Science & Technology Current Affairs MCQs
This category comprises 50 random questions from the total 178 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) in Science & Technology Current Affairs category published in gktoday from 1 January, 2019 till July 4, 2020.
11. Which social-media platform recently announced that it will label the fake news and remove harmful data shared on its platform?
[A] Whatsapp
[B] Twitter
[C] Instagram
[D] Youtube
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Correct Answer: B [Twitter]
Notes:
US-based social networking and microblogging service, Twitter recently announced that it would label the fake media shared on its platform.
From next month, Twitter will start labelling the photo or video, so that its users can identify that the media has been manipulated. It also announced that, the firm may remove some media, which are harmful to public safety. Twitter is proposed to use three tests by analysing whether the media is doctored by authenticity, source of sharing and its potential for harm.
12. ‘We Think Digital’ is a digital literacy program of which global technological company?
[A] Google
[B] Facebook
[C] Apple
[D] Amazon
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Correct Answer: B [Facebook]
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We Think Digital is a global digital literacy program of the technology major Facebook. The program was launched in 2019 with an aim to overcome gender imbalance on the internet space.
Recently, Facebook launched ‘We Think Digital’ program in Uttar Pradesh, in association with National Commission for Women (NCW) and Cyber Peace Foundation. The program aims to provide digital literacy to nearly 1,00,000 women across seven Indian states.
13. BioAsia is an annual biotech and life sciences forum of which State Government?
[A] Odisha
[B] Telangana
[C] Kerala
[D] Andhra Pradesh
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Correct Answer: B [Telangana]
Notes:
BioAsia is an annual biotech and life sciences forum of the Telangana state government, which is scheduled to be held from February 17 to 19, 2020 at Hyderabad. Switzerland is the partner nation for the event.
Recently, the Genome Valley Excellence Award of BioAsia were announced to Carl H June, a scientist from the University of Pennsylvania, USA and Vasant Narasimham, CEO of multinational pharmaceutical company Novartis
14. ‘Viewpoints’, which was recently in news, is an application of which major technological company?
[A] Google
[B] Amazon
[C] Facebook
[D] Apple
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Correct Answer: C [Facebook]
Notes:
‘Viewpoints’ is a market research application of the tech-major Facebook. It asks user to participate in surveys, tasks and product-testing and reward them for the same.
It was in news recently as the company announced that it would financially reward the select group of users, who agree to record their voice to improvise the firm’s speech-recognition technology. The users will have to record the audio using a new programme called ‘Pronunciations’ in the application.
15. As of March 2020, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has covered how many appliances under the Star Labelling Programme?
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Correct Answer: D [26]
Notes:
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency has formulated the Star Labelling Programme under the Energy Conservation Act, 2001. Recently, on its 19th foundation day, BEE expanded its coverage to 2 more appliances: Deep Freezers and Light Commercial Air Conditioners. The total appliances covered under the programme are 26 now.
A database on energy e¬fficiency called ‘Urja Dakshata Information Tool (UDIT)’ was launched by BEE along with World Resources Institute (WRI).
16. Google is set to launch its second cloud region in which Indian city?
[A] Gurugram
[B] Hyderabad
[C] Bengaluru
[D] Delhi
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Correct Answer: D [Delhi]
Notes:
Technology Major Google recently announced that it would open a Delhi cloud region. It will be the company’s second region in India after the Mumbai cloud region which was launched in 2017.
This region, which is estimated to be launched in 2021, would be the eighth network of Google in the Asia Pacific region and 22nd globally. The Google cloud regions provide Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services to global organisations and assist them to deliver cloud-based services to their users around the world.
17. ‘Pragati’ is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative of which technological company in India?
[A] Google
[B] Microsoft
[C] Facebook
[D] Amazon
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Correct Answer: C [Facebook]
Notes:
Major Technological Company Facebook launched its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative called ‘Pragati’ in India.
The initiative which aims to boost women entrepreneurship in India, is powered by N/Core (The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation). The project will incubate and accelerate early-stage women-led non-profit units that work on women entrepreneurship. The initiative will award four financial grants of up to ₹50 lakh for each non-profit organisation.
18. What does the term ‘Necurs’ represent, which was seen in news recently?
[A] A virus
[B] A botnet
[C] A bitcoin
[D] A worm
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Correct Answer: B [A botnet]
Notes:
The Necurs is a botnet and is one of the largest networks in the spam-mail threat system. It has infected more than nine million computers worldwide. Botnet means a computer network which is infected with malware, through which cyber criminals gain access to computers.
It was seen in news recently as Microsoft and its partners across 35 countries took legal and technical steps to disrupt Necurs botnet.
19. India has become the fifth country to successfully isolate the strains of Covid-19. The Scientists at which institution have achieved this feat?
[A] National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bengaluru
[B] National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune
[C] All India Institute of Medical Science
[D] National Institute of Traditional Medicine, Belagavit
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Correct Answer: B [National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune]
Notes:
National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bengaluru
Scientists at the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune have isolated 11 strains of the Covid-19, which is the first step towards developing a vaccine for containing a disease. India has become the fifth country to successfully isolate the strains.
NIV Pune is a part of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), which has more than 6,500 samples of 5,900 individuals. It is also the testing agency for the virus and has expanded its network of labs equipped to test Covid-19 from 51 to 65.
20. Which famous application introduced a unique feed named ‘Discover’, which lets users report negative content and provides customised articles?
[A] Google
[B] Facebook
[C] Twitter
[D] LinkedIn
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Correct Answer: A [Google]
Notes:
Technological Major Google introduced a unique feed named ‘Discover’ which provides curated articles to Google Pixel and Google app users based on their interests.
In its latest update to the app, this new feature has been introduced which enables the users to report misleading articles on the ‘Discover’ feed. Users can now report misleading content as various categories which includes violent, misleading, abusive and others.
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