General Knowledge MCQ — Set : Chandrayaan - 3






Q1. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϜāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻĒāϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ• āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? When was the National Flag of India adopted ?


(A) 15 August 1947  (B) 22 July 1947  (C) 26 January 1950  (D) 26 November 1949


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: (B) 22 July 1947


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϜāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻĒāϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ• Constituent Assembly-āĻ 22 July 1947 āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāϖ⧇ āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤


Q2. āĻ­āĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāϤ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§° āϕ⧇āχāϟāĻž ? How many Fundamental Rights are there in the Indian Constitution ?

(A) 5  (B) 6  (C) 7  (D) 8


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: (B) 6


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ­āĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāϤ ā§ŦāϟāĻž āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§° āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ Right to Property āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§°ā§° āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤


Q3. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€ā§Ÿ āϜāϞāϜ āĻœā§€ā§ą āĻ•āĻŋ ? What is the National Aquatic Animal of India ?

(A) Blue Whale  (B) Ganges River Dolphin  (C) Crocodile  (D) Olive Ridley Turtle


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: (B) Ganges River Dolphin — āĻ—āĻ‚āĻ—āĻž āύāĻĻ⧀⧰ āĻĄāϞāĻĢāĻŋāύ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ—āĻ‚āĻ—āĻž āύāĻĻ⧀⧰ āĻĄāϞāĻĢāĻŋāύ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€ā§Ÿ āϜāϞāϜ āĻœā§€ā§ąāĨ¤


Q4. āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšā§° āĻĻ⧇āĻšāϤ āχāύāϚ⧁āϞāĻŋāύ āϕ⧋āύ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻ—āχ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āϕ⧰⧇ ? Which organ produces insulin in the human body ?

(A) Liver  (B) Kidney  (C) Pancreas  (D) Stomach


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: (C) Pancreas - āĻ…āĻ—ā§āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻļ⧟


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ…āĻ—ā§āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻļ⧟⧰ β-cells-āĻ āχāύāϚ⧁āϞāĻŋāύ āĻšā§°āĻŽ’āύ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q5. “Father of Computer” āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ• āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ ? Who is known as the “Father of Computer” ?

(A) Alan Turing  (B) Charles Babbage  (C) Bill Gates  (D) Steve Jobs


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: (B) Charles Babbage — āϚāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻ› āĻŦ⧇āĻŦ⧇āϜ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āφāϧ⧁āύāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāωāϟāĻžā§°ā§° āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļāϤ Charles Babbage-ā§° Analytical Engine-ā§° āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤


Q6. āϕ⧋āύ āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŸā§‹āĻ• “Morning Star” āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ ? Which planet is known as the “Morning Star” ?

(A) Mars  (B) Venus  (C) Mercury  (D) Jupiter


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: (B) Venus — āĻļ⧁āĻ•ā§ā§° āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻš


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻļ⧁āĻ•ā§ā§° āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻš āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāĻŋāϤ āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§ąāϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļāĻž āĻĒā§‚āĻŦ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāϤ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


Q7. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ—ā§€āϤ āϕ⧋āύ⧇ ā§°āϚāύāĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? Who wrote India’s National Song ?

(A) Rabindranath Tagore  (B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay  (C) Sarojini Naidu  (D) Subhas Chandra Bose


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: (B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay — āĻŦāĻ‚āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āϚāĻŸā§āĻŸā§‹āĻĒāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: “Vande Mataram” āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϜāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ—ā§€āϤ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ‡ā§ŸāĻžā§° ā§°āϚ⧟āĻŋāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻ‚āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āϚāĻŸā§āĻŸā§‹āĻĒāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤
Exam Point: National Song ≠ National Anthem. National Anthem “Jana Gana Mana” ā§°āϚ⧟āĻŋāϤāĻž Rabindranath TagoreāĨ¤


Q8. ā§°āĻ•ā§āϤ⧰ āϞ⧋āĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻŖāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§° (RBC) āĻ†ā§Ÿā§āϏ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ? What is the average lifespan of red blood cells (RBCs) ?

(A) 60 days  (B) 90 days  (C) 120 days  (D) 180 days


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: (C) 120 days — ⧧⧍ā§Ļ āĻĻāĻŋāύ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšā§° RBC-ā§° āĻ—ā§œ āĻ†ā§Ÿā§āϏ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžā§Ÿ ⧧⧍ā§Ļ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤


Q9. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝāϕ⧰⧀ āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? When did the Constitution of India come into effect ?

