Miscellaneous Quiz (Nov 6,2013)

Question 1:In India, cloud seeding operations were conducted during the years 2003 and 2004 through U.S. based Weather Modification Inc. in the state of ................ ?
Maharashtra
Andhra Pradesh
Orissa

Question 2: ...............became India's first private Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Hathway
Sify
Dishnet

Question 3:Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by ?
ESA
ROSCOSMOS
NASA

Question 4:India's first indigenously designed and built nuclear submarine is ..............
Arihant
Vikrant
Vikramaditya

Question 5:Sunderlal Bahuguna, Gauri devi & Chandi Prasad Bhatt were prominent leaders of which movement ?
Bhudaan Movement
Chipko Movement
Narmada Bachao Movement

Question 6:Silent Valley Movement was started against a hydro-electric project on the river Kuthipuzha, a tributary of ..........River.
Palar
Noyyal
Periyar

Question 7:Who is this personality 'Vandana Shiva' ?
Environmentalist
ISRO Scientist
Carnatic Singer

Question 8:The Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) is a project to create an integrated freight railway network across Europe and Asia.The Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) was initiated in the 1960s with the objective of providing a continuous 14,000-km rail link between Singapore and Istanbul (Turkey), with possible onward connections to Europe and Africa.India has signed the Inter Governmental Agreement on the Trans Asian Railway Network in June 2007.The proposed route will enter India at Tamu, which borders which nation ?
Bhutan
Myanmar
China

Question 9:The Maternal Mortality Rate has been defined as number of maternal deaths per .......... live births.
100
1000
100,000

Question 10:The Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Prathisthan promotes Preservation, conservation and development of the oral tradition of Vedic studies. Where is it located ?
Ujjain
Kushinagar
Haridwar