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311. The height of the net in the center of the tennis court is

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A. 2 feet 10 inches
B. 2 feet 11 inches
C. 2 feet 1 inch
D. 3 feet 6 inches
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The height of the net in the center of the tennis court is 3 ft. 6 inches. The net is 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 metres) high at the posts, and 3 feet (0.91 metres) high in the center. The net posts are 3 feet (0.91 metres) outside the doubles court on each side or, for a singles net, 3 feet (0.91 metres) outside the singles court on each side.

312. Oxygen was independently discovered by

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A. Neils Bohr
B. William Ramsay
C. Joseph Priestley
D. Rutherford
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Oxygen was independently discovered by Carl Wilhelm Scheele, in Uppsala, in 1773 or earlier, and Joseph Priestley in Wiltshire, in 1774, but Priestley is often given priority because his work was published first.

314. In which year did Sir Edmund Hillary reach the summit of Mount Everest?

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A. 1952
B. 1953
C. 1954
D. 1955
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Edmund Percival Hillary, born in Auckland New Zealand in the year 1919, was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest together with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953.A man with a heart !! Died on the 11 January 2008, a sad loss to New Zealand.

315. The frequency of which of the following is the highest?

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A. Micro waves
B. Radio waves
C. Gamma rays
D. Light waves
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The frequency of Gamma rays is the highest. Gamma rays are the highest energy EM radiation and typically have energies greater than 100 keV, frequencies greater than 1019 Hz, and wavelengths less than 10 picometers.

316. The date of operation of first open heart surgery in India was

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A. February 15, 1961
B. August 12, 1991
C. June 20, 1990
D. January 11, 1985
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The date of operation of first open heart surgery in India was February 15, 1961. “It was in Nair Hospital on February 15, 1961, that Dr K N Dastur performed the country’s first open-heart surgery to fix the hole in 19-year-old Hemlata’s heart,” said Nair Hospital dean Dr R Rananavre on Tuesday.

317. The Pilotless target aircraft, fabricated at the Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bangalore, is

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A. Lakshya
B. Cheetah
C. Nishant
D. Arjun
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The Pilotless target aircraft, fabricated at the Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bangalore, is Lakshya. Lakshya (“target” in Sanskrit) is an Indian remotely piloted high speed target drone system developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) of DRDO. A variant Lakshya-1 is used to perform discreet aerial reconnaissance of battlefield and target acquisition.

318. In the 2002 World Cup Hockey Finals, Germany beat ____

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A. India
B. Australia
C. Pakistan
D. Spain
✅ The correct answer is option B.
In the 2002 World Cup Hockey Finals, Germany beat Australia. The 2002 Men’s Hockey World Cup was the 10th edition of the Hockey World Cup, a men’s field hockey tournament. It was held from 24 February to 9 March 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Germany won their first title after defeating Australia 2–1 in the final.