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WHAT IS SPADEX MISSION?
THE MISSION, CALLED SPACE DOCKING EXPERIMENT (SpaDeX), WOULD MAKE INDIA THE FOURTH COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO ACHIEVE A FEAT ESSENTIAL FOR EXPANDING FUTURE DEEP SPACE EXPLORATORY MISSIONS. THE SpaDeX MISSION IS DESIGNED TO DEMONSTRATE SPACE DOCKING.
WHAT IS SPACE DOCKING?
- A PROCESS BY WHICH TWO FAST MOVING SATELLITES OR SPACECRAFT ARE BROUGHT INTO THE SAME ORBIT, BROUGHT CLOSER TOGETHER, ALIGNED AUTONOMOUSLY OR MANUALLY, AND FINALLY JOINED.
- THIS CAPABILITY IS NECESSARY FOR CARRYING OUT MISSIONS THAT REQUIRE BIGGER PAYLOADS THAT A SINGLE LAUNCH CANNOT CARRY.
- THE FIRST ACTUAL INDIAN MISSION REQUIRING THE DOCKING CAPABILITY IS LIKELY TO BE CHANDRAYAAN-4, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BRING LUNAR SAMPLES BACK TO EARTH.
- DOCKING WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED FOR SETTING UP THE BHARATIYA ANTARIKSH STATION.
WHAT IS PHOS-CHEK?
FIRE RETARDANT IS A MIX OF CHEMICALS USED TO EXTINGUISH OR SLOW THE SPREAD OF FIRES. TO TACKLE WILDFIRES IN USA, AUTHORITIES COMMONLY USE A BRAND KNOWN AS PHOS-CHEK, WHICH MOSTLY CONTAIN AN AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE BASED SLURRY. SALTS LIKE AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATE DO NOT EVAPORATE EASILY LIKE WATER, AND STAY FOR LONGER. PHOS-CHEK IS PINK IN COLOUR.
STEPS TO HANDLE WASTE?
- INCINERATION
- QUENCHING
- LANDFILL
INCINERATION PROCESS FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT?
WASTE IS INCINERATED IN TWIN CHAMBERS AT TWO TEMPERATURES TO ENSURE THAT HARMFUL SUBSTANCES ARE DESTROYED. THE FIRST CHAMBER HAS A TEMPERATURE OF 800-850 DEGREE CELSIUS AND THE SECOND BETWEEN 1,050 DEGREE CELSIUS AND 1200 DEGREE CELSIUS.
QUENCHING PROCESS FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT?
AFTER INCINERATION, THE REMAINING POLLUTANTS AND GASES ARE SPRAYED WITH WATER MIXED WITH OTHER AGENTS TO CONTROL EMISSIONS. WHEN THE WASTE COMBUSTION HAPPENS AT HIGH TEMPERATURES, IT WILL LEAD TO FORMATION OF FLUE GASES (EXHAUST GAS). THESE MUST BE CONTROLLED BY QUENCHING.
LANDFILL PROCESS FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT?
ASH RESIDUE WILL BE BURIED IN SEALED CONTAINERS IN A LANDFILL IN A DOUBLE LINED, DOUBLE MEMBRANE AREA INSIDE DISPOSAL FACILITY.
WHAT ARE FOUR V’s FOR BIG DATA?
- VELOCITY
- VOLUME
- VARIETY
- VERACITY.
USA’S DOCKING EXPERIMENT?
- NASA’S GEMINI 8 WAS THE 1ST SPACECRAFT TO DOCK WITH THE TARGET VEHICLE AGENA.
- 1966
- WAS A CREWED MISSION COMMANDED BY NEIL ARMSTRONG.
USSR DOCKING EXPERIMENT?
- DOCKING OF KOSMOS 186 & KOSMOS 188 SPACECRAFT.
- 1967
- UNCREWED.
CHINA’S DOCKING EXPERIMENT?
- 2011 UNMANNED SHENZHOU 8 SPACECRAFT DOCKED WITH TIANGONG 1 SPACE LABORATORY.
- 2012 CHINA’S 1ST CREWED SPACE DOCKING– ASTRONAUTS MANUALLY JOINED ITS SHENZHOU 9 SPACECRAFT TO THE SAME SPACE LABORATORY.
INDIA’S SPACE DOCKING EXPERIMENT?
