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Science Current Affairs Quiz - November 2016

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1. According to World Meteorological Organization (WMO), ___________ is warmest year on record globally. Global temperatures for January to September in this year were 1.2o C above pre­industrial levels and 0.88°C above average for 1961­1990 Period ?

2016
2015
2014
2013
None of These


2. Biggest and Brightest Supermoon ever observed, while moon being closest to Earth at __________ lakh km. Last time, moon came closer to earth on 26 January 1948. Next time, supermoon will be observed on 25 November 2034 (even closer than this year). During Supermoon, moon appears approx 30% larger in area and 30% brighter than normal full moons ?

2.56
1.56
3.56
3.26
None of These


3. Facebook's Connectivity Lab has set a world record transmitting at ____________ for 13.2 kilometers using Milli Meter Wave (MMW) technology, in a test from Malibu, California to a building rooftop in Woodland Hills. With this, Facebook broke previous record set in May 2016 by German scientists of 6 Gbps data transmission over 37 km using MMW ?

25 Gbps
30 Gbps
10 Gbps
20 Gbps
None of These


4. India’s first eco­friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG)­driven bus launched in Thiruvananthapuram (_________) as a joint effort of Petronet LNG Limited, Indian Oil Corporation and Tata Motors ?

Andhra Pradesh
Gujarat
Goa
Karnataka
Kerala


5. NASA’s MMS (_____________) mission has set Guinness world record for highest altitude fix of a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal. 4 MMS satellites operating in a highly elliptical orbit around Earth has set the record at 70,000 kilometres above Earth ?

Magnetospheric Mutial
Mermaid Multiscale
Magnetospheric Multiscale
Magnetogenic Multiscale
None of These


6. Researchers from Mumbai identified 2 biomarkers in serum samples that could help in _________ diagnosis. The identified microRNA biomarkers could be used for drug­sensitive and multi­drug resistant ____________ patients ?

TB
Polio
HIV
Hepatitis - B
None of These


7. Scientists detected presence of water on ____________ , largest metallic asteroid in our solar system, based on observations from NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) in Hawaii. The telescope observations show evidence of water or hydroxyl on its surface ?

Ceres
Psyche
Vesta
Pallas
None of These


8. World's first hydrogen­powered and zero­emission passenger train ­ Coradia iLint has been unveiled in _____________, developed by French rail company Alstom ?

Germany
France
Spain
Russia
None of These


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