India: Science and Technology Test 73

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India: Science and Technology Test 73

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Question 1
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Which company rolled out the first driverless commercial cabs in Singapore in $$2016$$?

A

B

C

D
Solution
- The world’s first self-driving taxi service was launched in Singapore.
- It was launched by Singapore based nuTonomy, an autonomous vehicle software startup. With this nuTonomy became entity in the world first to offer self-driving taxi rides to the public.
Question 2
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You are working in MS-Word applications. Which of the following is a volatile memory that stores all the data of MS-Word application that is currently running on the computer?

A
Hard disk

B
ROM

C
RAM

D
Flash drive

Solution

Random Access Memory (RAM) is a volatile memory that holds instructions and stores data of the computer programs. However, the data in RAM remains until the computer is running, as soon as the computer is shut down the RAM loses its data.
Question 3
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Which country will become the world's first country to switch off FM radio by the end of 2017?

A
Norway

B
Sweden

C
The Netherlands

D
Finland

Solution

Norway will become the world's first country to switch off FM radio by the end of 2017, and shift to on DAB( DIGITAL AUDIO BROADCASTING) in which analog audio is converted into a digital signal and transmitted on an assigned channel in the AM or (more usually) FM frequency range.
Question 4
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Airlines generally cruise between about Mach $$0.8$$ and Mach $$0.9$$, at cruising altitudes of $$30,000$$ to $$40,000$$ feet. Which of these commercial airlines is/was capable of supersonic flight (more than the speed of sound)?

A
McDonnell Douglas $$MD-80$$

B
Airbus $$A380$$

C
Concorde

D
Boeing $$777$$
Solution
- Concorde was a passenger airplane that flew faster than the speed of sound. It was made by the French company Aerospatiale and the British company British Aircraft Corporation.
Question 5
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Who among the following holds a world record for the most spacewalks, 16, and to spend more then 82 hours outside in space?

A

B

C

D

Solution

Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev is a retired Russian and Soviet cosmonaut and pilot. Solovyev holds the world record on the number of spacewalks performed (16), and accumulated time spent spacewalking (over 82 hours).
Question 6
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The term associated with the processing of computer speed is ______.

A
CPS

B
BITS

C
MIPS

D
JPG

Solution

MIPS stands for 'Million instructions per second'. It is a method of measuring the raw speed of a computer's processor. The MIPS measurement has been used by computer manufacturers like IBM to measure the "cost of computing".
However, there is no standard method for measuring MIPS.
Question 7
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India's first mobile food testing laboratory has been launched in ________.

A
Hyderabad

B
Bengaluru

C
Kerala

D
Goa

Solution

India's first mobile food testing laboratory enabling on-the-spot food safety tests was launched in Goa. It was launched by the late Chief Minister Manohar Parikar. The mobile laboratory costs Rs. 45 lakh and is fully funded by the Centre.
Question 8
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A space probe is a robotic spacecraft that leaves Earth's orbit and explores space. Which among the following was the first space probe to maintain orbit around another planet?

A
Mariner 10

B
Mars 3

C
Mariner 9

D
Sojourner
Solution
- In 1971, the Mariner 9 spacecraft became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet. While in orbit, Mariner 9 mapped 85 percent of the Martian surface, an objective it inherited from the failed Mariner 8 mission, and collected valuable information about Mars' surface and atmosphere.
- The Mariner 9 mission resulted in a global mapping of the surface of Mars, including the first detailed views of the martian volcanoes, the polar caps, and the satellites Phobos and Deimos.
Question 9
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In which of the following states has India's first floating solar power plant become operational?

A
Tamil Nadu

B
Assam

C
Kerala

D
Sikkim

Solution

Kerala became the first Indian state to have an operational floating solar power plant. It is set up on the Banasura Sagar reservoir in Wayanad, Kerala.
Question 10
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The CPU is an important part of your computer. You might call it the computer's brain. What does CPU stand for?

A
Central Processing Unit

B
Control Processing Unit

C
Command Processing Unit

D
Communications Procedure Unit

Solution

Central Processing Unit (CPU) is the brain of the computer where most calculations take place. It processes the data and produces output, which may be stored by an application or displayed on the screen. Most modern CPUs are microprocessors, where the CPU is contained in a single metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit.