IASbaba’s 60 Day Plan- Prelims Test 2017 Science & Technology and Current Affairs [Day 35]

Hello Friends

So, here we are with the 35th Day of 60 Days Plan. It is the third edition of 60 Days program but seems like the first one because of the excitement involved everywhere, including us 🙂

We are equally excited and pumped. Our Team is working hard to make you realize your dream. Do not take it insincerely and let us down. Your faith and participation has to be in sync with the amount of hard work and effort we do.

Let us pledge to make it a big game changer (better than last year) in the next 60 days!

Importance of Self – Tracking: Learning from Last Year

Last year, aspirants used to comment their answers in the comment box on daily basis. There were huge participation in discussion. Putting answers in comment box has been very effective to self track yourself after updating the score. In the end you can cross check your performance through disqus profile.

It was highly effective in the last edition of 60 Days that propelled aspirants to monitor their performance and learn through discussion. Let you solve these questions with full honesty and write your result in the comment box. Interact with peers to know your mistakes.

The importance of this initiative stands time bound and aggressive reverse engineering to learn the concepts. Many of you must be busy with your own strategy but let us tell you honestly that in the last two months, it is very important to revise and consolidate your learning. Just reading won’t suffice.

So, take out few hours from your schedule and make it a revision exercise.

How you can make the best use of it?

Be honest to your effort and do not start competing with XYZ aspirants here just for the sake of marks. It is more important for you to introspect and check your learning than focusing on others. Try to answer the questions in 20 minutes only. 

Do not get into negative feeling that I don’t have enough knowledge to answer these questions. Feel like you are taking the real exam. What would be your response then?

The same will be replicated in UPSC exam. Here, you get marks only and nothing else matters. So make effort to know the answers of all questions. Do not cheat 😛

Baba’s Gyan for REVISION

Many of you, almost all, asks about effective revision strategy! Can there be any?

Let us tell you something Baba does 😀 

You guys study a lot and there is no issue with the hard work that has been put in. But when it comes to input-output comparison, your performance is questionable.

What to do?

Just do this for a Week: Go to bed before stipulated time of your sleep, at least 1 hour before. Close your eyes and try to relax your mind. You should attain full comfort and calmness.

Do this on the First Day: Imagine the full story of a recent movie that you have watched. Try to recollect from starting to end. See, whether you are able to depict the clear picture or not!

Now, do the same for everything you learnt from morning specially the ones you struggled with. Since it is fresh, most of the things should flow into your mind smoothly. Check what is your recollecting capacity.

For example, if you prepared Polity Day 2: Topics- Try to collect all important concepts and learning of the day.

Trust us, this exercise if done with sincerity will give you immense confidence as well as boost your performance. There is no ideal time for revision and there cannot be any specific date put for it, as commonly done.

This will always expose your weaknesses the very same day and if you tend to forget something, can always get back to consolidate and cement it.

REPEAT IT FOR A WEEK & SEE THE MAGIC 😀 

Must to Do: Read the detailed article regarding Micro Analysis Matrix and follow the guidelines- Click Here

Try to hold your nerves and learn to control the temptation. This is very important art to learn and implement!

Are you ready? Let’s start

[Day 35]: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY & CURRENT AFFAIRS 

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Q.1) BRABO recently in news is

1. India’s first industrial robot
2. India’s first nanotechnology based computer
3. India’s first solar technology park
4. India’s first operating system

Q.2) Consider the following statements regarding 3-D Printing

1. It is also called Additive Reality (AR)
2. 3-D printing is done through photo-polymerisation
3. Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) and Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) are the common technologies used for 3D printing

Which of the given statement/s is/are incorrect?

1. Only 1
2. 1 and 2
3. Only 2
4. Only 3

Q.3) Select the incorrect statement

1. The light from the Sun travels through Earth’s atmosphere and undergoes scattering after it reaches the earth’s surface
2. Light of shorter wavelengths, such as violet, blue, green and yellow undergoes greater scattering than those of longer wavelengths, such as orange and red.
3. The scattering is related to the size and quantity of the scattering particles.
4. The scattering is more in evening than morning

Q.4) Consider the following statements

1. The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the design and synthesis of molecular machines
2. The most complex molecular machines are proteins found within cells
3. The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa

Select the correct statement/s

1. 1 and 3
2. 2 and 3
3. 1 and 2
4. 1, 2 and 3

Q.5) Consider the following statements

1. Pulsars are types of neutron stars
2. Magnetars have a greater magnetic field than neutron star
3. The mass of the Sun is greater than any neutron star

Which of the given statement/s is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2
2. 1 and 3
3. 2 and 3
4. 1, 2 and 3

Q.6) The most common chemicals used for cloud seeding include

1. Dry Ice
2. Silver Iodide
3. Liquid Propane

Select the correct answer using the codes

1. Only 2
2. 1 and 2
3. 2 and 3
4. 1, 2 and 3

Q.7) Chlorophyll is vital for photosynthesis, which allows plants to absorb energy from light. It contains

1. Nitrogen
2. Carbon
3. Potassium
4. Magnesium
5. Chlorine
6. Oxygen

Select the correct code

1. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6
2. 1, 2, 4 and 6
3. 2, 3, 4, and 6
4. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

Q.8) Recently scientists have successfully tweaked the process of photosynthesis to make it more efficient and increase plant productivity by raising the level of three proteins involved in the process. The tested plant was a

