Science & Technology Current Affairs MCQs
41. What is ‘Param Pravega’, which has been in the news recently?
[A] Anti-tank Guided Missile
[B] Super Computer
[C] Semiconductor Chip
[D] COVID-19 Vaccine
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Correct Answer: B [Super Computer]
Notes:
Under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, has installed and commissioned ‘Param Pravega’.
It is claimed to be one of the most powerful supercomputers in the country. The system has a supercomputing capacity of 3.3 petaflops. It is designed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).
42. Which country leads the ‘Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT)’ project?
[A] USA
[B] Russia
[C] China
[D] Australia
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Correct Answer: A [USA]
Notes:
The U.S. Extremely Large Telescope Program, which includes the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), is led by the US and in partnership with Australia, Brazil, and South Korea, with Chile as the host country.
The USD 1 billion project was ranked ‘Mission Critical’ by the 2020 Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics. The report ranked the US-ELTP as the top frontier project for ground-based observatories. It recommended federal support for final construction stages of GMT.
43. What is the main objective of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)?
[A] Effective Navigation
[B] Secure Communication
[C] Agromet Services
[D] Image Processing
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Correct Answer: B [Secure Communication]
Notes:
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is mechanism, which uses cryptographic protocol to undertake secure communication.
Recently, a joint team of scientists from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, successfully demonstrated QKD link between Prayagraj and Vindhyachal in Uttar Pradesh, a distance of more than 100 kilometres.’
44. Which country launched the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES-T satellite?
[A] Russia
[B] China
[C] USA
[D] UAE
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Correct Answer: C [USA]
Notes:
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) launched the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES-T satellite.
It was launched aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. GOES-T is the latest spacecraft of the GOES- R series. It will be used by the researchers to study Earth’s weather and climate.
45. ‘NotPetya’ and ‘HermeticWiper’ which were seen in the news recently, are associated with which field?
[A] Agriculture
[B] Cyber-security
[C] Crypto-currency
[D] Defence Equipment
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Correct Answer: B [Cyber-security]
Notes:
New data-wiping malware known as HermeticWiper has attacked hundreds of computers in Ukraine in a series of cyber-attacks after Russia’s invasion.
In June 2017, the world witnessed most destructive malware ever deployed named NotPetya, with Ukraine as its primary target. It quickly spread to more than 60 countries, destroying the computer systems of thousands of multinationals.
46. National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) is a part of which organisation?
[A] DRDO
[B] ISRO
[C] IMD
[D] NASA
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Correct Answer: B [ISRO]
Notes:
Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), one of the centres of the Indian Space Research Organisation, manages data from aerial and satellite sources.
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and NRSC have signed a pact for technical collaboration. NRSC would be developing ‘Bhuvan-Aadhar’ portal providing information and locations of the Aadhaar centres across India.
47. What is the expansion of ‘LPA’ based on which the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasts the monsoon?
[A] Long period average
[B] Least period average
[C] Long prime average
[D] Least prime average
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Correct Answer: A [Long period average]
Notes:
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its first Long Range Forecast (LRF) for this year that the country is likely to receive a normal monsoon for the fourth consecutive year.
Rainfall in the June-September southwest monsoon season was in the normal range in 2019, 2020, and 2021 as well. The IMD maintains five rainfall distribution categories on an all-India scale. These are: normal, below normal, above normal Deficient Excess in relation to a benchmark “long period average” (LPA).
48. Which is the first state in India to get the ‘L-root server’, to provide digital services with seamless internet connectivity?
[A] Kerala
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Gujarat
[D] Telangana
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Correct Answer: B [Rajasthan]
Notes:
Rajasthan has become the first State in the country to get the L-root server, which will enable the State government to provide its digital services and implement e-governance with seamless internet connectivity.
The new facility will strengthen internet infrastructure as well as help improve security of internet-based operations.
49. Which country has detected the first case of H3N8 strain of bird flu in humans?
[A] Russia
[B] China
[C] North Korea
[D] Indonesia
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Correct Answer: B [China]
Notes:
An H3N8 strain of bird flu has been detected in humans for the first time, in China’s Henan province. Avian influenza or bird flu is a highly contagious viral disease with the first reports of human cases in the 1990s.
As per the country’s National Health Commission, the four-year-old boy infected had been in contact with chickens and crows raised at his home. Some strains of the bird flu have been passed to humans in rare conditions. H3N8 viruses circulate in birds and in horses and have also been detected in dogs.
50. ‘Alagille Syndrome’, which was seen in the news, is associated with which part of the body?
[A] Lungs
[B] Liver
[C] Intestine
[D] Heart
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Correct Answer: B [Liver]
Notes:
Alagille Syndrome is a rare genetic liver disease, which is said to occur 1 in 60,000 children. It is an inherited condition in which bile builds up in the liver because of too few bile ducts, causing liver damage.
Recently, a Hyderabad-based hospital successfully undertook crowd-funding to buy drugs to operate on an 11-month-old boy suffering from Alagille Syndrome.
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