Science Current Affairs Quiz - April 2016

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1. Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) Lucknow reported that novel use of _______ urine distillate (Kamdhenu Ark) can help eradicate Cancer ?

Cow
Buffalo
Tiger
Shark
None of These


2. ________ researchers developed Graphene based all-weather solar cell that can generate electricity even during rains ?

Russian
Japanese
Chinese
Vietnamese
None of These


3. Government launched low cost micro solar device - ________. The solar dome would help rural and urban population to have a reliable access to electricity ?

Sulabh Jyoti
Samagra Jyoti
Sarva Jyoti
Surya Jyoti
None of These


4. India will Launch GSAT-11 spacecraft by first quarter of 2017. GSAT-11 is a first generation high throughput communication satellite with mass of about _________ kg ?

25600
15600
10600
2600
5600


5. __________ Scientists developed worlds lightest synthetic material called silica aerogel‚ or‚ blue air ?

ESA
NASA
ISRO
ROSCOSMOS
None of These


6. ISRO (__________) signed MoU with Airports Authority of India (AAI) to provide scientific parameters for construction of airports. ISRO also signed MoU with postal department to provide space technology helpful in tracking parcel movements and Railways for GPS based Train Position Information ?

Indian Space Research Organization
International Space Research Organization
Indian Safe Research Organization
Indian Space Resurgence Organization
None of These


7. ________'s Kepler spacecraft has gone into emergency mode (lowest operational mode) some 75 million miles from Earth. EM of spacecraft was discovered during undertaking a microlensing observing campaign ?

ESA
NASA
ROSCOSMOS
ISRO
CNSA


8. Researchers at University of Georgia (USA) and Ben-Gurion University of the Nege (_______) have developed worlds smallest nanoscale diode or molecular rectifier that could impact development of molecular electronic devices ?

Israel
Russia
USA
UK
Spain


9. Scientists at Institute of Advance Study in Science & Technology (_____) have developed an eco-friendly biopolymer using nanotechnology for water purification applications. This eco-friendly biopolymer is created using a naturally occurring substance, called chitosan. ?

Assam
Meghalaya
Goa
Gujarat
Mizoram


10. Scientists discovered a rare triple-star system named KELT-4Ab with a gas giant planet similar in size to _________. It was discovered at Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics (USA) ?

Venus
Pluto
Neptune
Jupiter
None of These


11. Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (________) discovered a way to forecast earthquakes based on tremors or earthquakes below a Richter scale of 2. The study has been led by Indian-origin researcher Deepa Mele Veedu ?

Russia
UK
USA
Singapore
None of These


12. SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched first inflatable habitat room that will attach to International Space Station (ISS) for a 2 year test. Inflatable room has been named as BEAM (_________) and is the first such habitat to hold humans in orbit ?

Biangle Expandable Actitvity Module
Bigelow Expandable Actitvity Module
Binocular Expandable Actitvity Module
Bigelow Explainable Actitvity Module
None of These


13. Supercomputer Param Kanchenjunga unveiled at National Institute of Technology (NIT) ___________ . ?

Raipur
Rourkela
Calicut
Kurukshetra
Sikkim


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