(A) 15 August 1947  (B) 26 November 1949  (C) 26 January 1950  (D) 2 October 1950


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: (C) 26 January 1950


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ­āĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ 26 January 1950 āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāϖ⧇ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝāϕ⧰⧀ āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤


Q10. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ ā§§ā§¯ā§¯ā§Ž āϚāύāϤ āϕ⧋āύ āϘāϟāύāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϧ⧰ ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§° āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ ? Which event in 1998 made India widely known as a nuclear-armed state ?

(A) Pokhran-II nuclear tests  (B) Green Revolution  (C) Operation Flood  (D) Space Mission


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: (A) Pokhran-II nuclear tests — āĻĒā§‹āĻ–ā§°āĻžāύ-II āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻž


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: May 1998-āϤ ā§°āĻžāϜāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āĻĒā§‹āĻ–ā§°āĻžāύāϤ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ Pokhran-II āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤


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Q11. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? When did India become independent ?

(A) 26 January 1950  (B) 15 August 1947  (C) 26 November 1949  (D) 15 August 1950


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Answer: (B) 15 August 1947


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ 15 August 1947 āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāϖ⧇ āĻŦā§ā§°āĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ› āĻļāĻžāϏāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤


Q12. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϜāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻĒāϤāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϕ⧋āύ⧇ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻžāχāύ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? Who designed the National Flag of India ?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi  (B) Pingali Venkayya  (C) Jawaharlal Nehru  (D) B. R. Ambedkar


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: (B) Pingali Venkayya — āĻĒāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ—āĻžāϞāĻŋ āϭ⧇āĻ‚āĻ•āĻžāĻ‡ā§ŸāĻž


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϜāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻĒāϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻŽā§‚āϞ āύāĻ•ā§āϏāĻžā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ Pingali Venkayya-ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āϜ⧜āĻŋāϤāĨ¤


Q13. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϜāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻĒāϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āϚāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŸā§‹āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ ? What is the wheel in the centre of the Indian National Flag called ?

(A) Dharma Chakra  (B) Ashoka Chakra  (C) Sudarshan Chakra  (D) Victory Chakra


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: (B) Ashoka Chakra — āĻ…āĻļā§‹āĻ• āϚāĻ•ā§ā§°


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϜāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻĒāϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āύ⧀āϞāĻž ā§°āϙ⧰ ⧍ā§ĒāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāρāχāϟāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āϚāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŸā§‹āĻ• āĻ…āĻļā§‹āĻ• āϚāĻ•ā§ā§° āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


Q14. Who was the writer of the play “Karengar Ligiri” (āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§‡āϙ⧰ āϞāĻŋāĻ—āĻŋā§°ā§€) ? “āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§‡āϙ⧰ āϞāĻŋāĻ—āĻŋā§°ā§€” āύāĻžāϟāĻ•āĻ–āύ⧰ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ• āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


A. Padmanath Gohain Baruah / āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻŽāύāĻžāĻĨ āĻ—ā§‹āĻšāĻžāρāχ āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž  B. Lakshminath Bezbarua / āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŦ⧇āϜāĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž
C. Jyotiprasad Agarwala / āĻœā§āϝ⧋āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§ā§°āϏāĻžāĻĻ āφāĻ—ā§°ā§ąāĻžāϞāĻž  D. Bishnuprasad Rabha / āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϪ⧁āĻĒā§ā§°āϏāĻžāĻĻ ā§°āĻžāĻ­āĻž


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C. Jyotiprasad Agarwala / āĻœā§āϝ⧋āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§ā§°āϏāĻžāĻĻ āφāĻ—ā§°ā§ąāĻžāϞāĻž


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻœā§āϝ⧋āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§ā§°āϏāĻžāĻĻ āφāĻ—ā§°ā§ąāĻžāϞāĻž āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻāĻ—ā§°āĻžāϕ⧀ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāĻ•, āύāĻžāĻŸā§āϝāĻ•āĻžā§°, āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ā§° āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻž āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ “āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§‡āϙ⧰ āϞāĻŋāĻ—āĻŋā§°ā§€” āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ⧰ āĻāĻ–āύ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻžāϟāĻ•āĨ¤ āύāĻžāϟāĻ•āĻ–āύāϤ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āϏāĻŽāĻžāϜ-āĻœā§€ā§ąāύ, āĻĒā§ā§°ā§‡āĻŽ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ąā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻĒāĻžāχāϛ⧇āĨ¤ Jyotiprasad Agarwala was a prominent Assamese writer, playwright, poet and filmmaker. “Karengar Ligiri” is one of his notable Assamese plays.


