Q01.The percentage of nuclear energy in India’s total energy generation is
Correct answer: 3%
Q02.Which technology of the 21st century can do wonders in device miniaturization?
Correct answer: Nanotechnology
Q03.The size of the nanoparticle ranges between
Correct answer: 1 nm to 100 nm
Q04.‘Nano plug’ refers to
Correct answer: A small hearing aid
Q05.Which one of the following statements is correct?
Correct answer: Nanoear can detect sound as low as –60 dB
Q06.In the state of weightlessness, the size of candle’s flame will be
Correct answer: Spherical
Q07.What is the location of the Enron Power Project?
Correct answer: Dabhol
Q08.‘Hydrocarbon Vision 2025’ is associated with
Correct answer: Storage of petroleum products
Q09.India has refused to sign the treaty on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Correct answer: It is discriminatory
Q10.The ‘Nano hummingbird’ is
Correct answer: A pocket sized unmanned spy plane developed in the U.S.A.
Q11.The theme of Indian Science Congress 2001 was
Correct answer: ‘Food nutrition and environmental security’
Q12.Which one of the following devices is used to cool the engine of the vehicles?
Correct answer: Radiator
Q13.Which one of the following organizations is not related to science and technology?
Correct answer: ICSSR
Q14.In automatic wrist watches energy is provided by
Correct answer: Different movements of our hand
Q15.In which one of the following locations is the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project to be built?
Correct answer: Southern France
Q16.Scientists of Britain have built ‘Gravity Tractor’. Identify the same from the following.
Correct answer: A spacecraft with a mechanism which would check asteroids from hitting the Earth
Q17.Which among the following countries is not a member of Nuclear Suppliers Group?
Correct answer: Iran
Q18.Which country was the first, after the ban on India was lifted by the Nuclear Suppliers Group, to sign an agreement that would allow supply of civil nuclear technology to India?
Correct answer: France
Q19.The term ‘Ind ARC’, sometimes seen in the news, is the name of
Correct answer: India’s underwater observatory to scientifically study the Arctic region
Q20.‘Dakshin Gangotri’ is located in
Correct answer: Antarctica
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