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Name the two apps launched by the Min. of Earth Sciences.

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India Quake and Sagar Vani

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How is the app ‘India Quake’ useful?

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Dissemination of Earthquake parameters

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The app Sagar Vani is used for?

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dissemination of ocean information and alerts

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Sagar Vani app is developed by?

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ESSO-INCOIS, through Gaian Solutions Pvt. Limited

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Abbreviate INCOIS

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Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services

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List the features of Sagar Vani.

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Multi-Lingual SMS, Voice call/audio advisory etc.

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India Quake app has been developed by?

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NCS

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Name India’s indigenously developed GPS system.

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NavIC

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NavIC synchronizes its clocks to time provided by?

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National Physical Laboratory, a CSIR body.

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The satellites on NavIC are managed by?

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ISRO

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The satellite system used by NavIC is called?

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IRNSS - Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System

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What are the services provided by NavIC?

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real time positioning and timing services

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Which satellite was launched by ISRO to replace which satellite in IRNSS system.

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IRNSS-1H, IRNSS-1A

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Which body is host to the most accurate clocks in India?

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National Physical Laboratory

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Name the agency authorised to maintain Indian Standard Time(IST)

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National Physical Laboratory

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16
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The service area of India’s indigenously developed GPS system NavIC extends to?

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1500 km from its boundary

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17
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Name the institute which developed a nanometer scale carbon monoxide sensor.

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IISC

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18
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What is the ethical issue involved in gene-editing?

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Designer babies

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19
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Name the condition which is caused by a gene mutation which thickens the heart muscle.

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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What is the name of the full-fledged Earth Observation (EO) satellite ISRO is planning to launch?

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HySIS - Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite

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Name the technology used in satellites to enable them to see in 55 spectral bands from 630 kms above the Earth.

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Hyper Spectral Imaging

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What Earth Observation satellites has ISRO already launched?

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RISAT 1 and 2 - Radar Imaging Satellite

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What is the special feature of RISAT?

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it can see through clouds and dark.

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Name the institute which developed an Internet of Things enabled ultra sound scanning device.

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IIT Hyderabad

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The process of grafting or transplanting organs or tissues between members of different species is called?

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Xenotransplantation

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26
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What is the technology behind crypto-currencies?

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Blockchain technology

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Composite plastic that are upto 36% lighter than the presently used plastic has been developed by researchers of which Indian institute.

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NIT, Suratkal, Karnataka

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Standing Committee on Science and Technology (BT COTTON) is headed by?

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Renuka Chowdary

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29
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Indian cotton yields increased by ___ % in 2000-05 when BT Cotton was less than ____ 6% of total cotton area.

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69, 6

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30
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Indian cotton grew by only ____% in the 10 years from 2005-15 when BT cotton grew to ___% of total cotton area.

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10, 94

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31
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List the six countries which account for over 90% of all GM crop area.

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Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, India and USA.

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32
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Scientists from which institute have been able to produce ethanol from discarded cotton stalks?

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CSIR

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33
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What is the total number of satellites in the IRNSS system.

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7

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34
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The technique that uses genes to treat or prevent diseases is called?

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Gene Therapy

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35
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Gene Therapy is being currently used only for the treatment of?

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diseases that have no other cure

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36
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Which country has approved Gene therapy for leukaemia?

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USA

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37
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What is the name of the satellite mission carrying the IRNSS-1H satellite which failed recently?

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PSLV-C39

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38
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Communities of microorganisms that attach to each other and to surfaces and are able to act as barriers to antibiotics are called?

39
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Scientists at which institute have been able to develop molecules capable of destroying bio-film forming bacteria?

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Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, JNCASR, Bengaluru.

40
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What is the average time span of a Solar Cycle?

41
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Solar storms result from an accumulation of _______.

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Magnetic Energy

42
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Solar Flames can disrupt?

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communication satellites, GPS and power grids

43
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Where is the international conference on Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage held?

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Alabama, US

44
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The international conference on Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage has been organized by?

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International Energy Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reeearch and Development

45
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Carbon dioxide can be used for ______ in depleting oil fields.

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Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)

46
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______ has the ability to change the properties of oil and make it easier to extract.

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Carbon Dioxide

47
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Scientists have found a way to produce methanol using ____ in the air.

