Daily GK Updates

Non-conventional source of energy best suited for India is
1) Solar energy
2) Wind energy
3) Tidal wave energy
4) Nuclear energy



Acupuncture is widely practised in
1) India
2) America
3) China
4) Germany



The study which deals with secret writing is known as
1) Cryptography
2) Secretology
3) Cytography
4) Cryptology



"Astra" which was in news in recent past is the name of a newly developed-
1) Air-to-air Missile
2) Battle Tank
3) Spy Rocket
4) Submarine



Radioactive element which has been found to have large reserves in India is
1) Uranium
2) Thorium
3) Radium
4) Plutonium



Television broadcast for rural development programmes in India started in-
1 1947
2 1957
3 1967
4 1977



The resources which can be used continuously, year-after-year are called
1) Biotic
2) Abiotic
3) Non-renewable
4) Renewable



India's first remote sensing satellite (IRS 1A) was launched from
1) Baikonour
2) Cape Kennedy
3) French Guiana
4) Sri Harikota



"Green House Effect" means
1) Pollution in houses in tropical regions
2) Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric oxygen
3) Trapping of Solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide
4) Cultivation in green houses so as to check pollution



In July 2010' ISRO used the vehicle for Launching 5 Satellites-
1) GSLV
2) PSLV
3) ESLV
4) SLV