science and tech

Question 1

_____researchers unveil world’s 1st molecular-level analysis of Omicron

Answer 1

UBC researchers including Sriram Subramaniam

Question 2

Studying a mineral named _________ commonly found between Earth‘s core and mantle, researchers have suspected that Earth‘s inner heat is dissipating sooner, making it cool faster than expected.

Answer 2

bridgmanite

Question 3

World’s first hydrogen tanker to ship test cargo from ________. Name - The____ built by Japan’s ________

Answer 3

Australia to Japan; Melbourne to Kobe ; Suiso Frontier; Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI)

Question 4

The_______ launched by NASA, became the first spacecraft to fly through the outer
atmosphere of the Sun. The spacecraft flew through the Sun’s upper atmosphere _________. launched in________. The spacecraft moves at a stunning speed of over ___________

Answer 4

Parker Solar Probe; ‘Corona’; 2018; 500,000 kmph

Question 5

____ new Mekong region species discovered by ____. mekong region- ____________

Answer 5

224; WWF Report; s Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar.

Question 6

oldest living aquarium fish is _________. breed-_______

Answer 6

Methuselah, Australian Lungfish

Question 7

For the first time on the west coast of India, a female Olive Ridley Sea Turtle was successfully satellite
tagged at________ . The turtle has been named _______

Answer 7

Velas Beach in Ratnagiri; Prathama

Question 8

The Quadrantids, one of the brightest meteor showers, are active every year from _______. Most meteor showers originate from comets, but the Quadrantids originate from an asteroid named________. The asteroid takes________ to orbit our sun. The meteor shower gets its name from the constellation of _________

Answer 8

2003 EH1; December 28 through January 12; 5.52 years; Quadrans Muralis (Mural Quadrant)

Question 9

Madhya Pradesh to get __more tiger reserves. The Centre has given in-principle approval to develop ______in Shivpuri district as a tiger
reserve.

Answer 9

2;Madhav National Park; Ratapani

Question 10

________in Erode district has been given the prestigious TX2 award after its
tiger numbers doubled to 80 since 2010. Apart from the STR, the_______ has won this year‘s TX2 award for doubling the population of wild tigers. The awards are presented by the __________. by- _________,
the__ anniversary of all____ tiger range countries committed to doubling the global population of wild
tigers by _____

Answer 10

Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) and Bardia National Park in Nepal; Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS), Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS), ; 10th 13 2022

Question 11

potato shaped exoplanet

Answer 11

WASP103B

Question 12

. RUSSIA is currently building the 6,000-MW project at ______ , which will have six VVER-1000 nuclear reactors, and is in
talks with India to construct six more reactors at a new site that is yet to be identified.

Answer 12

. Rosatom is currently building the 6,000-MW project at Kudankulam, which will have six VVER-1000 nuclear reactors, and is in
talks with India to construct six more reactors at a new site that is yet to be identified.

Question 13

Deep in the South Pacific, scientists have explored a rare stretch of pristine corals shaped like roses off the
coast of _______

Answer 13

Deep in the South Pacific, scientists have explored a rare stretch of pristine corals shaped like roses off the
coast of Tahiti

Question 14

Citizen Scientists Find Exoplanet Three Times the Size of Jupiter: NASA NAME _______

Answer 14

TOI-2180 b

Question 15

Researchers from Kerala have identified two new species of fungi from the genus ________ that are
associated with coconut stem rot. They have also genotyped the two fungi species, named ______ and _________ and identified genetic biomarkers.

Answer 15

Researchers from Kerala have identified two new species of fungi from the genus Ganoderma that are
associated with coconut stem rot. They have also genotyped the two fungi species, named Ganoderma
keralense and G. pseudoapplanatum and identified genetic biomarkers.

Question 16

________ based start-up_______
will light up the sky with one thousand Drones Light Show at Beating the Retreat Ceremony.
 He said, India will be the 4th country after _______ to carry out such a large scale show with one thousand drones.

