SCIENCE Flashcards
On which day will the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP)
awards be presented in 2024, coinciding with the
celebration of Chandrayaan-3’s moon landing?
National Space Day
when is National Space Day celebrated
23rd August
Which category of the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP)
is awarded for lifetime achievements and substantial
contributions in any field of science and technology?
Vigyan Ratna (VR) to 3 recipients only
Who was awarded the Vigyan Ratna in the 2024
Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar for his lifetime achievements
in biological sciences, particularly for his work on malaria
parasites?
IISc head G. Padmanabhan
Which organization awards the J C Bose Fellowship to
active scientists and researchers for their outstanding
contributions to advanced science?
Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Which prestigious award, often referred to as “America’s Nobels,” recognizes significant contributions in the fields of
Basic Medical Research, Clinical Medical Research, and Special Achievement in Medical Science?
Lasker Awards
theme of national space day 2024
“Touching Lives while Touching the Moon: India’s Space Saga.”
These awards were instituted to replace all existing national science awards, including the _______ Prize, with the aim of recognizing outstanding contributions to various scientific fields.
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
Vigyan Shri gives a maxinum no. of awards . what is that no.
25 awards given each year
who was awarded vigyan shri for her research on star
clusters and galaxies
Annapurni
Subramaniam
who was awarded vigyan shri for his
work in biology.
Jayant Bhalchandra
Udgaonkar
Which award Recognizes distinguished
contributions in various
scientific fields, across all
ages
Vigyan Shri
Which award is Given to a team of three or
more researchers who
have collaboratively
achieved outstanding
results in their field, with
up to three such awards
Vigyan Team
Which award Focuses on young
scientists under the age
of 45 who have made
exceptional contributions,
also with up to 25 awards.
Vigyan Yuva
Recipients to Vigyan Yuva
Vivek Polshettiwar,
who focuses on carbon
capture technologies;
Urbasi Sinha, a quantam research expert; and
Roxy
Mathew Koll, a climate
scientist.
the awards are announced on which day
National Technology Day May 11
How are the awardees chosen
chosen by a 17-member panel led by the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India
Current Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India
Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is given annually by which organization
Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research (CSIR)
who hosts the Infosys prize
Infosys Science Foundation
Global:
Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, and Medicine was invented by
Alfred Nobel
Often referred to as the “Nobel Prize of Mathematics,” the _____ Medal is awarded every four years to up to four
mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU),
Fields
which prizes recognize
scientists for their seminal advances in our understanding of existence at the largest, smallest, and most complex scales.
Kavli Prize
In which year was the International Olympic Committee
(IOC) founded?
1894
Where are the headquarters of the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) located?
Lausanne, Switzerland
Who sparked a significant controversy regarding
gender eligibility in sports at the Paris Olympics 2024
with a quick victory in boxing?
Imane Khelif
What is the most common cause of 46, XX DSD
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
name the stakeholders that the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) collaborates
with to foster sport in society?
National Olympic
Committees, International Sports Federations, and
Worldwide Olympic Partners
Which spacecraft was used to transport NASA
astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore
to the International Space Station (ISS)?
Boeing Starliner
What specific technical difficulty did the spacecraft
encounter, leading to the extended stay of the
astronauts on the ISS?
Helium leaks
Which human-made object has traveled the farthest
from Earth and entered interstellar space in 2012?
Voyager 1
when was Voyager 1 launched
1977
In which year did NASA’s Apollo 11 mission achieve the
first manned landing on the Moon?
1969
Which Indian space mission made India the first Asian
nation to reach Martian orbit and the first in the world to
do so in its first attempt?
Mangalyaan
The Boeing CST-100 Starliner is a key spacecraft developed by whom
Boeing for NASA’s Commercial Crew
Program, aimed at transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS)
when did the first uncrewed
test flight of oeing CST-100 Starliner take place ? and when did the 2nd test get completed
Dec,2019
Starliner completed a successful second uncrewed test
flight to the ISS in May 2022
Construction and Operation of ISS
Construction : 1998 and has
been continuously inhabited since November 2000
The ISS includes contributions from how many nations
15
The station can house a crew of up to __ people but has had
as many as 13 at one time during crew change-overs
6
How many members of the Monetary Policy Committee
(MPC) are nominated by the Government of India?
3
ISS travels at a speed of how many kms
28,000
Which term is used to describe the interest rate at
which a country’s central bank lends money to
commercial banks for short-term needs?
Repo rate
When was the Flexible Inflation Targeting (FIT)
framework formally adopted in India?
2016
Which committee recommended the introduction of the
Flexible Inflation Targeting (FIT) framework in India
Patel Committee
Under which section of the amended RBI Act, 1934, was
the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) established
Section 45ZB
Indian Organ Donation Day was initially celebrated on which day and since when
November 27th since 2010
Currently Indian Organ Donation Day is celebrated on
August 3rd in
2023
The legal framework supporting organ donation in India is established under which act
Transplantation of Human Organs Act (THOA) 1994
later amended in 2011 to include tissues
National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation Annual Report was released by
National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO)
When is World Biofuel Day observed?
August 10
The theme for World Biofuel Day 2024
“Sustainable Biofuels: Fueling a Greener Future”
Which international alliance focuses on fostering global
cooperation on biofuels?
Global Biofuels Alliance
What type of biofuels are made from non-food biomass
materials such as crop residues and wood chips?
Second-generation biofuels
Which yojana aims to boost the production of Second
Generation (2G) ethanol through financial support for
utilizing cellulosic and lignocellulosic biomass
Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana
Which facility in India is noted for demonstrating the
commercial viability of producing ethanol from crop
residues?
Indian Oil Corporation Limited in
Panipat
The first diesel engine was designed by
Rudolf Diesel
The Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA) was
established on
September 9, 2023, during the G20 Summit in New
Delhi. Initiated by major countries including India, the USA, and
Brazil
Which policy sets ambitious targets to increase the use of
biofuels, particularly aiming to advance the blending of 20% bioethanol in petrol by 2025-26, moved up from the
original target of 2030
National Policy on Biofuels 2018 (Amended in 2022)
which programme was Introduced to establish 5,000
compressed bio-gas (CBG) plants across India by 2023
Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT)
which programme promotes the blending of ethanol with
petrol, aiming to reduce dependence on imported crude oil.
Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme
