| WHAT IS COLISTIN | Critical care antibiotic. Misused as growth promoter in
cattle. People becoming resistant. Banned under DCA
1940 by MOHFW |
| WHICH TEST IS USED TO DETECT ANTIBODIES COVID | ELISA - detects the pathogen itself SEOROLOGICAL SURVEY |
| WHICH TEST IS USED TO DETECT COVID VIRUS | Antigens are foreign substances that induce an immune
response in the body. RT-PCR, RAPID TEST |
| WHAT IS Cytokine storm | SEVERE IMMUNE RESPONSE |
| WHAT IS FELUDA TEST | Paper based test for SARS COV 2
Adaptable to labs that don't have PCR machines
FNCAS9 Editor Linked Uniform Detection Assay or
‘Feluda’, is based on CRISPR technology. |
| WHAT IS GAVI | GAVI is a public–private global health partnership with the goal of increasing access to immunisation in poor countries. GAVI partners include developing countries and donor governments, WHO, UNICEF, World Bank, the vaccine industry, research and technical agencies, civil society, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other private philanthropists. |
| WHICH STATE MANUFACTURES MAXIMUM SALT | GJ |
| THESE ARE THE FEATURES OF hypothyroidism, abortion, stillbirths, mental
retardation and psychomotor defects. | IODINE DEFICIENCY |
| WHAT IS Kawasaki Disease / CAUSE? | Usually affects children | causes inflammation in blood
vessels | cause unknown |
| Kyanusur Forest disease-HOST?REGION? | tick-borne viral haemorrhagic fever endemic to South-
western part of India. Monkeys are main hosts. |
| WHICH COUNTRIES IN the WHO South-East Asia region HAVE ELIMINATED MEASLES & RUBELLA | The Maldives and Sri Lanka |
| HOW IS MEASLES CAUSED | VIRUS Measles and Rubella is a part of India's Immunisation
program |
| WHICH TYPE OF POLIO REMAINS & WHERE | 2/3 wild strains have been eradicated globally ( Type 2 in
2015, 3 in 19)
Type 1 remains only in Afghanistan and Pakistan
India polio free since 2014 |
| WHAT IS Umifenovir | "VIR" - antiviral drug |
| WHAT IS CONJUGATE VACCINE | - weak and string antigens cOmbined for
stronger immunity
OPV - Live attenuated vaccine |
| WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES & DIS OF 5G WHAT IS IT'S ALOTTED BW | Higher connection density - 1 million per sq km (4G -
100,000)
Ultra low latency <1ms (4G - 10ms)
Frquncy very bad at penetrating obstacles
TRAI band decided - 3.3 to 3.6 G Hz |
| WHAT IS EVENT BOT | Mobile-banking Trojan malware - steals financial data
through SMS accesssibility features. |
| WHAT IS MORE SECURE WHY LIFI / WIFI | LIFI uses LED bulbs for transission | WIFI - radio waves
LIFI - distance 10 m | WIFI - 32 m
Light blocked by walls, hence LIFI more secure
Wi-Fi(wireless fidelity) and Li-Fi(light fidelity) both are two different technologies which are used to send and receive data wirelessly |
| WHICH COUNTRY MANUFACTURED 1ST QUANTUM SATELLITE?
IS QUANTUM COMPUTING SECURE FROM CYBER HACKING? | Photons of light used to transmit quantum data (qubits -
which can represent multiple combinations of 0 and 1
simultaneously). Cyber-secure - quantum state collapses if
hacked. China - 1st quantum satallite - Micius |
| WHAT IS Pegasus | SPYWARE DEVELOPED BY ISRAELI CYBER ARM |
| WHAT IS STRANDHOGG BUG | vulnerability in the Android operating system that allows
malware attacks |
| NAME OF INDIA' S SUPERCOMPUTER | Fastest - Japan -Fugaku
India - 67th - Pratyush |
| WHAT IS TELEDENSITY / COMPARE URBAN RURAL | No. of telephone connections for every 100 individuals
Presently - Overall 88 | Rural 56 | Urban 156 |
| WHAT IS ARROKOTH | Trans-Neptunian object in Kuiper belt. Earlier known as
Ultima Thule |
| WHO HAS DEVELOPED GAGAN WHAT IS IT'S PURPOSE | ISRO + AAI | first Satellite-Based Augmentation System
(SBAS) in the world to serve the equatorial region IMPROVED NAVIGATION |
| WHO DEVELOPED BHUVAN WHAT ARE ITS APPL | ("Earth"). Geoportal of ISRO. Images in 2D and 3D.
