Science and Technology CUET General Test MCQs

Question: The first edition of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Maritime Exercise 2022 (IMEX-22) was held in which state?
a) Gujarat
b) Goa
c) Kerala
d) Maharashtra

Answer: b

Question: Which institution has topped the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021?
a) IIT Bombay
b) IIT Madras
c) IIT Kanpur
d) IIT Delhi

Answer: b

Question: The Indian Army version of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) has been developed by DRDO in partnership with which country?
a) Israel
b) Russia
c) France
d) United States

Answer: a

Question: Which organisation has successfully launched a long-range Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) System from Abdul Kalam Island, off the Odisha coast?
a) IAF
b) DRDL
c) DRDO
d) HAL

Answer: c

Question: Name the joint military training exercise between the Indian army and Uzbekistan which kicked off in March 2022 at Yangiarik.
a) Ex-Shared Destiny
b) Ex-Dustlik
c) Ex-Khanjar
d) Ex-Sea Breeze

Answer: b

Question: Which Naval Command of Indian Navy has conducted offshore security exercise ‘Prasthan’ off the Mumbai coast?
a) Western Naval Command
b) Southern Naval Command
c) Northern Naval Command
d) Eastern Naval Command

Answer: a

Question: Which nation has successfully tested its new naval air defence system called ‘C-Dome’?
a) Israel
b) Iran
c) Turkey
d) North Korea

Answer: a

Question: Which country has topped the “World Talent Ranking Report 2021” published by IMDWorld Competitive Centre?
a) Switzerland
b) Norway
c) Sweden
d) Finland

Answer: a

Question: The ISRO successfully launched which earth observation satellite, in its first launch of the year 2022?
a) EOS-2
b) EOS-5
c) EOS-3
d) EOS-4

Answer: d

Question: Which country has delivered all the contracted 70000 AK-203 assault rifles to India?
a) Israel
b) Afghanistan
c) Germany
d) Russia

Answer: d

Question: India’s largest Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station inaugurated at
a) Jaipur (Rajasthan )
b) Mumbai (Maharashtra)
c) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
d) Gurugram (Haryana)

Answer: d

Question: Which among these space-tech startups has become the first private company to formally sign agreement with ISRO for using its expertise and facilities?
a) Dhruva Space
b) Agnikul Cosmos
c) Bellatrix Aerospace
d) Skyroot Aerospace

Answer: d

Question: Which of the following company has unveiled an artificial intelligence supercomputer ‘AI Research Super Cluster (RSC)’?
a) IBM
b) Alphabet Inc.
c) Tesla
d) Meta Inc.

Answer: d

Question: What type of orbit placement has been planned by the NASA for recently launched James Webb Telescope?
a) LEO
b) L2
c) Geo-synchronous
d) None of these

Answer: b

Question: Which country has topped the Global Health Security (GHS) Index 2021?
a) Thailand
b) Finland
c) Australia
d) USA

Answer: d

Question: Isomorphic Labs is a newly launched wholly owned subsidiary of which company?
a) Apple
b) Meta
c) Alphabet
d) Samsung

Answer: c

Question: How many Indian beaches have been awarded with the Blue Flag Certification by the Foundation for Environment Education in Denmark?
a) 10
b) 8
c) 12
d) 9

Answer: a

Question: Which Naval Ship was recently presented the prestigious President’s Colour?
a) INS Valsura
b) INS Gomati
c) INS Brahmaputra
d) INS Betwa

Answer: a

Question: Name the fourth Scorpene class submarine received by Indian Navy under the Project 75.
a) INS-Vela
b) INS-Vagir
c) INS-Vayu
d) INS-Veer

Answer: a

Question: Choose the correct statements regarding MPATGM :
1. DRDO successfully flight tested the final deliverable configuration of Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM).
2. The indigenously developed anti-tank missile is a low weight, fire & forget missile and is launched from a man portable launcher, integrated with thermal sight.
Codes
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: c

Question: The Zircon hypersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired by which country?
a) Egypt
b) Israel
c) Russia
d) United Arab Emirates

Answer: c

Question: Which country hosted multilateral exercise MILAN 2022?
a) India
b) France
c) The UK
d) Malaysia

Answer: a

Question: The World Health Organisation has designated the coronavirus variant, B.1.1.529 named ………… as ‘Variant of Concern (VOC)’.
a) Alpha
b) Beta
c) Delta
d) Omicron