Q15. The Auniati Satra was built by which Ahom king ? āφāωāύ⧀āφāĻŸā§€ āϏāĻ¤ā§ā§° āϕ⧋āύāϜāύ āφāĻšā§‹āĻŽ ā§°āϜāĻžāχ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


A. Shiva Singha / āĻļāĻŋā§ą āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻš  B. Rudra Singha / ⧰⧁āĻĻā§ā§° āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻš  C. Jayadhwaj Singha / āϜ⧟āĻ§ā§āĻŦāϜ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻš  D. Gadadhar Singha / āĻ—āĻĻāĻžāϧ⧰ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻš


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C. Jayadhwaj Singha / āϜ⧟āĻ§ā§āĻŦāϜ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻš


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āφāωāύ⧀āφāĻŸā§€ āϏāĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜ⧁āϞ⧀⧰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻšā§€āύ āφ⧰⧁ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦ⧈āĻˇā§āĻŖā§ą āϏāĻ¤ā§ā§°āĨ¤ āφāĻšā§‹āĻŽ ā§°āϜāĻž āϜ⧟āĻ§ā§āĻŦāϜ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻšā§° ā§°āĻžāϜāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāϞāϤ (ā§§ā§Ŧā§Ēā§Ž–ā§§ā§Ŧā§Ŧā§Š) āĻāχ āϏāĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϏāĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŸā§‹ āĻļā§ā§°ā§€āĻļā§ā§°ā§€ āύāĻŋā§°āĻžā§āϜāύ āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§‡ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ Auniati Satra is one of the important Vaishnavite Satras of Majuli. It was established during the reign of Ahom King Jayadhwaj Singha (1648–1663). The Satra was founded by Sri Sri Niranjan Deva.


Q16. Which company first discovered crude oil in Assam ? āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻ–āĻžā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž āϤ⧇āϞ āĻ†ā§ąāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


A. Assam Railways and Trading Company Limited / āĻ…āϏāĻŽ ⧰⧇'āĻ˛ā§ąā§‡ āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻŸā§ā§°ā§‡āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ āϞāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āĻĄ  B. The Assam Company Limited / āĻĻā§āϝ āĻ…āϏāĻŽ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ āϞāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āĻĄ
C. Assam Tea Company / āĻ…āϏāĻŽ āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀  D. None of the above / āĻ“āĻĒā§°ā§° āĻāϟāĻžāĻ“ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: A. Assam Railways and Trading Company Limited


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĄāĻŋāĻ—āĻŦ⧈āϤ ā§§ā§Žā§Žā§¯ āϚāύāϤ Assam Railways and Trading Company Limited (AR&T Co.)-āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻœā§āϝāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻ–āĻžā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž āϤ⧇āϞ⧰ āĻ†ā§ąāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ—āĻŦ⧈⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϤ⧇āϞ⧰ āϕ⧂āĻĒāĻŸā§‹ āĻāχ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āύāύ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ (The Assam Railways and Trading Company Limited (AR&T Co.) made the first commercially successful crude-oil discovery in Digboi, Assam, in 1889. The first well at the Digboi field was dug by the company.)


Q17. “Prakriti Ke Saath – Prakriti Ki Or” is the slogan of which refinery in Assam ? “āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ – āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϔ⧰” āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻļā§‹āϧāύāĻžāĻ—āĻžā§°ā§° āĻļā§āϞ⧋āĻ—āĻžāύ ?


