1. Read the given passage. Some of the words have been italicised in it. Which of the following statements is correct regarding it?
Heavy lift launch vehicle is a type of rocket which can do things that other rockets cannot do. They can launch larger payloads into high earth orbit. The Saturn V rocket launched an entire space station, skylab, in one launch. The Saturn V could launch about 180 tons into earth’s orbit which is about as much weight as 10 school buses.
(A) Cannot should be replaced with can also.
(B) High should be replaced with low.
(C) One should be replaced with five.
(D) 180 should not be replaced at all.
2. The Soyuz is a Russian spacecraft which is like a lifeboat for the space station. At least one Soyuz is always docked at the space station. Which of the following statements are correct about Soyuz ?
(i) It carries people and supplies to and from the space station.
(ii) The crew rides in the part of the spacecraft called a capsule.
(iii) Upto three astronauts or cosmonauts can ride in a Soyuz capsule.
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (ii) and (iii)
(C) (i) and (iii)
(D)(i), (ii) and (iii)
3. Which of the following statements are correct regarding the asteroid ‘Vesta’?
(1) It was first discovered on March 29, 1807.
(ii) It has light and dark patches on the surface.
(iii) It is the second largest and the brightest asteroid in the solar system.
(A) (ii) and (iii) only
(B) (iii) only
(C) (i) and (ii) only
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii)
4. ‘Stern’ magazine caused a sensation a few decades ago, when it published the alleged secret diaries of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi dictator. These however turned out to be forged. In which country is ‘Stern’ published?
(A) UK
(B) Germany
(C) Italy
(D) France
5. He was an Indian nationalist, scholar, mathematician, social reformer and a popular leader of Indian Independence Movement. He was one of the founders of the Deccan Education Society, established in 1884. He is also known as the ‘Father of Assertive Nationalism’. Who was he?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Chandrashekhar Azad
(D) M. N. Rov
Answer Key
1. B
2. D
3. D
4. B
5. B
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