General Knowledge for UPSC: Science and Technology

This is an MCQ-based general knowledge quiz for UPSC, SSC, and other Government Exams.

Science and technology is an interdisciplinary topic encompassing science, technology, and their interactions: Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of explanations and predictions about nature and the universe.

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ISRO is to set up its second launch port in Tamilnadu for SSLV. What does SSLV stand for?

Space Satellite Launch Vehicle Speed Satellite Launch Vehicle Small Satellite Launch Vehicle Solar Satellite Launch Vehicle

Which is the first Indian airport to get Disabled Aircraft Recovery Equipment (DARE)?

Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru Cochin International Airport

The communication satellite of ISRO, GSAT-30 is scheduled to launch aboard which vehicle?

PSLV C 44 PSLV C 46 PSLV C 47 Ariane 5

What is the theme of the ‘NIC TechConclave 2020’, organized by the National Informatics Centre (NIC)?

‘Technologies for NextGen Governance’ ‘Artificial Intelligence For All’ ‘Machine Learning For All’ ‘AI for e-Governance’

Which global technology company recently announced a $1 million grant to promote news literacy in India?

Microsoft Facebook Apple Google

A National level Rural Technical Festival called ‘Antahpragnya 2020’ was recently organised in which Indian state/UT?

Ladakh New Delhi Telangana Odisha

What is the name of the new satellite, scheduled to be launched by the ISRO on March 5, 2020?

GISAT-1 GISAT-3 GISAT-7 GISAT-11

The mobile application ‘Humsafar’, which was in news recently, is associated with which service?

Ride-hailing Door Delivery of Fuel Door-Delivery of Medicines Booking Flight tickets

What is the name of the mobile application launched by the Indian government to track the risk of coronavirus infection?

Corona Suraksha Corona Kavach Corona Raksh Corona Sevak

CSIR-IIIM (Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine) partnered with which company to develop a new RT-LAMP based COVID-19 diagnostic kit?

Tata Group Reliance Industries TVS Motors Larsen & Toubro
Quiz/Test Summary
Title: General Knowledge for UPSC: Science and Technology
Questions: 10
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