Science and Technology MCQ Set 60
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MCQ Set: 60
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Question No: 296
Which is the world's largest hackathon?
- Smart India Hackathon
- Smart Asia Hackathon
- Smart America Hackathon
- . None of the above
Answer and Explanation
Answer: A
Explanation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 1 addressed the "Smart India Hackathon", said to be the world's largest hackathon.
Aimed at promoting innovation, the exercise would see nearly 10,000 students producing digital solutions to 598 problems.
The 598 problems have been identified and posted by 29 central government departments and include issues like geo-fencing of airports, online toll collection, smart traffic management, cyber attacks and smart drones to make the airspace safer.
The 36-hour non-stop digital programming competition started at 8 a.m. on Saturday in 26 different locations in the country with each location handled by one central department or ministry.
The top three teams were awarded INR 1 lakh, 75,000 and 50,000 respectively and the digital solutions so awarded would be used by the ministry/departments for improving their governance systems, if necessary, with suitable upgradation.
All the prize winners are to be connected to form a Community of Innovative Minds.
The hackathon also aims at improving awareness about patents in the country.
According to World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), India registers 40 patents per million population.
WIPO: Know More
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
CEO: Francis Gurry (1 Oct 2008)
Founded: 1967
Parent organization: United Nations
Question No: 297
Which two mobile apps have been launched to regulate road traffic?
- echallan, mVatavaran
- echallan, mParivahan
- echallan, mMobile
- . None of the above
Answer and Explanation
Answer: B
Explanation
The government has launched two mobile apps, echallan and mParivahan, that provide access to various services and information, and enable citizens to report any traffic violation or road accident.
eChallan is an integrated enforcement solution to manage traffic violations through an Android-based mobile app and back-end web application, for use by the Transport Enforcement Wing and Traffic Police.
This system is already operational in all regional transport offices in Uttar Pradesh, and both transport department and traffic police departments in a number of states are going to adopt the system shortly.
mParivahan is an empowering app for the citizen which provides access to various services, information and utilities related to the transport sector, bring convenience to citizen and transparency in the system.
The apps also have additional functionalities – like road accident and traffic violation reporting by citizen, concept of virtual and enforceable DL/RC and so on, apart from a host of other technological advanced tools, utilities and services.
Question No: 298
Which two mobile apps have been launched to regulate road traffic?
- echallan, mVatavaran
- echallan, mParivahan
- echallan, mMobile
- . None of the above
Answer and Explanation
Answer: B
Explanation
The government has launched two mobile apps, echallan and mParivahan, that provide access to various services and information, and enable citizens to report any traffic violation or road accident.
eChallan is an integrated enforcement solution to manage traffic violations through an Android-based mobile app and back-end web application, for use by the Transport Enforcement Wing and Traffic Police.
This system is already operational in all regional transport offices in Uttar Pradesh, and both transport department and traffic police departments in a number of states are going to adopt the system shortly.
mParivahan is an empowering app for the citizen which provides access to various services, information and utilities related to the transport sector, bring convenience to citizen and transparency in the system.
The apps also have additional functionalities – like road accident and traffic violation reporting by citizen, concept of virtual and enforceable DL/RC and so on, apart from a host of other technological advanced tools, utilities and services.
Question No: 299
US FDA has approved which drug for relapsing MS patients and PPMS?
- Ocrevus
- Ocrelizumab
- Both a and b are the same
- None of the above
Answer and Explanation
Answer: C
Explanation
US Food and Drug Administration approved Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) to treat adult patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) and primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS).
This is the first drug approved by the FDA for PPMS, says a USFDA statement.
Ocrevus is an intravenous infusion given by a healthcare professional.
MS therapy not only provides another treatment option for those with relapsing MS, but also provides an approved therapy for those with primary progressive MS.
MS is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that disrupts communication between the brain and other parts of the body.
US FDA: Know More
Founded: 30 June 1906
Headquarters: Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Number of employees: 14,824 (2010)
Annual budget: 4.36 billion USD (2012)
Subsidiaries: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, more
Founders: Theodore Roosevelt, Harvey Washington Wiley
Parent organization: United States Department of Health & Human Services
Question No: 300
Which space company launched and retrieved its first recycled rocket on 30th March 2017?
- SpaceX
- Tesla
- Falcon 9
- None of the above
Answer and Explanation
Answer: A
Explanation
SpaceX successfully launched and then retrieved its first recycled rocket on March30, 2017, a historic feat and the biggest yet in its bid to drive down costs and speed up flights.
It was the first time SpaceX founder Elon Musk tried to fly a booster that soared before on an orbital mission. The Falcon 9 core landed on the bull's-eye of the ocean platform following liftoff with a broadcasting satellite.
The repeat flights for a booster and rocket turnarounds of as little as 24 hours, perhaps by next year will work wonders. Land, refuel and then back up again is the modus operandi of these flights.
SpaceX refurbished and tested the 15-foot booster, still sporting its nine original engines. It nailed another vertical landing at sea on March 30 once it was finished boosting the satellite for the SES company of Luxembourg.
Blue Origin, an aerospace company started by another tech billionaire, Jeff Bezos, already has reflown a rocket.
Nasa also has shared the quest for rocket reusability.
SpaceX - which aims to launch up to six reused boosters this year, two of them with the yet-to-fly, super-sized Falcon Heavy in late summer - is familiar with uncharted territory.
Besides becoming the first commercial cargo hauler to the International Space Station, SpaceX is building a capsule to launch Nasa astronauts as soon as next year.
It's also working to fly two paying customers to the moon next year, and is developing the Red Dragon, a robotic spacecraft intended to launch to Mars in 2020 and land.
Musk's ultimate goal is to establish a human settlement on Mars.
Elon Musk: Know More
Elon Reeve Musk is a South African-born Canadian-American business magnate.
He is also an investor, engineer, and inventor
Born: 28 June 1971 (age 45 years), Pretoria, South Africa
Education: Stanford University (1995–1995)