Science and Technology previous Year Questions from 2016 (UPSC/ IAS)

1. Which of the following statements is/are correct? Viruses can infect (upsc / IAS 2016)

(1) bacteria

(2) fungi

(3) plants

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2. In the context of the developments in Bioinformatics, the term ‘transcriptome’,

sometimes seen in the news, refers to (upsc / IAS 2016)

3. Consider the following statements: The Mangalyaan launched by ISRO (upsc / IAS 2016)

(1) is also called the Mars Orbiter Mission

(2) made India the second country to have a spacecraft orbit the Mars after USA

(3) made India the only country to be successful in making its spacecraft orbit the Mars in its very first attempt

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

4. India is an important member of the  ‘International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor’.

If this experiment succeeds, what is the immediate advantage for India? (upsc / IAS 2016)

5. With reference to `Astrosat’, the astronomical observatory launched by India,

which of the following statements is/are correct? (upsc / IAS 2016)

(1) Other than the USA and Russia, India is the only country to have launched a similar observatory into space.

(2) Astrosat is a 2000 kg satellite placed in an orbit at 1650 km above the surface of the Earth.

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6. With reference to ‘Li-Fi’, recently in the news, which of the following statements is/are correct? (upsc / IAS 2016)

(1) It uses light as the medium for high-speed data transmission.

(2) It is a wireless technology and is several times faster than ‘WiFi’.

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7. Project Loon’, sometimes seen in the news, is related to (upsc / IAS 2016)