SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: DEGREE LEVEL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PART 5

Prahar is ——————-?
a. a battle tank
b. a surface to surface missile
c. an aircraft carrier
d. a submarine
Answer: (b)

Whatis Aditya-LI is often mentioned in news?
a. Rover sent to Mars by ISRO
b. Half—humanoid developed by ISRO for Mission Gaganyan
c. ISRO’s first scientific expedition to study the sun
d. ISRO’s first telescope to study the outer atmosphere of the sun.
Answer: (c)

Which one of the following is known as Earth Summit?
a. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
b. United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
c. Convention on Biological Diversity
d. None of the above.
Answer: (b)

First World Climate Conference was organised in
a. 1978 in Geneva
b. 1979 in Geneva
c. 1980 in Geneva
d. 1977 in Geneva
Answer: (b)

Which of the following gas has the highest contribution to global warming?
a. Carbon-di-oxide
b. Chlorofluro carbon
c. Nitrous Oxide
d. Methane
Answer: (a)

Which of the following is Academic Institute Satellite?
a. CARTOSAT-2B
b. KALPANA-1
c. INSAT —2E
d. SATYABAMASAT
Answer: (d)

At which of the following places is the Secretariat of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) located at present?
a. Paris
b. New Delhi
c. Gurugram
d. New York
Answer: (c)

SRSS-1 Satellite (for Sudan) was launched by which country?
a. India
b. China
c. Nepal
d. Bangladesh
Answer: (b)

Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?
a. Desalination – seawater
b. Reverse Osmosis — Potable water
c. Denaturation —- proteins
d. Pasteurisation-Tea
Answer: (d)

With reference to astronomy, what is ‘Osiris’ that was seen in the news?
a. Asteroid
b. Black Hole
c. Meteor
d. Exo-planet
Answer: (d)