Science and Technology Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 11)

The correct answer is Economy, Environment, Employment. BioE3 stands for Biotechnology for Environment, Economy and Employment. The Cabinet approved it as India’s first biotechnology policy. Memory hook: three E’s, three goals.

The correct answer is Regional Tsunami Service Provider, for 28 Indian Ocean Rim countries. UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission granted ITEWC that status in 2011.

The correct answer is Potential Fishing Zone (PFZ) Advisories. INCOIS issues them three times a week, in English, Hindi and eight other languages.

The correct answer is 3 February 1999. The INCOIS disclosure document says INCOIS was registered as a society at Hyderabad on 3 February 1999. 26 December 2004 is wrong because that is the day of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. October 2007 is wrong because the tsunami warning centre became operational then, on 15 October. 1990 is wrong because that is when the MARSIS satellite programme began. Memory hook: 1990 satellites, 1999 INCOIS, 2007 tsunami centre.

After departing Boston on 25 July 2026, INS Sudarshini set course for Ponta Delgada in Portugal’s Azores, continuing her Lokayan 26 transoceanic voyage.

South Asia is largely affected by dust mixed with pollution (dust-dominated mixtures), producing the highest Aerosol Radiative Forcing and atmospheric heating rates.

El Nino conditions were weak during June 2026 and intensified to moderate levels in July 2026, per IMD.

Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh released DFP-2026, which adds dedicated funding for trial campaigns, authorises pre-project R&D sanctions, and separates financial powers for grants under EMR, DIA-CoE, and the Technology Development Fund.

7% of the DOT’s telescope time is reserved for projects led by Belgian astronomers, in return for BELSPO’s financial contribution.

The 4-metre International Liquid Mirror Telescope, Asia’s largest liquid mirror telescope, saw first light on 29 April 2022. It is dedicated entirely to astronomical surveys.

ARIES, based in Nainital, operates the Devasthal Observatory. The DOT itself was built by AMOS, a Belgian company, as part of an Indo-Belgian partnership.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel jointly activated the telescope remotely, from Brussels.

Uttarakhand is the answer. The 3.6 metre telescope stands at Devasthal in Nainital district. The site lies in the Kumaun Himalayas at 2,450 metres. ARIES runs the observatory. Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh and Sikkim do not host it. Memory hook: Devasthal means Nainital, which means Uttarakhand.

Seven per cent is the answer. Belgium’s science policy office put 2 million euros into the build. In return, 7 per cent of the time goes to projects led by Belgian astronomers. India holds the other 93 per cent. Memory hook: 2 million euros buys 7 per cent.

Belgium is the answer. Narendra Modi and Belgium’s Charles Michel did it together from Brussels. Belgian firms had built the optics with India. The other countries were not partners in the DOT. Memory hook: AMOS is Belgian, so the partner is Belgium.

AMOS is the answer. Its full name is Advanced Mechanical and Optical Systems. The Liege Space Centre also took part in the build. Airbus, Thales Alenia Space and Zeiss are not named as builders. Memory hook: AMOS made the DOT’s optics.

The agreement includes Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for slope-scale landslide monitoring. It also includes early-warning development and glacier-lake outburst-flood studies.

SAR uses radar signals to image the ground. Comparing suitable radar observations can help measure surface movement.

LiDAR, ground-penetrating radar and seismic sensors are different technologies. They are not the SAR method named in this agreement’s landslide scope.

The agreement describes planned collaboration, not complete deployment on every slope. Read the Geological Survey of India lesson for institutional context.

Review what slope radar can and cannot reveal for the measurement distinction.

The partnership aims to convert decades of unstructured geological records into a domain-specific Large Language Model.

C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) signed the Umbrella MoU with GSI at Electronics Niketan, New Delhi.

Singh named the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) as key additional influences.

Capacity grew from 375 MW in 2020 to about 1,575 MW today, driven by rising AI demand.

Most AI data centres don’t need standalone clearance, unless built-up area or township size crosses specific thresholds.

The Antariksh VC Fund has selected 3 space-tech startups for investment, backed by Rs 188.93 crore in contributions.

TDB was set up under an Act of Parliament in 1996, and has used independent expert committees for evaluation for nearly three decades.

The framework requires disclosure of interests and recusal from evaluating a conflicted proposal, rather than excluding domain expertise.