science & tech MCQ section 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Ebola is a tropical viral disease which has killed around a thousand people recently in West African nations.

Answer: (c)

INS stands for Indian Navy Ship. INS was anchored off near Colaba in Mumbai. It is a Naval Hospital Ship. INHS Asvini has the distinction of emerging as the first Armed Forces Hospital with networked radiology images, sourced principally from a recently installed Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) machine (Siemens Polystar Top 1000 MA). In recent times, newer imaging machines offer digital images that are in DICOM format.

DICOM denotes ‘Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine”. Image management at INHS Asvini involves the transfer of DSA images in DICOM format, their conversion into Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) format and subsequent transmission of JPG images through a robust networking system that connects all departments/OPD/Wards, facilitating direct access of images to a variety of specialists and specialities.

INHS Asvini is the principal Command Hospital of the Indian Navy with an 825-bed teaching facility. It is presently undergoing modernization, underscored by the rapid induction of ‘state of art medical equipment along with continual computerization and networking of various Departments, Wards and OPD.

Answer: (a)

Originally the domain will cover 8 languages like Hindi, Bodo, Dogri, Konkani, Maithili, Marathi, Nepali and Sindhi.

Answer: (d)

The first gun of the world made out of 3D printer technology was fired successfully in US. It is available at 8000 US Dollars.

Answer: (a)

It is India’s first Polar Remotely Operated Vehicle (PROVe) in North Antarctica.

Answer: (a)

Space is black because there are no substances or objects to reflect back any colour (or all colours, which would make it white). That is also why the astronauts see the earth as we see it in photos, but the space around it is black.

The light from the sun is reflected back as the blues and greens and browns that we see, but the space around the earth is just that - empty space and therefore does not reflect back any colours, so it is black.