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  Mission IAS’2009

Qn No

Related to

Answer

76

Indian languages

C

77

discovered heavy water

B

78

Kim Dae-jung

C

79

Ogaden region

D

80

Palitana Temples

A

81

Euro Football Tournament, 2004

C

82

between Mars and Uranus

B

83

Cristina Kirchner

B

84

Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act

C

85

2007, an earthquake

C

86

Above 65 years

D

87

spacecraft?

B

88

ITER

B

89

Themis Mission

C

90

Biosphere Reserves in India,

B

91

follow China and India in the decreasing order of populations

B

92

highest percentage of rural population

A

93

Organization and Associated Convention/ Person/ Place/ Headquarters

A

94

Person (KP Singh) and Area

D

95

World Summit on Sustainable Development

C

96

Clean Development Mechanism

C

97

million-plus cities in India

D

98

public sector undertakings

D

99

Eighth Schedule

C

100

Legislative Assembly

B

Mission IAS’2009

Qn 77. The American chemist Harold Clayton Urey discovered in 1932 the presence in water of a small amount (1 part in 6000) of so-called heavy water, or deuterium ...
encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761573158/water.htm

 Qn 78. Kim Dae-jung (Born December 3, 1925, pronounced [kim dɛdʑuŋ]) is a former South Korean president and the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize recipient. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dae_Jung

Qn . 80 Palitana is a city, a municipality and former princely state in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is located 50 km South-West of Bhavnagar city and is a major pilgrimage centre for Jains.

Qn.81. On July 5, 2004 Greek football team received a heroes' welcome when they celebrated their Euro 2004 triumph with thousands of fans in Athens.

The team paraded the trophy at a packed Panathenaic stadium, where the first modern Olympics were held in 1896.

 Qn, 85. n July 2007, an earthquake caused fire, spillage and destruction at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station. ...
www.power-technology.com/features/feature1120/

 Qn.86

Age Groups

Persons

Males

Females

6 years and below

163,819,614

84,999,203

78,820,411

Proportion to total population (%)

15.9

16.0

15.9

7 to 14 years

199,791,198

104,488,119

95,303,079

Proportion to total population (%)

19.4

19.6

19.2

15 to 59 years

585,638,723

303,400,561

2,882,238,162

Proportion to total population (%)

56.9

57.0

56.9

60 years and above

76,622,321

37,768,327

38,853,994

Proportion to total population (%)

7.5

7.1

7.8

Age Not Stated

2,738,472

1,500,562

1,237,910

Proportion to total population (%)

0.3

0.3

 

http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/India_at_glance/broad.aspx

Qn,. 88 ITER is an international tokamak (magnetic confinement fusion) research/engineering proposal for an experimental project that will help to make the transition from today's studies of plasma physics to future electricity-producing fusion power plants. It will build on research done with devices such as DIII-D, EAST, TFTR, Joint European Torus, JT-60, and T-15, and will be considerably larger than any of them.

Qn. 89 This NASA mission will explore the causes of the aurora also known as the ... to hear about the enthusiasm generated by working with THEMIS data in Alaska. ...
ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/themis/flash.html -

Qn. 95 World Summit on Sustainable Development! WSSD took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August - 4 September

Qn. 96 The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is an arrangement under the Kyoto Protocol allowing industrialised countries with a greenhouse gas reduction ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Development_Mechanism

The Clean Development Mechanism or CDM is an arrangement under the Kyoto Protocol allowing Annex 1 countries with a greenhouse gas reduction commitments to ...
www.tfsgreen.com/global-markets/clean-development-mechanism/

 

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