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GIMPS project of the University of Central Missouri is responsible for discoveringLargest known prime numberBiggest meteorZika virusSecure cryptographic Algorithm

IRNSS-1E is fifth satellite in theIRNSSSHARISROMARS

Advanced LIGO recently observed theBlack Hole activityGravitational wavesUFOSun Temperature

$\textbf{Kevlar}$ belongs to a class of materials known asCeramicsPolymersCarbonPlastics

_______ has been predicted to deliver cancer-killing medicine at a molecular level.MolDelCureITNano – CagesNano – Tubes

Sodium based _________ have been predicted to lead to cheaper, more stable and more powerful mobile battery power.Lithium HydrideCarbonyleSilicateComplex Metal Hydride

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have shown that by exploiting the polarisation of light – the physical phenomenon behind polarised sunglass...

Constantinos Daskalakis proved that computing the Nash equilibrium for a three-person game is computationally ________Tractablein PIntractableDecidable

Which manifestation of the predications of General Theory of Relativity was experimentally validatedEnergy wavesProcession of Mercury’s orbitBending of light about a mass...

Which fundamental particle is a sub-part of protonquark(s)fermion(s)boson(s)bogolon(s)

Who showed that primes are in $P$.Maninder Aggarwal, N. Kayal and N. SaxenaDonald KnuthAho, Hopcroft and UllmanTim Berners Lee

The roads of cities in the Indus Valley Civilization generally divided the city intoRectangular BlocksCircular Blockstriangular BlocksNone of above

Which dynasty was ruling over north India when Alexander the great invaded India?Gupta DynastyMourya DynastySakya DynastyNanda Dynasty

Who was the Spanish navigator who set out to discover India, but instead landed on the soil of America?Christopher ColumbusVasco Da GamaJames CookNone of above

When was the East India Association set up?$1866$$1857$$1836$$1885$

The group of metals $\text{CO, Ni, Fe}$ may best called asTransition metalsMain group metalsAlkali metalsRare metals

The international township built near Pondicherry in India in coloration with UNESCO is calledElbavileAurovileGayavileBroadway

What is the most essential thing for ovation?outburstbravoapplauseencore

What is the most essential thing for election?PresidentVoterNovemberNation

‘.JPG’ extension refers usually to what kind of file?System fileAnimation/movie fileMS Encarta documentImage file

Who among the following is not a recipient of ‘Dada Saheb Phalke’ Award?Ramanand SagarRaj KapoorV.ShantaramAshok Kumar

The famous Dilwara Temples are situated inUttar Pradesh RajasthanMaharashtraMadhya Pradesh

Which of the following is not written by Munshi Premchand?GabanGodanGuideManasorovar

What is the name of World’s Smallest spacecraft launched by an Indian Rocket?AryabhattaBhaskara IISpritesINSAT-$1$ A

The head quarters of Sahitya Akademi is at:MumbaiChennaiNew DelhiKolkata

Who approved $20$ lakh houses for urban poor under PM Awas Yojna recently?Shri Venkaiah NaiduShri Arun JaitleyShri Naveen PatnaikShri Suresh Menon

Which of the following has banned its women from wearing veilsAfghanistanKyrgyzstanUzbekistanTajikistan

Which festival was promoted by the Environment Minister recently?National Memorial SchemePerforming Arts Grant SchemeVan Mahotsav FestivalScheme for Promoting Internation...

In which Indian state did the game of Polo originate?MeghalayaRajasthanManipurWest Bengal

The first death anniversary day of Sri Rajiv Gandhi was observed as the :National Integration DayPeace and Love Day Secularism Day Anti-Terrorism Day