science & tech MCQ section 6 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

INS Shivalik does not belong to a 105-metre class of Naval Offshore Patrol Vehicle (NOPV)but is a stealth multi-role frigate.

Answer: (c)

GSLV Mark III will be more sensitive than the PSLV and the GSLV to disturbances that might occur as it accelerates through the dense atmosphere.

Answer: (a)

The Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) is an institution of basic research and training in physical and biophysical sciences located in Bidhannagar, Kolkata, India. The institute is named after the famous Indian physicist Meghnad Saha. This institute is well known to have many amazing types of equipment related to physics including a Van De Graff’s generator.

The Institute grew out of the Palit Research Laboratory in Physics of the University of Calcutta. After Professor Meghnad Saha returned from Allahabad in 1938 to succeed Sir C. V. Raman in the Palit Chair of Physics, he reorganized the post-graduate physics curriculum of the University of Calcutta to include nuclear physics by 1940 after realising the immense potential of the subject for the betterment of the country.

Soon the necessity of a small-scale cyclotron was felt for gaining first-hand knowledge in this virgin field which was procured from the fund raised by the help of Jawaharlal Nehru and the patronage of J. R. D. Tata.

Answer: (b)

Genetically engineered bacteria is used for production of insulin. On 5th July 1983, the American firm Eli Lilly launched humulin (1st genetically engineered human insulin).

Answer: (b)

Tuberculosis is not a vector-borne disease as it is not transmitted by the bite of an anthropoid

Answer: (d)

INSAT or the Indian National Satellite System is a series of multipurpose Geostationary satellites launched by ISRO to satisfy the telecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology, and search and rescue operations. Commissioned in 1983, INSAT is the largest domestic communication system in the Asia Pacific Region.

The Indian National Satellite (INSAT) system was commissioned with the launch of INSAT1B in August 1983 (INSAT-1A, the first satellite was launched in April 1982 but could not fulfil the mission).

INSAT system ushered in a revolution in India’s television and radio broadcasting, telecommunications and meteorological sectors. It enabled the rapid expansion of TV and modern telecommunication facilities to even the remote areas and off-shore islands.