Science questions from UPSC 2024

Question 1 · Information Technology

Which one of the following words/phrases is most appropriately used to denote "an interoperable network of 3D virtual worlds that can be accessed simultaneously by millions of users, who can...

Question 2 · Emerging Technologies

In the context of electric vehicle batteries, consider the following elements : 1. Cobalt 2. Graphite 3. Lithium 4. Nickel How many of the above usually make up battery cathodes?

Question 3 · Energy & Chemistry

Consider the following substances : 1. Ethanol 2. Nitroglycerine 3. Urea Coal gasification technology can be used in the production of how many of them?

Question 4 · Information Technology

Consider the following statements : 1. It is expected that Majorana 1 chip will enable quantum computing. 2. Majorana 1 chip has been introduced by Amazon Web Services (AWS). 3. Deep learnin...

Question 5 · Biology

Consider the following statements : 1. No virus can survive in ocean waters. 2. No virus can infect bacteria. 3. No virus can change the cellular transcriptional activity in host cells. How...

Question 6 · Defence Technology

What is the common characteristic of the chemical substances generally known as CL-20, HMX and LLM-105, which are sometimes talked about in media?

Question 7 · Biotechnology

With reference to monoclonal antibodies, often mentioned in news, consider the following statements : 1. They are man-made proteins. 2. They stimulate immunological function due to their abi...

Question 8 · Emerging Technologies

Consider the following types of vehicles : 1. Full battery electric vehicles 2. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles 3. Fuel cell-electric hybrid vehicles How many of the above are considered as alte...

Question 9 · Defence & Aerospace

With reference to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), consider the following statements : 1. All types of UAVs can do vertical landing. 2. All types of UAVs can do automated hovering. 3. All ty...