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Which country has been unanimously elected as the President of the UN-Habitat ?
Options- A. Russia
- B. India
- C. China
- D. Japan
- Correct Answer
- India
ExplanationIndia has been unanimously elected as the President of the UN-Habitat. UN-Habitat, an organ of the United Nations? Organisation (UNO) reports to the United Nations General Assembly. UN-Habitat promotes socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements across the world. India has been elected as the President of UN-Habitat after a gap of 10 years. This is only the third time that India has been elected as the President of UN-Habitat after 2007 and 1988. The UN-Habitat was established in 1978.
- 1. During World War I Germany was defeated in the Battle of Verdun on the western front and Romania declared war on the eastern front in the year
Options- A. 1914 AD
- B. 1915 AD
- C. 1916 AD
- D. 1917 AD Discuss
- 2. Which type of fire extinguisher is used for petroleum fire?
Options- A. Powder type
- B. Liquid type
- C. Soda acid type
- D. Foam type Discuss
- 3. The mass number of a nucleus is
Options- A. always less than its atomic number
- B. the sum of the number of protons and neutrons present in the nucleus
- C. always more than the atomic weight
- D. a fraction Discuss
- 4. The mass of P4O10 that will be obtained from the reaction of 1.33 gram of P4 and 5.07 of oxygen is
Options- A. 2.05 gram
- B. 3.05 gram
- C. 4.05 gram
- D. 5.05 gram Discuss
- 5. When it is noon IST at Allahabad in India, the time at Greenwich, London, will be
Options- A. midnight ,GMT
- B. 1730 hours
- C. 0630 hours
- D. None of the above Discuss
- 6. Which of the following factors are responsible for the rapid growth of sugar production in south India as compared to north India?
- Higher per acre field of sugarcane
- Higher sucrose content of sugarcane
- Lower labour cost
- Longer crushing period
Options- A. I and II
- B. I, II and III
- C. I, III and IV
- D. I, II and IV Discuss
- 7. What is common between Kutty, Shankar, Laxman and Sudhir Dar?
Options- A. Film Direction
- B. Drawing Cartoons
- C. Instrumental Music
- D. Classical Dance Discuss
- 8. During eleventh Antarctic Expedition in Nov. 1991/March 1992 ____ was installed.
Options- A. SODAR (SOnic Detection And Ranging)
- B. Second Permanent Station 'Maitree'
- C. First permanent station 'Dakshin Gangotri'
- D. None of the above Discuss
- 9. Which of the following types of soil are mostly confined to river basins and coastal plains of India?
Options- A. Alluvial soils
- B. Black soils
- C. Laterite soils
- D. Red soils Discuss
- 10. Which of the following groups of rivers originate from the Himachal mountains?
Options- A. Beas, Ravi and Chenab
- B. Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum
- C. Sutlej, Beas and Ravi
- D. Sutlej, Ravi and Jhelum Discuss
More questions
Correct Answer: 1916 AD
Correct Answer: Powder type
Correct Answer: the sum of the number of protons and neutrons present in the nucleus
Correct Answer: 3.05 gram
Correct Answer: 0630 hours
Correct Answer: I, II and IV
Correct Answer: Drawing Cartoons
Correct Answer: SODAR (SOnic Detection And Ranging)
Explanation:
SODAR (SOnic Detection And Ranging), also written as sodar, is a meteorological instrument also known as a wind profiler which measures the scattering of sound waves by atmospheric turbulence.
Correct Answer: Alluvial soils
Correct Answer: Beas, Ravi and Chenab
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