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Q.1. Who is called as the father of Internet______?
(a) Charles Babbage
(b) Vint Cerf
(c) Denis Riche
(d) Bill Gates
Q.2. Who has been the first person who, delivered his speech in Hindi in U.N.O. ?
(a) Lai BahadurShastri
(b) AtalBihariBajpayee
(c) Vijay LaxmiPandit
(d) Swami Vivekananda
Q.3. Venus is considered as “Earth’s Twin” because ___________?
(a) Its period of revolution is same as that of earth
(b) It has abundant amount of water
(c) It has approximately same size, mass and density as that of earth
(d) It completes one rotation on its axis in 24 hours
Q.4. The theory of Separation of Powers is associated with_______?
(a) Aristotle
(b) Montesquieu
(c) Voltaire
(d) Rousseau
Q.5. On which date did the ‘United Nations’ adopted the ‘Universal Declaration of Human Rights’?
(a) 20th October, 1945
(b) 24th October, 1945
(c) 26th June, 1945
(d) 10th December, 1948
Q.6. E.V.M. refers to__________?
(a) New music device
(b) Eco marks
(c) Electronic Voting Machine
(d) None of these
Q.7. In which layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer found ?
(a) The stratosphere
(b) The mesophere
(c) The troposphere
(d) The thermosphere
Q.8. Who has become the oldest India woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon ?
(a) AnuVaidyanathan
(b) Deepa Malik
(c) Heena Sidhu
(d) AnjuKhosla
Q.9. Which operating system is generally used in the Indian Courts?
(a) Windows
(b) Suse
(c) Ubuntu
(d) Mac OS
Q.10. The ordinance issuing power of the Governor of a State is contained in which Article of the Constitution?
(a) Article 231
(b) Article 123
(c) Article 133
(d) Article 231
Answers with Explanations
1.Correct Answer: B
Explanation-Vint Cerf. Widely known as a “Father of the Internet,” Cerf is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet. In December 1997, President Bill Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology to Cerf and his colleague, Robert E. Kahn, for founding and developing the Internet. Hence Option B is correct.
2.Correct Answer: B
Explanation- During his tenure as the External Affairs Minister in 1977, former PM AtalBihari Vajpayee became the first person to deliver a speech in Hindi at the United Nations General Assembly. In the speech, he highlighted the Janata Party’s victory over Indira Gandhi-led Congress after the Emergency period and spoke in favour of economic cooperation and nuclear disarmament. Hence Option B is correct.
3.Correct Answer: C
Explanation- Venus is sometimes called Earth’s twin because Venus and Earth are almost the same size, have about the same mass (they weigh about the same), and have a very similar composition (are made of the same material). They are also neighboring planets. Venus also rotates backwards compared to Earth and the other planets. Hence Option C is correct.
4.Correct Answer: B
Explanation- The term “triaspolitica” or “separation of powers” was coined by Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, an 18th century French social and political philosopher. He asserted that, to most effectively promote liberty, these three powers must be separate and acting independently. Hence Option B is correct.
5.Correct Answer: D
Explanation- 10 December 1948
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the third General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1948 in Paris. Hence Option D is correct.
6.Correct Answer: C
Explanation-Electronic Voting is the standard means of conducting elections using Electronic Voting Machines, sometimes called “EVMs” in India. The use of EVMs and electronic voting was developed and tested by the state-owned Electronics Corporation of India and Bharat Electronics in the 1990s. They were introduced in Indian elections between 1998 and 2001, in a phased manner. Hence Option C is correct.
7.Correct Answer: A
Explanation- the stratosphere
The ozone layer is the common term for the high concentration of ozone that is found in the stratosphere around 15–30km above the earth’s surface. It covers the entire planet and protects life on earth by absorbing harmful ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation from the sun. Hence Option A is correct.
8.Correct Answer: D
Explanation- AnjuKhosla
At 52, AnjuKhosla participated in the 2018 edition of the Ironman Triathlon, one of the toughest one-day sporting events and became the oldest Indian woman to complete it. Hence Option D is correct.
9.Correct Answer: C
Explanation-Prior to this move the courts across India were using the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which is mainly targeted at servers. More than 17,000 courts around India will now be switching over to Ubuntu from RHEL. Hence Option C is correct.
10.Correct Answer: A
Explanation- Article 213 of
Likewise, the Governor of a state can issue ordinances under Article 213 of the Constitution, when the state legislative assembly (or either of the two Houses in states with bicameral legislatures) is not in session. The ordinance making power is the most important legislative power of the President and the Governor. Hence Option A is correct.