Answer 16

IIT-Delhi based start-up Botlab Dynamics
will light up the sky with one thousand Drones Light Show at Beating the Retreat Ceremony.
He said, India will be the 4th country after China, Russia and UK to carry out such a large scale show with one thousand drones.

Question 17

Researchers from ________ have discovered a new layer of muscle on our jaw. name-

Answer 17

Researchers from Switzerland have discovered a new layer of muscle on our jaw. Their findings were published recently in the journal Annals of Anatomy. They recommend that the muscle
be named Musculus masseter pars coronidea

Question 18

_______ develops AI ‘prosecutor‘ that can press charges with 97% accuracy‘. The machine was built and tested by the_________, the country‘s largest and busiest district prosecution office.

Answer 18

China develops AI ‘prosecutor‘ that can press charges with 97% accuracy‘
The machine was built and tested by the Shanghai Pudong People‘s Procuratorate, the country‘s largest and busiest district prosecution office.

Question 19

The_____ satellite launched atop a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-2A rocket from Japan‘s
_______ Space Center. The 12,060-pound (5,470 kilograms) Inmarsat-6 F1 is the first of two ―I-6‖
spacecraft that London-based company Inmarsat plans to loft to geostationary orbit, about 22,240 miles
(35,790 kilometers) above our planet.
 Designated_____ ________ launch is Japan‘s third orbital flight of 2021 and H-IIA‘s second
mission

Answer 19

The Inmarsat-6 F1 satellite launched atop a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-2A rocket from Japan‘s
Tanegashima Space Center. The 12,060-pound (5,470 kilograms) Inmarsat-6 F1 is the first of two ―I-6‖
spacecraft that London-based company Inmarsat plans to loft to geostationary orbit, about 22,240 miles
(35,790 kilometers) above our planet.
 Designated H-IIAF45, Inmarsat-6 F1 launch is Japan‘s third orbital flight of 2021 and H-IIA‘s second
mission

Question 20

________ became the first state to get its own genome sequencing laboratory

Answer 20

Tamil Nadu became the first state to get its own genome sequencing laboratory

Question 21

A branch of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is set to come up in _______
The centre, which is expected to come up at a cost of 14 crore, will be spread across 4.11 acre and be the first of its kind in North India.

Answer 21

A branch of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is set to come up in Ambala‘s Naggal village.
The centre, which is expected to come up at a cost of 14 crore, will be spread across 4.11 acre and be the first of its kind in North India.

Question 22

The world‘s most powerful space telescope blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost__________ from Earth, after several delays caused by technical hitches. The James Webb Space Telescope, some three decades and billions of dollars in the making, left Earth enclosed in its______ rocket from ______ Space Centre in_________

Answer 22

 The world‘s most powerful space telescope blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost 1.5 million
kilometres (930,000 miles) from Earth, after several delays caused by technical hitches. The James Webb
Space Telescope, some three decades and billions of dollars in the making, left Earth enclosed in its Ariane
5 rocket from Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana

Question 23

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) considered a successor of the_____ and will extend
and complement its discoveries. Launched into low Earth orbit in _____, the ________ has
made more than 1.4 million observations, i

Answer 23

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) considered a successor of the Hubble Telescope and will extend
and complement its discoveries. Launched into low Earth orbit in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has
made more than 1.4 million observations, i

Question 24

The JWST will observe primarily in the infrared range and provide coverage from _____ to______ microns. The instruments on Hubble see mainly in the ultraviolet and visible part of the spectrum. It could observe only a small range in the infrared from ______ to _______ microns.

Answer 24

The JWST will observe primarily in the infrared range and provide coverage from 0.6 to 28 microns. The
instruments on Hubble see mainly in the ultraviolet and visible part of the spectrum. It could observe only
a small range in the infrared from 0.8 to 2.5 microns.

Question 25

Goals of JWST

Answer 25

1. To search for the first galaxies that formed after the Big Bang.
2. To determine how galaxies evolved from their earlier formation until now.
3. To observe the formation of stars from the first stages to the formation of planetary systems.
4. To measure the physical and chemical properties of planetary systems and investigate the potential for life in such systems.

