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[#356] The General Assembly meets regularly
Correct Answer

(B) once a year

Explanation

Solution: The General Assembly meets regularly once a year. The General Assembly meets annually in regular session, intensively from September to December, and resumes in January until all issues on the agenda are addressed – which often is just before the next session starts.

[#357] The fighter force of Air Force is comprised of
Correct Answer

(D) All of the above

Explanation

Solution: The fighter force of Air Force is comprised of MIG-21 variant, MIG-23s, MIG-25s, MIG-27s, MIG-29s and Jaguars.

[#358] The control commend of Army is located at
Correct Answer

(C) Lucknow

Explanation

Solution: The control commend of Army is located at Lucknow. The Central Command of the Indian Army is one of the seven operational commands of the army. It is based at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Lt General Iqroop Singh Ghuman is the present General Officer Commanding-in-Chief.

[#359] The credit of inventing the television goes to
Correct Answer

(B) Baird

Explanation

Solution: John Logie Baird FRSE ( 14 August 1888 – 14 June 1946) was a Scottish engineer, innovator, one of the inventors of the mechanical television, demonstrating the first working television system on 26 January 1926, and inventor of both the first publicly demonstrated colour television system

[#360] The first man-made satellite, Sputnik I was launched by the former USSR in
Correct Answer

(B) 1957

Explanation

Solution: The first man-made satellite, Sputnik I was launched by the former USSR in 1957. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm.or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path.