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1. An unmanned spacecraft ExoMars 2016 launched jointly by Europe and ______ to search for biosignatures on Mars ?

Russia
India
USA
China
None of These


2. _____ astronomers discovered largest sample cluster of 9 monster stars named as R136 using NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope ?

Russian
American
British
Spanish
Brazilian


3. Department of heavy industry approved _____ Road Transport Corporation and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority to introduce zero-emission retrofitted electric buses. ?

Rajasthan
Haryana
Uttar Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
None of These


4. Health Minister JP Nadda launched Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (CBNAAT) machines for quick diagnosis of ____ (within two hours) ?

Polio
Hepatitis
HIV
Dengue
Tuberculosis


5. Health and Family Welfare Ministry launched new anti- ____ drug‚ Bedaquiline ?

Polio
HIV
Tuberculosis
Ebola
Zika


6. India's Meteorology Department deployed indigenously developed _____, an instrument that will provide real time visibility information to pilots ?

Drishti
Chakshu
Stealth
Sonar Dome
None of These


7. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) installed GIRI (_____) Radar System at National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (Andhra Pradesh) ?

Gadanki Ionospheric Rear Interferometer
Gadanki Ionospheric Radar Interferometer
Gadanki International Radar Interferometer
Global Ionospheric Radar Interferometer
None of These


8. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launhed Sixth of _____ Satellites of India's navigation satellite system IRNSS-1F (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System). Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C32 carrying 1,425kg satellite lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. ?

7
8
9
10
11


9. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch record number of ____ satellites in a single mission in May 2016, Polar rocket PSLV C34. NASA holds current record for sending highest number of satellites in single launch - 29 satellites, in a single launch in 2013 ?

22
26
24
28
None of These


10. _____ researchers successfully isolated a bacterium species Ideonella sakaiensis 201-F6 that is capable of breaking down plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or polyester ?

Chinese
Vietnamese
Indian
Japanese
None of These


11. Project ____ of Ministry of Culture is implemented by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for exploring Indian Ocean world collating archaeological and historical research. It documents diversity of Indian Ocean from East Africa to Southeast Asian archipelago. ?

Samagam
Parvayaran
Parivartan
Mausam
None of These


12. Researchers from Purdue University in Indiana in United States revealed first 3D map of the ____ virus structure ?

Ebola
Zika
TB
Polio
None of These


13. Scientists at Lucknow‚¹ based Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP‚¹) found that ____ plant has medicinal values that can cure cancer ?

Neem
Ocimum sanctum
Corrainder
Lemon
Mint


14. Year ____ recorded highest anthropogenic carbon released in past 6.6 crore years, as per a study at University of Hawaii ?

2014
2016
2015
2013
2012


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