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2151.

NASA's mission that aims to get the closest to the Sun than ever by any human-made object has got its revolutionary heat shield "Thermal Protection System or TPS" is;

A. Heather Solar Probe
B. Parker Solar Probe
C. Aviator Solar Probe
D. Minius Solar Probe
Answer» C. Aviator Solar Probe
2152.

India's first biofortified sorghum (jowar) that containing higher iron and zinc than regular sorghum. It's named as;

A. Param Shakti
B. Parbhani Chakra
C. Parbhani Shakti
D. Indra Shakthi
Answer» D. Indra Shakthi
2153.

Scientists from this country have performed the first-ever 3-D, colour X-ray on a human.

A. Peru
B. New Zealand
C. Spain
D. Uk
Answer» C. Spain
2154.

Which IIT has unveiled "world's first" remotely operable Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) microscope?

A. IIT Kharagpur
B. IIT Madras
C. IIT Bombay
D. IIT Delhi
Answer» C. IIT Bombay
2155.

Which country plans to launch 300 low-orbit satellites to provide worldwide communication services?

A. China
B. India
C. France
D. USA
Answer» B. India
2156.

The scientists from this IIT institute has created mini-organs that mimic hair growth.

A. IIT Delhi
B. IIT Guwahati
C. IIT Bombay
D. IIT Gandhinagar
Answer» B. IIT Guwahati
2157.

How many new moons are discovered in the Jupiter planet, recently?

A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 4
Answer» D. 4
2158.

Scientists from which country have developed the world's first blood test capable of detecting melanoma in its early stages?

A. India
B. China
C. Russia
D. Australia
Answer» E.
2159.

Who will launch satellite 'Athena' in 2019?

A. Google
B. Facebook
C. Royal Dutch Shell
D. Sinopec Group
Answer» C. Royal Dutch Shell
2160.

Which among the following joined with three vendors to outsource Spacecraft Assembly Integration and Testing (AIT) activities?

A. DRDO
B. HAL
C. NASA
D. ISRO
Answer» E.
2161.

According to a report on US journal Science, a massive underground lake has been detected in which planet?

A. Pluto
B. Jupiter
C. Mars
D. Mercury
Answer» D. Mercury
2162.

Who plans to launch world's first mission to touch the Sun?

A. NASA
B. ISRO
C. European Space Agency
D. JAXA
Answer» B. ISRO
2163.

Which of the following blood group is found in India for the first time?

A. P(2) phenotype
B. P1(k) phenotype
C. P null phenotype
D. P2(k) phenotype
Answer» D. P2(k) phenotype
2164.

American and Spanish Scientists have discovered a new shape from the Human Cells. It is in the form of;

A. Dodecagon
B. Kite
C. Annulus
D. Scutoid
Answer» E.
2165.

The researchers from this country creates world's first single-chromosome yeast.

A. USA
B. Japanese
C. Chinese
D. India
Answer» D. India
2166.

ISRO annouced to launch its heaviest satellite GSAT 11 on which of the following month?

A. October
B. September
C. November
D. December
Answer» D. December
2167.

ISRO will celebrate centenary celebration to commemorate its first ISRO chief and renowned cosmic ray scientist. Who is the renowned scientist?

A. Vikram Sarabhai
B. APJ Abdul Kalam
C. CV Raman
D. Visvesvaraya
Answer» B. APJ Abdul Kalam
2168.

The lander of the Chandrayaan-2 to be named as;

A. Raman
B. Kalam
C. Vikram
D. Satyendra
Answer» D. Satyendra
2169.

__________ is planning to launch a TV channel to promote scientific temper among people and conduct training camps for school students.

A. BARC
B. ISRO
C. SpaceX
D. DRDO
Answer» C. SpaceX
2170.

This country test fired and unveiled the latest generation of its Fateh ballistic missile named Fateh Mobin.

A. France
B. Israel
C. Iran
D. China
Answer» D. China
2171.

Which country successfully test fires an anti-tank guided missile "HeliNa"?

A. Japan
B. Israel
C. USA
D. India
Answer» E.
2172.

Which space agency has confirmed presence of ice on Moon using data from the Chandrayaan-I spacecraft?

A. JAXA
B. NASA
C. Roscosmos
D. CNSA
Answer» C. Roscosmos
2173.

What is the name of the European wind survey satellite launched from French Guiana?

A. Aeolus
B. Planck
C. GIOVE
D. Swaram
Answer» B. Planck
2174.

Who introduced an app to take space selfies, recently?

A. ESA
B. ISRO
C. SpaceX
D. NASA
Answer» E.
2175.

What is the size of the nano medical robot that set a new Guinness World Record?