Question 26

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope developed by NASA with the ________and the _________ The telescope is named after James E. Webb, who was the administrator of NASA from ____ to _______ and played an integral role in the _____

Answer 26

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope developed by NASA with the European Space
Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The telescope is named after James E. Webb, who was
the administrator of NASA from 1961 to 1968 and played an integral role in the Apollo program

Question 27

JWST was launched on 25 December 2021 on ___________

Answer 27

JWST was launched on 25 December 2021 on Ariane flight VA256.

Question 28

______ researchers develop motion planning algorithms that can think like humans

Answer 28

IIT Madras researchers develop motion planning algorithms that can think like humans

Question 29

India‘s first 5G technology trials for rural broadband began at_______ village, with a base transceiver station (BTS) installed 17 km away at Unava town in Gandhinagar district.
5g bandwidth

Answer 29

India‘s first 5G technology trials for rural broadband began at Ajol village, with a base transceiver station
(BTS) installed 17 km away at Unava town in Gandhinagar district.
30-300 GHZ

Question 30

The ______________ has been chosen to join a research project backed by the Space Application Centre of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) under a NASA SRO collaborative program (NISAR)

Answer 30

The Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) has been chosen to join a research project
backed by the Space Application Centre of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) under a NASAISRO collaborative programme

Question 31

______ to Publish First ‘State Of Environment‘ Report Next Year

Answer 31

Delhi to Publish First ‘State Of Environment‘ Report Next Year

Question 32

World‘s first Science-Sanskrit film to depict _______‘ saga, name. book it is based on.

Answer 32

World‘s first Science-Sanskrit film to depict ‗Mangalyaan‘ saga.
Titled ―Yaanam‖, the proposed 45-minute movie is based on ―My Odyssey: Memoirs of the Man Behind the
Mangalyaan Mission‖ penned by former ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan

Question 33

______ is Home to World‘s First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor.

Answer 33

China is Home to World‘s First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor
China Huaneng Group Co.‘s 200-megawatt unit 1 reactor at Shidao Bay is now feeding power to the grid in Shandong province

Question 34

American space agency Nasa launched a mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid from
California. ―Asteroid_____ we‘re coming for you!‖ Nasa tweeted after the launch. This may sound like science fiction, but the DART __________ is a real proof-of-concept experiment, should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock from wiping out life on Earth. The DART lifted off aboard a________ rocket from__________ . The goal is to slightly alter the trajectory of _________ , a ―moonlet‖ around 525 feet (160 meters, or two Statues of Liberty) wide that circles a much larger asteroid called_______ (2,500 feet in diameter). The pair orbit the Sun together. It will be the same time when the binary asteroid system will be__________ (11 million kilometers)
from Earth, the nearest they ever get. To be clear, the asteroids in question pose no threat to our planet. But
they belong to a class of bodies known as _________ , which approach within __________

Answer 34

American space agency Nasa launched a mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid from
California. ―Asteroid Dimorphos: we‘re coming for you!‖ Nasa tweeted after the launch. This may sound like
science fiction, but the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) is a real proof-of-concept experiment,
should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock from wiping out life on Earth. The DART lifted off
aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
 The goal is to slightly alter the trajectory of Dimorphos, a ―moonlet‖ around 525 feet (160 meters, or two
Statues of Liberty) wide that circles a much larger asteroid called Didymos (2,500 feet in diameter). The pair orbit
the Sun together.
 It will be the same time when the binary asteroid system will be 6.8 million miles (11 million kilometers)
from Earth, the nearest they ever get. To be clear, the asteroids in question pose no threat to our planet. But
they belong to a class of bodies known as Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), which approach within 30 million
miles.

Question 35

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs). In ________ a space probe is set to deliberately crash into the minor-planet moon __________ of the double asteroid ________ to assess the future potential of a spacecraft impact to deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth through a transference of momentum. DART is a
joint project between NASA and the ____________

Answer 35

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of planetary
defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs). In September 2022, a space probe is set to deliberately crash into
the minor-planet moon Dimorphos of the double asteroid Didymos to assess the future potential of a spacecraft
impact to deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth through a transference of momentum. DART is a
joint project between NASA and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL

Question 36

India successfully tested a long-range____________ system developed by Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). The missile aimed at enhancing the country‘s
anti-submarine warfare capability was launched from _________ in Odisha.

