Science & Technology Current Affairs MCQs

71. Which Indian institute has developed the new siphon-based thermal desalination system?
[A] Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
[B] Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
[C] CSIR – National Chemical Laboratory (NCL)
[D] Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

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72. What is the primary objective of NASA’s Cassini mission?
[A] To study Jupiter’s atmosphere
[B] To explore Saturn and its moons
[C] To map the surface of Mars
[D] To study Moon’s atmosphere

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73. Which country has launched Southeast Asia’s first Coral Larvae Cryobank, a major step to protect marine biodiversity?
[A] China
[B] Thailand
[C] Indonesia
[D] Philippines

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74. Where was India’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Centre of Excellence for Public Good launched?
[A] Bengaluru, Karnataka
[B] Pune, Maharashtra
[C] Hyderabad, Telangana
[D] Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

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75. Which Indian lunar mission made the first-ever observation of the effect of the Sun’s coronal mass ejection (CME) on the Moon?
[A] Chandrayaan-1
[B] Chandrayaan-2
[C] Chandrayaan-3
[D] Aditya-L1

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76. The Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) is the primary payload of which Indian space mission?
[A] Chandrayaan-3
[B] Chandrayaan-2
[C] Mangalyaan-2
[D] Aditya-L1

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77. What are “Foraminifera” that were recently seen in news?
[A] Single-celled marine organisms
[B] Flowering plant species
[C] Coral species
[D] Invasive weed

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78. Where was India’s first single-use bioprocess design and scale-up facility inaugurated in November 2025?
[A] Bengaluru
[B] Kolkata
[C] Hyderabad
[D] Chennai

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79. Which country has become the first in the African Region to eliminate onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness?
[A] Niger
[B] Rwanda
[C] Algeria
[D] Ethiopia

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80. Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (HS) disease, that was recently seen in news, is caused by which agent?
[A] Bacteria
[B] Virus
[C] Fungus
[D] Protozoa

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