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This section includes 607 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Current Affairs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
451. |
Which organization recently launched 60 mini satellites for global internet? |
A. | NASA |
B. | ISRO |
C. | SpaceX |
D. | DRDO |
Answer» D. DRDO | |
452. |
A huge X-Ray burst from outer space has been detected by which telescope? |
A. | Hubble |
B. | Webb |
C. | NICER |
D. | Compton |
Answer» D. Compton | |
453. |
Which rocket of ISRO is to launch USA's commercial nano satellites? |
A. | PSLV-C48 |
B. | PSLV-C46 |
C. | PSLV-C47 |
D. | PSLV-C45 |
Answer» D. PSLV-C45 | |
454. |
What is name of NASA's first electric airplane? |
A. | P-51 Mustang |
B. | X-57 Maxwell |
C. | B-52 Stratofortress |
D. | U-2 spy plane |
Answer» C. B-52 Stratofortress | |
455. |
Which NASA satellite has recently found the crashed Indian Moon lander Vikram? |
A. | CALIPSO |
B. | Aura |
C. | Landsat7 |
D. | LRO |
Answer» E. | |
456. |
Which Radar Imaging Satellite is to be launched by ISRO? |
A. | RISAT-2B |
B. | RISAT-2BR1 |
C. | RISAT-1BR2 |
D. | RISAT-1B |
Answer» C. RISAT-1BR2 | |
457. |
How many missions will be completed by PSLV with the launch of RISAT-2BR1 on board PLSV-C48? |
A. | 58 |
B. | 55 |
C. | 50 |
D. | 45 |
Answer» D. 45 | |
458. |
Who will be the partner country for Bio Asia 2020? |
A. | China |
B. | Switzerland |
C. | USA |
D. | Sweden |
Answer» C. USA | |
459. |
Which of the following cities organized the Symposium on Scope of Science of Ayurveda in Global Health? |
A. | Indore |
B. | Raipur |
C. | New Delhi |
D. | Chennai |
Answer» D. Chennai | |
460. |
How many commercial satellites have been launched by ISRO along with RISAT-2BR1? |
A. | 7 |
B. | 9 |
C. | 10 |
D. | 12 |
Answer» C. 10 | |
461. |
Which of the following institute will set up a task force on gene therapy in order to encourage research in the field? |
A. | Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute |
B. | Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibers |
C. | Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) |
D. | The Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research |
Answer» D. The Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research | |
462. |
NASA has finally selected a sample collection site on asteroid Bennu after the arrival of OSIRIS-REx spacecraft . What is name of that site? |
A. | Nightingale |
B. | Ceres |
C. | Itokawa |
D. | Hygiea |
Answer» B. Ceres | |
463. |
Astronomers have discovered a rare kind of space object described as something between an asteroid and a comet- an active asteroid in which planet's orbit? |
A. | Saturn |
B. | Mars |
C. | Jupiter |
D. | Neptune |
Answer» D. Neptune | |
464. |
On June 19, 2020 A meteorite-like object weighing around 2.78kg has fallen from the sky in which Indian state resulting in a one-foot deep crater in the earth? |
A. | Rajasthan |
B. | Punjab |
C. | Haryana |
D. | Uttar Pradesh |
Answer» B. Punjab | |
465. |
Which Indian company has announced the launch of its generic version of antiviral drug Remdesivir for emergency use in the treatment of the COVID-19 patients? |
A. | Cipla Ltd |
B. | Sun Pharmaceutical |
C. | Wockhardt Limited |
D. | Lupin Limited |
Answer» B. Sun Pharmaceutical | |
466. |
The Indian Space Research Organisation has initiated a 10,000 crore project- Gaganyaan to send humans to space by which year? |
A. | 2025 |
B. | 2030 |
C. | 2024 |
D. | 2022 |
Answer» E. | |
467. |
Which institue has created a chip named 'Dhruva' that can be mounted in smartphones and navigation devices to find places and routes within the country? |
A. | IIT Gandhinagar |
B. | IIT Bombay |