Answer 36

India successfully tested a long-range Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo (SMART) system developed by
Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). The missile aimed at enhancing the country‘s
anti-submarine warfare capability was launched from Balasore in Odisha.

Question 37

Clearing the air on the launch year of India‘s much-delayed maiden human spaceflight mission to space,
Union space minister Jitendra Singh said the final crewed Gaganyaan mission will be launched in _______
 He also said the Venus mission is planned for launch in ________ L-1 Aditya solar and Chandrayaan-3 missions due for launch in __________ and the country‘s first space station is likely to come up by 2030.Gaganyaan‘s major missions, like the test vehicle flight for the validation of crew escape system performance and first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan (G1), are scheduled during the beginning of second half of _______ This will be followed by the second uncrewed mission at the end of 2022 carrying ______ ‘, a spacefaring human robot developed by Isro, and finally the first crewed Gaganyaan mission in _______ ―which __________

Answer 37

Clearing the air on the launch year of India‘s much-delayed maiden human spaceflight mission to space,
Union space minister Jitendra Singh said the final crewed Gaganyaan mission will be launched in 2023.
 He also said the Venus mission is planned for launch in 2023, L-1 Aditya solar and Chandrayaan-3 missions
due for launch in 2022-23 and the country‘s first space station is likely to come up by 2030.
 Gaganyaan‘s major missions, like the test vehicle flight for the validation of crew escape system performance
and first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan (G1), are scheduled during the beginning of second half of 2022.
 This will be followed by the second uncrewed mission at the end of 2022 carrying ‗Vyommitra‘, a
spacefaring human robot developed by Isro, and finally the first crewed Gaganyaan mission in 2023, ―which
would, undoubtedly, place India in the elite club of nations (America, China and Soviet Union now Russia)‖

Question 38

Gaganyaan (―Sky Craft‖) is an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft intended to be the formative spacecraft of 
the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. The spacecraft is being designed to carry three people, and a planned upgraded version will be equipped with rendezvous and docking capability. In its maiden crewed mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)‘s largely autonomous\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ capsule will orbit the Earth at \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_  altitude for up to seven days with a two or three-person crew on board. The first crewed mission was originally planned to be launched on ISRO‘s \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ in December 2021, but this has since been delayed to no earlier than \_\_\_\_\_,This Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) manufactured crew module had its first un-crewed experimental flight on\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ will provide support for critical human-centric systems and technologies like space grade food, crew healthcare, radiation measurement and protection, parachutes for the safe recovery of the crew module and fire suppression system.

Answer 38

Gaganyaan (―Sky Craft‖) is an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft intended to be the formative spacecraft of
the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. The spacecraft is being designed to carry three people, and a planned
upgraded version will be equipped with rendezvous and docking capability. In its maiden crewed
mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)‘s largely autonomous 5.3 t (12,000 lb) capsule will orbit
the Earth at 400 km (250 mi) altitude for up to seven days with a two or three-person crew on board. The first
crewed mission was originally planned to be launched on ISRO‘s GSLV Mk III in December 2021, but this has
since been delayed to no earlier than 2023. This Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) manufactured crew
module had its first un-crewed experimental flight on 18 December 2014. Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) will provide support for critical human-centric systems and technologies like space grade
food, crew healthcare, radiation measurement and protection, parachutes for the safe recovery of the crew
module and fire suppression system.

