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ICF (Integral Coach Factory) is located in ________.

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  1. Alwaye

  2. Coimbatore

  3. Chennai

  4. Bhadravati

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Chennai.
Integral Coach Factory (ICF) is a manufacturer of rail coaches located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was established in 1952, is owned and operated by the Indian Railways.

Which is the  largest shipyard in India?

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  1. Kolkata

  2. Kochi

  3. Mumbai

  4. Visakhapatnam

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Cochin Shipyard Limited (Kochi).
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) is the largest shipbuilding and maintenance facility in India. It is part of a line of maritime-related facilities in the port-city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. Of the services provided by the shipyard are building platform supply vessels and double-hulled oil tankers.

How many public sector shipping companies are there in India?

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  1. 5

  2. 4

  3. 1

  4. 6

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • There is only one public sector shipping company. It is Shipping Corporation of India with its headquarters in Mumbai. It manages and operates vessels.
  • SCI was established on 2 October 1961. SCI was also awarded the prestigious "Navratna" status by Indian Government in 2008.

When and where the first automobile industry was started in India?

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  1. 1948, Uttarpara (Kolkata)

  2. 1949, Kurla (Mumbai)

  3. 1950, Bangaluru

  4. 1951, Chennai

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It was towards the end of the war that the importance of establishing an indigenous automobile industry in India was realized when Premier Automobiles Ltd. (PAL) and Hindustan Motors (HM) set up factories in the mid-40s for progressive manufacture rather than assembly from imported components. HM was established in 1942 for the manufacture of certain auto components, but it was only in 1949 that the company actually began making cars. PAL was founded in 1944 by Seth Walchand Hirachand, a visionary and industrialist of pre-independent India, and as early as 1946 assembly of the Dodge DeSoto and Plymouth cars at PAL's Kurla (Mumbai) Plant commenced.

Where is Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) located?

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  1. Kanpur

  2. Chittaranjan

  3. Perambur

  4. Chennai

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), located near Chennai in Tamil Nadu, is India's only manufacturer of heavy battlefield equipment. Avadi in Thiruvallur District is well known for Defence establishments like Heavy Vehicles factory and the Combat Vehicle Research Development and Establishment.

Use of living organisms for the welfare of mankind is called ________.

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  1. Biotechnology

  2. Microbiology

  3. Cell biology

  4. Information technology

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Use of living organisms for the welfare of mankind is called Microbiology.
Microorganisms include bacteria, fungi, protozoa, some algae, viruses, viroids and also prions. Some other microorganisms are beneficial and contribute to human welfare. This post is about such useful microorganisms [useful microbes].

Information technology in India includes which of the below mentioned components?

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  1. IT services

  2. Business process outsourcing

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Information technology in India is an industry consisting of two major components: IT services and business process outsourcing. The sector has increased its contribution to India's GDP from 1.2% in 1998 to 7.5% in 2012. India's current prime minister Narendra Modi has started 'Digital India' project to give IT a secured position inside & outside India.

Business process outsourcing BPO is a subset of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of a specific business process to a third-party service provider. 

IT service management (ITSM) refers to the entirety of activities – directed by policies, organized and structured in processes and supporting procedures – that are performed by an organization to plan, design, deliver, operate and control information technology (IT) services offered to customers.

Which of the following examples falls under the classification of knowledge based industry ?

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  1. Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing

  2. Commercial and Service  Machinery Manufacturing

  3. Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Knowledge based industries are classified in all the above parts.
Information technology deals with the storage, processing and distribution of information. During the decade, the industry has gained global attention due to a series of political, technological and socioeconomic events. India is witnessing the emergence of information technology hubs in Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai.

The Silicon Valley and Bangalore both share many same aspects in the development of Information technology such as pleasant climate, skilled workforce, presence of high quality educational, technological and scientific centers and access to markets.

Biotechnology that is applied to medical processes is called ___________________.

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  1. Green biotechnology

  2. Red biotechnology

  3. Blue biotechnology

  4. White biotechnology

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Red biotechnology(Bio-pharmaceutical) is a process that utilizes organisms to improve health care and help the body to fight diseases. It is a branch of modern biotechnology which is utilized in the field of medicine.

Which city is known as Electronic Capital of India?

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  1. Kanpur

  2. Delhi

  3. Bengaluru

  4. Madurai

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Bangalore.
Electronic City is an information technology hub in Bangalore, India, located in Anekal taluk. It is one of India's largest electronic/IT industrial parks, spread over 800 acres (3.2 km²) in Konappana Agrahara and Doddathogur villages in Bangalore.