Science & Technology Current Affairs MCQs

1. Mobile Biosafety Level-3 (MBSL-3) Laboratory is developed under which mission?
[A] National Health Protection Mission
[B] Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission
[C] National Ayush Mission
[D] National Rural Health Mission

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2. Which agricultural university has discovered a new soil bacteria species named Bacillus ayatagriensis?
[A] Banda University of Agriculture, Uttar Pradesh
[B] Raiganj University, West Bengal
[C] Anand Agricultural University, Gujarat
[D] Birsa Agricultural University, Jharkhand

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3. Which country has recently launched a climate monitoring satellite on its H-2A rocket?
[A] France
[B] Japan
[C] China
[D] India

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4. What is the name of the programme under which the Union government recently fast-tracked the launch of 52 dedicated surveillance satellites?
[A] Defence Satellite Initiative
[B] Space-Based Surveillance-III
[C] Secure Space Communications
[D] Military Reconnaissance Network

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5. What is the name of the world’s first approved malaria treatment drug For newborns and young children?
[A] Coartem
[B] Malarone
[C] Ampicillin
[D] Tetracycline

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6. What is “Fentanyl” that was recently mentioned in news?
[A] Invasive weed
[B] Flowering plant
[C] Critical mineral
[D] Synthetic opioid drug

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7. Which country has launched the communication satellite, Dror-1?
[A] China
[B] Israel
[C] France
[D] Germany

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8. Which country has created an in vitro biotransformation (ivBT) system that can make sucrose from methanol?
[A] China
[B] India
[C] Japan
[D] Israel

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9. Which space organization has launched a twin satellite mission called “TRACERS” to study Earth’s magnetic shield?
[A] European Space Agency (ESA)
[B] National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
[C] Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
[D] Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

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10. Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) is developed by which organization?
[A] Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
[B] Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
[C] Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
[D] None of the Above

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