science & tech MCQ section 2 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

The NSG (National Security Guards) is a special response unit in India that has primarily been utilized for counter-terrorism activities. NSG is modelled on Germany’s GSH 9.

The NSG is also known as Black Cats. The NSG’s roles include protecting VIP’s, conducting anti-sabotage checks, rescuing hostages, neutralizing terrorist threats to vital installation, engaging terrorists and responding to hijacking and piracy.

Answer: (b)

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) is one of India’s leading shipyards, located in Kolkata, West Bengal. It builds and repairs commercial and naval vessels. Founded in 1884 as a small privately-owned company on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, it was renamed as Garden Reach Workshop in 1916.

The company was nationalized by the Government of India in 1960. It was awarded the Miniratna status, with accompanying financial and operational autonomy in September 2006.

Among commercial and scientific ships, GRSE builds oceanographic and hydrographic research vessels, marine acoustic research ships, non-propelled dredgers, grab hopper dredgers, trailing suction hopper dredgers, tugboats, and bulk carriers. GRSE built the Brahmaputra class frigates.

It also built two of the Khukri class and all the Kora class corvettes. It has been awarded a contract to build four Kamorta class corvettes.

It built all the Seaward class, Trinkat class, Bangaram class, and Car Nicobar class patrol vessels.

Answer: (d)

INS Kamorta has been handed over to the Indian Navy it is the first indigenous stealth corvette as well as first indigenous anti-submarine corvette.

Answer: (d)

A renewable resource is an organic natural resource that can replenish in due time compared to the usage, either through biological reproduction or other naturally recurring processes. Examples include: solar energy, geothermal energy, wind energy, tidal energy, etc.

Answer: (d)

The genetic code in all living organism is made up of the same triplet of nucleotides and these nucleotides in all organisms for the same amino acid and proteins. eg - “AUG” in both humans and bacteria codes for “Methionine” amino acid.

Answer: (c)

Akatsuki is a Japanese space mission to Venus.