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

Answer: (d)

The technology will make possible for spaceships to re-enter the atmosphere of the earth by providing protection against the heat produced during re-entry.

Answer: (a)

Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was ranked 99th in the ‘Times Higher Education (THE) Ranking for Engineering & Technology’. US institutions Stanford, CalTech and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were ranked top three in the list.

Answer: (c)

It will be a private enterprise mission, announced by the International Lunar Observatory Association and Moon Express and will be both scientific and commercial, and plans to deliver the International Lunar Observatory (ILO) aboard a Moon Express robotic lander.

Moon Express will send a series of robotic missions to the Moon in support of science, commerce and exploration starting in 2015.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (d)

Use of biology in industrial process and for improving quality of life is called as biotechnology. It is the application of discoveries in biology for the production of useful organisms and their products.

Answer: (c)

Himadri Station is India’s first Arctic research station located at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. It is located at the International Arctic Research base, Ny-Ålesund. The station is operated by National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research.

The station was inaugurated in 2008 by Kapil Sibal, Minister for Science & Technology.

Note: Himadri Station is India’s first Arctic research station located at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. It is located at the International Arctic Research base, Ny-Ålesund.

At the Arctic, meteorological, biological, glaciological and past climate studies are undertaken in the vicinity of the station ‘Himadri’. Local boats are hired for marine research. India presently has two research stations in Antarctica namely ‘Maitri’ and ‘Bharati’. New station ‘Bharati’ has just been constructed and established in March 2013.

At both the stations, research and investigations are undertaken to understand the Polar processes and phenomenon. Observations and studies are carried out in atmospheric, biological, geological, ecological sciences etc.

Maitri station has been in operation since 1989. Dakshin Gangotri was the first scientific base station of India situated in Antarctica, part of the Indian Antarctic Program. It is currently being used as a supply base and transit camp.