Science & Technology Current Affairs MCQs

1. Which institutions recently created the world’s first entirely AI-generated genome?
[A] California Institute of Technology and Harvard University
[B] Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Oxford
[C] Harvard University and University of Cambridge
[D] Stanford University and the Arc Institute

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2. Which institute conducted the first successful wheat cultivation experiment in the Thar desert using ‘soilification’ technology?
[A] Banaras Hindu University
[B] Punjab Agricultural University
[C] Central Soil Salinity Research Institute
[D] Central University of Rajasthan

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3. What is the name of India’s first space astronomy observatory which recently completed 10 years of operation?
[A] AstroSat
[B] Chandrayaan
[C] INSAT-3C
[D] Vikram

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4. Which institution has launched a tool called “SARAL” to make scientific research more accessible?
[A] Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
[B] Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
[C] NITI Aayog
[D] Ministry of Skill Development

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5. 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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6. Which country has launched Southeast Asia’s first Coral Larvae Cryobank, a major step to protect marine biodiversity?
[A] China
[B] Thailand
[C] Indonesia
[D] Philippines

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7. Which country has become the first in the world to achieve triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B, HIV, and syphilis?
[A] Sri Lanka
[B] Maldives
[C] Thailand
[D] Indonesia

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8. 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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9. Which Indian lunar mission made the first-ever observation of the effect of the Sun’s coronal mass ejection (CME) on the Moon?
[A] Chandrayaan-1
[B] Chandrayaan-2
[C] Chandrayaan-3
[D] Aditya-L1

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10. Which country has developed the MAM01 monoclonal antibody that showed strong protection against malaria?
[A] China
[B] Japan
[C] United States
[D] India

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