A. Guwahati Refinery / āĻ—ā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻŸā§€ āĻļā§‹āϧāύāĻžāĻ—āĻžā§°  B. Digboi Refinery / āĻĄāĻŋāĻ—āĻŦ⧈ āĻļā§‹āϧāύāĻžāĻ—āĻžā§°  C. Bongaigaon Refinery / āĻŦāĻ™āĻžāχāĻ—āĻžāρāĻ“ āĻļā§‹āϧāύāĻžāĻ—āĻžā§°  D. Numaligarh Refinery / āύ⧁āĻŽāϞ⧀āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ āĻļā§‹āϧāύāĻžāĻ—āĻžā§°


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: A. Guwahati Refinery / āĻ—ā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻŸā§€ āĻļā§‹āϧāύāĻžāĻ—āĻžā§°


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: “Prakriti Ke Saath – Prakriti Ki Or” āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž “āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ — āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋā§° āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ⧇” āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ Guwahati Refinery-ā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻļā§āϞ⧋āĻ—āĻžāύāĨ¤ āĻ—ā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻŸā§€ āĻļā§‹āϧāύāĻžāĻ—āĻžā§°āĻŸā§‹ Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)-ā§° āĻ…āϧ⧀āύāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĨ¤ (“Prakriti Ke Saath – Prakriti Ki Or” means “With Nature – Towards Nature.” It is associated with the Guwahati Refinery, which is under Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).)


Q18. Where is the headquarters of Assam Tea Corporation Limited ? āĻ…āϏāĻŽ āϚāĻžāĻš āύāĻŋāĻ—āĻŽ āϞāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āĻĄā§° āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻ•'āϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ ?


A. Nazira / āύāĻžāϜāĻŋā§°āĻž  B. Digboi / āĻĄāĻŋāĻ—āĻŦ⧈  C. Guwahati / āĻ—ā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻŸā§€  D. Sonari / āϏ⧋āĻŖāĻžā§°ā§€


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C. Guwahati / āĻ—ā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻŸā§€


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Assam Tea Corporation Limited (ATCL) āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āϚ⧰āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§° āĻ…āϧ⧀āύāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻāϟāĻž āϚāĻžāĻš āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ—āĨ¤ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻ—ā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻŸā§€āϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻ—āĻŽāĻŸā§‹ā§ąā§‡ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϚāĻžāĻš āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāϚāĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ Assam Tea Corporation Limited (ATCL) is a tea-sector undertaking of the Government of Assam. Its head office is located in Guwahati and it manages various tea gardens in Assam.


Q19. Which is one of the oldest living languages in the world ? āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ā§° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻĒ⧁⧰āĻŖāĻŋ āĻœā§€ā§ąāĻŋāϤ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ?


A) Pali / āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋ  B) Sanskrit / āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤ  C) Tamil / āϤāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϞ  D) Brajavali / āĻŦā§ā§°āϜāĻžā§ąāϞ⧀


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) Tamil / āϤāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϞ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϤāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϞ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ā§° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻĒ⧁⧰āĻŖāĻŋ āĻœā§€ā§ąāĻŋāϤ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāĨ¤ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁⧰āĻŖāĻŋ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϤ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§°āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°āĻž āφāϛ⧇ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āĻ“ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ• āĻŦāĻšā§āϞāĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ (Tamil is one of the world’s oldest living languages. It has a very ancient literary tradition and continues to be widely spoken today.)


Trick: i. Oldest living language → Tamil / āϤāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϞ,  ii. Ancient classical language → Sanskrit / āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤ


Note: āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ “Which is the oldest language in the world?” āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāĨ¤ āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ “oldest living language” āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤






Q20. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝāϤ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώ⧰āϤāĻžā§° āĻšāĻžā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ ? Which state in India has the highest literacy rate ?


A) āϕ⧇⧰āĻžāϞāĻž / Kerala  B) āĻ…āϏāĻŽ / Assam  C) āĻŽāĻŋāĻœā§‹ā§°āĻžāĻŽ / Mizoram  D) āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻ⧇āĻļ / Uttar Pradesh


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: A) āϕ⧇⧰āĻžāϞāĻž / Kerala


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§°āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻ—āϤ GK āφ⧰⧁ 2011 Census āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŋ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āϕ⧇⧰āĻžāϞāĻžā§° āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώ⧰āϤāĻžā§° āĻšāĻžā§° āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• — 93.91%āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻŋāĻœā§‹ā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ (According to the 2011 Census, Kerala had the highest literacy rate among Indian states, at 93.91%. Mizoram was second.)


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Q1. What is the name of the tracking network used by ISRO after the landing of Chandrayaan-3 ? āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-3 āĻ…ā§ąāϤ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ āχāĻ›ā§°ā§‹ā§ąā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻŸā§ā§°ā§‡āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āύ⧇āĻŸā§ąā§°ā§āϕ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ ?


