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(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) MCQs on Science and Tech-August-2022

(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) MCQs on Science and Tech

[AUGUST-2022]

MCQs on Science and Tech

1. Among the following, which scientist is known as the “Plastic Man of India” for his discovery of rational use and re-use of plastic waste?
a) Ashoke Sen
b) Rajagopalan Vasudevan
c) Prafulla Chandra Ray
d) Raj Chandra Bose

2. Name of the ‘National Portal for Biotech Researchers and Start-ups’ is ________.
a) BioRES
b) BioWRAP
c) BioTechRRAP
d) BioRRAP

3. …………………. India’s first successfully conducted flight test of indigenously developed, surface-to-surface quasi-ballistic missile.
a) Vayu
b) Prithvi
c) Pralaya
d) Agni

4. Name the organisation that has successfully tested Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV)?
a) DRDO
b) ISRO
c) IIT Kharagpur
d) IISc, Bengaluru

5. In February 2022, which institute developed a drone based crop health forecasting solution?
a) IIT Delhi
b) IISc, Bengaluru
c) IIIT Naya Raipur
d) IIT Ropar

6. When it comes to plastic surgery, who is considered to be its father?
a) Sushruta
b) Tom Gibson
c) Charaka
d) Samuel Hahnemann

7. Name the state in which India’s largest lithium-ion battery plant is situated?
a) Assam
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Gujarat
d) Haryana

8. Which of the following scientists was the first to demonstrate the role of nucleotides in protein synthesis?
a) Watson & Crick
b) Har Gobind Khorana
c) Friedrich Miescher
d) Lalji Singh

9. ……………………. was the Indian scientist who discovered in India the high-yielding varieties of rice and wheat.
a) M.S. Swaminathan
b) Har Gobind Singh Khorana
c) Gaiti Hasan
d) Janaki Ammal

10. An engineering consortium from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh has developed the first pico-satellite in the country, namely…………….
a) ANUSAT
b) STUDSAT
c) YOUTHSAT
d) SWAYAM

11. In India, in which year did Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) launch internet services?
a) 16 August 1995
b) 15 September 1996
c) 15 August 1996
d) 15 August 1995

12. Which of the following is India’s first 3D planetarium?
a) Birla Planetarium
b) Swami Vivekananda Planetarium
c) Nehru Planetarium
d) Ahmedabad Planetarium

13. Which state/UT hosted India’s first Lavender Festival?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Bihar
c) Chandigarh
d) Jammu and Kashmir

14. What is the full form of ABDM and when was it launched?
a) Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, September 2021
b) Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, June 2021
c) Ayushman Bharat Digital Map, October 2021
d) Ayushman Bharat Digital Map, December 2021

15. ……………………is the organisation that publishes the topographical sheet of India.
a) Indian Institute of Mapping
b) Indian Institute of Survey and Mapping
c) Survey of India
d) India’s Remote Sensing Centre