Science & Technology Current Affairs MCQs
This category comprises 50 random questions from the total 241 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) in Science & Technology Current Affairs category published in gktoday from 1 January, 2019 till September 25, 2020.
31. Which company has partnered with Google to help Indian firms in leveraging digital technology?
[A] Deloitte
[B] Accenture
[C] McKinsey
[D] Caterpillar
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Correct Answer: A [Deloitte]
Notes:
Multinational professional services network Deloitte is partnering with Google cloud to help Indian firms in leveraging digital technology.
The firms have extended their global alliance to India to enable the Indian enterprises modernize cloud technology adoption. It will also provide solutions in field such as Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Contact Center AI.
32. Which is the first country, where WhatsApp is launching its ‘WhatsApp Pay’?
[A] India
[B] Brazil
[C] Japan
[D] South Korea
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Correct Answer: B [Brazil]
Notes:
Facebook owned social media major WhatsApp has launched its ‘WhatsApp Pay’ for the first time in Brazil.
Two years ago, WhatsApp began testing the payments service in India, which enables users to send and receive money. However, the plan could not be materialised due to regulatory issues. WhatsApp has designed the payment system with a special six-digit PIN or fingerprint authorisation to prevent unauthorised transactions.
33. What is ‘Dhruva’, that has been developed by researchers and students of IIT-Bombay?
[A] Personal Protective Equipment
[B] COVID-19 Test Kit
[C] Receiver chip for NAVIC
[D] Microprocessor
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Correct Answer: C [Receiver chip for NAVIC]
Notes:
The students and researchers of IIT-Bombay has recently developed a homegrown receiver chip – Dhruva.
The chip can be used in smartphones and navigation devices to find locations and routes within the country. It will receive signals from NAVIC group of navigation satellites of India, as well as the US Global Positioning System-based satellites to determine a person’s location precisely.
34. As per a recent study, the researchers detected an exoplanet named ‘HIP 67522 b’. What is it otherwise called?
[A] Hot Jupiter
[B] Super-Earth
[C] Mini-Neptune
[D] Ice giant
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Correct Answer: A [Hot Jupiter]
Notes:
According to the new study published in the Astronomical Journal, the researchers have detected the exoplanet HIP 67522 b.
The exoplanet appears to be the youngest hot Jupiter ever found. It also orbits around a well-studied star that is about 17 million years old. This means that the hot Jupiter is only a few million years younger probably. As most known hot Jupiters are more than a billion years old, this is likely the youngest hot Jupiter.
35. What is the name of the nodal national entity set up under the Department of Space, to regulate Indian industry in space sector?
[A] N- ISRO
[B] IN-SPACe
[C] Bharat ISRO
[D] New Space
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Correct Answer: B [IN-SPACe]
Notes:
Union cabinet approved a new body under the Department of Space is named ‘IN-SPACe’, which is the acronym for Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre.
The Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation announced that IN-SPACe will be the nodal national body to promote and regulate all space-related activities of private industries. The new entity will have its own chairman and board and will function autonomously. IN-SPACe will be established in three to six months.
36. Which technology company has launched ‘Online Business Guide’ and a training programme, to help people move their business online?
[A] Facebook
[B] Amazon
[C] Tata Consultancy Services
[D] Infosys
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Correct Answer: A [Facebook]
Notes:
Major Technology company Facebook has launched a new initiative called ‘Boost with Facebook Summer of Support’.
The programme comprises a six-week free on-demand online training and discussion on fields such as modern customer service, creative reinvention, digital processing etc. The company also launched ‘Online Business Guide’, to help people move online.
37. What is the name of the free video-conferencing application, launched by Reliance Jio?
[A] JioMeet
[B] Vande Bharat
[C] Hello India
[D] Jio Zoom
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Correct Answer: A [JioMeet]
Notes:
Reliance Industries has recently launched a new video conferencing application named ‘JioMeet’, as a competition to the popular video conferencing app Zoom.
The JioMeet video conferencing app is available across all play stores and web. As per the statement of Reliance Jio, the application supports High Definition audio and video call quality. It allows a maximum of 100 participants and unlike Zoom, it does not have a restricted meeting time of 40 minutes.
38. What is the name of the first social media super-application, to be launched in India?
[A] Elyments
[B] Incorporate
[C] Homegrown
[D] Inspire
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Correct Answer: A [Elyments]
Notes:
The Vice President of India is set to launch the first social media super-application of the country named ‘Elyments’. More than 1000 IT professionals have created the application.
The application, that will be available in more than 8 Indian languages, aims to combine the features of popular social media applications and present it on a single unified app. It also has features such as free audio and video calls and chats.
39. Amazonia -1, that is to be launched by the Indian Space Research and Research Organisation (ISRO), is a satellite of which country?
[A] Brazil
[B] Japan
[C] Australia
[D] New Zealand
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Correct Answer: A [Brazil]
Notes:
The Indian Space Research and Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch Brazil’s Amazonia -1 satellite onboard PSLV.
This satellite has been designed, assembled and tested in Brazil and it will be the first Earth Observation satellite. The launch of the PSLV is scheduled to be held next month while the date is to be released by ISRO soon.
40. Which Indian institution developed the World’s Most Affordable COVID-19 Diagnostic Kit ‘Corosure’?
[A] AIIMS
[B] IIT Delhi
[C] IISc
[D] IIT Madras
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Correct Answer: B [IIT Delhi]
Notes:
The Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank launched a low-cost Covid-19 test developed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT) Delhi.
The test kit named ‘Corosure’, has been claimed as the world’s most affordable probe free RT-PCR based Covid-19 diagnostic kit. It uses an alternative method of testing samples and costs approximately Rs 650 per kit.
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