science & tech MCQ section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

C2D project is a quest towards conquest of tuberculosis, is launching a massive initiative to further the understanding of the biology of the causative organism, Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Answer: (a)

It is a Swiss long-range solar-powered aircraft project and claimed to be first aircraft to fly day and night without consuming conventional fuel.

Answer: (c)

Pokhran is a city and a municipality located in Jaisalmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is a remote location in the Thar Desert region and served as the test site for India’s first underground nuclear weapon detonation.

It shot into the international limelight on 7 September 1974 when the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi verbally authorized scientists at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) at Trombay to detonate a small and miniaturized nuclear device.

Throughout its development, the device was formally called the “Peaceful Nuclear Explosive (PNE)” by the Indian Government, but it was usually referred to as the Operation Smiling Buddha.

On May 11 of 1998, 24 years after the first operation, the Atomic Energy Commission of India and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) carried out the joint operation, known as Pokhran-II. The AEC India detonated its four devices as part of the underground nuclear testing on the Pokhran Test Range.

Answer: (d)

Facebook has joined GSM operators lobby group Cellular operators Association of India (COAI). This move will help it get a bigger and effective platform to raise various issues with the government.

Answer: (d)

The international covenant — which provides a framework for channelling liability and providing speedy compensation in the event of a nuclear accident — was signed at the International Atomic Energy Agency offices in Vienna by Dinkar Khullar, India’s Ambassador to Austria. The IAEA is the “depository” of the CSC, which has so far been signed by 14 countries and ratified by four, including the U.S.

Answer: (d)

Vincent, the world’s first womb transplant baby was born to a Swedish family.