Science & Technology Current Affairs 2023 MCQs for UPSC Exam

How many of them can you guess correctly?

What is ‘ARYABHAT-1’ which was seen in the news recently?

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Answer: C [Prototype of Analog chipset]

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QN. Which institution has designed a mechanism to inactivate SARS-CoV-2?

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Answer: B [IISc Bengaluru]

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QN. ‘Viva Engage’ is a new application of which tech major?

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Answer: C [Microsoft]

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QN. India’s first shared Radio Access Network (RAN) solution is set to be launched in which city?

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Answer: B [Mumbai]

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QN. ‘ZEROe aircraft’ which was seen in the news, is set to be launched by which organisation?

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Answer: B [Airbus]

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QN. Which country launched experimental satellites named Shiyan-14 and Shiyan-15?

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Answer: C [China]

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QN. Which company’s pilot project on Flexi-Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFV-SHEV) was launched in India recently?

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Answer: B [Toyota]

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Science & Technology Current Affairs 2023 MCQs for UPSC Exam

What is ‘ARYABHAT-1’ which was seen in the news recently?

[A] Ballistic Missile [B] Earth Observation Satellite [C] Prototype of Analog chipset [D] Super Computer

Answer: C [Prototype of Analog chipset]

ARYABHAT-1 (Analog Reconfigurable Technology And Bias-scalable Hardware for AI Tasks).

QN. Which institution has designed a mechanism to inactivate SARS-CoV-2?

[A] IIT Madras [B] IISc Bengaluru [C] AIIMS New Delhi [D] NIV Pune

Answer: B [IISc Bengaluru]

QN. ‘Viva Engage’ is a new application of which tech major?

[A] Meta [B] Amazon [C] Microsoft [D] Google

Answer: C [Microsoft]

The app has been built on the foundation of Yammer.

QN. India’s first shared Radio Access Network (RAN) solution is set to be launched in which city?

[A] Chennai [B] Mumbai [C] New Delhi [D] Bengaluru

Answer: B [Mumbai]

RailTel, a Mini Ratna CPSU of Ministry of Railways and CloudExtel

QN. ‘ZEROe aircraft’ which was seen in the news, is set to be launched by which organisation?

[A] Boeing [B] Airbus [C] Tesla [D] Brahmos Aerospace

Answer: B [Airbus]

Airbus announced that it would have its first zero emission (ZEROe) aircraft ready by 2035.

QN. Which country launched experimental satellites named Shiyan-14 and Shiyan-15?

[A] Iran [B] UAE [C] China [D] North Korea

Answer: C [China]

China launched two experimental satellites named Shiyan-14 and Shiyan-15.

QN. Which company’s pilot project on Flexi-Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFV-SHEV) was launched in India recently?

[A] Hyundai [B] Toyota [C] Tata Motors [D] Renault

Answer: B [Toyota]

Nitin Gadkari launched Toyota’s first of its kind pilot project.