Answer: d

Question: Choose the correct statements :
1. The Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has informed that India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-I), is planned to be commissioned by 2022.
2. Once commissioned, the carrier will be rechristened as INS Vikrant, in memory of India’s first aircraft carrier.
3. The IAC-1 caarier is being built at the Cochin Shipyard Limited , Kochi, Kerala, under public-private partnership.
Code
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 1, 2 and 3
d) None of these

Answer: c

Question: Consider the following statements :
1. Norway topped the Global Drug Index 2021.
2. India ranked at 18 out of 30 countries with an overall score of 46/100.
Of the above statement(s), the correct is/are
a) Both 1 and 2
b) Only 1
c) Only 2
d) None of these

Answer: a

Question: What is the rank of India in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2022 by Germanwatch?
a) 10th
b) 12th
c) 7th
d) 15th

Answer: a

Question: The multinational ‘Blue Flag-2021’ air combat exercise was hosted by which country?
a) Turkey
b) Russia
c) Israel
d) Singapore

Answer: c

Question: Which country has become the first in the world to approve a pill for treating cases of symptomatic COVID-19?
a) Britain
b) Singapore
c) The USA
d) Australia

Answer: a

Question: Which country has recently unveiled the world’s largest hydrogen fuel cell power plant?
a) South Korea
b) Israel
c) Germany
d) Singapore

Answer: a

Question: Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually addressed the VivaTech 2021. The event has been organised in which city?
a) London
b) Rome
c) Paris
d) Dubai

Answer: c

Question: i-Drone, a drone-based vaccine delivery model for Northeast states, has been developed by which organisation?
a) ISRO
b) Indian Council of Medical Research
c) DRDO
d) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Answer: b

Question: Match the following.

a) a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
b) a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1
c) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
d) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2

Answer: c

Question: The supercomputer named ‘Simorgh’ has been developed by which country recently?
a) France
b) Iran
c) South Korea
d) Finland

Answer: b

Question: i-Drone, a drone-based vaccine delivery model for Northeast states, has been developed by which organisation?
a) ISRO
b) Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
c) DRDO
d) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Answer: b

Question: The maiden successful test fight of which new advanced version of the Akash Missile was carried out by DRDO?
a) Akash Prime
b) Akash Delux
c) Akash Fine
d) Akash A1

Answer: a

Question: Which country test fired its intermediate-range ballistic missile wasong-12?
a) China
b) Japan
c) North Korea
d) South Korea

Answer: c

Question: Name the system launched by Supreme Court for transferring e-authenticated copies from courts to prisons?
a) SAFER
b) FASTER
c) WINNER
d) GIFT

Answer: b

Question: JIMEX 2021 is the 5th edition of the annual bilateral maritime exercise of India with which country?
a) Germany
b) Thailand
c) Italy
d) Japan

Answer: d

Question: Which organisation for the first time successfully demonstrated India’s indigenous technology, Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) link between Prayagraj and Vindhyachal in Uttar Pradesh?
a) DRDL
b) DRDO
c) ISRO
d) HAL

Answer: b

Question: The digital platform ‘e-Source,’ is being developed by which institution to tackle the problem of e-waste?
a) IIT Madras
b) IIT Delhi
c) IIT Kanpur
d) IIT Hyderabad

Answer: a

Question: The ISRO has decommissioned which communications satellite through 11 Re-orbiting manoeuvres after 14-year service?
a) INSAT-2E
b) KALPANA-1
c) GSAT-29
d) INSAT-4B

Answer: d

Question: Consider the following statements :
1. Rajnath Singh dedicated indigenously built Coast Guard Ship Vigraha to the nation in Chennai.
2. ICGS Vigraha is seventh in the series of Offshore Patrol Vessels.
Of the above correct statement(s) is/are
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both 1 and 2
d) None of these

Answer: c

Question: Union cabinet has approved the proposal of exporting the indigenouslydeveloped Akash Missile System. The missile comes under which category?
a) Surface to Surface Missile
b) Air to Surface Missile
c) Surface to Air Missile
d) Air to Air Missile

Answer: c

Question: India’s first green hydrogen electrolyzer manufacturing unit has been unveiled in which city?
a) Bengaluru
b) Visakhapatnam
c) Chennai
d) Hyderabad

