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1. Which among the following are true about India's Prithvi missile system?

1. The Prithvi missile is a family of tactical surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missiles

2. It is India's first indigenously developed ballistic missile

3. It has a range of up to 150 to 300 km

4. It has 2 variants - Prithvi I and Prithvi II

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1, 2 and 3 Only

(b) 2 and 4 Only

(c) 1 and 4 Only

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

A is the right answer.
Prithvi missile system has three variants
Prithvi I - Army Version (150 km range with a payload of 1,000 kg)
Prithvi II - Air Force Version (350 km range with a payload of 500 kg)
Prithvi III - Naval Version (350-600 km range with a payload of 1000 kg)

2. Government of India has taken a recent decision to print one rupee notes again. Who has the authority to print one rupee notes?

(a) RBI

(b) Central Government

(c) Finance Ministry

(d) State Governments

Central Government is the right answer.
While the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has the authority to issue bank notes of denominational values of Rs. 2, Rs. 5, Rs. 10, Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100, Rs. 500, Rs. 1,000, Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 10,000, the one rupee note was printed and issued by the central government. The Government of India also has the sole right to mint coins of all denominations.

3. The automation company Panaya has been acquired by which Indian IT giant?

a) TCS

b) Infosys

c) Wipro

d) HCL

Infosys is the right answer.
Infosys (INFY) has snapped up Panaya, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) automater, for some $200 million, the company’s first acquisition under new chief executive Vishal Sikka.

4. Recently India signed Civil Nuclear Agreement with Sri Lanka. Who is the President of Sri Lanka ?

a) Ruwanthileke Peduru

b) Namal Ajith Rajapaksa

c) Mahinda Rajapaksa

d) Maithripala Sirisena

Maithripala Sirisena is the right answer
He assumed office on 9 January 2015.

5. Who was named as the best male athlete in the 35th National Games?

a) Akanksha Vora

b) Sajan Prakash

c) Sathasivam

d) Ramachandran

Sajan Prakash is the right answer.
Prakash was adjudged the best male athlete of the Games for winning an astonishing six gold and three silver medals with four new meet records. Akanksha, who was not present at today's ceremony, was declared the best female athlete for her feat of five gold medals and a silver. Kerala was declared the best among all the states for an unprecedented 162 medals, which included 54 gold. The Services Sports Control Board was presented the overall trophy for a third year running.

6. Which among the following is/are Kharif Crop?

a) Paddy

b) Maize

c) Soyabean

d) All the above

D is the right answer.
The crops which are sown in the rainy season are called kharif crops. The rainy season in India is generally from June to September.Paddy, maize, soyabean, groundnut, cotton, etc., are kharif crops.

7. The Indian cricketer who is not inducted in ICC Hall of Fame?

a) Sunil Gavaskar

b) Bishan Singh Bedi

c) Kapil Dev

d) Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is the right answer.
On 22nd Feb 2015, Anil Kumble becomes only the fourth Indian player after Sunil Gavaskar, Bishan Singh Bedi and Kapil Dev and the 77th player overall to be inducted in the prestigious hall of fame

8. Sun light is a good source of which vitamin?

a) Vitamin A

b) Vitamin C

c) Vitamin E

d) Vitamin D

Vitamin D is the right answer.
Recent studies shows that Vitamin D deficiency in childhood may be linked to hardening of the arteries in middle age.

9. ASCII stands for?

a) American Standard Code for Information Interchange

b) American Scientific Code for Information Interchange

c) American Standard Code for Internal Interchange

d) Asian Standard Code for Information Interchange

American Standard Code for Information Interchange is the right answer.
American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character-encoding scheme. Originally based on the English alphabet, it encodes 128 specified characters into 7-bit binary integers as shown by the ASCII chart.

10. Which of the following identifies a specific web page and its computer in a network?

a) Website

b) Website Address

c) URL

d) Domain Name

URL is the right answer.
A typical URL has the form http://www.example.com/index.html, which indicates the protocol type (http), the domain name, (www.example.com), and the specific web page (index.html).

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