SDX01 OR THE CHASER SDX02 THE TARGET SATELLITE.
UNIQUE HABIT OF SPOTTED DEER (CHITAL) OR AXIS AXIS?
EXHIBIT PLACENTOPHAGY (EATING PLACENTA), A RARE BEHAVIOR AMONG HERBIVORES, AIDING IN PREDATOR AVOIDANCE BY ELIMINATING SCENT TRACES.
ANEMIA MUKT BHARAT 6X6X6 STRATEGY?
6 BENEFICIARIES, 6 INTERVENTIONS AND 6 INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS.
BENEFICIARIES UNDER ANEMIA MUKT BHARAT 6X6X6 STRATEGY?
- CHILDREN, 6–59 MONTHS OF AGE.
- CHILDREN, 5–9 YEARS OF AGE.
- ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND BOYS (10–19 YEARS OF AGE).
- WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE (20–24 YEARS OF AGE).
- PREGNANT WOMEN.
- LACTATING MOTHERS (OF 0–6 MONTHS CHILD).
INTERVENTIONS UNDER ANEMIA MUKT BHARAT 6X6X6 STRATEGY?
- PROPHYLACTIC IRON FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION.
- DEWORMING.
- INTENSIFIED YEAR ROUND BEHAVIOUR CHANGE COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN (SOLID BODY, SMART MIND) INCLUDING ENSURING DELAYED CORD CLAMPING.
- TESTING OF ANEMIA USING DIGITAL METHODS AND POINT CARE TREATMENT.
- MANDATORY PROVISION OF IRON FOLIC ACID FORTIFIED FOODS IN PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMMES.
- ADDRESSING NON NUTRITIONAL CAUSES OF ANEMIA IN ENDEMIC POCKETS, WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON MALARIA, HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES AND FLUOROSIS.
INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS UNDER ANEMIA MUKT BHARAT 6X6X6 STRATEGY?
- NATIONAL ANEMIA MUKT BHARAT UNIT.
- INTRA MINISTERIAL COORDINATION.
- STRENGTHENING SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS.
- CONVERGENCE WITH OTHER MINISTRIES.
- NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE AND ADVANCED RESEARCH ON ANEMIA CONTROL.
- ANEMIA MUKT BHARAT DASHBOARD AND DIGITAL PORTAL– ONE STOP SHOP FOR ANEMIA.
WHAT IS A PLANET PARADE?
- A PLANET PARADE OCCURS WHEN MULTIPLE PLANETS ARE VISIBLE IN THE NIGHT SKY SIMULTANEOUSLY.
- CURRENTLY, SIX PLANETS VENUS, SATURN, JUPITER, MARS, URANUS, AND NEPTUNE ARE VISIBLE IN THE NIGHT SKY, FORMING A CELESTIAL ARC KNOWN AS A PLANET PARADE.
WHICH PLANETS CAN BE SEEN WITH NAKED EYES?
- MERCURY
- VENUS
- MARS
- SATURN
- JUPITER
WHAT IS DARK OXYGEN?
REFERS TO OXYGEN BEING PROCESSED DEEP BELOW THE OCEAN SURFACE WITHOUT SUNLIGHT OR PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
DISCOVERY OF DARK OXYGEN?
IN JULY 2024, SCIENTISTS IDENTIFIED DARK OXYGEN AT A DEPTH OF 13,100 FEET IN THE CLARION CLIPPERTON ZONE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
MECHANISM OF DARK OXYGEN PRODUCTION?
- METALLIC NODULES RICH IN MANGANESE AND IRON ON THE SEAFLOOR WERE FOUND TO GENERATE OXYGEN.
- OXYGEN PRODUCTION OCCURS THROUGH ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITY BY SPLITTING SEAWATER (H2O MOLECULES) INTO HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN, EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT.
SIGNIFICANCE OF DARK OXYGEN?
- CHALLENGES THE BELIEF THAT PHOTOSYNTHESIS IS THE SOLE SOURCE OF OXYGEN.
- SUGGESTS THE POSSIBILITY OF OXYGEN RICH ENVIRONMENTS EXISTING ON THE OTHER PLANETS, POTENTIALLY SUPPORTING EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE.
- INDICATES THAT OXYGEN PRODUCTION ON EARTH MAY HAVE PREDATED PHOTOSYNTHESIS, RESHAPING THEORIES ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF LIFE.
