UPSC IAS / SSC CGL/CHSL/ IBPS & SBI PO Current Affairs (Science & Technology) Questions 2014

Question 1. What is the name of  NASA's Spectrograph launched recently to study birthplace of stars?
a) IUE                    b) CHESS
c) WISE                d) NuSTAR

Question 2. Now-a-days, Google and other internet/e-mail services rely on a form of encryption abbreviated as TLS. Which among the following is the correct full form of TLS?
a) Transport Layer Security

b) Thread Level Security
c) Transmission Line Security
d) Tunneling Layer Security

Question 3. The corporate headquarter of which among the following oragnisations is known as' One Earth'?
a) Powergrid Corporation of India Limited
b) Tata Consultancy Services
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c) Suzlon Energy
d) Wipro

Question 4. The InSight is a NASA's unmanned lander mission designed to probe on the surface of
a) Jupiter                       b) Saturn
c) Mars                        d) Venus

Question 5. Recently, Japanese firm Softbank has unveiled a robot which can read human emotions. The robot has been named as
a) Humanoid                b) Peeper
c) Mindset                   d) Beetle

Question 6. Recently, India born scientist Sanjaya Rajaram won the prestigious World Food Prize for 2014 for his contribution to developing high yield varieties of
a) Wheat                     b) Rice
c) Soyabean                d) Barley

Question 7. The ISRO has planning to launch five foreign satellites under commercial agreements. Which of the following satellites name and their country pair is not correct?
a) SPOT-7              Singapore
b) AISAT               Germany
c) VELOX-1         Singapore
d) CAN-X5          Brazil

Question 8. As per the latest report by Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), India has been ranked 143 among 162 countries in Peace Index. According to the report the biggest threats to India,s internal security is
a) Terrorism
b) Maoist Movement
c) Communalism
d) Political Instability

Answer Keys
1 (B), 2 (A), 3 (C), 4 ( C), 5 (B), 6 (A), 7 (D), 8 (B)

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