A) ESTRAC  B) GSAT-19  C) ISTRAC  D) MOX


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) ISTRAC


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ISTRAC stands for ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network. It provides tracking and mission-control support for ISRO's spacecraft missions. ISRO specifically states that ISTRAC provided tracking support for Chandrayaan-3. (ISTRAC-ā§° āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ ā§°ā§‚āĻĒ ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command NetworkāĨ¤ āχāϛ⧰⧋⧰ āωāĻĒāĻ—ā§ā§°āĻš āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāύāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§° tracking āφ⧰⧁ mission-control support āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤)


Q2. Who is the Vehicle Director of Chandrayaan-3 ? āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-3 ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻšāύ āϏāĻžā§āϚāĻžāϞāĻ• (Vehicle Director) āϕ⧋āύ ?


A) āĻĒāĻŋ. āĻŦ⧀⧰āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĨ⧁āϭ⧇āϞ / P. Veeramuthuvel  B) āϜāĻŋ. āύāĻžā§°āĻžā§ŸāĻŖāύ / G. Narayanan
C) āĻ‹āϤ⧁ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϧāϞ āĻļā§āϰ⧀āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą / Ritu Karidhal Srivastava  D) āĻŦāĻŋāϜ⧁ āϚāĻŋ. āĻĨāĻŽāĻžāĻ› / Biju C. Thomas


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: D) Biju C. Thomas


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Biju C. Thomas was the Vehicle/Rocket Director of Chandrayaan-3. P. Veeramuthuvel was the Project Director, while G. Narayanan was the Associate Mission Director. (āĻŦāĻŋāϜ⧁ āϚāĻŋ. āĻĨāĻŽāĻžāĻ› āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-3 ā§° Vehicle/Rocket DirectorāĨ¤ āĻĒāĻŋ. āĻŦ⧀⧰āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĨ⧁āϭ⧇āϞ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ Project Director āφ⧰⧁ āϜāĻŋ. āύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖāύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ Associate Mission DirectorāĨ¤)


Q3. How many modules were there in Chandrayaan-3 ? āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-3 āϤ āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻž āĻŽāĻĄāĻŋāωāϞ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


A) 1  B) 2  C) 3  D) 4


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) 3 modules


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Chandrayaan-3 consisted of three main modules : āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-3 āϤ ā§ŠāϟāĻž āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻŽāĻĄāĻŋāωāϞ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ—



  1. Propulsion Module – carried the lander toward the Moon. (āϞ⧇āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžā§°āĻ• āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§° āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻĨāϞ⧈ āϞ⧈ āĻ—ā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤)

  2. Lander Module (Vikram) – performed the soft landing. (āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϤ soft landing āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤)

  3. Rover (Pragyan) – moved on the lunar surface and conducted experiments. (āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϤ āϚāϞāĻŋ āĻŦ⧈āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤)


Q4. In which year did Mahatma Gandhi first visit Assam ? āϕ⧋āύ āϚāύāϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧀āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽ āĻ­ā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


A) 1917 B) 1920 C) 1921 D) 1923


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: C) 1921


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Mahatma Gandhi first visited Assam in 1921, during the Non-Cooperation Movement. He arrived in Assam on 18 August 1921 at the invitation of the Assam Provincial Congress Committee. (āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧀āϝāĻŧ⧇ ⧧⧝⧍⧧ āϚāύāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āϏāĻŽ āĻ­ā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻ…āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ— āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ, āĻ…āϏāĻŽ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻ‚āĻ—ā§ā§°ā§‡āĻ› āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāĻŸā§€ā§° āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŖāϤ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ ā§§ā§Ž āφāĻ—āĻˇā§āϟ ⧧⧝⧍⧧ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāϖ⧇ āĻ…āϏāĻŽāϞ⧈ āφāĻšāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤)


Q5. āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Š ā§° āϞ⧇āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻĄāĻŋāωāϞ⧰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āύ āϞāĻžāχāĻĢ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ? What is the mission life of the lander module of Chandrayaan-3 ?