WHAT IS WAIST TO HIP RATIO?
- MEASURE THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF YOUR WAIST AT ITS NARROWEST POINT, USUALLY NEAR YOUR BELLY BUTTON.
- MEASURE THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF YOUR HIPS AT THEIR WIDEST POINT.
- DIVIDE YOUR WAIST MEASUREMENT BY YOUR HIP MEASUREMENT. A FIGURE OF 0.8 IS CONSIDERED NORMAL FOR WOMEN, 0.9 OR LOWER FOR MEN.
LOCATION OF ROOPPUR NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT?
- IT IS BANGLADESH’S FIRST NUCLEAR POWER PLANT LOCATED ON THE BANK OF THE RIVER PADMA.
- IT IS THE 1ST COLLABORATION UNDER AN INDO RUSSIAN AGREEMENT FOR NUCLEAR PROJECTS IN THIRD COUNTRIES.
WHY INDIA CANNOT DIRECTLY CONSTRUCT NUCLEAR REACTORS?
SINCE INDIA IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP (NSG), IT CANNOT DIRECTLY CONSTRUCT NUCLEAR REACTORS.
MOST COMMON CAUSE OF GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME?
CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI.
TREATMENT OF GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME?
- PLASMA EXCHANGE (PLASMAPHERESIS): PLASMA EXCHANGE FILTERS OUT THE ANTIBODIES IN YOUR PLASMA THAT ARE ATTACKING YOUR NERVES.
- INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN THERAPY (IVIG): IT INVOLVES INTRAVENOUS (IV) INJECTIONS OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS TO ATTACK INVADING ORGANISMS.
WHAT IS A EURODRONE PROGRAMME?
THE EURODRONE IS A REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (RPAS).
COUNTRIES IN EURODRONE PROGRAMME?
- FRANCE (FIGS)
- ITALY
- GERMANY
- SPAIN
ANOTHER NAME FOR EURODRONE PROGRAMME?
INDIA HAS RECENTLY JOINED THE MEDIUM ALTITUDE LONG ENDURANCE REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (MALE RPAS), COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE EURODRONE PROGRAMME, AS AN OBSERVER STATE.
EURODRONE PROGRAMME IS MANAGED BY?
THE ORGANIZATION FOR JOINT ARMAMENT COOPERATION.
PARAQUAT IS ALSO KNOWN AS?
PARAQUAT DICHLORIDE OR METHYL VIOLOGEN.
WHAT IS DEEPSEEK?
DEEPSEEK IS THE NAME OF A FREE AI-POWERED CHINESE CHATBOT, WHICH LOOKS, FEELS AND WORKS VERY MUCH LIKE CHATGPT.
WHICH COUNTRY RECENTLY HAS BEEN CERTIFIED MALARIA FREE BY THE WHO?
GEORGIA.
CRITERIA TO GET MALARIA FREE CERTIFICATION?
WHO GRANTS MALARIA FREE CERTIFICATION WHEN A COUNTRY PROVES THAT INDIGENOUS TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED NATIONWIDE FOR ATLEAST THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
SUZETRIZINE WAS IN NEWS RECENTLY. WHAT IS IT?
- A NON OPIOID PAIN KILLER SOLD UNDER BRAND NAME JOURNAVX.
- UNLIKE OPIOIDS, WHICH NUMB THE SENSATION OF PAIN IN THE BRAIN, SUZETRIZINE WORKS BY TARGETING PAIN SIGNALS BEFORE THEY REACH THE BRAIN.
- IT DOES NOT PRODUCE ANY SENSATION OF PLEASURE OR EUPHORIA.
WHY COFFEE TASTES BITTER?
- DUE TO CAFFEINE.
- DUE TO MOZAMBIOSIDE (SUBSTANCE IN ARABICA BEANS, KNOWN TO TASTE ABOUT 10 TIMES MORE BITTER THAN CAFFEINE).
IT ACTIVATES TWO OF THE ROUGHLY 25 BITTER TASTE RECEPTORS IN THE HUMAN BODY- NAMELY, THE TAS2R43, TAS2R46 RECEPTORS.
NAME OF MEDIUM STAPLE COTTON AND EXTRA LONG STAPLE COTTON?
- GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM (CONSTITUTES ROUGHLY 96% OF THE COTTON GROWN IN INDIA, FALLS IN THE MEDIUM STAPLE CATEGORY).
- GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS EGYPTIAN OR PIMA COTTON.
WHAT IS 2024 YR4?
ASTERIOD THAT HAS ROUGHLY 1% CHANCE OF CRASHING INTO EARTH IN 2032. IT WAS DISCOVERED BY THE ASTEROID TERRESTRIAL IMPACT ALERT SYSTEM (ATLAS) TELESCOPE IN CHILE.
WHAT IS TORINO SCALE?
THE TORINO SCALE IS A RATING SYSTEM THAT HELPS ASTRONOMERS AND THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THE RISK OF A NEAR-EARTH OBJECT (NEO) COLLIDING WITH EARTH. THE SCALE IS USED TO CATEGORIZE THE LIKELIHOOD AND CONSEQUENCES OF A POTENTIAL IMPACT.
RATING OF 2024 YR4 ON TORINO SCALE?
3 OUT OF 10.
ASTERIOD THAT HIT RUSSIA IN 2013?
CHELYABINSK ASTEROID.
ASTEROID THAT KILLED THE DINOSAURS?
CHICXULUB.
WHAT IS ZAP X?
ZAP X IS A HIGHLY PRECISE CANCER TREATMENT MACHINE, WHICH IS MOST SUITED FOR TREATING FUNCTIONAL LESIONS OF THE BRAIN, BESIDES BENIGN TUMOURS, METASTATIC TUMOURS AND UPPER PART OF THE SPINE.
INDIA STRENGTHENS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION WITH THREE MAJOR INITIATIVES THAT ARE?
- DEDICATION OF INDIA’S FIRST FERRET RESEARCH FACILITY.
- LAUNCH OF GARBHINI-DRISHTI, A MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH DATA REPOSITORY.
- EXECUTION OF A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THSTI AND SUNDYOTA NUMANDIS PROBIOCEUTICALS Pvt. Ltd.
GARBH-INi-DRISHTI DATA REPOSITORY HAS BEEN LAUNCHED BY?
DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY.
GARBH-INi PROGRAMME IS AN INITIATIVE UNDER?
- DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY OF THE UNION MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AS A COLLABORATIVE INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMME.
- PROMOTES MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPS PREDICTION TOOLS FOR PRETERM BIRTH.
GARBH-INi PROGRAMME IS LED BY?
TRANSLATIONAL HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE (THSTI), NCR BIOTECH CLUSTER, FARIDABAD.
THE ‘SMILE’ PROGRAMME WHICH STANDS FOR STRENGTHENING MULTIMODAL AND INTEGRATED LOGISTICS ECOSYSTEM PROGRAMME WAS SIGNED BY?
THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB), WITH A $350 MILLION POLICY BASED LOAN AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT REFORMS IN INDIA’S LOGISTICS SECTOR.
WHAT IS BIO BITUMEN?
- ALSO KNOWN AS BIO ASPHALT; BIO-BITUMEN IS A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL FOSSIL FUEL BASED BITUMEN.
- IT IS A PETROLEUM FREE MANUFACTURED FROM ORGANIC MATERIALS SUCH AS BIO CHAR, BIO OIL, AND SIMILAR SUBSTANCES.
WHAT IS ANALEMMA?
‘ANALEMMA’ IS THE FIGURE EIGHT PATTERN MADE BY THE SUN IN THE SKY OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, GENERATED BY A COMBINATION OF EARTH’S TILT AND ITS ELLIPTICAL ORBIT.
A POLAR SUNDIAL HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY THE VIKRAM SARABHAI SPACE CENTRE (VSSC) AND IS PUT ON FOR A PUBLIC DISPLAY IN THE ‘ROCKET GARDEN’ OF ITS SPACE MUSEUM AT___________.
THUMBA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA.
COLOURS OF ANALEMMA CURVE?
BLUE IS USED FROM DECEMBER TO JUNE.
RED IS USED FOR JUNE TO DECEMBER.
WORLD’S FIRST QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE?
MICIUS, LAUNCHED BY CHINA IN 2016.
DINGA DINGA WAS IN NEWS RECENTLY WHAT IS IT?