Answer: a

Question: What is the name of India’s first Cattle Genomic Chip for the conservation of pure varieties of indigenous cattle breeds?
a) BharGau
b) GauDham
c) IndiGau
d) GauLok

Answer: c

Question: Hwasong-8 is a new hypersonic missile, which was tested successfully by which country recently?
a) North Korea
b) South Korea
c) Japan
d) Taiwan

Answer: a

Question: Which Indian ship participated in the Maiden Maritime Partnership Exercise 2021 conducted by the Indian Navy with Algerian Navy?
a) INS Talwar
b) INS Tabar
c) INS Teg
d) INS Trikand

Answer: b

Question: The annual military exercise KAZIND-21 is being conducted between the Indian Army and the Army of
a) Kyrgyzstan
b) Kazakhstan
c) Kenya
d) Kuwait

Answer: b

Question: On July 29, 2021 Russia’s module docked with international space station. What is the name of this module?
a) Chaka
b) Nauka
c) Luna
d) None of these

Answer: b

Question: The Indian Army has named a firing range at Gulmarg in Jammu & Kashmir after which of these Bollywood actress?
a) Priyanka Chopra
b) Vidya Balan
c) Diya Mirza
d) Anushka Sharma

Answer: b

Question: The Ministry of Defence has inked ` 499 crore contract with which entity for the manufacture and supply of Akash missiles to the Indian Air Force (IAF)?
a) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
b) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
c) Bharat Dynamics Limited
d) Ordnance Factory Board

Answer: c

Question: Which space agency has planned to launch the world’s first wooden satellite, WISA Woodsat, into orbit by the end of the year 2021?
a) NASA
b) ESA
c) ISRO
d) Roscosmos

Answer: c

Question: The Ministry of Defence has recently inked contract with which company for construction of two Pollution Control Vessels (PCVs) for Indian Coast Guard (ICG)?
a) Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd.
b) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd.
c) Goa Shipyard Ltd.
d) Hindustan Shipyard Ltd.

Answer: c

Question: India’s first indigenously developed Quantum Computer Simulator (QSim) Toolkit has been launched. The toolkit has been developed by which institution?
1. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
2. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
3. Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Codes
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3
d) All of these

Answer: d

Question: With which of the following naval force, India has conducted a joint exercise in Gulf of Aden?
a) SAARC
b) SCO
c) NATO
d) European Union

Answer: d

Question: The Conference of BRICS Network Universities 2021, has been organised at which Indian institute?
a) IIT Kanpur
b) IIT Bombay
c) IIT Delhi
d) IIT Guwahati

Answer: b

Question: Kappa and Delta, which has been in news recently, is related to
a) Satellite launch
b) Covid variant
c) Cyclone
d) Food Production

Answer: b

Question: CBSE has collaborated with which tech giant to introduce Coding and Data Science as new subjects in 2021-22 academic sessions?
a) Google
b) Microsoft
c) IBM
d) TCS

Answer: b

Question: The sustainable electric two-wheeler,named ‘PiMo’ has been developed by which institution?
a) IIT Madras
b) IIT Delhi
c) IIT Kanpur
d) IIT Kharagpur

Answer: a

Question: The multilateral military exercises, ‘Steadfast Defender 2021’, has been organised by which group of inter-governmental organisation?
a) G-20
b) NATO
c) OPEC
d) BRICS

Answer: b

Question: The mobile app ‘Namaste Yoga’, devoted to Yoga, has been launched by which Ministry?
a) Ministry of AYUSH
b) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
c) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
d) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

Answer: a

Question: Kappa and Delta, which has been in news recently, is related to
a) Satellite launch
b) Covid variant
c) Cyclone
d) Food production

Answer: b

Question: The Military Junta of which nation has arrested the President, Prime Minister and Defence Minister?
a) Zambia
b) Mali
c) Ethiopia
d) Eritrea

Answer: b

Question: Which space agency has planned to launch the world’s first wooden satellite, WISA Woodsat, into orbit by the end of the year 2021?
a) NASA
b) European Space Agency
c) ISRO
d) Roscosmos

Answer: b

Question: DRDO conducted successful maiden test firing of the 5th generation Python-5 missile in April,2021. The state of the art missile is which type of missile?
a) Air-to-Air Missile
b) Surface-to-Air Missile
c) Air-to-Surface Missile
d) Surface-to-Surface Missile

Answer: a