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Question 1

Name the two apps launched by the Min. of Earth Sciences.

Answer 1

India Quake and Sagar Vani

Question 2

How is the app ‘India Quake’ useful?

Answer 2

Dissemination of Earthquake parameters

Question 3

The app Sagar Vani is used for?

Answer 3

dissemination of ocean information and alerts

Question 4

Sagar Vani app is developed by?

Answer 4

ESSO-INCOIS, through Gaian Solutions Pvt. Limited

Question 5

Abbreviate INCOIS

Answer 5

Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services

Question 6

List the features of Sagar Vani.

Answer 6

Multi-Lingual SMS, Voice call/audio advisory etc.

Question 7

India Quake app has been developed by?

Answer 7

NCS

Question 8

Name India’s indigenously developed GPS system.

Answer 8

NavIC

Question 9

NavIC synchronizes its clocks to time provided by?

Answer 9

National Physical Laboratory, a CSIR body.

Question 10

The satellites on NavIC are managed by?

Answer 10

ISRO

Question 11

The satellite system used by NavIC is called?

Answer 11

IRNSS - Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System

Question 12

What are the services provided by NavIC?

Answer 12

real time positioning and timing services

Question 13

Which satellite was launched by ISRO to replace which satellite in IRNSS system.

Answer 13

IRNSS-1H, IRNSS-1A

Question 14

Which body is host to the most accurate clocks in India?

Answer 14

National Physical Laboratory

Question 15

Name the agency authorised to maintain Indian Standard Time(IST)

Answer 15

National Physical Laboratory

Question 16

The service area of India’s indigenously developed GPS system NavIC extends to?

Answer 16

1500 km from its boundary

Question 17

Name the institute which developed a nanometer scale carbon monoxide sensor.

Answer 17

IISC

Question 18

What is the ethical issue involved in gene-editing?

Answer 18

Designer babies

Question 19

Name the condition which is caused by a gene mutation which thickens the heart muscle.

Answer 19

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Question 20

What is the name of the full-fledged Earth Observation (EO) satellite ISRO is planning to launch?

Answer 20

HySIS - Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite

Question 21

Name the technology used in satellites to enable them to see in 55 spectral bands from 630 kms above the Earth.

Answer 21

Hyper Spectral Imaging

Question 22

What Earth Observation satellites has ISRO already launched?

Answer 22

RISAT 1 and 2 - Radar Imaging Satellite

Question 23

What is the special feature of RISAT?

Answer 23

it can see through clouds and dark.

Question 24

Name the institute which developed an Internet of Things enabled ultra sound scanning device.

Answer 24

IIT Hyderabad

Question 25

The process of grafting or transplanting organs or tissues between members of different species is called?

Answer 25

Xenotransplantation

Question 26

What is the technology behind crypto-currencies?

Answer 26

Blockchain technology

Question 27

Composite plastic that are upto 36% lighter than the presently used plastic has been developed by researchers of which Indian institute.

Answer 27

NIT, Suratkal, Karnataka

Question 28

Standing Committee on Science and Technology (BT COTTON) is headed by?

Answer 28

Renuka Chowdary

Question 29

Indian cotton yields increased by ___ % in 2000-05 when BT Cotton was less than ____ 6% of total cotton area.

Answer 29

69, 6

Question 30

Indian cotton grew by only ____% in the 10 years from 2005-15 when BT cotton grew to ___% of total cotton area.

Answer 30

10, 94

Question 31

List the six countries which account for over 90% of all GM crop area.

Answer 31

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, India and USA.

Question 32

Scientists from which institute have been able to produce ethanol from discarded cotton stalks?

Answer 32

CSIR

Question 33

What is the total number of satellites in the IRNSS system.

Answer 33

7

Question 34

The technique that uses genes to treat or prevent diseases is called?

Answer 34

Gene Therapy

Question 35

Gene Therapy is being currently used only for the treatment of?

Answer 35

diseases that have no other cure

Question 36

Which country has approved Gene therapy for leukaemia?

Answer 36

USA

Question 37

What is the name of the satellite mission carrying the IRNSS-1H satellite which failed recently?

Answer 37

PSLV-C39

Question 38

Communities of microorganisms that attach to each other and to surfaces and are able to act as barriers to antibiotics are called?

Answer 38

Bio-films

Question 39

Scientists at which institute have been able to develop molecules capable of destroying bio-film forming bacteria?

Answer 39

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, JNCASR, Bengaluru.

Question 40

What is the average time span of a Solar Cycle?

Answer 40

11 years

Question 41

Solar storms result from an accumulation of _______.

Answer 41

Magnetic Energy

Question 42

Solar Flames can disrupt?

Answer 42

communication satellites, GPS and power grids

Question 43

Where is the international conference on Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage held?

Answer 43

Alabama, US

Question 44

The international conference on Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage has been organized by?

Answer 44

International Energy Agency's Greenhouse Gas Reeearch and Development

Question 45

Carbon dioxide can be used for ______ in depleting oil fields.

Answer 45

Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)

Question 46

______ has the ability to change the properties of oil and make it easier to extract.

Answer 46

Carbon Dioxide

Question 47

Scientists have found a way to produce methanol using ____ in the air.