DINGA DINGA IS A MYSTERIOUS DISEASE THAT SPREAD IN THE BUNDIBUGYO DISTRICT OF UGANDA . THIS DISEASE MAINLY AFFECTS WOMEN AND GIRLS. IN THIS DISEASE, THERE IS UNCONTROLLABLE TREMOR IN THE BODY AND DIFFICULTY IN WALKING.
IRIS² (INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RESILIENCE, INTERCONNECTIVITY, AND SECURITY BY SATELLITE) IS DEVELOPED BY?
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SPACERISE CONSORTIUM.
WHAT IS A COMET?
COMET ARE SMALL ICY DIRTBALLS THAT ORBIT THE SUN. (COMETS ARE MADE OF ICE AND DUST WHILE ASTEROIDS ARE MADE OF ROCK).
WHAT ARE METEORS?
A METEOR IS A SPACE ROCK OR METEROID– THAT ENTERS EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, AS IT BURNS UP UPON ENTERING EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, CREATING A STREAK OF LIGHT IN THE SKY (OFTEN CALLED “SHOOTING STARS”). WHEN EARTH ENCOUNTERS MANY METEROIDS AT ONCE, WE CALL IT A METEOR SHOWER.
WHAT IS A METEORITE?
IF A METEROID SURVIVES IT’S TRIP THROUGH EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE AND LANDS ON THE EARTH’S SURFACE, IT IS CALLED A METEORITE.
WHAT IS DOOMSCROLLING?
IT IS AN ACT OF SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO CONSUME MORE NEGATIVE NEWS.
WHAT IS POTASH?
POTASH IS AN IMPURE COMBINATION OF POTASSIUM CARBONATE AND POTASSIUM SALTS.
PRINCIPAL ORE OF POTASH?
SYLVINITE.
COMMON TYPE OF POTASH FERTILIZERS?
- SULPHATE OF POTASH (SOP): PREMIUM, CHLORIDE FREE FERTILIZER USED FOR HIGH VALUE CROPS LIKE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
- MURIATE OF POTASH (MOP): CONTAINS CHLORIDE, COMMONLY USED FOR CARBOHYDRATE CROPS SUCH AS WHEAT.
_________ STATE CONTRIBUTES 89% OF THE TOTAL POTASH RESERVES IN INDIA.
RAJASTHAN.
WORLD’S FIRST BIOLUMPIVAXIN FOR LUMPY SKIN DISEASE (LSD) HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY?
BHARAT BIOTECH IN COLLABORATION WITH THE INDIAN COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (ICAR). DEVELOPED BY BIOVET WHICH IS A BHARAT BIOTECH GROUP FIRM.
BIOLUMPIVAXIN IS THE WORLD’S 1ST DIVA MARKER VACCINE FOR LUMPY SKIN DISEASE. WHAT DOES DIVA MEANS?
- DIVA STANDS FOR DIFFERENTIATING INFECTED FROM VACCINATED ANIMALS.
- DIVA TECHNOLOGY ENABLES DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN NATURALLY INFECTED AND VACCINATED ANIMALS, AIDING IN DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL PROGRAMS.
WHAT IS JUNO MISSION?
NASA’s JUNO MISSION IS A SPACE PROBE TO JUPITER THAT’S STUDYING THE PLANET’S COMPOSITION, MAGNETIC FIELD, AND ATMOSPHERE. THE MISSION’S GOAL IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW JUPITER FORMED AND HOW IT CONTRIBUTED TO THE FORMATION OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.
GALILEAN SATELLITES?
- GANYMEDE
- CALLISTO
- EUROPA
- IO
- THESE FOUR MOONS OF JUPITER ARE KNOWN AS GALILEAN SATELLITES BECAUSE THEY WERE FIRST DISCOVERED BY GALILEO GALILIE IN 1960.
REASON FOR IO’S VOLCANIC ACTIVITY?
- ELLIPTICAL ORBIT: IO’S ORBIT AROUND JUPITER IS NOT CIRCULAR WHICH CAUSES CHANGES IN GRAVITATIONAL FORCES.
- GRAVITATIONAL HEATING: IO IS PULLED BY THE STRONG GRAVITATIONAL FORCE OF JUPITER AND ITS MOONS.
- TIDAL FLEXING: THIS PULL STRETCHES AND BENDS IO WHICH CAUSES IT TO HEAT UP INSIDE.
- INTERNAL HEATING: RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS INSIDE IO ALSO RELEASE HEAT DUE TO WHICH, MELT ROCKS.
