Science & Technology Current Affairs MCQs

1. What is the name of the newly developed hand-held, non-invasive brain injury diagnostic tool by ICMR and collaborators?
[A] NEUROSCAN
[B] BRAIN SAFE
[C] NEURONIC
[D] CEREBO

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2. Which district in Gujarat has been identified as a Mars-analogue site due to the presence of jarosite deposits?
[A] Banaskantha
[B] Junagadh
[C] Kutch
[D] Bhavnagar

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3. Which Indian research institute developed a multifunctional wound-healing pad using the red ivy plant (Strobilanthes alternata)?
[A] Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
[B] Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram
[C] National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow
[D] Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi

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4. Which institute has become the first government medical college in India to offer training on the da Vinci Robotic Surgical System?
[A] Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry
[B] Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh
[C] All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (AIIMS New Delhi)
[D] National institute of mental health and Neuro science, Bengaluru

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5. Scientists at which institute recently discovered how white blood cells adapt their internal skeletons to combat pathogens?
[A] CSIR–Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)
[B] CSIR–National Chemical Laboratory (NCL)
[C] CSIR–Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB)
[D] CSIR–Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)

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6. What is the name of European Union’s first exascale supercomputer, inaugurated in September 2025?
[A] TITAN
[B] JUPITER
[C] FUGAKU
[D] PARAM-Siddhi

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7. Where was India’s first Integrative Oncology Research and Care Centre (IORCC) inaugurated?
[A] Rajasthan
[B] Goa
[C] Maharashtra
[D] Karnataka

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8. What is the causative agent of False Smut Disease, that was recently seen in news?
[A] Bacteria
[B] Virus
[C] Fungus
[D] Protozoa

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9. Astronomers recently detected phosphine (PH₃) in the atmosphere of brown dwarf Wolf 1130C using which telescope?
[A] Hubble Space Telescope
[B] James Webb Space Telescope
[C] Spitzer Space Telescope
[D] Chandra X-ray Observatory

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10. The new crop varieties ‘Pant Urd-13, Pant Urd-14, Pant Matar 554, and Pant Jau 1106’ were launched in which state?
[A] Gujarat
[B] Uttarakhand
[C] Maharashtra
[D] Uttar Pradesh

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