SCIENCE

Question 1

On which day will the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP)
awards be presented in 2024, coinciding with the
celebration of Chandrayaan-3’s moon landing?

Answer 1

National Space Day

Question 2

when is National Space Day celebrated

Answer 2

23rd August

Question 3

Which category of the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP)
is awarded for lifetime achievements and substantial
contributions in any field of science and technology?

Answer 3

Vigyan Ratna (VR) to 3 recipients only

Question 4

Who was awarded the Vigyan Ratna in the 2024
Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar for his lifetime achievements
in biological sciences, particularly for his work on malaria
parasites?

Answer 4

IISc head G. Padmanabhan

Question 5

Which organization awards the J C Bose Fellowship to
active scientists and researchers for their outstanding
contributions to advanced science?

Answer 5

Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)

Question 6

Which prestigious award, often referred to as “America’s Nobels,” recognizes significant contributions in the fields of
Basic Medical Research, Clinical Medical Research, and Special Achievement in Medical Science?

Answer 6

Lasker Awards

Question 7

theme of national space day 2024

Answer 7

“Touching Lives while Touching the Moon: India’s Space Saga.”

Question 8

These awards were instituted to replace all existing national science awards, including the _______ Prize, with the aim of recognizing outstanding contributions to various scientific fields.

Answer 8

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar

Question 9

Vigyan Shri gives a maxinum no. of awards . what is that no.

Answer 9

25 awards given each year

Question 10

who was awarded vigyan shri for her research on star
clusters and galaxies

Answer 10

Annapurni
Subramaniam

Question 11

who was awarded vigyan shri for his
work in biology.

Answer 11

Jayant Bhalchandra
Udgaonkar

Question 12

Which award Recognizes distinguished
contributions in various
scientific fields, across all
ages

Answer 12

Vigyan Shri

Question 13

Which award is Given to a team of three or
more researchers who
have collaboratively
achieved outstanding
results in their field, with
up to three such awards

Answer 13

Vigyan Team

Question 14

Which award Focuses on young
scientists under the age
of 45 who have made
exceptional contributions,
also with up to 25 awards.

Answer 14

Vigyan Yuva

Question 15

Recipients to Vigyan Yuva

Answer 15

Vivek Polshettiwar,
who focuses on carbon
capture technologies;
Urbasi Sinha, a quantam research expert; and
Roxy
Mathew Koll, a climate
scientist.

Question 16

the awards are announced on which day

Answer 16

National Technology Day May 11

Question 17

How are the awardees chosen

Answer 17

chosen by a 17-member panel led by the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India

Question 18

Current Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India

Answer 18

Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood

Question 19

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is given annually by which organization

Answer 19

Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research (CSIR)

Question 20

who hosts the Infosys prize

Answer 20

Infosys Science Foundation

Question 21

Global:
Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, and Medicine was invented by

Answer 21

Alfred Nobel

Question 22

Often referred to as the “Nobel Prize of Mathematics,” the _____ Medal is awarded every four years to up to four
mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU),

Answer 22

Fields

Question 23

which prizes recognize
scientists for their seminal advances in our understanding of existence at the largest, smallest, and most complex scales.

Answer 23

Kavli Prize

Question 24

In which year was the International Olympic Committee
(IOC) founded?

Answer 24

1894

Question 25

Where are the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) located?

Answer 25

Lausanne, Switzerland

Question 26

Who sparked a significant controversy regarding gender eligibility in sports at the Paris Olympics 2024 with a quick victory in boxing?

Answer 26

Imane Khelif

Question 27

What is the most common cause of 46, XX DSD

Answer 27

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)

Question 28

name the stakeholders that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) collaborates with to foster sport in society?

Answer 28

National Olympic Committees, International Sports Federations, and Worldwide Olympic Partners

Question 29

Which spacecraft was used to transport NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore to the International Space Station (ISS)?