Question 39

The government of India has asked the
__________ to begin developing 6G and other futuristic technologies to catch up with the global market in time. The next generation telecom
technology (6G) is said to be 50 times faster than 5G and is expected to be commercially launched between _________. 6G (sixth-generation wireless) is the successor to 5G cellular technology. It will be able to use higher frequencies than 5G networks and provide substantially higher capacity and much lower latency (delay). One of the goals of 6G internet will be to support one microsecond-latency communication (delay of one-microsecond in communication). This is 1,000 times faster - or 1/1000th the latency - than one millisecond through

Answer 39

The government of India has asked the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) to begin developing 6G
and other futuristic technologies to catch up with the global market in time. The next generation telecom
technology (6G) is said to be 50 times faster than 5G and is expected to be commercially launched between 2028-
2030. 6G (sixth-generation wireless) is the successor to 5G cellular technology. It will be able to use higher
frequencies than 5G networks and provide substantially higher capacity and much lower latency (delay). One of
the goals of 6G internet will be to support one microsecond-latency communication (delay of one-microsecond in
communication). This is 1,000 times faster - or 1/1000th the latency - than one millisecond throughp

Question 40

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested the new generation nuclearcapable ballistic missile ‗Agni P‘ from _________ off the coast of Odisha.
 Agni P is a two-stage canisterised solid-propellant ballistic missile with dual redundant navigation and guidance system. Agni-P is a new generation advanced variant of Agni class of missiles. It is a two-stage canisterised missile with range capability between __________
The ballistic missile weighs 50 per cent less than Agni 3 and can be launched from rail and road and stored
for a longer period and transported all across the country as per operational requirements. On

Answer 40

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested the new generation nuclearcapable ballistic missile ‗Agni P‘ from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha.
 Agni P is a two-stage canisterised solid-propellant ballistic missile with dual redundant navigation and guidance
system. Agni-P is a new generation advanced variant of Agni class of missiles. It is a two-stage canisterised
missile with range capability between 1,000 and 2,000 km.
 The ballistic missile weighs 50 per cent less than Agni 3 and can be launched from rail and road and stored
for a longer period and transported all across the country as per operational requirements. On December 7, the
country successfully test-fired the air version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile that the ministry of
defence described as a ‗major milestone‘ in BrahMos development.
 The ministry had said the missile was successfully test-fired from Indian Air Force‘s (IAF) Sukhoi 30 MKI
supersonic fighter aircraft from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), based in Chandipur, off the coast of
Odisha. Around the same time, the Vertically Launched Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM)
was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur.

Question 41

_________ is the India‘s first spacecraft to study solar atmosphere developed by Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) and various other Indian research institutes. In celestial mechanics, the Lagrange points (also Lagrangian points, L-points, or libration points) are points near two large orbiting bodies. Normally, the two objects exert an unbalanced gravitational force at a point, altering the orbit of whatever is at that point. At the Lagrange points, the gravitational forces of the two large bodies and the centrifugal force balance each other. Aditya-L1 will be able to provide observations of Sun‘s______,______ and_________. In addition, an instrument will study the solar energetic particles‘ flux reaching the L1 orbit, while a magnetometer payload will measure the variation in magnetic field strength at the halo orbit around L1.

Answer 41

Aditya-L1 is the India‘s first spacecraft to study solar atmosphere developed by Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) and various other Indian research institutes. In celestial mechanics, the Lagrange points (also
Lagrangian points, L-points, or libration points) are points near two large orbiting bodies. Normally, the two
objects exert an unbalanced gravitational force at a point, altering the orbit of whatever is at that point. At the
Lagrange points, the gravitational forces of the two large bodies and the centrifugal force balance each other.
Aditya-L1 will be able to provide observations of Sun‘s photosphere, chromosphere and corona. In addition, an
instrument will study the solar energetic particles‘ flux reaching the L1 orbit, while a magnetometer payload will
measure the variation in magnetic field strength at the halo orbit around L1.

Question 42

____________ has established advanced micro electronics and nano
energy facilities at its Centre for Nanotechnology which is the first-of-its-kind in the Northeast

Answer 42

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati

Question 43

The _________ is a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs). In September 2022, a space probe is set to deliberately crash into
the minor-planet moon_______ of the double asteroid _________ to assess the future potential of a spacecraft impact to deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth through a transference of momentum. DART is a joint project between NASA and the ________ . It is being administered
by NASA‘s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, and several NASA laboratories and offices are providing technical support. International partners, such as the space agencies of_________ , _________ , and ________, are contributing to related or subsequent projects.