48
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Methanol is produced by breaking down _______ at high temperatures into _______ & _______ before reassembling them. This process is called_______ and ______.

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Natural gas, hydrogen, CO, Steam reforming, methanol synthesis.

49
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Name both the satellite launched by NASA to collect samples, and the asteroid to which this satellite is being sent.

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OSIRIS - REx, 101955 Bennu

50
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Expand OSIRIS-REx

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Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security - Regolith Explorer

51
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OSIRIS-REx is the third mission in NASA’s ______ programme.

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New Frontiers

52
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Name the first two missions in NASA’s New Frontiers programme.

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New Horizons to Pluto, Juno to Jupiter

53
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OSIRIS-REx will reach Bennu in?

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August 2018

54
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OSIRIS-REx will orbit Bennu for ___ years.

55
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OSIRIS-REx will return to Earth with a sample capsule in?

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September 2023

56
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OSIRIS-REx’s sample capsule is expected to land in?

57
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Objects travelling within around 30 million miles around the Earth are called?

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Near Earth Objects

58
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An asteroid which hasn’t significantly changed since the beginning of the solar system is called?

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Primitive Asteroid

59
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Is Bennu a primitive asteroid.

60
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Every 6 years, Bennu’s orbit comes within ______ of Earth.

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200000 miles

61
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An asteroid which has a high probability of impacting Earth is called?

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Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

62
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Bennu is not a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid.

63
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Bennu has a high probability of impacting Earth in?

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Late 22nd Century

64
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Name the institute which is planning to delpoy an early earthquake warning system across major cities in North India.

A

IIT Roorkee

65
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Early earthquake warning system works on the principle of?

A

propagation of various waves with different velocities

66
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Electromagnetic waves travel ______ than seismic waves.

67
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IIT Roorkee has deployed earthquake sensors in which region?

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Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand

68
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Researchers tend to believe that an earthquake is due in a region of central Himalayas called?

A

Central Seismic Gap

69
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Ultra thin spacecraft being developed by US based Aerospace Corporation to remove space debris is called?

A

Branecraft

70
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Which country has fined Facebook 1.2 mn euros for collecting user information and then allegedly using it for advertising?

71
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The UN held a inter-governmental discussion on autonomous machines, weapons in Nov 2017 in?

72
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ISRO is expected to hand over manufacture of launch vehicles to private entities by?

73
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ISRO issued a Request-For-Proposal(RFP) tender to the private industry for?

A

Assembly, Integration and Testing (AIT) of satellites

74
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The GOI has unveiled a draft law to regulate the space sector called?

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Space Activities Bill, 2017

75
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ISRO’s works related to satellites, launchers and applications are governed by?

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Satellite Communication Policy 2000, Remote Sensing Data Policy 2011, UNCOPUOS. United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

76
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The oldest stars in the galaxy are called?

A

Cool Subdwarfs

77
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India’s first atomic energy plant abroad is called?

A

Roppur Project, Bangladesh

78
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India is collaborating with which country on the Roppur Nuclear Power Plant.

79
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The Roppur Project is Bangladesh’s ____ atomic energy plant.

80
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The capacity of the Roppur Power Plant is?

A

2400 MW. Two units of 1200 MW each

81
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The multi-national body which aims at reduction of proliferation of nuclear weapons is?

A

Nuclear Suppliers Group

82
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The total number of members in the Nuclear Suppliers Group is?

83
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The NSG was set up in?

84
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Which department is planning to fund a project to develop quantum computers?

A

Department of S&T

85
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Quantum Computers store information in?

86
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The Aerospace meeting, ASET is organised by?

A

Aeronautical Society of India and Vikram Sarabhai Space Center

87
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ASET 2017 was organized in?

A

Trivandrum

88
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Which institute is being roped in by the department of S&T to bring technological boost to soil analysis?

A

IIT BOMBAY

89
Q

The world’s only particle accelerator dedicated to art has been opened at?

A

Louvre in Paris

90
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The particle accelerator dedicated to art will be used to?

A

analyse ancient and precious works

91
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The first articles to be tested by the particle accelerator would be?

A

Roman votive statues of household gods

92
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Expand UMANG

A

Unified Mobile App for New Governance

93
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Scientists were able to grow _____ on a simulant Martian soil.

A

earthworms

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