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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Which among the following body gives the Pritzker Prize, the Nobel of Architecture every year?

1. In which year satellite Sputnik 1 was launched?
1958
1959
1957
1953

Ans: 1957

2. The WHO (World Health Organisation)s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) stated in its study that radiation from cellphone handsets is possibly carcinogenic to humans and can cause glioma.Glioma is a type of:
Brain Cancer
Blood Cancer
Lung Cancer
Liver Cancer

Ans: Brain Cancer

3. Which among the following body gives the Pritzker Prize, the Nobel of Architecture every year?
Wolf foundation
Hyatt Foundation
Royal Institute of British architects
Leading European Architects Forum

Ans: Hyatt Foundation

4. In 1992, NASA and CNES, the French space agency, launched a joint satellite mission called TOPEX/Poseidon? What is its purpose?
To map Callisto, one of Jupiters moons, which is suspected to have a salt water ocean
To map the Sea of Tranquility on the surface of the Moon
To map Neptunes atmosphere shifts
To map Earths ocean surface topography

Ans: To map Earths ocean surface topography

5. Where is the headquarter of the Amnesty International located:
Geneva
London
Paris
New York

Ans: London


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