Science & Technology Current Affairs MCQs

1. Which country has reported the Norovirus outbreak in December 2024?
[A] France
[B] United States
[C] China
[D] Russia

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2. KM3NeT (Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope), which was seen in news, is located under which sea?
[A] Red Sea
[B] Arabian Sea
[C] Black Sea
[D] Mediterranean Sea

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3. What is the name of India’s first ayurvedic medical device recently approved by CDSCO?
[A] Nadi Tarangini
[B] AyurvedPlus
[C] Joshi Health Device
[D] None of the Above

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4. Which institution has developed AnemiaPhone technology to assess iron deficiency?
[A] Loughborough University, England
[B] Cornell University, United States
[C] Banaras Hindu University, India
[D] Duke University, United States

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5. What are Glenochrysa zeylanica and Indophanes barbara, that were recently seen in news?
[A] Drugs for Tuberculosis (TB)
[B] Neuroptera species
[C] Invasive plant
[D] Newly discovered minerals

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6. What is the name of portal launched by government to make genome data accessible to researchers in India and abroad?
[A] Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC) Portal
[B] Indian Genomic Repository (IGC) Portal
[C] Genome Access Portal
[D] Life Science Data Bank

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7. Which country has developed the world’s first wooden satellite named LignoSat?
[A] China
[B] Russia
[C] Japan
[D] India

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8. What is Trichophyton indotineae that was recently seen in news?
[A] Invasive weed
[B] Asteroid
[C] Fungal pathogen
[D] Newly discovered species of Fish

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9. Huntington’s Disease, that was recently seen in news, affects which type of cells in the human body?
[A] Blood cells
[B] Brain cells
[C] Muscle cells
[D] Skin cells

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10. Which institute has launched a zero-waste bioplastics initiative?
[A] IIT Madras
[B] IIT Delhi
[C] IIT Roorkee
[D] IIT Kanpur

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