Answer 43

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of planetary
defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs). In September 2022, a space probe is set to deliberately crash into
the minor-planet moon Dimorphos of the double asteroid Didymos to assess the future potential of a spacecraft
impact to deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth through a transference of momentum. DART is a
joint project between NASA and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). It is being administered
by NASA‘s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, and several NASA laboratories and offices are providing technical
support. International partners, such as the space agencies of European Space Agency (ESA), Italian Space
Agency (ASI), and JAXA Japan, are contributing to related or subsequent projects.

Question 44

India successfully tested a long-range _________ (SMART) system developed by__________ . The missile aimed at enhancing the country‘s
anti-submarine warfare capability was launched from ________ in ___________

Answer 44

India successfully tested a long-range Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo (SMART) system developed by Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). The missile aimed at enhancing the country‘s
anti-submarine warfare capability was launched from Balasore in Odisha

Question 45

DRDO is an agency of the Republic of India, charged with the military‘s research and development, headquartered in, __________India. It was formed in ______ by the merger of the _________ and the __________with
the Defence Science Organisation. ________s the current Chairman of DRDO

Answer 45

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is an agency of the Republic of India, charged with the military‘s research and development, headquartered in New Delhi, India. It was formed in 1958 by the merger of the Technical Development Establishment and the Directorate of Technical Development and Production with the Defence Science Organisation. Dr G. Satheesh Reddy is the current Chairman of DRDO

Question 46

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft intended to be the formative spacecraft of 
the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. The spacecraft is being designed to carry \_\_\_\_\_ people, and a planned upgraded version will be equipped with rendezvous and docking capability. In its maiden crewed mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)‘s largely autonomous\_\_\_\_\_\_(12,000 lb) capsule will orbit the Earth at \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ altitude for up to seven days with a two or three-person crew on board. The first crewed mission was originally planned to be launched on ISRO‘s\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ in December 2021, but this has since been delayed to no earlier than \_\_\_\_\_ This \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_  manufactured crew module had its first un-crewed experimental flight on 18 December 2014. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ will provide support for critical human-centric systems and technologies like space grade 
food, crew healthcare, radiation measurement and protection, parachutes for the safe recovery of the crew 
module and fire suppression system.

Answer 46

Gaganyaan (―Sky Craft‖) is an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft intended to be the formative spacecraft of
the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. The spacecraft is being designed to carry three people, and a planned
upgraded version will be equipped with rendezvous and docking capability. In its maiden crewed
mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)‘s largely autonomous 5.3 t (12,000 lb) capsule will orbit
the Earth at 400 km (250 mi) altitude for up to seven days with a two or three-person crew on board. The first
crewed mission was originally planned to be launched on ISRO‘s GSLV Mk III in December 2021, but this has
since been delayed to no earlier than 2023. This Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) manufactured crew
module had its first un-crewed experimental flight on 18 December 2014. Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) will provide support for critical human-centric systems and technologies like space grade
food, crew healthcare, radiation measurement and protection, parachutes for the safe recovery of the crew
module and fire suppression system.

Question 47

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ successfully tested the new generation nuclearcapable ballistic missile \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha.
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is a two-stage canisterised solid-propellant ballistic missile with dual redundant navigation and guidance system.\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is a new generation advanced variant of Agni class of missiles. It is a two-stage canisterised missile with range capability between \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_The ballistic missile weighs \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ less than Agni 3 and can be launched from \_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_and stored for a longer period and transported all across the country as per operational requirements

Answer 47

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested the new generation nuclearcapable ballistic missile ‗Agni P‘ from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha.
 Agni P is a two-stage canisterised solid-propellant ballistic missile with dual redundant navigation and guidance
system. Agni-P is a new generation advanced variant of Agni class of missiles. It is a two-stage canisterised
missile with range capability between 1,000 and 2,000 km.
 The ballistic missile weighs 50 per cent less than Agni 3 and can be launched from rail and road and stored
for a longer period and transported all across the country as per operational requirements