Answer 29

Boeing Starliner

Question 30

What specific technical difficulty did the spacecraft encounter, leading to the extended stay of the astronauts on the ISS?

Answer 30

Helium leaks

Question 31

Which human-made object has traveled the farthest from Earth and entered interstellar space in 2012?

Answer 31

Voyager 1

Question 32

when was Voyager 1 launched

Answer 32

1977

Question 33

In which year did NASA's Apollo 11 mission achieve the first manned landing on the Moon?

Answer 33

1969

Question 34

Which Indian space mission made India the first Asian nation to reach Martian orbit and the first in the world to do so in its first attempt?

Answer 34

Mangalyaan

Question 35

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner is a key spacecraft developed by whom

Answer 35

Boeing for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, aimed at transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS)

Question 36

when did the first uncrewed test flight of oeing CST-100 Starliner take place ? and when did the 2nd test get completed

Answer 36

Dec,2019 Starliner completed a successful second uncrewed test flight to the ISS in May 2022

Question 37

Construction and Operation of ISS

Answer 37

Construction : 1998 and has been continuously inhabited since November 2000

Question 38

The ISS includes contributions from how many nations

Answer 38

15

Question 39

The station can house a crew of up to __ people but has had as many as 13 at one time during crew change-overs

Answer 39

6

Question 40

How many members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) are nominated by the Government of India?

Answer 40

3

Question 41

ISS travels at a speed of how many kms

Answer 41

28,000

Question 42

Which term is used to describe the interest rate at which a country's central bank lends money to commercial banks for short-term needs?

Answer 42

Repo rate

Question 43

When was the Flexible Inflation Targeting (FIT) framework formally adopted in India?

Answer 43

2016

Question 44

Which committee recommended the introduction of the Flexible Inflation Targeting (FIT) framework in India

Answer 44

Patel Committee

Question 45

Under which section of the amended RBI Act, 1934, was the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) established

Answer 45

Section 45ZB

Question 46

Indian Organ Donation Day was initially celebrated on which day and since when

Answer 46

November 27th since 2010

Question 46

Currently Indian Organ Donation Day is celebrated on

Answer 46

August 3rd in 2023

Question 47

The legal framework supporting organ donation in India is established under which act

Answer 47

Transplantation of Human Organs Act (THOA) 1994 later amended in 2011 to include tissues

Question 48

National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation Annual Report was released by

Answer 48

National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO)

Question 49

When is World Biofuel Day observed?

Answer 49

August 10

Question 50

The theme for World Biofuel Day 2024

Answer 50

"Sustainable Biofuels: Fueling a Greener Future"

Question 51

Which international alliance focuses on fostering global cooperation on biofuels?

Answer 51

Global Biofuels Alliance

Question 52

What type of biofuels are made from non-food biomass materials such as crop residues and wood chips?

Answer 52

Second-generation biofuels

Question 53

Which yojana aims to boost the production of Second Generation (2G) ethanol through financial support for utilizing cellulosic and lignocellulosic biomass

Answer 53

Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana

Question 54

Which facility in India is noted for demonstrating the commercial viability of producing ethanol from crop residues?

Answer 54

Indian Oil Corporation Limited in Panipat

Question 55

The first diesel engine was designed by

Answer 55

Rudolf Diesel

Question 56

The Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA) was established on

Answer 56

September 9, 2023, during the G20 Summit in New Delhi. Initiated by major countries including India, the USA, and Brazil

Question 57

Which policy sets ambitious targets to increase the use of biofuels, particularly aiming to advance the blending of 20% bioethanol in petrol by 2025-26, moved up from the original target of 2030

Answer 57

National Policy on Biofuels 2018 (Amended in 2022)

Question 58

which programme was Introduced to establish 5,000 compressed bio-gas (CBG) plants across India by 2023

Answer 58

Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT)

Question 59

which programme promotes the blending of ethanol with petrol, aiming to reduce dependence on imported crude oil.

Answer 59

Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme