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This section includes 607 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Current Affairs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 451. |
Which organization recently launched 60 mini satellites for global internet? |
| A. | NASA |
| B. | ISRO |
| C. | SpaceX |
| D. | DRDO |
| Answer» D. DRDO | |
| 452. |
A huge X-Ray burst from outer space has been detected by which telescope? |
| A. | Hubble |
| B. | Webb |
| C. | NICER |
| D. | Compton |
| Answer» D. Compton | |
| 453. |
Which rocket of ISRO is to launch USA's commercial nano satellites? |
| A. | PSLV-C48 |
| B. | PSLV-C46 |
| C. | PSLV-C47 |
| D. | PSLV-C45 |
| Answer» D. PSLV-C45 | |
| 454. |
What is name of NASA's first electric airplane? |
| A. | P-51 Mustang |
| B. | X-57 Maxwell |
| C. | B-52 Stratofortress |
| D. | U-2 spy plane |
| Answer» C. B-52 Stratofortress | |
| 455. |
Which NASA satellite has recently found the crashed Indian Moon lander Vikram? |
| A. | CALIPSO |
| B. | Aura |
| C. | Landsat7 |
| D. | LRO |
| Answer» E. | |
| 456. |
Which Radar Imaging Satellite is to be launched by ISRO? |
| A. | RISAT-2B |
| B. | RISAT-2BR1 |
| C. | RISAT-1BR2 |
| D. | RISAT-1B |
| Answer» C. RISAT-1BR2 | |
| 457. |
How many missions will be completed by PSLV with the launch of RISAT-2BR1 on board PLSV-C48? |
| A. | 58 |
| B. | 55 |
| C. | 50 |
| D. | 45 |
| Answer» D. 45 | |
| 458. |
Who will be the partner country for Bio Asia 2020? |
| A. | China |
| B. | Switzerland |
| C. | USA |
| D. | Sweden |
| Answer» C. USA | |
| 459. |
Which of the following cities organized the Symposium on Scope of Science of Ayurveda in Global Health? |
| A. | Indore |
| B. | Raipur |
| C. | New Delhi |
| D. | Chennai |
| Answer» D. Chennai | |
| 460. |
How many commercial satellites have been launched by ISRO along with RISAT-2BR1? |
| A. | 7 |
| B. | 9 |
| C. | 10 |
| D. | 12 |
| Answer» C. 10 | |
| 461. |
Which of the following institute will set up a task force on gene therapy in order to encourage research in the field? |
| A. | Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute |
| B. | Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibers |
| C. | Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) |
| D. | The Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research |
| Answer» D. The Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research | |
| 462. |
NASA has finally selected a sample collection site on asteroid Bennu after the arrival of OSIRIS-REx spacecraft . What is name of that site? |
| A. | Nightingale |
| B. | Ceres |
| C. | Itokawa |
| D. | Hygiea |
| Answer» B. Ceres | |
| 463. |
Astronomers have discovered a rare kind of space object described as something between an asteroid and a comet- an active asteroid in which planet's orbit? |
| A. | Saturn |
| B. | Mars |
| C. | Jupiter |
| D. | Neptune |
| Answer» D. Neptune | |
| 464. |
On June 19, 2020 A meteorite-like object weighing around 2.78kg has fallen from the sky in which Indian state resulting in a one-foot deep crater in the earth? |
| A. | Rajasthan |
| B. | Punjab |
| C. | Haryana |
| D. | Uttar Pradesh |
| Answer» B. Punjab | |
| 465. |
Which Indian company has announced the launch of its generic version of antiviral drug Remdesivir for emergency use in the treatment of the COVID-19 patients? |
| A. | Cipla Ltd |
| B. | Sun Pharmaceutical |
| C. | Wockhardt Limited |
| D. | Lupin Limited |
| Answer» B. Sun Pharmaceutical | |
| 466. |
The Indian Space Research Organisation has initiated a 10,000 crore project- Gaganyaan to send humans to space by which year? |
| A. | 2025 |
| B. | 2030 |
| C. | 2024 |
| D. | 2022 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 467. |
Which institue has created a chip named 'Dhruva' that can be mounted in smartphones and navigation devices to find places and routes within the country? |
| A. | IIT Gandhinagar |
| B. | IIT Bombay |
| C. | IIT Indore |
| D. | IIT Guwahati |
| Answer» C. IIT Indore | |
| 468. |
Which institute has discovered new biomolecules to fight drug resistance in Kala-azar exploring ways to tackle miltefosine resistance? |
| A. | Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research |
| B. | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| C. | National Centre for Cell Science, Pune |
| D. | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research |
| Answer» D. Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research | |
| 469. |
Scientists from which Institute have synthesized a novel inorganic-organic hybrid compound that can inhibit breast, lung, and liver cancer cells? |
| A. | Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants |
| B. | All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
| C. | Institute of Nano Science & Technology, Mohali |
| D. | Central Drug Research Institute |
| Answer» D. Central Drug Research Institute | |
| 470. |
Which university has detected two super Earths Gliese 887b and Gliese 887c orbiting around the Gliese 887, the brightest red dwarf star in the sky? |
| A. | The University of Gottingen, Germany |
| B. | University of Bern, Germany |
| C. | Tsinghua University, Beijing |
| D. | University of Helsinki, Germany |
| Answer» B. University of Bern, Germany | |
| 471. |
Which scientist from India has been named as members of International Scientific group to offer foremost scientific evidence for sustainable food systems for global food summit 2021? |
| A. | Mohan Sharma and Mitali Mukherji |
| B. | Prof. Rattan Lal and Uma Lele |
| C. | B. V. Sreekantan and C. S. Seshadri |
| D. | Jitendra Nath Goswami and K. S. Krishnan |
| Answer» C. B. V. Sreekantan and C. S. Seshadri | |
| 472. |
The Swedish Institute of Space Physics will explore Venus for the second time through the India's 1st Venus Mission. What is the name of India's 1st Venus Mission? |
| A. | Shukrayaan-1 |
| B. | Venus-1 |
| C. | Shukra-1 |
| D. | Venusyaan-1 |
| Answer» B. Venus-1 | |
| 473. |
Indian Council of Medical Research and which company join hands for development of COVID-19 vaccine called Covaxin? |
| A. | Lupin Limited |
| B. | Cipla Limited |
| C. | Bharat Biotech |
| D. | Biocon Limited3 |
| Answer» D. Biocon Limited3 | |
| 474. |
What is the name of COVID-19 vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech India Ltd in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research - National Institute of Virology? |
| A. | Coroxin |
| B. | Covaxin |
| C. | Covanin |
| D. | Coronin |
| Answer» C. Covanin | |
| 475. |
The IIT Alumni Council signed an agreement for joint research on COVID-19 and patient data analysis with which institute? |
| A. | CSIR-IICT |
| B. | CSIR-CMERI |
| C. | CSIR-IGIB |
| D. | CSIR-IHBT |
| Answer» D. CSIR-IHBT | |
| 476. |
Who has launched a mobile app Lyfas for detection & risk assessment of COVID 19 infected individuals? |
| A. | My Labs |
| B. | Generich Pvt Ltd |
| C. | Acculi Labs |
| D. | GreenSoft Pvt Ltd |
| Answer» D. GreenSoft Pvt Ltd | |
| 477. |
The Defence Institute of Advanced Technology(DIAT) has developed the Medical Bed Isolation System to fight against COVID-19. It was named as; |
| A. | Ruchi |
| B. | Aadhi |
| C. | Aashray |
| D. | Menshin |
| Answer» D. Menshin | |
| 478. |
Name the group which has launched the generic Favipiravir in India under the brand 'Favivir' in India to treat Covid-19 infected patients. |
| A. | Lupin |
| B. | Cipla |
| C. | Sun |
| D. | Hetero |
| Answer» E. | |
| 479. |
ASTHROS is the mission of which space agency? |
| A. | China National Space Administration (CNSA) |
| B. | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) |
| C. | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) |
| D. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 480. |
What is the name of first manhole cleaning robot inaugurated in Guwahati? |
| A. | BANDIKOOT |
| B. | BANDICOOT |
| C. | BANDACOOT |
| D. | BONDICOOT |
| Answer» C. BANDACOOT | |
| 481. |
The SABIC chemical plant in 'which' country set to become the world's first large scale chemical production plant to completely run on renewable power? |
| A. | Sri Lanka |
| B. | Spain |
| C. | UAE |
| D. | Australia |
| Answer» C. UAE | |
| 482. |
As per a new study, 1 in 3 children worldwide are threatened by high levels of which chemical element in their blood? |
| A. | Iron |
| B. | Sulphur |
| C. | Lead |
| D. | Chlorine |
| Answer» D. Chlorine | |
| 483. |
Russia plans mass vaccination against COVID-19 by which month? |
| A. | August |
| B. | September |
| C. | October |
| D. | November |
| Answer» D. November | |
| 484. |
IIT Madras with Helyxon Developed First of Its Kind Remote Patient Monitoring Solution for this disease. |
| A. | COVID-19 |
| B. | Heart Diseas |
| C. | Cancer |
| D. | Diabetes |
| Answer» B. Heart Diseas | |
| 485. |
Who has approved Phase II+III clinical trials of Oxford University-Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine, COVISHIELD, in India? |
| A. | DARPG |
| B. | CSIR |
| C. | ICMR |
| D. | DCGI |
| Answer» E. | |
| 486. |
LGM-30G Minuteman III was tested by __________. |
| A. | US |
| B. | UK |
| C. | Brazil |
| D. | Russia |
| Answer» B. UK | |
| 487. |
As per journal Nature Geoscience, the researchers at University of Maryland and the Institute of Geophysics at ETH Zurich found 37 active volcanic structures on which planet? |
| A. | Neptune |
| B. | Mercury |
| C. | Venus |
| D. | Jupiter |
| Answer» D. Jupiter | |
| 488. |
Scientists Identified how many New Species of Butterflies in Matheran Near Mumbai? |
| A. | 70 |
| B. | 90 |
| C. | 27 |
| D. | 77 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 489. |
What is the name of baby galaxy founded by The Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute of Astrophysics? |
| A. | ALMA |
| B. | SPT0418-47 |
| C. | Virgo A |
| D. | Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy |
| Answer» C. Virgo A | |
| 490. |
Who discovered the accelerated formation of the stars of Dwarf Galaxies? |
| A. | NASA |
| B. | ISRO |
| C. | ARIES |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 491. |
Which organisation successfully tested scramjet technology for hypersonic missiles? |
| A. | ISRO |
| B. | DRDO |
| C. | NASA |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. NASA | |
| 492. |
Chandrayaan- 3 likely is to launch in which year? |
| A. | 2020 |
| B. | 2021 |
| C. | 2022 |
| D. | 2023 |
| Answer» C. 2022 | |
| 493. |
Scientists discovered possible signs of life on which planet? |
| A. | Mars |
| B. | Venus |
| C. | Jupiter |
| D. | Neptune |
| Answer» C. Jupiter | |
| 494. |
ISRO to carry first-ever French payload abroad Venus mission scheduled for which year? |
| A. | 2020 |
| B. | 2023 |
| C. | 2025 |
| D. | 2030 |
| Answer» D. 2030 | |
| 495. |
The BepiColombo Space Craft has been launched to study which planet? |
| A. | Mercury |
| B. | Mars |
| C. | Venus |
| D. | Jupiter |
| Answer» B. Mars | |
| 496. |
India's first multi-wavelength space-based observatory, Astrosat, completed how many successful years of operation? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 10 |
| Answer» D. 10 | |
| 497. |
NASA's OSIRIS-REx successfully touched which asteroid's surface to collect dust and pebbles? |
| A. | Ceres |
| B. | Vesta |
| C. | Juno |
| D. | Bennu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 498. |
Which planet is losing its atmosphere at faster rate than the earth? |
| A. | Venus |
| B. | Mercury |
| C. | Saturn |
| D. | Mars |
| Answer» E. | |
| 499. |
NASA-ISRO is to launch NISAR satellite in which year? |
| A. | 2020 |
| B. | 2021 |
| C. | 2022 |
| D. | 2025 |
| Answer» D. 2025 | |
| 500. |
Who discovered water on Sunlit Surface of Moon? |
| A. | NASA |
| B. | ISRO |
| C. | CNSA |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. ISRO | |