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

Answer: (b)

Saras: the first Indian multi-purpose civilian aircraft.;

Bhishma: modified Russian T-90 main battle tank;

BrahMoS: a short-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile developed as an Indo-Russian joint venture;

INSAT–3C: a multipurpose satellite built by ISRO and launched by Arianespace in Jan 2002.

Answer: (c)

Europe’s cargo-carrier, the ATV-4 accomplished its Mission. The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) was burnt over the uninhabited zone of the southern Pacific Ocean after a five month mission on 2 November 2013.

Answer: (c)

Hippocampus where place cells are located is a part of brain.

Answer: (d)

MESSENGER (an acronym of MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) is a robotic NASA spacecraft orbiting the planet Mercury, the first spacecraft ever to do so.

The 485-kilogram spacecraft was launched aboard a Delta II rocket in August 2004 to study Mercury’s chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field. It became the second mission after 1975’s Mariner 10 to reach Mercury successfully when it made a flyby in January 2008, followed by a second flyby in October 2008, and a third flyby in September 2009.

Answer: (d)

GSLV is three staged vehicle equipped with solid propellant at first stage, liquid at second and cryogenic engine at third and PSLV is 4 marked by alternate solid and liquid busters.

Answer: (b)

The United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy cooperation Act, 2006 was named after the chairman of the House committee on international relations Henry J. Hyde.

The agreement is also known as the 123 agreement. Under the agreement, India agreed to separate its civil and military nuclear facilities and place all its civil nuclear facilities under IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) safeguards.