C. | IIT Indore |
D. | IIT Guwahati |
Answer» C. IIT Indore | |
468. |
Which institute has discovered new biomolecules to fight drug resistance in Kala-azar exploring ways to tackle miltefosine resistance? |
A. | Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research |
B. | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
C. | National Centre for Cell Science, Pune |
D. | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research |
Answer» D. Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research | |
469. |
Scientists from which Institute have synthesized a novel inorganic-organic hybrid compound that can inhibit breast, lung, and liver cancer cells? |
A. | Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants |
B. | All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
C. | Institute of Nano Science & Technology, Mohali |
D. | Central Drug Research Institute |
Answer» D. Central Drug Research Institute | |
470. |
Which university has detected two super Earths Gliese 887b and Gliese 887c orbiting around the Gliese 887, the brightest red dwarf star in the sky? |
A. | The University of Gottingen, Germany |
B. | University of Bern, Germany |
C. | Tsinghua University, Beijing |
D. | University of Helsinki, Germany |
Answer» B. University of Bern, Germany | |
471. |
Which scientist from India has been named as members of International Scientific group to offer foremost scientific evidence for sustainable food systems for global food summit 2021? |
A. | Mohan Sharma and Mitali Mukherji |
B. | Prof. Rattan Lal and Uma Lele |
C. | B. V. Sreekantan and C. S. Seshadri |
D. | Jitendra Nath Goswami and K. S. Krishnan |
Answer» C. B. V. Sreekantan and C. S. Seshadri | |
472. |
The Swedish Institute of Space Physics will explore Venus for the second time through the India's 1st Venus Mission. What is the name of India's 1st Venus Mission? |
A. | Shukrayaan-1 |
B. | Venus-1 |
C. | Shukra-1 |
D. | Venusyaan-1 |
Answer» B. Venus-1 | |
473. |
Indian Council of Medical Research and which company join hands for development of COVID-19 vaccine called Covaxin? |
A. | Lupin Limited |
B. | Cipla Limited |
C. | Bharat Biotech |
D. | Biocon Limited3 |
Answer» D. Biocon Limited3 | |
474. |
What is the name of COVID-19 vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech India Ltd in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research - National Institute of Virology? |
A. | Coroxin |
B. | Covaxin |
C. | Covanin |
D. | Coronin |
Answer» C. Covanin | |
475. |
The IIT Alumni Council signed an agreement for joint research on COVID-19 and patient data analysis with which institute? |
A. | CSIR-IICT |
B. | CSIR-CMERI |
C. | CSIR-IGIB |
D. | CSIR-IHBT |
Answer» D. CSIR-IHBT | |
476. |
Who has launched a mobile app Lyfas for detection & risk assessment of COVID 19 infected individuals? |
A. | My Labs |
B. | Generich Pvt Ltd |
C. | Acculi Labs |
D. | GreenSoft Pvt Ltd |
Answer» D. GreenSoft Pvt Ltd | |
477. |
The Defence Institute of Advanced Technology(DIAT) has developed the Medical Bed Isolation System to fight against COVID-19. It was named as; |
A. | Ruchi |
B. | Aadhi |
C. | Aashray |
D. | Menshin |
Answer» D. Menshin | |
478. |
Name the group which has launched the generic Favipiravir in India under the brand 'Favivir' in India to treat Covid-19 infected patients. |
A. | Lupin |
B. | Cipla |
C. | Sun |
D. | Hetero |
Answer» E. | |
479. |
ASTHROS is the mission of which space agency? |
A. | China National Space Administration (CNSA) |
B. | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) |
C. | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) |
D. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
Answer» E. | |
480. |
