) EAS Summit 2014
was held in
Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar); 2015 will be held in Malaysia
(16) What is ‘Jeevan
Pramaan’?
Aadhar based Digital Life Certificate for Pensioners
(17) Out of the 9
e-visa designated airports, two are in Kerala. Name them
Kochi and Thiruvanathapuram
(18) What is
Marshall Plan?
An American initiative; economic support to rebuild
European economies after the end of World War II
(19) What is
Operation Enduring Freedom?
Official name used by the government of the United States
of America to describe the Global War on Terrorism.
Operation Enduring Freedom –
-
in Afghanistan (2014)
-
in Philippines (2002) (also called as
Operation Freedom Eagle)
-
in Horn of Africa (2002)
-
in Kyrgyzstan (2001)
(20) If it is Lok
Sabha and Rajya Sabha for India, then for Pakistan it is
Senate (Upper House)
National Assembly (Lower House)
(21) Nodal Ministry
for Nalanda University
Ministry of External Affairs
(22) In which
state, one can see writers being taken in a procession?
Karnataka
(23) Name the
committee established to reform Food Corporation of India?
Shanta Kumar Committee
(24) Indian State
that leads in Tiger population is
Karnataka
(25) What is DTTI
and PACE (connected with India-US)?
DTTI: Defence Trade and Technology Initiative
PACE: Partnership to Advance Clean Energy
(26) “US-India
relationship the defining partnership of this century” – who said this?
Barack Obama
(27) Largest State
in South India (both by area and Population)
By Area: Karnataka; TN at third [if Telangana added]
By Area: Andhra Pradesh; TN at third [original 2011
census]
By Population: TN [if Telangana added]
By Population: Andhra Pradesh; TN at second [original
2011 census]
(28) Presiding
Officer of Lok Sabha is
Speaker
(29) TMT (Thirty
Metre Telescope) to be located in
Hawaii, USA
(30) What is Project
“Sandesh One”?
By Kerala Government; to develop women entrepreneurs
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