IAS Prelims GS Questions and Answers - Aug 27, 2015
1. Sukanya Samriddhi Account is a part ofa) Integrated Child Development Services
b) Beti Bachao - Beti Padhao
c) Janani Suraksha Yojana
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Beti Bachao - Beti Padhao
Sukanya Samriddhi Account is a welcome step by the govt. of India which is a part of its “Beti Bachao- Beti Padhao” initiative and was launched on 22nd January 2015. It is a small savings scheme, which can be opened by the parents or a legal guardian of a girl child in any post office or authorized branches of some of the commercial banks.
a) DRDO
b) Antrix corp.
c) NASA
d) Airport Authority of India
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Airport Authority of India
The GPS aided geo augmented navigation or GPS and geo-augmented navigation system (GAGAN) is an implementation of a regional satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) by the Indian government. It is a system to improve the accuracy of a GNSS receiver by providing reference signals.
a) Katha Upnishad
b) Kena Upanishad
c) Taittiriya Upanishad
d) Mandukya Upanishad
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) Katha Upnishad
The term Yoga was mentioned for first time in Katha Upnishad and later in Shvetashvatara Upanishad.
a) Vakataka dynasty
b) Chalukya architecture
c) Pallva architecture
d) Satavahana dynasty
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Chalukya architecture
The Badami cave temples are a complex of temples located at Badami, a town in the Bagalkot district in the north part of Karnataka, India. They are considered an example of Indian rock-cut architecture, especially Badami Chalukya architecture initiated during the 6th century. Badami was previously known as Vataapi Badami, the capital of the early Chalukya dynasty, who ruled much of Karnataka from middle of the sixth until the middle of the eighth centuries
a) Architecture
b) Astronomy
c) Journalism
d) Literature
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Journalism
The Peter Mackler Award is a prize from Reporters Without Borders and Agence France-Presse was awarded to Zaina Erhaim, who lives and works in Aleppo, Syria.
1. Aditya-1 is a spacecraft whose mission is to study the Sun.
2. Aditya was proposed to be sent to space by 2015–16 to study the solar photosphere.
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) Only 1
Aditya was proposed to be sent to space by 2015–16 to study the solar corona.