A. 140 nanometres
B. 130 nanometres
C. 110 nanometres
D. 120 nanometres
Answer» E.
2176.

Researchers from this country developed a new technique to detect early-stage cancer tumour cells in the blood through malaria protein VAR2CSA.

A. Russia
B. China
C. Japan
D. Australia
Answer» E.
2177.

Who plans to launch the laser instrument to measure the changes in the heights of Earth's polar ice?

A. USGS
B. ISRO
C. NASA
D. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Answer» D. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2178.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing to conduct how many missions for the next 7 months?

A. 19
B. 15
C. 17
D. 21
Answer» B. 15
2179.

Which country has recently announced to launch Mars Mission "HOPE" by 2020?

A. Oman
B. UAE
C. Iran
D. Israel
Answer» C. Iran
2180.

This country recentky developed a space elevator and will conduct a first trial in September.

A. France
B. UK
C. US
D. Japan
Answer» E.
2181.

This country launched a new marine satellite HY-1C on Long March-2C rocket for surveying climate change, recently.

A. China
B. India
C. Russia
D. US
Answer» B. India
2182.

BARC has recently re-commissioned an upgraded version of which nuclear reactor?

A. Dhruva
B. Apsara
C. Purnima
D. Zerlina
Answer» C. Purnima
2183.

India's maiden interplanetary mission which has completed four years orbiting around the red planet is;

A. NISAR
B. RISAT
C. MOM
D. ASTROSAT
Answer» D. ASTROSAT
2184.

What type of blood test is to be introduced by Abbott for early prediction of heart attack?

A. Smart ECG
B. Troponin-I blood test
C. CK-MB tests
D. Serum myoglobin tests
Answer» C. CK-MB tests
2185.

What is the name of the new white dwarf galaxy that was found by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope?

A. 90377 Sedna
B. NGC 6752
C. 9048 Orcus
D. Triton
Answer» C. 9048 Orcus
2186.

Which country has built an 'artificial sun' that reaches 6 times the temperature of Sun?

A. China
B. United States
C. Russia
D. France
Answer» B. United States
2187.

Which Chinese space probe touched down on the far side of the moon?

A. Chang'e-4 lunar probe
B. Chang'e 5-T1 lunar probe
C. Yinghuo-1 lunar probe
D. Chang'E-3 lunar probe
Answer» B. Chang'e 5-T1 lunar probe
2188.

ISRO to launch Indias HysIS satellite with how many foreign satellites?

A. 25
B. 30
C. 20
D. 42
Answer» C. 20
2189.

Name the galaxy proto-supercluster discovered by scientists at the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

A. Hyperloop
B. Hyperion
C. Marsel
D. Bruno
Answer» C. Marsel
2190.

Which space observatory has been used by Indian astronomers to identify a new group of stars in the globular cluster NGC 2808?

A. AstroSat
B. Euclid
C. Athena
D. IXPE
Answer» B. Euclid
2191.

Name the new exotic planet discovered by researchers outside our solar system in the constellation Cassiopeia.

A. FX126888 r
B. SD687999 s
C. GY789700 d
D. HD219134 b
Answer» E.
2192.

ISRO aims to send human astronauts to space by the year of?

A. 2020
B. 2021
C. 2022
D. 2023
Answer» C. 2022
2193.

How many space missions has been planned by ISRO to launch in 2019?

A. 28
B. 32
C. 38
D. 43
Answer» C. 38
2194.

Which of the following NASA's telescope completed its 10 years of mission recently?

A. Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
B. Femto Gamma-ray Space Telescope
C. Nano Gamma-ray Space Telescope
D. Pico Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Answer» B. Femto Gamma-ray Space Telescope
2195.

Karnataka's swimmer Srihari Nataraj has emerged as the most prolific gold medal winner at the Khelo India Youth Games. How many gold medals he won?

A. 10
B. 9
C. 8
D. 7
Answer» E.
2196.

Which of the following is the first manned mission to the International Space Station (ISS)?

A. Soyuz mission
B. Apollo 11 mission
C. Shenzhou mission
D. Tiangong-2 mission
Answer» B. Apollo 11 mission
2197.

The telescope used by Indian astronomers to discover some sources in the universe that emit radio waves called 'Extremely Inverted Spectrum Extragalactic Radio Sources'. It was;

A. Hale Telescope
B. Hubble Space Telescope
C. Large Zenith Telescope
D. Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope
Answer» E.
2198.

How many BeiDou-3 navigation satellites has been launched by China on 15 October 2018?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
Answer» B. 4
2199.

NASA's first flight to moon that marked its 50thanniversary is;

A. Apollo 8
B. Apollo 12
C. Colombia 2
D. Colombia 11
Answer» B. Apollo 12
2200.

This country is working on creating an artificial moon.

A. India
B. US
C. China
D. Canada
Answer» D. Canada