Science & Technology Current Affairs MCQs
1. Recently, the second deepest blue hole was discovered off the coast of Yucatan Peninsula in which country?
[A] USA
[B] Mexico
[C] Russia
[D] UAE
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Correct Answer: B [Mexico]
Notes:
Blue holes are large undersea vertical caves or sink holes found in the coastal regions. Recently, the second deepest blue hole was discovered off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
The new blue hole has about 900 feet deep, and it is behind only one other in depth—the Dragon Hole in the South China Sea.
2. Which space agency is associated with the ‘Future Circular Collider project’?
[A] ISRO
[B] NASA
[C] CERN
[D] JAXA
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Correct Answer: C [CERN]
Notes:
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is currently working on the first phase of its Future Circular Collider (FCC) project.
The Future Circular Collider is expected to be a potential successor of the Large Hadron Collider – the world’s largest and most powerful accelerator that was started in 2008.
3. What is the name of low-cost microphone designed to be used for recording underwater sound?
[A] Hydrophones
[B] H20phones
[C] Hydraphones
[D] Snowphones
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Correct Answer: A [Hydrophones]
Notes:
Hydrophone is a low-cost microphone designed to be used for recording or listening to underwater sound.
Researchers have used this instrument to record the sounds of marine organisms in coral reefs off the coast of south Goa to understand their behaviour.
4. Johnson Space Center’s Thermal Vacuum Chamber is located in which country?
[A] Russia
[B] USA
[C] Australia
[D] Israel
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Correct Answer: B [USA]
Notes:
NASA Johnson Space Center’s Thermal Vacuum Chamber has interior conditions that are similar to those found on the Moon.
In this chamber, scientists recently conducted a test to successfully extract oxygen from simulated lunar soil in a vacuum environment.
5. Which space agency is set to launch ‘TROPICS’ Mission?
[A] ISRO
[B] NASA
[C] JAXA
[D] ESA
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Correct Answer: B [NASA]
Notes:
NASA is set to launch a mission containing a constellation of CubeSats called Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS). The primary mission objective of TROPICS is to relate temperature, humidity, and precipitation structure to the evolution of tropical cyclone intensity.
6. Scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have proposed a new metric named ‘rms’. What is the expansion of rms?
[A] Right mean square
[B] Root mean square
[C] Right meter square
[D] Root meter square
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Correct Answer: B [Root mean square]
Notes:
Scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have proposed a new metric called the root mean square (rms) granulation contrast.
Its purpose is to quantify the image quality of ground-based solar telescopes.
7. Scientists have found the first-ever genetic detection of wolf-dog hybridization in which country?
[A] China
[B] India
[C] Japan
[D] Australia
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Correct Answer: B [India]
Notes:
Scientists have found the first-ever genetic detection of wolf-dog hybridization in India. According to researchers, wolf (Canis lupus)-dog (Canis lupus familiaris) hybridisation can cause a decline in wolf populations.
The researchers pressed the need to upscale conservation efforts through tracking, monitoring, assessing prey base.
8. What is Mihir, located in the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF)?
[A] Telescope
[B] Super computer
[C] Hygrometer
[D] Anemometers
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Correct Answer: B [Super computer]
Notes:Mihir is a 2.8 petaflop supercomputer in the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF).
Union Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju visited NCMRWF recently. The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, is home to ‘Pratyush’, a 4.0 petaflop supercomputer.
9. What is Justitia, which was seen in the news recently?
[A] Asteroid
[B] Meteor
[C] Exo-planet
[D] Satellite
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Correct Answer: A [Asteroid]
Notes:
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to send a new spacecraft to an asteroid belt to investigate the history of the solar system and the potential origins of life.
Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) aims to visit seven different asteroids and land on one of them called (269) Justitia. It is scheduled for launch in 2028.
10. ‘Rimegepant’ is the first oral medication recommended for which medical condition?
[A] Anxiety
[B] Migraine
[C] COVID-19
[D] Hypertension
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Correct Answer: B [Migraine]
Notes:
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the regulatory body for medicines, has given its endorsement for rimegepant as the first oral medication recommended for migraine.
The new medication by Pfizer, to be available on the NHS, will help thousands of migraine sufferers in England.
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