AFRICAN SWINE FEVER OUTBREAK REPORTED RECENTLY IN INDIA IN STATE OF?
KOTTAYAM DISTRICT, KERALA.
AFRICAN SWINE FEVER TRANSMISSION?
IT AFFECTS ONLY PIGS AND WILD BOARS BUT IS NOT TRANSMISSIBLE TO HUMANS. THUS IT IS NOT A ZOONOTIC DISEASE.
AFRICAN SWINE FEVER TREATMENT?
NO AVAILABLE VACCINE OR TREATMENT, MAKING CULLING AN ESSENTIAL CONTROL MEASURE.
WHAT IS MATSYA 6000?
MATSYA 6000 IS INDIA’S 1ST MANNED SUBMERSIBLE FOR EXPLORATION OF THE OCEAN WITH OPERATIONAL DEPTH CAPACITY OF 6,000 METRES BELOW SEA LEVEL.
MATSYA 6000 IS DEVELOPED BY?
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEAN TECHNOLOGY (NIOT), CHENNAI UNDER SAMUDRAYAAN MISSION AS A COMPONENT OF DEEP OCEAN MISSION OF THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (MoES).
DEEP OCEAN MISSION IS IMPLEMENTED BY?
THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (MoES).
9 MISSIONS UNDER THE PRIME MINISTER’S SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL (PMSTIAC)?
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY MISSION
- BIO SCIENCE FOR HUMAN HEALTH
- DEEP OCEAN EXPLORATION
- ELECTRIC VEHICLE MISSION
- WASTE TO WEALTH MISSION
- AGNIi (ACCELERATING GROWTH OF NEW INDIA’S INNOVATIONS)
- NATURAL LANGUAGE TRANSLATION
- QUANTUM FRONTIER.
SUDAN VIRUS DISEASE RECENTLY HAD OUTBREAK IN?
UGANDA. IT IS AN ENZOOTIC VIRUS PRESENT IN ANIMAL RESERVOIRS IN AFFECTED REGIONS.
WHAT IS AN EINSTEIN RING?
- AN EINSTEIN RING IS A RING OF LIGHT THAT MAY FORM AROUND DARK MATTER, A GALAXY, OR A CLUSTER OF GALAXIES.
- IT IS ESSENTIALLY AN EXAMPLE OF GRAVITATIONAL LENSING, A PHENOMENON WHICH OCCURS WHEN A MASSIVE CELESTIAL BODY CREATES A GRAVITATIONAL FIELD WHICH DISTORTS AND AMPLIFIES THE LIGHT FROM DISTANT GALAXIES THAT ARE BEHIND IT BUT IN THE SAME LINE OF SIGHT.
- THE BODY CAUSING THE LIGHT TO CURVE IS CALLED A GRAVITATIONAL LENS.
WHAT IS A SRJANAM RIG?
SRJANAM IS AN AUTOMATED, ECO FRIENDLY BIOMEDICAL WASTE TREATMENT RIG DESIGNED TO DISINFECT PATHOGENIC MEDICAL WASTE WITHOUT INCINERATION.
SRJANAM RIG IS DEVELOPED BY?
CSIR-NIIST (NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY), THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
MINISTRY FOR SRJANAM RIG?
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
SRJANAM RIG PROJECT IMPLEMENTED BY?
AIIMS IN COLLABORATION WITH CSIR.
WHAT IS FOXP2 AND NOVA1?
- THEY BOTH ARE HUMAN LANGUAGE GENES.
- BUT THOUGH FOXP2 IS INVOLVED IN LANGUAGE, IT TURNED OUT THAT THE VARIANT IN MODERN HUMANS WASN’T UNIQUE TO US. LATER RESEARCH FOUND IT WAS SHARED WITH NEANDERTHALS.
- THE NOVA1 VARIANT IN MODERN HUMANS, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS FOUND EXCLUSIVELY IN OUR SPECIES.
PROJECT WATERWORTH?
THE PROJECT WILL USE AI TO ENHANCE SUBSEA CABLE INFRASTRUCTURE TO STRENGTHEN THE SCALE AND RELIABILITY OF THE WORLD’S DIGITAL HIGHWAYS.
PROJECT WATERWORTH WILL CONNECT?
- US, INDIA, BRAZIL, SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA AND OTHER KEY REGIONS.