A. 1 āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻĻāĻŋāύ / 1 lunar day B. 2 āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻĻāĻŋāύ / 2 lunar days C. 3 āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻĻāĻŋāύ / 3 lunar days D. 4 āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻĻāĻŋāύ / 4 lunar days


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: A. 1 āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻĻāĻŋāύ / 1 lunar day


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Šā§° āϞ⧇āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻĄāĻŋāωāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āύ āϞāĻžāχāĻĢ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ā§§ āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻĻāĻŋāύ, āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ā§§ā§ĒāϟāĻž āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ā§° āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤ (The planned mission life of the Chandrayaan-3 lander module was 1 lunar day, approximately 14 Earth days.)


Q6. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ ā§°āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻž āϚāĻ•āĻž āφāϛ⧇ ? How many wheels are there in the Pragyan rover ?


A. 4 āϟāĻž / 4 B. 6 āϟāĻž / 6 C. 8 āϟāĻž / 8 D. 10 āϟāĻž / 10


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: B. 6 āϟāĻž / 6 wheels


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Šā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ ā§°āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ ā§ŦāϟāĻž āϚāĻ•āĻž āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āχ āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϤ āϚāϞāĻžāϚāϞ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦ⧈āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ (The Pragyan rover of Chandrayaan-3 has six wheels and was designed to move across the lunar surface and conduct scientific experiments.)


Q7. āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŽ āϞ⧇āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžā§°āϤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻž āĻĨā§ā§°’āϟāϞ-āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ āφāϛ⧇ ? How many throttleable engines does the Vikram lander have ?


A. 1 āϟāĻž / 1 B. 2 āϟāĻž / 2 C. 3 āϟāĻž / 3 D. 4 āϟāĻž / 4


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: D. 4 āϟāĻž / 4


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Šā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŽ āϞ⧇āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžā§°āϤ ā§ĒāϟāĻž throttleable engine āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-⧍⧰ ā§ĢāϟāĻž-āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ⧰ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻžāχāύ⧰ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžāϤ āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§ŠāϤ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§€ā§Ÿ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύāĻŸā§‹ āφāρāϤ⧰āĻžāχ ā§ĒāϟāĻž throttleable engine ā§°āĻ–āĻž āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ (The Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander had four throttleable engines. Compared with Chandrayaan-2's five-engine configuration, the central engine was removed and the lander used four throttleable engines.)


8. āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Šā§° āϞ⧇āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻĄāĻŋāωāϞ⧰ āĻ­ā§° āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ? What is the mass of the Lander Module of Chandrayaan-3 ?


A. 2148 kg B. 1752 kg C. 1256 kg D. 26 kg


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: B. 1752 kg


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Šā§° Lander Module-ā§° āĻ­ā§° ā§§ā§­ā§Ģ⧍ kg, āϝ’āϤ ⧍ā§Ŧ kg-ā§° Pragyan Rover āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ (The Lander Module had a mass of 1752 kg, including the 26 kg Pragyan Rover.)


Notet: i. Propulsion Module → 2148 kg,  ii. Lander Module → 1752 kg (Rover included),  iii. Rover → 26 kg,  iv. Total → 3900 kg


9. What is the total mass of Chandrayaan-3 ? āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Šā§° āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻ­ā§° āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?


A) 3900 kg  B) 2148 kg  C) 1752 kg  D) 26 kg


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: A) 3900 kg


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: i. Propulsion Module → 2148 kg,  ii. Lander Module → 1752 kg (Rover included),  iii. Rover → 26 kg,  iv. Total → 3900 kg


10. What is the mass of the Pragyan Rover of Chandrayaan-3 ? āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Šā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ ā§°ā§‹āĻ­āĻžā§°ā§° āĻ­ā§° āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?


A) 2148 kg  B) 1156 kg  C) 523 kg  D) 26 kg


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: D) 26 kg


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The Pragyan Rover of Chandrayaan-3 had a mass of 26 kg. (āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Šā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ ā§°ā§‹āĻ­āĻžā§°ā§° āĻ­ā§° ⧍ā§Ŧ āϕ⧇āϜāĻŋ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤)


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1. Who was the Project Director/mission leader of Chandrayaan-3 ? āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Š āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧰ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āϕ⧋āύ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


A) āĻĒāĻŋ. āĻŦ⧀⧰āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĨ⧁āϭ⧇āϞ B) āϜāĻŋ. āύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖāύ C) āĻ‹āϤ⧁ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϧāϞ āĻļā§ā§°ā§€āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą D) āĻĄ° āϕ⧇. āĻļāĻŋā§ąāύ