1. Tea plant
2. Coffee plant
3. Tobacco plant
4. Cotton plant

Q.9) Newton Fund Research Programme worth up to USD 80 million was recently announced to jointly address global societal challenges. It is a joint initiative of

1. India and USA
2. USA and UK
3. India and UK
4. UN and EU

Q.10) Lithium-ion batteries are popular because they have a number of important advantages over competing technologies. Consider the statements regarding Li-ion batteries

1. They are extremely sensitive to high temperatures
2. They have no memory effect, which means that you do not have to completely discharge them before recharging
3. Lithium is negatively charged ion

Which of the given statement/s is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2
2. 2 and 3
3. 1 and 3
4. 1, 2 and 3

Q.11) Consider the following statements regarding Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

1. Energy density of LNG is lower than CNG
2. The predominant constituent of LNG is ethane with some percentage of methane, propane and butane
3. It is odorless, colorless, toxic and non-corrosive

Which of the given statement/s is/are incorrect?

1. 1 and 2
2. Only 2
3. 1 and 3
4. 1, 2 and 3

Q.12) Match the following

List I- Disease                            List II- Affected Part

1. Hepatitis                                               Blood
2. Alzheimer’s                                           Liver
3. Cystic Fibrosis                                      Lung
4. Ischema                                                 Brain

Select the correct code

1. 1-B, 2-D,3-C, 4-A
2. 1-C, 2-B, 3-D, 4-A
3. 1-B, 2-A, 3-D, 4-C
4. 1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-D

Q.13) Japanese Encephalitis is a notifiable disease in India. Which of the following statements are correct about JE?

1. Japanese Encephalitis is a caused by flavivirus transmitted through infected Culex mosquitoes.
2. Pigs and Wild Birds are the reservoirs of the virus
3. JE virus affects central nervous system.

Which of the above statements are correct?

1. 1 and 2
2. 1,2 and 3
3. 2 and 3
4. All of the above

Q.14) Consider the following statements with respect to Dispersion of light

1. The sequence VIBGYOR is in the order of increasing frequency.
2. The red light used in the traffic light is visible even in dense fog, because it has lowest frequency in the VIBGYOR colour spectrum.

Select the correct option from code given below

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both
4. None

Q.15) Consider the following diseases

1. Diphtheria
2. Tuberculosis
3. Measles

Which of the given diseases is/are airborne?

1. 1 and 3
2. 1 and 2
3. 2 and 3
4. 1, 2 and 3

Q.16) Consider the following statements

1. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is implementing the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme (NMCP)
2. Lean Manufacturing Competitiveness Scheme (LMCS) is a part of National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme (NMCP)

Select the correct statements

1. Only 1
2. Only 2
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q.17) Consider the following statements

1. Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) is a system through which individual companies can sue countries for alleged discriminatory practices
2. India is a signatory to the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (“ICSID Convention”)

Select the correct statements

1. Only 1
2. Only 2
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q.18) Consider the following statements about Payment Banks

1. They can issue debit cards and credit cards
2. They cannot give loans
3. They don’t have to maintain Cash Reserve Ratio

Select the correct statements

1. 1 and 2
2. Only 2
3. 1 and 3
4. 2 and 3

Q.19) Consider the following statements about Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP)

1. The Implementation Agencies for DRIP are Water Resources Departments and State Electricity Boards in the participating States and Central Water Commission at Central Level
2. DRIP is assisted by the World Bank

Select the correct statements

1. Only 1
2. Only 2
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q.20) Which of the following is/are correctly matched?

1. Kambala – Andhra Pradesh
2. Jalikattu – Tamil Nadu
3. Aanaval Pidi – Kerala

Select the correct code:

1. 1 and 2
2. 2 and 3
3. 1 and 3
4. All of the above

Q.21) Thor Experiment is concerned with

1. Investigating electrical activity from thunderstorms
2. Test of strength between Thor (A character from Norse mytholog and ‘The Hulk’
3. Earth Trojan Asteroids
4. None of the above

Q.22) Which of the following is/are correctly matched?

        Geographical Indication (GI tag)                      State

1. Kullu Shawl                                                      Uttarakhand
2. Muga Silk                                                          Tamil Nadu
3. Nilambur Teak                                                 Kerala

Select the correct code:

1. Only 3
2. 1 and 2
3. 2 and 3
4. 1 and 3

Q.23) Which of the following statements about ‘vote-on-account (VOA)’ is/are correct?

1. A VOA in the strict sense deals only with the expenditure side of the government’s budget, whereas an interim budget has to include both expenditure and receipts
2. A VOA cannot be for a period longer than six
3. No changes are made to tax and duty structures and no new schemes are announced in vote-on-account
4. All of the above

Q.24) Consider the following statements about Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2017

1. The scheme is meant to provide an assured pension based on a guaranteed rate of return of 10.25% per annum for ten years, with an option to opt for pension on a monthly/quarterly/half-yearly or annual basis
2. It will be implemented by Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Only 1
2. Only 2
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q.25) Consider the following statements about Rubber Soil Information System (RubSIS)

1. It is an online system for recommending application of appropriate mix of fertilizers to the specific plantations of rubber growers depending upon their soil nature
2. It was launched by Ministry of Commerce and Industry
3. It was developed Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII) under the Rubber Board in collaboration with few agencies

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2
2. 2 and 3
3. 1 and 3
4. All of the above

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