Services covering visualization, free data download,
thematic map display and analysis, timely information on
disaster and project-specific GIS applications.
A geoportal is a type of web portal used to find and access geographic information and associated geographic services via the Internet. |
| WHAT IS EHe | Extreme helium star or EHe is a low-mass supergiant that
is almost devoid of hydrogen. Indian Institute of
Astrophysics (IIA) has detected the presence of singly
ionised fluorine for the first time in the atmospheres of
hot Extreme Helium Stars. |
| WHAT IS GRAVITATIONAL LENSING WHERE HAS IT BEEN USED | Gravitational pull of massive objects
bends the light. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will
use gravitational lenses to study formation of stars |
| WHAT IS HOPE MISSION | First interplanetary (Mars) mission of UAE |
| WHAT IS IDRSS AND BY WHOM | ISRO plan for new satellite series called the Indian Data
Relay Satellite System for space-to-space tracking and
communication of its space assets. Class - 2000 kg, GSLV,
36000 km. (US, Russia etc. have such systems) |
| WHAT IS IRNSS NAVIC PROGRAM | DESI GPS //7 sats - placed in GEO and GSO | services can be
extended upto 1500 km from boundary |
| WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIGO OBSERVATORY | Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
To detect gravitational waves
US | World's largest gravitational wave observatory |
Ground-based.
2 widely separated interferometers - 1 in Washington,
other in Louisiana
Not for electromagnetic spectrum. |
| WHAT ARE Neutrinos WHAT ARE IT'S SOURCES? WHAT THEY ARE IMPOTANT | Little mass, no charge, speed close to light. Interact only
with weak nuclear force and gravity. Understanding can
help detect oil in BOB. Natural sources are The Sun,
Supernova, The Big Bang etc. and Artificial
sources consist of Reactor Neutrinos, Accelerator
Neutrinos etc. |
| WHAT IS HELIOSPHERE? DOES IT CAUSE SUNSPOTS | Heliosphere - Sun's magnetic field in space (bubble of our
solar system) caused by sun's solar winds
Sunspots are
due to field lines coming up from within, not heliosphere
- cooler than surrounding surface |
| WHO DEVELOPED ANANYA AND WHAT FOR | Nano-technology based disinfectant spray.
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), Pune.
will be effective for more than 24 hours after spray. |
| WHAT IS APSARA | Upsara- Upgraded - Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. A
light water swimming pool-type reactor | Nuclear tech |
| ADV OF BS-VI | Will bring down sulpher content by 5 times. 80% less PM,
70% less Nox
Cost is higher |
| WHAT CAUSED LEBNON BLAST | Ammonium nitrate - fertilizer + explosive
Calcium sulfate - POP |
| ON WHAT PRINCIPLES ARE IR THERMOMETERS BASED | Black body radiation principle - Molecules emit radiation.
Non contact. |
| WHO IS FUNDING ITER International Thermonuclear
Experimental Reactor | Experimental Fusion reacter, France. India is one 7
members. European Union being the host party
contributes 45% while the rest of the parties contribute
9% each. Most of these contributions are through 'in-kind'
procurement of ITER components. |
| WHAT IS LIDAR TECH WHERE IS IT USED | method for measuring distances by illuminating the target
with laser light. PULSED LASER + DATA RECORDED BY AIRBORNE SYS
Application - hazard assessment, forestry,
agriculture, geologic mapping, and watershed and river
surveys, an even measure some gases and particles in the
atmosphere. Hence archaeology, climate monitoring, city
planning, meteorology, mining, and much more. |
| WHAT IS MEISSNER EFFECT | expulsion of a magnetic field from a superconductor
during its
transition to the superconducting state when it is cooled
below the critical temperature. |
| WHERE ARE QUANTUM DOTS USED | Semiconducting nanocrystals that can enhance biological
imaging for medical diagnostics |
| WHAT IS RAMAN EFFECT | change in the wavelength of light that occurs when a light
beam is deflected by molecules |
| WHAT ARE Star, Swas, Safal | GREEN FIRECRACKERS |
| WHAT ARE TECHNICAL TEXTILES WHERE ARE THEY USED | Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the setting up of a National Technical Textiles MissioN
Wide wide applications -
1. reinforcement of embankments
2. crop protection
3. medical implants
4. ecological protection
Technical textiles are functional fabrics that have applications across various industries |
