science & tech MCQ section 5 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Liquid Oxygen (LOX) and Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) are used Cryogenic Upper stage (C-25) of GSLV Mark-III.

Answer: (c)

Scientists at the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s School of Biotechnology claimed in the third week of January 2013 the discovery of SCO2 gene having potential qualities of restricting tumours.

Answer: (c)

With this new turbine, the installed wind energy capacity at the Kutch region of Gujarat has gone up to 1100 MW.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

The Master Control Facility is a facility set up by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the city of Hassan in the Indian state of Karnataka. Established in 1982, this facility is responsible for monitoring and controlling the satellites launched by ISRO.

This was the only Master Control Facility of ISRO till another one was established in Bhopal in 2005. When ISRO wanted a control facility, it inspected various sites that were offered to it within India. ISRO chose Hassan as the location (Location on Google Maps) because it was free of noise and encountered less terrestrial transmission than other proposed sites.

Low interference was a must since the facility should be able to pick up even very weak signals from the satellite. Currently MCF controls the following 10 satellites: INSAT-2E, INSAT-3C, INSAT-3A, INSAT3E, INSAT-4A, INSAT-4B, INSAT-4CR KALPANA-1, GSAT-8 and GSAT-12.

On these 10 satellites, 8 are controlled from MCF Hassan and two are controlled from MCF Bhopal (INSAT-3C and INSAT-4CR.)

Answer: (b)

The composition of the re-constituted Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change does not include the Home Minister.