Answer 47

Oxygen

Question 48

Methanol is produced by breaking down _______ at high temperatures into _______ & _______ before reassembling them. This process is called_______ and ______.

Answer 48

Natural gas, hydrogen, CO, Steam reforming, methanol synthesis.

Question 49

Name both the satellite launched by NASA to collect samples, and the asteroid to which this satellite is being sent.

Answer 49

OSIRIS - REx, 101955 Bennu

Question 50

Expand OSIRIS-REx

Answer 50

Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security - Regolith Explorer

Question 51

OSIRIS-REx is the third mission in NASA's ______ programme.

Answer 51

New Frontiers

Question 52

Name the first two missions in NASA's New Frontiers programme.

Answer 52

New Horizons to Pluto, Juno to Jupiter

Question 53

OSIRIS-REx will reach Bennu in?

Answer 53

August 2018

Question 54

OSIRIS-REx will orbit Bennu for ___ years.

Answer 54

3

Question 55

OSIRIS-REx will return to Earth with a sample capsule in?

Answer 55

September 2023

Question 56

OSIRIS-REx's sample capsule is expected to land in?

Answer 56

Utah, USA

Question 57

Objects travelling within around 30 million miles around the Earth are called?

Answer 57

Near Earth Objects

Question 58

An asteroid which hasn't significantly changed since the beginning of the solar system is called?

Answer 58

Primitive Asteroid

Question 59

Is Bennu a primitive asteroid.

Answer 59

Yes

Question 60

Every 6 years, Bennu's orbit comes within ______ of Earth.

Answer 60

200000 miles

Question 61

An asteroid which has a high probability of impacting Earth is called?

Answer 61

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

Question 62

Bennu is not a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid.

Answer 62

False.

Question 63

Bennu has a high probability of impacting Earth in?

Answer 63

Late 22nd Century

Question 64

Name the institute which is planning to delpoy an early earthquake warning system across major cities in North India.

Answer 64

IIT Roorkee

Question 65

Early earthquake warning system works on the principle of?

Answer 65

propagation of various waves with different velocities

Question 66

Electromagnetic waves travel ______ than seismic waves.

Answer 66

faster

Question 67

IIT Roorkee has deployed earthquake sensors in which region?

Answer 67

Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand

Question 68

Researchers tend to believe that an earthquake is due in a region of central Himalayas called?

Answer 68

Central Seismic Gap

Question 69

Ultra thin spacecraft being developed by US based Aerospace Corporation to remove space debris is called?

Answer 69

Branecraft

Question 70

Which country has fined Facebook 1.2 mn euros for collecting user information and then allegedly using it for advertising?

Answer 70

Spain

Question 71

The UN held a inter-governmental discussion on autonomous machines, weapons in Nov 2017 in?

Answer 71

Geneva

Question 72

ISRO is expected to hand over manufacture of launch vehicles to private entities by?

Answer 72

2020

Question 73

ISRO issued a Request-For-Proposal(RFP) tender to the private industry for?

Answer 73

Assembly, Integration and Testing (AIT) of satellites

Question 74

The GOI has unveiled a draft law to regulate the space sector called?

Answer 74

Space Activities Bill, 2017

Question 75

ISRO's works related to satellites, launchers and applications are governed by?

Answer 75

Satellite Communication Policy 2000, Remote Sensing Data Policy 2011, UNCOPUOS. United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

Question 76

The oldest stars in the galaxy are called?

Answer 76

Cool Subdwarfs

Question 77

India's first atomic energy plant abroad is called?

Answer 77

Roppur Project, Bangladesh

Question 78

India is collaborating with which country on the Roppur Nuclear Power Plant.

Answer 78

Russia

Question 79

The Roppur Project is Bangladesh's ____ atomic energy plant.

Answer 79

First

Question 80

The capacity of the Roppur Power Plant is?

Answer 80

2400 MW. Two units of 1200 MW each

Question 81

The multi-national body which aims at reduction of proliferation of nuclear weapons is?

Answer 81

Nuclear Suppliers Group

Question 82

The total number of members in the Nuclear Suppliers Group is?

Answer 82

48

Question 83

The NSG was set up in?

Answer 83

1974

Question 84

Which department is planning to fund a project to develop quantum computers?

Answer 84

Department of S&T

Question 85

Quantum Computers store information in?

Answer 85

Qubits

Question 86

The Aerospace meeting, ASET is organised by?

Answer 86

Aeronautical Society of India and Vikram Sarabhai Space Center

Question 87

ASET 2017 was organized in?

Answer 87

Trivandrum

Question 88

Which institute is being roped in by the department of S&T to bring technological boost to soil analysis?

Answer 88

IIT BOMBAY

Question 89

The world's only particle accelerator dedicated to art has been opened at?

Answer 89

Louvre in Paris

Question 90

The particle accelerator dedicated to art will be used to?

Answer 90

analyse ancient and precious works

Question 91

The first articles to be tested by the particle accelerator would be?

Answer 91

Roman votive statues of household gods

Question 92

Expand UMANG

Answer 92

Unified Mobile App for New Governance

Question 93

Scientists were able to grow _____ on a simulant Martian soil.

Answer 93

earthworms