Science & Technology Current Affairs MCQs

1. Semaglutide, which was seen in news, is a medication primarily used to treat which disease?
[A] Diabetes
[B] Chicken pox
[C] Tuberculosis
[D] Rubella

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2. The GenomeIndia Project was launched by which institution?
[A] Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
[B] Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
[C] Ministry of AYUSH
[D] All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi

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3. What is “GPS spoofing” that was recently seen in news?
[A] A way to hack mobile phones through GPS
[B] A cyberattack that sends false GPS data to a receiver
[C] A technique to strengthen GPS signals
[D] None of the Above

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4. What is “K2-18b” that was recently seen in news?
[A] Asteroid
[B] Exoplanet
[C] Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)
[D] Newly discovered invasive weed

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5. Which institute has developed lotus leaf-like solar evaporators for salt water treatment?
[A] IIT Kanpur
[B] IIT Roorkee
[C] IIT Bombay
[D] IIT Ahmedabad

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6. Which four countries have demonstrated operational Anti-Satellite (ASAT) capabilities through tests as of April 2025?
[A] Russia, France, Japan, India
[B] United States, Germany, Israel, India
[C] United States, Russia, China, India
[D] United States, United Kingdom, China, India

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7. The Bullseye Galaxy (LEDA 1313424) was recently discovered by using which telescope?
[A] James Webb Space Telescope
[B] Hubble Space Telescope
[C] Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope
[D] Spitzer Space Telescope

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8. Which Indian institution has developed a novel method to estimate the abundance of Helium in the Sun’s photosphere?
[A] Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) Bengaluru
[B] Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
[C] Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
[D] None of the Above

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9. What is “Mycetoma” that was recently seen in news?
[A] Invasive weed
[B] A chronic, progressively destructive infectious disease
[C] A genetic disorder
[D] Traditional medicine

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10. What type of disease is “Rabies” that was recently seen in news?
[A] Genetic disorder
[B] Zoonotic disease
[C] Fungal infection
[D] None of the Above

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