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: A) P. Veeramuthuvel (āĻĒāĻŋ. āĻŦ⧀⧰āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĨ⧁āϭ⧇āϞ)


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: P. Veeramuthuvel was the Project Director of Chandrayaan-3 and led the mission's project team. (āĻĒāĻŋ. āĻŦ⧀⧰āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĨ⧁āϭ⧇āϞ āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Š āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧰ Project Director āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āύāĻŸā§‹ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻĻāϞ⧰ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤)


2. What is the name of the main rocket engine used in Chandrayaan-3 ? āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Šā§° āĻŽā§‚āϞ ā§°āϕ⧇āϟ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ ?


A) āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ / Vikas Engine  B) āĻ­āĻžāχāĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ / Viking Engine   C) KVD-1 āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ / KVD-1 Engine   D) CE-20 āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ'āĻœā§‡āύāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ / CE-20 Cryogenic Engine


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: D) CE-20 Cryogenic Engine


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The CE-20 cryogenic engine is used in the LVM3 launch vehicle's cryogenic upper stage, which launched Chandrayaan-3. (CE-20 āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ'āĻœā§‡āύāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ LVM3 ā§° āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ'āĻœā§‡āύāĻŋāĻ• Upper Stage-āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§ŠāĻ• āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤)


3. Who is the Associate Mission Director of Chandrayaan-3 ? āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Šā§° āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§€ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āύ āϏāĻžā§āϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āϕ⧋āύ ?


A) āĻĒāĻŋ. āĻŦ⧀⧰āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĨ⧁āϭ⧇āϞ B) āϜāĻŋ. āύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖāύ C) āĻ‹āϤ⧁ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϧāϞ āĻļā§ā§°ā§€āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą D) āĻĄ° āϕ⧇. āĻļāĻŋā§ąāύ


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: B) G. Narayanan (āϜāĻŋ. āύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖāύ)


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: G. Narayanan was the Associate Mission Director of Chandrayaan-3. (āϜāĻŋ. āύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖāύ āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Š āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧰ Associate Mission Director āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤)


4. Who is the Project Director of Chandrayaan-3 ? āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Šā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϏāĻžā§āϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āϕ⧋āύ ?


A) āϜāĻŋ. āύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖāύ B) āĻĒāĻŋ. āĻŦ⧀⧰āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĨ⧁āϭ⧇āϞ C) āĻĄ° āϕ⧇. āĻļāĻŋā§ąāύ D) āĻāĻ›. āϏ⧋āĻŽāύāĻžāĻĨ


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: B) P. Veeramuthuvel (āĻĒāĻŋ. āĻŦ⧀⧰āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĨ⧁āϭ⧇āϞ)


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: P. Veeramuthuvel was the Project Director of Chandrayaan-3. (āĻĒāĻŋ. āĻŦ⧀⧰āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĨ⧁āϭ⧇āϞ āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Š āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧰ Project Director (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϏāĻžā§āϚāĻžāϞāĻ•) āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤


5. Who is the Mission Director of Chandrayaan-3 ? āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Šā§° āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āύ āϏāĻžā§āϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āϕ⧋āύ ?


A) āĻāĻ›. āϏ⧋āĻŽāύāĻžāĻĨ B) āĻĄ° āϕ⧇. āĻļāĻŋā§ąāύ C) āĻāĻ›. āĻŽā§‹āĻšāύāĻž āϕ⧁āĻŽāĻžā§° D) āĻĒāĻŋ. āĻŦ⧀⧰āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĨ⧁āϭ⧇āϞ


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: C) S. Mohana Kumar (āĻāĻ›. āĻŽā§‹āĻšāύāĻž āϕ⧁āĻŽāĻžā§°)


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: S. Mohana Kumar was the Mission Director of Chandrayaan-3. (āĻāĻ›. āĻŽā§‹āĻšāύāĻž āϕ⧁āĻŽāĻžā§° āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Š āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧰ Mission Director (āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āύ āϏāĻžā§āϚāĻžāϞāĻ•) āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤)


Note: i. Mission Director → S. Mohana Kumar,  ii. Project Director → P. Veeramuthuvel


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