WORLD AUDIO VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT SUMMIT (WAVES) IS INITIATED BY?
INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND INNOVATION COUNCIL (IEIC) WITH THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING (MIB).
WORLD’S FIRST CARBON-14 DIAMOND BATTERY IS BUILT BY?
RESEARCHES FROM UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL AND THE UK ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY (UKAEA) HAVE DEVELOPED THE WORLD’S FIRST CARBON 14 DIAMOND BATTERY, CAPABLE OF POWERING DEVICES FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
BATTERY MECHANISM OF CARBON-14 DIAMOND BATTERY?
THE BATTERY OPERATES BY UTILIZING THE RADIOACTIVE DECAY OF CARBON 14, AN UNSTABLE ISOTOPE OF CARBON WITH A HALF LIFE OF 5700 YEARS, ENSURING A LONG OPERATIONAL LIFESPAN.
WHAT IS WILLOW CHIP?
WILLOW CHIP IS GOOGLE’S NEXT GENERATION QUANTUM COMPUTING CHIP, REPRESENTING A SIGNIFICANT STEP TOWARD BUILDING PRACTICAL COMPUTERS.
INDIA IS SET TO FINALIZE A LANDMARK USD 4 BILLION DEFENCE DEAL WITH _______ TO ACQUIRE THE ADVANCED VORONEZH SERIES RADAR SYSTEM.
RUSSIA.
VORONEZH RADAR SYSTEM IS CAPABLE OF DETECTING AND TRACKING BALLISTIC MISSILES AND AIRCRAFT AT DISTANCES OF UP TO ________.
8000 Km.
WHAT IS CERVAVAC?
- CERVAVAC IS INDIA’S FIRST INDIGENOUSLY DEVELOPED QUADRIVALENT HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (qHPV) VACCINE DESIGNED TO PREVENT CERVICAL CANCER.
- IT IS BASED ON VLP (VIRUS LIKE PARTICLES).
CERVAVAC IS DEVELOPED BY?
THE SERUM INSTITUTE OF INDIA IN COLLABORATION WITH THE GOVERMENT OF INDIA’S DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY.
SUBABUL ROLE IN DIABETES TYPE 2?
RESEARCHERS ISOLATED QUERCITIN 3 GLUCOSIDE, A COMPOUND DEMONSTRATING UPREGULATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL DEACETYLASE ENZYME SIRTUIN 1 (SIRT1), CRUCIAL FOR REGULATING INSULIN SENSITIVITY.
INDIA RECENTLY SIGNED MH-60R HELICOPTER DEAL WITH?
USA.
WHAT IS AXIOM MISSION 4 (Ax-4)?
THE AXIOM-4 MISSION IS A PRIVATE SPACEFLIGHT TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) THAT IS SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THE SPACE COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND THE UNITED STATES.
WHAT IS ASPERGER’S SYNDROME?
- IT IS A TYPE OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DEVELOPMENT DISORDER (ASD) THAT AFFECTS HOW PEOPLE INTERACT WITH OTHERS, UNDERSTAND THE WORLD, AND BEHAVE.
- IT IS ALSO SOMETIMES CALLED HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM.
RECENTLY LAKE ERIE WAS IN NEWS. WHY?
RESEARCHES HAS SHOWN THAT TOXINS FROM THESE BACTERIA CALLED MICROCYSTIN CAN MAKE ANIMALS AND PEOPLE SICK WHEN THEY COME INTO CONTACT WITH INFECTED WATER OF LAKE ERIE.
WHAT ARE MICROCYSTIN?
- MICROCYSTIN REPRESENT A GROUP OF POTENT NATURAL WATER CONTAMINANTS.
- MICROCYSTINS THAT RESULT FROM THE BLOOMING OF TOXIGENIC CYANOBACTERIA ARE KNOWN TO CAUSE SEVERE POISONING EPISODES IN ANIMALS AND HUMANS WHEN PRESENT IN DRINKING WATER IN SUFFICIENTLY HIGH CONCENTRATION.
- SO FAR, MORE THAN 60 MICROCYSTINS HAVE BEEN CHARACTERIZED, ALL OF WHICH ARE HEPATOTOXIC CYCLIC PEPTIDES. IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR POISONINGS OF LIVESTOCK AND HUMANS.
