Questions on Science and Technology UPSC-Sept 8
Questions:
- On which day did the Indian space agency announce that Aditya-L1 took a selfie?
- What else did the Aditya-L1 spacecraft capture images of?
- What is the destination of Aditya-L1?
- When was Aditya-L1 orbited in low earth orbit?
- Which Indian rocket was used to orbit the Aditya-L1?
- How many times has ISRO raised the spacecraft’s orbit since its launch?
- Which institute decoded the whole genome of the ‘Indian oil sardine’?
- Is this the first time a marine fish species genome from the Indian subcontinent has been decoded?
- What risk might high intake of industrially processed foods pose?
- Which two universities conducted the study on the risk posed by food additives?
- Who did Google Cloud partner with in the domain of AI and cybersecurity?
- How many government officials will be trained in cyber defense best practices through the Google Cloud and CERT-In partnership?
- Who created a complete human embryo model using stem cells?
- What is the significance of the human-like embryo model?
- Which social media platform is testing a feature for sharing feed posts with a ‘Close Friends’ group?
- What is the new color variant of Galaxy A54 5G launched by Samsung?
- When did the Galaxy A54 5G in the new color variant go on sale in India?
- What experiment accompanied the Perseverance rover on Mars?
- How many times did MOXIE generate oxygen aboard the Perseverance rover?
- Who recently quit Swiggy after a 7-year stint?
- How did Anuj Rathi announce his resignation from Swiggy?
- What event is causing online food and grocery delivery platforms to expect a surge in demand?
- By what percentage does Zepto anticipate a rise in demand in New Delhi and other NCR cities during the G20 Summit weekend?
Answers:
- Thursday.
- Images of the Earth and the Moon.
- Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L1).
- September 2.
- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle -XL (PSLV-XL) variant.
- Twice.
- ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI).
- Yes.
- Risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
- Universite Sorbonne Paris Nord and Universite Paris Cite in France.
- CERT-In within the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
- 1,000 government officials.
- A team of Israeli scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.
- It will unravel the mysteries of the initial month of embryo development.
- Instagram.
- ‘Awesome White’.
- September 8.
- NASA’s oxygen-generating experiment, MOXIE.
- 16 times.
- Anuj Rathi, senior vice president of revenue and growth.
- In a LinkedIn post.
- The G20 Summit weekend which is being organized under a heavy security blanket in Delhi-NCR.
- 30-40 per cent rise in New Delhi and over 10 per cent in other NCR cities.
Questions on Science and Technology UPSC-July 8
Who are the former Indian-origin executives missing from the Twitter debate? Answer: Parag Agrawal and Vijaya Gadde.
What can an AI-based tool decode during brain tumor surgery? Answer: The tumor’s DNA to determine its molecular identity.
Which generations experience greater levels of fear and guilt about climate change? Answer: Millennials and Generation Z (Gen-Z).
What is the age range of baby boomers? Answer: They are currently between 57-75 years old.
Which smartphone series experienced significant growth in shipments during Q1 2023? Answer: The Nord series.
What was the year-on-year growth in global revenue for the public cloud services market? Answer: 22.9 percent.
Name the top 5 public cloud service providers. Answer: Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Salesforce, Google, and Oracle.
What did Canadian researchers discover about patients with suspected long Covid? Answer: Unique patterns of blood plasma proteins that could be a potential drug target.
What percentage of people with a confirmed case of Covid-19 may experience long Covid? Answer: Approximately 10-20 percent.
According to a review of studies, what do board games based on numbers improve in young children? Answer: Maths skills.
What is the purpose of Meta’s Threads, according to Jack Dorsey? Answer: To create a Twitter-like platform.
What is the name of Samsung’s new smartphone recently launched in the country? Answer: Galaxy M34 5G.
How many rings adorn the camera setup of Samsung’s new smartphone? Answer: Three separate rings.
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