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351. |
Name the enzyme discovered by Center for Cell and Molecular Biology (CCMB) scientists which helps to cut bacterial cell walls. |
A. | Xanthine dehydrogenase |
B. | Ribonucleotide reductase |
C. | Firefly luciferase EC |
D. | Murein EndopeptidiaseK |
Answer» E. | |
352. |
The UK researchers have used which telescope to determine that Sun's magnetic field is 10 times stronger than thought? |
A. | Snow Solar Telescope |
B. | 1m Solar Telescope |
C. | Waypoint-1 Space Telescope |
D. | Hubble Space Telescope |
Answer» C. Waypoint-1 Space Telescope | |
353. |
Which telescope was used to determine that, dark matter is not made up of tiny primordial black holes as stated by Stephen Hawking? |
A. | Hobby-Eberly Telescope |
B. | Subaru telescope |
C. | Large Binocular Telescope |
D. | Large Zenith Telescope |
Answer» C. Large Binocular Telescope | |
354. |
Name the telescope, which is used by astronomers to capture the first image of Black Hole? |
A. | Event Horizon Telescope |
B. | Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope |
C. | Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope |
D. | Lunar-based ultraviolet telescope |
Answer» B. Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope | |
355. |
Which of the following Israeli lunar Mission crashed on the Moon? |
A. | LADEE |
B. | Beresheet |
C. | Juno-1A |
D. | Ofek-11 |
Answer» C. Juno-1A | |
356. |
Who has discovered an Earth-sized planet, HD 21749b using Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite? |
A. | ISRO |
B. | NASA |
C. | SpaceX |
D. | JAXA |
Answer» C. SpaceX | |
357. |
Name the vehicle which received approval from cabinet for continuation of its Phase 4 programme that consists of 5 rocket flights during 2021-2024? |
A. | SLV |
B. | ASLV |
C. | PSLV |
D. | GSLV |
Answer» E. | |
358. |
What is the name of the third transiting planet in the Kepler-47 Circumbinary System discovered by astronomers from San Diego State University? |
A. | Kepler-47d |
B. | Kepler-47c |
C. | Kepler-47b |
D. | Kepler-47a |
Answer» B. Kepler-47c | |
359. |
Name the Spacecraft, which is used by NASA to find "Ligeia Mare", the second largest known body of liquid on Saturn's moon Titan. |
A. | Voskhod |
B. | Cassini |
C. | Space Shuttle |
D. | Vostok |
Answer» C. Space Shuttle | |
360. |
Which rocket launched the Cygnus Cargo Ship to International Space Station from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia? |
A. | Thor-Delta |
B. | Rehbar-I |
C. | Antares Rocket |
D. | Scout |
Answer» D. Scout | |
361. |
Universe's first molecule that formed almost 14 billion years ago, recently detected by NASA is __________. |
A. | Hydrogen sulfide |
B. | Tributyltin hydride |
C. | Helium hydride |
D. | Beryllium oxide |
Answer» D. Beryllium oxide | |
362. |
Name the combined immune deficiency disorder which is cured by gene therapy developed by HIV(Human Immunodeficiency Virus). |
A. | Lupus |
B. | Inflammatory bowel disease |
C. | Bubble boy |
D. | Multiple sclerosis |
Answer» D. Multiple sclerosis | |
363. |
Name the Indian aircraft, which has participated in India-US Anti Submarine Warfare drill that held in Indian Ocean recently. |
A. | Sukhoi Su-30 |
B. | MiG-21 |
C. | P8I Neptune |
D. | HAL Kiran |
Answer» D. HAL Kiran | |
364. |
Which telescope is used for confirming that the Universe is expanding about 9% faster than expected? |
A. | Keck Observatory |
B. | Galileo National Telescope |
C. | Hubble Space Telescope |
D. | Spitzer Space Telescope |
Answer» D. Spitzer Space Telescope | |
365. |
The scientists from which Institute has developed an ultrasensitive quantum thermometer, recently? |
A. | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
B. | University of Delhi |
C. | Jamia Millia Islamia |
D. | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
Answer» D. Jawaharlal Nehru University | |
366. |
How many satellites where launched by China from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre? |
A. | 2 |
B. | 3 |
C. | 4 |
D. | 5 |
Answer» B. 3 | |
367. |
Who is planning to send a probe to study the sun early next year? |
A. | JAXA |
B. | NASA |
C. | ISRO |
D. | BARC |
Answer» D. BARC | |
368. |
Name the giant asteroid which will fly past Earth on April 13, 2029. |
A. | 101955 Bennu |
B. | 4179 Toutatis |
C. | 2062 Aten |
D. | 99942 Apophis |
Answer» E. | |
369. |
SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket With which spacecraft? |
A. | Skylab |
B. | Dragon |
C. | Gemini |
D. | Apollo |
Answer» C. Gemini | |
370. |
NASA's First Planetary Defense Technology to Collide with Asteroid in __________. |
A. | 2020 |
B. | 2021 |
C. | 2022 |
D. | 2025 |
Answer» D. 2025 | |
371. |
Maitrayee Bose and Ziliang Jin found the samples of water from which Asteroid? |
A. | Itokawa |
B. | Aten |
C. | Eros |
D. | Toutatis |
Answer» B. Aten | |
372. |
FDA approved first Dengue vaccine for the prevention of dengue disease. It's named as; |
A. | TetraVax-DV |
B. | DENVax |
C. | CYD-TDV |
D. | Dengvaxia |
Answer» E. | |
373. |
The first nuclear test Pokhran was codenamed as; |
A. | Crystal clear Vision |
B. | The Vision |
C. | The Mahavir |
D. | Smiling Buddha |
Answer» E. | |
374. |
Name of the mission to moon, that is set to be achieved by National Aeronautics and Space Organization(NASA) in the year 2024. |
A. | Artemis |
B. | Voyager |
C. | Pioneer |
D. | Chandra |
Answer» B. Voyager | |
375. |
How many missions have been announced by ISRO to be conducted in next 10 years? |
A. | 6 |
B. | 7 |
C. | 8 |
D. | 9 |
Answer» C. 8 | |
376. |
Name of farthest place in universe where NASA's spacecraft has recently found evidence of water. |
A. | Wire Gross |
B. | Giant Gracia |
C. | Ultima Thule |
D. | Webar Galaxy |
Answer» D. Webar Galaxy | |
377. |
Which of the following along with XPoSaT has been categorized by ISRO as Defined Missions? |
A. | Lunar Polar Exploration and Exoworlds |
B. | Venus Mission |
C. | Mangalyaan-2 |
D. | Aditya L-1 |
Answer» E. | |
378. |
Which refurbished imported product is allowed in India after receiving certification from Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS)? |
A. | Televisions |
B. | Mobile Phones |
C. | Laptops |
D. | Tablets |
Answer» C. Laptops | |
379. |
Recently, ISRO has launched PSLV C-46 rocket by carrying this earth observation satellite from Andhra Pradesh. |
A. | TecSAR |
B. | ANUSAT |
C. | RISAT-1 |
D. | RISAT-2B |
Answer» E. | |
380. |
The first satellite for Elon Musk's new Starlink internet service was launched by; |
A. | Boeing |
B. | NASA |
C. | SpaceX |
D. | ISRO |
Answer» D. ISRO | |
381. |
How many Earth-sized Exoplanets are discovered by NASA from the outside of Solar System? |
A. | 18 |
B. | 23 |
C. | 8 |
D. | 5 |
Answer» B. 23 | |
382. |
Name of the Moon mission 2024 which was unveiled by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. |
A. | Kosmos |
B. | Artemis |
C. | Surveyor |
D. | Explorer |
Answer» C. Surveyor | |
383. |
Astronomers discovered the Forbidden Planet, ________in the Neptunian Desert |
A. | NGTS - 4b |
B. | NGTS - 6g |
C. | NGTS - 5D |
D. | NGTS - 7B |
Answer» B. NGTS - 6g | |
384. |
Name the experimental Ebola drug, which is found to cure Nipah virus as per study published in Science Translational Medicine from National Institutes of Health scientists and colleagues. |
A. | Valacyclovir |
