42.22 per cent of the promoters' share in Sabero Organics was acquitred by which of the following leading manufacturer of fertilizers, crop protection products and specialty nutrients?

•      Coromandel International

•      Indo-Gulf Fertilizers and Chemicals Corporation Limited

•      United Phosphorous Limited

•      Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd

Which of the following indigenously built payload carried on board with Chandrayaan - I helped NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) to detect water on moon surface is

• Hyper Spectral Imager (HySI)

• X-Ray spectrometer

• Sus-KeV atom reflecting analyser

• Radiation Dose Monitor

Which is the seventh planet from the sun?

• Pluto

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Uranus

The gas present in the stratosphere which filters out some of the sun's ultraviolet light and provides an effective shield against radiation damage to living things is

•      helium

•      ozone

•      oxygen

•      methane

The dark lines in the solar spectrum are due to

•      absorption of corresponding wavelengths by the outer layers of the sun

•      destructive interference between waves of certain definite wavelengths

•      absorption of corresponding wavelengths by the prism used in the photograph

•      absence of corresponding wavelengths from the light emitted by the core of the sun

When light from some sources enters to the earth’s atmosphere, it gets scattered. Which among the following is a reason behind scattering?

•      Various wavelengths of light

•      dust, smoke and gas molecules

•      atmospheric pressure

Yuri Gagarin was

•      a Russian cosmonaut & became the first man to travel in space.

•      the first person to fly at great height of about 340 km from the earth

•      both (a) and (b)

•      None of the above

On 26 March 2009, who became the first tourist to go into the space twice ?

•       Dennis Tito

•       Mark Shuttleworth

•       Gregory Olsen

•       Charles Simonyi

What two subjects would be most valuable if you want to be an astronaut?

•      Math and Science

•      Art and Music

•      History and English

•      PE and Health

The biggest Planet is :

•      Venus

•      Mars

•      Mercury

•      Jupiter

What is distance covered by Earth during its revolution around Sun?

•      18.5 km / sec

•      29.7 km / sec

•      31.5 km/ sec

IRS series satellites are used for?

•     Communication

•     Forestry

•     Remote Sensing

•     Astronomy

Besides Earth, what other planets show evidence of stream erosion?

•   Venus
•   Mercury
•   Jupiter
•   Mars

What is the name of the First Trojan Asteroid of the Earth discovered by the scientists ?

•     2010 YX

•     2010 Xy

•     2010 KT 7

•     2010 TK7

Which of the following terms is defined as a cataclysmic nuclear explosion caused by the accretion of hydrogen onto the surface of a white dwarf star?

    *  Nova
    *  Nebula
    *  Neutron star

What is '51286 Kalpanachawla' named after the scientist of Indian origin?

•     An asteroid

•     A crater on Jupiter

•     A star

•     Planet

What US space shuttle linked up with Russia's Mir in 1995?

    *   Mercury
    *  Voyager 8
    *   Atlantis
    *   Outreach

In a black hole________?

    *  All wavelengths of light are absorbed
    *  All wavelengths of light are absorbed except green and blue
    *  All wavelengths of light are absorbed except blue and red

Light from the nearest star reaches the earth in

    *  4.3 seconds
    *  4.3 minutes
    *  43 minutes
    *  4.3 years

Radiocarbon is produced in the atmosphere as a result of

    *   collision between fast neutrons and nitrogen nuclei present in the atmosphere
    *   action of ultraviolet light from the sun on atmospheric oxygen
    *  action of solar radiations particularly cosmic rays on carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere
    *   lightning discharge in atmosphere