Previous year MCQs

General science UPPSC 2009 GS-I
Question

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Param 10,000 - Land to land missile

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Param 10,000 - Land to land missile ”.
The PARAM 10000 is a supercomputer developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in Pune, India, and unveiled in 1998

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  2. B) Order — Class — Phylum — Plant Kingdom
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Reason (R): He was sure that Einstein's law will fail and mass will not be converted into energy.

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  2. B) Potential energy
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  2. B) Theory of Specific Heats
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