B. | Famciclovir |
C. | Remdesivir |
D. | Acyclovir |
Answer» D. Acyclovir | |
385. |
Which planet will be the brightest object in the sky in June, besides the sun and the moon? |
A. | Venus |
B. | Saturn |
C. | Jupiter |
D. | Mercury |
Answer» D. Mercury | |
386. |
Chandrayaan-2 will be launched on __________. |
A. | July 10th |
B. | July 15th |
C. | July 13th |
D. | July 5 |
Answer» C. July 13th | |
387. |
As per announcement by ISRO chief K Sivan, in which year India is planning to launch its own Space Sation? |
A. | 2025 |
B. | 2026 |
C. | 2028 |
D. | 2030 |
Answer» E. | |
388. |
How many new species were discovered from India in the year 2018 as per the data released by Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)? |
A. | 596 |
B. | 540 |
C. | 525 |
D. | 510 |
Answer» B. 540 | |
389. |
NASA plans to shut down this telescope in January 30, 2020. |
A. | Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope |
B. | Hubble Space Telescope |
C. | Spitzer Space Telescope |
D. | James Webb Space Telescope |
Answer» D. James Webb Space Telescope | |
390. |
NASA's First Astrobee Robot starts flying in the space, recently. It was named as; |
A. | Bunny |
B. | Robocop |
C. | Gerry |
D. | Bumble |
Answer» E. | |
391. |
Name the first satellite launched by Sri Lanka from the International Space Station (ISS) along with two other BIRDS 3 satellites from Japan and Nepal. |
A. | Cartosat-2A |
B. | INSAT-4CR |
C. | Ravana-1 |
D. | Kalpana-1 |
Answer» D. Kalpana-1 | |
392. |
Which entity launched India's first drone "Patang", with the NP-NT (No permission - No take-off) protocol under the Digital Sky regulatory framework for drones ? |
A. | Aurora Integrated Systems Pvt. Ltd. |
B. | Asteria Aerospace Pvt. Ltd. |
C. | Skylark Drones |
D. | RcBazaar Bangalore |
Answer» D. RcBazaar Bangalore | |
393. |
Who has launched a hefty rocket with 24 payload military and scientific research satellites, recently? |
A. | Boeing |
B. | NASA |
C. | SpaceX |
D. | ISRO |
Answer» D. ISRO | |
394. |
Which space agency, has discovered the high amounts of methane gas on Mars that indicates life on the red planet? |
A. | ESA |
B. | ISRO |
C. | NASA |
D. | JAXA |
Answer» D. JAXA | |
395. |
What is the name of the low-cost neonatal breathing device invented by Nitesh Kumar Jangir for saving the lives of newborn babies? |
A. | Save |
B. | Breathe |
C. | Saans |
D. | Live |
Answer» D. Live | |
396. |
Which space agency has designed Lunar Evacuation System Assembly (LESA) system to save the lives of astronauts? |
A. | European Space Agency |
B. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
C. | Italian Space Agency |
D. | Canadian Space Agency |
Answer» C. Italian Space Agency | |
397. |
NASA's __________ space telescope discovers a new planet named L 98-59b. |
A. | James Webb |
B. | TESS |
C. | Astron |
D. | Hubble |
Answer» C. Astron | |
398. |
Which space agency has discovered first nearby super-earth planet GJ357d? |
A. | NASA |
B. | JAXA |
C. | ESA |
D. | ISRO |
Answer» B. JAXA | |
399. |
Which telescope was used by researchers for discovering the source of FRB 180924, a mysterious powerful pulse of cosmic energy known as Fast Radio Burst (FRB)? |
A. | Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope(MOST) |
B. | Australia Telescope Compact Array Pathfinder (ATCAP) |
C. | Atacama Large Millimeter Array Pathfinder (ALMAP) |
D. | Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) |
Answer» E. | |
400. |
Which space agency has tested a launch-abort system for the Orion capsule designed to take United States (US) astronauts to the Moon? |
A. | Boeing |
B. | Tesla |
C. | NASA |
D. | SpaceX |
Answer» D. SpaceX | |