CURIOUSITY QUIZ : ACHIEVEMENTS OF INDIA IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SINCE INDEPENDENCE

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What was the code name of the second nuclear test carried out by India in 1998 in the army's Pokhran range of Rajasthan?

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Smiling Buddha

Operation Pokhran

Operation Desert Storm

Operation Shakti

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What is the name of the world's fast and most formidable anti-ship supersonic cruise missile developed by India in 2006?

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Agni

BrahMos

Trishul

Nag

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What is the name of India's first nuclear powered submarine launched in 2009?

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INS Shankush

INS Sindhurakshak

INS Jalashwa

INS Arihant

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What was the name of India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) successfully launched in 2013, making India the first Asian nation to reach the Martian orbit and the first nation to do so in its maiden attempt?

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Mangal Mission

Mangalyaan-1

Gaganyaan

Mars Craft-1

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What is the name of India's single-engine, fourth-generation, multi-role light fighter aircraft that took its first flight in 2001?

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Hans-3

LCA

HAL Tejas

MIG-29

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ISRO scientists and engineers spent over two decades in developing cryogenic engineering technology for their rockets when the technology transfer from Russia was stalled under US pressure in 1992 . Which rocket was powered for the first time by an Indian-made liquid-fueled cryogenic engine in 2014?

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PSLV C-11

PSLV-XL C25

GSLV Mk III

GSLV-D 5

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Which rocket of ISRO first time placed a record breaking 104 satellites in orbit in a single launch in 2017?

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PSLV-XL C25

GSLV MK III

GSLV D 5

PSLV C-37

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India’s first Hydrogen Fuel Cell (HFC) prototype vehicle underwent successful trials in 2020. Which organisation developed the device?

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Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA)

Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA)

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Tata Motors

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What is the name of the voting machine developed by India in 2004 that reduced the time to vote and time taken to declare results of elections?

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EVM

Ballot Machine

Quick Ballot

Smart Ballot

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What was the most significant discovery of Chandrayan-1, India's first unmanned mission to the Moon in 2008?

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Discovery of rare earth minerals on the Moon

Discovery of Chromium reserve on the Moon

Discovery of water on Moon

Discovery of Manganese reserve on the Moon

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Which organizations were responsible for the development of India's first Covid vaccine named Covaxine ?

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Bharat Biotech, Hyderabad

ICMR, New Delhi

National Institute of Virology, Pune

All the Above

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What is the name of India's manned space flight programme that is scheduled to be launched in 2025?

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Gaganyaan

Mangalyan

Chandrayan-3

Cartosat

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What was the name of the anti-viral oral drug developed by DRDO for administering to severe Covid patients?

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Covaxine

4-deoxy-D-glucose (4-DG)

3-deoxy-D-glucose (3-DG)

2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG)

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India developed the first indigenously built aircraft carrier which was recently handed over to the Indian Navy by its builder Cochin Shipyard Limited. What is its name?

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INS Viraat

INS Vikrant

INS Vikramaditya

INS Vishal

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ISRO is developing a female looking humanoid robot to travel aboard its first manned flight to space for a better understanding of the effects of weightlessness and radiation on the human body during long duration stays in space. What is its name?

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Shakuntala

Skygirl

Gaganamitra

Vyommitra

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The Green Revolution was a period that gave a boost to the agricultural production of the country by the adoption of path-breaking technologies, such as the use of seeds of high yielding variety , mechanised farm tools, irrigation facilities, pesticides and fertilizers. Who is regarded as the Father of Green Revolution in India ?

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Sam Pitroda

Dr. Arun Krishnsnan

Dr Verghese Kurien

Dr M. S. Swaminathan

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A successful programme launched by the Govt of India in1970 to increase the milk production in the country in the dairy sector . It transformed India from a milk-deficient nation into the world's largest milk producer, even surpassing the United States of America. Within 30 years, it doubled the milk available per person in India and made dairy farming India's largest self-sustainable rural employment generator. What is the name of the programme ?

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Operation Milk

Operation dairy

Operation Flood

Dairy Revolution

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When did India launch its first artificial satellite and what was its name ?

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1975, Bhaskara

1975, Aryabhatta

1980, INSAT

1980, Rohini

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India's (also Asia's) first research nuclear reactor was set up in Bhabha Atomic Research Center in Trombay in August 1956. What was its name ?

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Apsara

Purnima

Zerlina

Cyrus

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India led a successful expedition to the icy continent of Antarctica in 1981 with the subsequent establishment of a research base there. What is the name of India's first research base in Antarctica?

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Dakshin Gangotri

Maitri

Bharati

Himalaya

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What was the name of the long range surface to surface ballistic missile developed by India that was capable of carrying nuclear weapons to countries as far as China?

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Prithvi

Agni

Nag

Trishul

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What is the name of the genetically modified brinjal developed by India by inserting the gene of a bacteria into the genome of brinjals that provided it resistance against fruit and shoot borer insects?

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Bs Brinjal

Bt Brinjal

Bg Brinjal

Bw Brinjal

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A series of satellites launched by India from 1983 that has provided a boost to the communication system of the country including telecommunication and broadcasting and has become the largest domestic communication system of the entire Indo-Pacific region. What is the name of the series of satellites ?

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GSAT

Edusat

IRS

INSAT

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A satellite launched by India in 2004 dedicated exclusively for providing educational service in the country including educational television broadcast and video conferencing. What is the name of the satellite ?

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GSAT

Edusat

IRS

INSAT

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A mission was launched by India in 1985-1990 during the 7th Five-Year Plan to develop, manage, and promote fisheries to double the farmers' income. What is this mission called?

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Yellow Revolution

White Revolution

Brown Revolution

Blue Revolution

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In 1987, the Indian Government had requested to purchase a Cray X-MP supercomputer; however this request was denied by the United States government as the machine could have a dual use in weapons development. Then Indian scientists developed their own Supercomputer. What is the name of the first supercomputer developed by India?

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Sanganak

Brahma

Shakti

PARAM

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ISRO made a path breaking achievement on 23rd October, 2022 by successfully launching 36 communication satellites in Low Earth Orbit in a single launch . What is the name of the rocket that took part in the mission?

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PSLV C7

GSLV Mk II

GSLV Mk III

LVM3

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He is an Indian chemist who has worked mainly in solid-state and structural chemistry. He has honorary doctorates from 84 universities from around the world and has authored around 1774 research publications and 54 books. He is described as a scientist who had won all possible awards in his field except the Nobel Prize. Can you identify him ?

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Dr. Govindarajan Padmanaban

Dr. Gautam Radhakrishna Desiraju

Dr. Animesh Chakraborty

Dr. C.N.R. Rao

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ISRO created history by achieving a soft-landing on the Moon surface through its Chandrayaan-3 mission to become the fourth nation of the world to achieve the feat. Where the Lander of the Chandrayaan-3 mission landed?

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Near the Sea of Tranquillity

Near the Moon's South Pole

Near the Moon's Equator

Near the Moon's North Pole

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ISRO launched a mission to the Sun in September, 2023 to study its atmosphere, its magnetic field and its impact on our Earth. What was the name of this mission?

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Aditya L1

Aditya L2

Aditya L3

Aditya L4

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