Science & Technology Current Affairs MCQs

1. Which two countries jointly developed a new non-contact wearable device that monitors skin molecular flux without direct contact?
[A] India and Japan
[B] China and Germany
[C] United States and South Korea
[D] United Kingdom and France

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2. Which organizations launched the ‘One Day One Genome’ initiative?
[A] Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
[B] Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
[C] NITI Aayog and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
[D] Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC)

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3. Scientists have recently traced evidence of ancient wildfires (palaeofires) in the Godavari Basin from which geological period?
[A] Jurassic Period
[B] Permian Period
[C] Cambrian Period
[D] Triassic Period

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4. Which telescope was used to discover Asteroid 2024 YR4?
[A] Hubble Space Telescope
[B] ATLAS Telescope
[C] James Webb Space Telescope
[D] Chandra X-ray Observatory

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5. Which space observatory was recently used by Russian astronomers to detect the 11 new Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs)?
[A] Hubble Space Telescope
[B] Chandra X-ray Observatory
[C] Spektr-RG (SRG)
[D] James Webb Space Telescope

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6. Shingles disease, that was recently seen in news, is caused by which agent?
[A] Bacteria
[B] Virus
[C] Fungus
[D] Protozoa

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7. The AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) is developed by which country?
[A] France
[B] Russia
[C] India
[D] United States

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8. In which country has West Nile Virus (WNV) been detected for the first time in mosquitoes?
[A] China
[B] Australia
[C] United Kingdom
[D] Russia

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9. BrahMos-NG (Next Generation) missile is jointly developed by India and which country?
[A] Australia
[B] Russia
[C] France
[D] Japan

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10. The Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was developed by which country?
[A] United States
[B] France
[C] Germany
[D] Russia

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