Q31. The Atomic Energy Establishment was set up at Trombay, near Mumbai, in which year?
a) 1954
b) 1957
c) 1960
d) 1967
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Correct Answer: b) 1957
Explanation: The Atomic Energy Establishment was set up at Trombay, near Mumbai, in 1957 and was renamed as Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) ten years later.
Q32. Which Indian space research center is responsible for the development of payloads for communication, navigation, and meteorological applications?
a) U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC)
b) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)
c) Space Applications Centre (SAC)
d) Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)
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Correct Answer: c) Space Applications Centre (SAC)
Explanation: The Space Applications Centre (SAC) is responsible for the development, realization, and qualification of communication, navigation, earth & planetary observation, and meteorological payloads and related data processing and ground systems.
Q33. When was the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant’s first unit connected to the Indian grid?
a) 22 October 2013
b) 15 October 2016
c) 31 March 2002
d) 29 June 2017
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Correct Answer: a) 22 October 2013
Explanation: The first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant was synchronized with the southern power grid on 22 October 2013.
Q34. Which Indian space research center was established in 1972 and is the lead center for building satellites and developing associated satellite technologies?
a) U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC)
b) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)
c) Space Applications Centre (SAC)
d) Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)
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Correct Answer: a) U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC)
Explanation: U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), formerly known as ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), was established in 1972 and is the lead center for building satellites and developing associated satellite technologies.
Q35. The Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) is located in which Indian city?
a) Mumbai
b) Bengaluru
c) Kolkata
d) Hyderabad
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Correct Answer: c) Kolkata
Explanation: The Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) is located in Kolkata, India, and performs research in basic and applied nuclear sciences and development of the latest nuclear particle accelerators.
Q36. Which Indian nuclear power plant is the largest in the country and is situated in Kudankulam in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu?
a) Tarapur Nuclear Power Plant
b) Kakrapar Atomic Power Station
c) Rajasthan Atomic Power Station
d) Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
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Correct Answer: d) Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
Explanation: Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is the largest nuclear power station in India, situated in Kudankulam in the Tirunelveli district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Q37. The Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) was established in which year as a major industrial unit of India’s Department of Atomic Energy?
a) 1954
b) 1967
c) 1971
d) 1984
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Correct Answer: c) 1971
Explanation: The Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) was established in 1971 as a major industrial unit of India’s Department of Atomic Energy.
Q38. Which Indian space research center has developed more than 90 complex & advanced satellites for various applications including telecommunications, television broadcasting, and navigation?
a) U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC)
b) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)
c) Space Applications Centre (SAC)
d) Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)
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Correct Answer: a) U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC)
Explanation: U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) has developed more than 90 complex & advanced satellites for various applications in areas of telecommunications, television broadcasting, VSAT services, tele-medicine, tele-education, navigation, weather forecasting, disaster warning, search and rescue operations, earth observations, natural resource management, scientific and space science.
Q39. The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant’s reactors are of which type?
a) Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR)
b) Boiling Water Reactor (BWR)
c) Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)
d) Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR)
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Correct Answer: c) Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)
Explanation: The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant uses Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) units based on Russian technology.
Q40. Which Indian space research center is involved in the design and development of optical and microwave sensors for satellites?
a) U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC)
b) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)
c) Space Applications Centre (SAC)
d) Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)
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Correct Answer: c) Space Applications Centre (SAC)
Explanation: The Space Applications Centre (SAC) designs and develops the optical and microwave sensors for the satellites, signal and image processing software, GIS software, and many applications for Earth Observation (EO) programme of ISRO.