What is the name of first manhole cleaning robot inaugurated in Guwahati? |
A. | BANDIKOOT |
B. | BANDICOOT |
C. | BANDACOOT |
D. | BONDICOOT |
Answer» C. BANDACOOT | |
481. |
The SABIC chemical plant in 'which' country set to become the world's first large scale chemical production plant to completely run on renewable power? |
A. | Sri Lanka |
B. | Spain |
C. | UAE |
D. | Australia |
Answer» C. UAE | |
482. |
As per a new study, 1 in 3 children worldwide are threatened by high levels of which chemical element in their blood? |
A. | Iron |
B. | Sulphur |
C. | Lead |
D. | Chlorine |
Answer» D. Chlorine | |
483. |
Russia plans mass vaccination against COVID-19 by which month? |
A. | August |
B. | September |
C. | October |
D. | November |
Answer» D. November | |
484. |
IIT Madras with Helyxon Developed First of Its Kind Remote Patient Monitoring Solution for this disease. |
A. | COVID-19 |
B. | Heart Diseas |
C. | Cancer |
D. | Diabetes |
Answer» B. Heart Diseas | |
485. |
Who has approved Phase II+III clinical trials of Oxford University-Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine, COVISHIELD, in India? |
A. | DARPG |
B. | CSIR |
C. | ICMR |
D. | DCGI |
Answer» E. | |
486. |
LGM-30G Minuteman III was tested by __________. |
A. | US |
B. | UK |
C. | Brazil |
D. | Russia |
Answer» B. UK | |
487. |
As per journal Nature Geoscience, the researchers at University of Maryland and the Institute of Geophysics at ETH Zurich found 37 active volcanic structures on which planet? |
A. | Neptune |
B. | Mercury |
C. | Venus |
D. | Jupiter |
Answer» D. Jupiter | |
488. |
Scientists Identified how many New Species of Butterflies in Matheran Near Mumbai? |
A. | 70 |
B. | 90 |
C. | 27 |
D. | 77 |
Answer» E. | |
489. |
What is the name of baby galaxy founded by The Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute of Astrophysics? |
A. | ALMA |
B. | SPT0418-47 |
C. | Virgo A |
D. | Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy |
Answer» C. Virgo A | |
490. |
Who discovered the accelerated formation of the stars of Dwarf Galaxies? |
A. | NASA |
B. | ISRO |
C. | ARIES |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
491. |
Which organisation successfully tested scramjet technology for hypersonic missiles? |
A. | ISRO |
B. | DRDO |
C. | NASA |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. NASA | |
492. |
Chandrayaan- 3 likely is to launch in which year? |
A. | 2020 |
B. | 2021 |
C. | 2022 |
D. | 2023 |
Answer» C. 2022 | |
493. |
Scientists discovered possible signs of life on which planet? |
A. | Mars |
B. | Venus |
C. | Jupiter |
D. | Neptune |
Answer» C. Jupiter | |
494. |
ISRO to carry first-ever French payload abroad Venus mission scheduled for which year? |
A. | 2020 |
B. | 2023 |
C. | 2025 |
D. | 2030 |
Answer» D. 2030 | |
495. |
The BepiColombo Space Craft has been launched to study which planet? |
A. | Mercury |
B. | Mars |
C. | Venus |
D. | Jupiter |
Answer» B. Mars | |
496. |
India's first multi-wavelength space-based observatory, Astrosat, completed how many successful years of operation? |
A. | 2 |
B. | 4 |
C. | 5 |
D. | 10 |
Answer» D. 10 | |
497. |
NASA's OSIRIS-REx successfully touched which asteroid's surface to collect dust and pebbles? |
A. | Ceres |
B. | Vesta |
C. | Juno |
D. | Bennu |
Answer» E. | |
498. |
Which planet is losing its atmosphere at faster rate than the earth? |
A. | Venus |
B. | Mercury |
C. | Saturn |
D. | Mars |
Answer» E. | |
499. |
NASA-ISRO is to launch NISAR satellite in which year? |
A. | 2020 |
B. | 2021 |
C. | 2022 |
D. | 2025 |
Answer» D. 2025 | |
500. |
Who discovered water on Sunlit Surface of Moon? |
A. | NASA |
B. | ISRO |
C. | CNSA |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. ISRO | |