IT CAN PRODUCE POTENT LIVER TOXINS AND POSSIBLE HUMAN CARCINOGEN. - MICROCYSTINS INHIBIT THE ACTIVITIES OF PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE-1 AND PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE-2A.
HIV IS MOST PREVALENT IN WHICH STATE OF INDIA?
MIZORAM.
IL-35 WAS IN NEWS. WHAT IS IT?
IL-35 IS A UNIQUE PROTEIN COMPOSED OF TWO SPECIFIC CHAINS, IL 12 ALPHA AND IL-27 BETA, WITH PROMISING POTENTIAL IN IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR TYPE 1 AND AUTOIMMUNE DIABETES.
RAMAN EFFECT?
- REFERS TO THE PHENOMENON OF A CHANGE IN THE WAVELENGTH OF LIGHTBAS IT IS SCATTERED BY MOLECULES, RESULTING IN SHIFTS IN ENERGY LEVELS.
- RAMAN EFFECT IS A PHENOMENON WHEN A STREAM OF LIGHT PASSES THROUGH A LIQUID, A FRACTION OF SCATTERED BY LIQUID IS OF A DIFFERENT COLOUR.
WHAT IS OZEMPIC?
- OZEMPIC IS A PRESCRIPTION INJECTABLE DRUG KNOWN GENERALLY AS SEMAGLUTIDE.
- IT MIMICS THE HORMONE GLP-1, WHICH HELPS REGULATE BLOOD SUGAR BY STIMULATING INSULIN RELEASE AND SLOWING GLUCOSE RELEASE FROM THE LIVER.
WHAT IS ALLULOSE?
A LOW CALORIE SWEETENER FOUND NATURALLY IN FRUITS LIKE FIGS AND KIWIS; CHEMICALLY SIMILAR TO SUGAR BUT WITH 70% OF ITS SWEETNESS AND ALMOST ZERO CALORIES.
WHAT IS AGRIVOLTAIC FARMING?
- AGRIVOLTAIC FARMING IS THE SIMULTANEOUS USE OF LAND FOR BOTH AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION.
- CONCEPT:- THIS SYSTEM ALLOWS SOLAR PANELS TO BE INSTALLED ABOVE OR NEAR CROPS, ENABLING EFFICIENT LAND USE BY GENERATING RENEWABLE ENERGY WHILE CONTINUING CROP CULTIVATION ON THE SAME LAND.
WHAT IS LIGNOSAT?
- THE WORLD’S 1ST WOODEN SATELLITE WAS LAUNCHED INTO SPACE BY JAPAN IN AN EARLY TEST OF USING TIMBER IN LUNAR AND MARS EXPLORATION.
- THE SATELLITE IS NAMED AFTER THE LATIN WORD FOR “WOOD”.
LIGNOSAT IS BUILT BY?
DEVELOPED BY KYOTO UNIVERSITY AND HOMEBUILDER SUMITOMO FORESTRY (1911.T).
MATERIAL USED TO BUILT LIGNOSAT?
IT IS MADE OF HONOKI, HONOKI IS A KIND OF MAGNOLIA TREE NATIVE TO JAPAN.
MISSION OF LIGNOSAT?
THE SATELLITE WILL BE FLOWN TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON A SPACEX MISSION AND LATER RELEASED INTO ORBIT ABOUT 400 Km (250 miles) ABOVE THE EARTH. LIGNOSAT WILL STAY IN ORBIT FOR 6 MONTHS.
PURPOSE OF LIGNOSAT?
- LIGNOSAT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE COSMIC POTENTIAL OF WOOD AS A SPACE GRADE MATERIAL AS HUMANS EXPLORE LIVING IN SPACE.
- THE SATELLITE IS A NASA CERTIFIED WOODEN SATELLITE.
LIGNOSAT MISSION OBJECTIVE?
- ENDURANCE STRENGTH:- TO MEASURE WOOD’S ABILITY TO ENDURE THE EXTREME ENVIRONMENT OF SPACE WITH TEMPERATURES FLUCTUATING FROM -100 TO 100 DEGREES CELSIUS EVERY 45 MINUTE.
- IMPACT OF RADIATION: IT WILL ALSO MEASURE WOOD’S ABILITY TO REDUCE THE IMPACG OF SPACE RADIATION ON SEMICONDUCTORS, MAKING IT USEFUL FOR APPLICATIONS SUCH AS DATA CENTRE CONSTRUCTION.
