Tag: science & technology

Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is a Chilean territory in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Chile annexed the island in 1888. It is famous for its moai statues and is located about 3,500 km west of the Chilean mainland.

Hundru Falls is located near Ranchi in Jharkhand, on the Subarnarekha River. It is the highest waterfall in Jharkhand and a popular tourist attraction. Ooty (Tamil Nadu), Surat (Gujarat), and Pune (Maharashtra) are not near this waterfall.

Wular Lake in Jammu and Kashmir is indeed India's largest freshwater lake. Dal Lake (also in Kashmir) is smaller, Chilka Lake (Odisha) is India's largest brackish water lake, and Powai Lake (Mumbai) is an artificial lake. Wular's size varies seasonally but remains the largest freshwater body.

The Rock of Gibraltar is the highest point of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, rising to 426 meters (1,398 feet). It is a monolithic limestone promontory. The other options are locations in different continents: Salinas Chicas (Argentina), Denakil Depression (Ethiopia/Eritrea), and Bukit Pagon (Brunei).

The Roswell Incident of 1947 is the most famous UFO incident in history, where an unidentified object crashed near Roswell, New Mexico (not Mexico). The U.S. military initially claimed it was a 'flying disc' but later said it was a weather balloon, sparking decades of speculation about alien spacecraft.

UFO studies have contributed to understanding atmospheric phenomena (clouds, lightning, optical effects) that explain many sightings. Astrological studies is not a scientific field. Astronomy studies celestial objects, not atmospheric effects. Mental imaging is not relevant.

The first iPhone was announced by Steve Jobs in January 2007 and released on June 29, 2007. The 2005 and 2006 dates are too early, while 2008 would be the iPhone 3G model.

CPU is indeed an abbreviation for Central Processing Unit, which is the primary component of a computer that performs most of the processing inside the computer. The CPU executes instructions and processes data, making it the 'brain' of the computer.

Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company in Japan, making it much older than 1900. The statement claims it was founded after 1900, which is incorrect. Therefore, the answer is False.

Infrared light has longer wavelengths than visible light, which is why it's invisible to the human eye. The electromagnetic spectrum places infrared just beyond visible red light, with wavelengths extending from about 700 nanometers to 1 millimeter.