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[#576] When was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated?
Correct Answer

(A) 1948

Explanation

Solution: Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949) was the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, who shot Gandhi in the chest three times at point blank range in New Delhi on 30 January 1948.

[#577] Which is the India's largest and the oldest museum?
Correct Answer

(A) Indian Museum, Kolkata

Explanation

Solution: Indian Museum, Kolkata is the India's largest and the oldest museum. The Indian Museum in Kolkata, also referred to as the Imperial Museum at Calcutta in British India era texts, is the largest and oldest museum in India and has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies, and Mughal paintings.

[#578] When was pottery developed in the Indus Valley?
Correct Answer

(C) 3500 BC

Explanation

Solution: Pottery was developed in the Indus Valley in 3500 BC.

[#579] What is the range of missile 'Akash'?
Correct Answer

(B) 25 km

Explanation

Solution: The supersonic Akash missile has a range of around 25 km and up to the altitude of 18,000m.

[#580] What is the function of a dynamo?
Correct Answer

(C) To convert mechanical energy into electrical energy

Explanation

Solution: The function of a dynamo is to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy. The electric dynamo uses rotating coils of wire and magnetic fields to convert mechanical rotation into a pulsing direct electric current through Faraday's law of induction and Lenz's law.