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17 Aug 2026
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Rapid advancements across space exploration, semiconductor ecosystems, and generative AI are accelerating digital transformation and high-performance computing worldwide. Alongside sovereign defense indigenization and clean energy transitions—such as green hydrogen and advanced battery tech—biotechnology and deep-tech innovations continue to drive modern scientific development and national security.

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India's space agency?
Answer: ISRO
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India's first solar observatory mission?
Answer: Aditya-L1
3
Mission that landed near the Moon's south polar region in 2023?
Answer: Chandrayaan-3
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Main goal of Gaganyaan?
Answer: Send Indian astronauts to space
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ISRO's widely used polar satellite launch vehicle?
Answer: PSLV
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What does NavIC provide?
Answer: Satellite navigation
7
India's defence research organisation?
Answer: DRDO
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AI stands for?
Answer: Artificial Intelligence
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Distributed transaction-ledger technology?
Answer: Blockchain
10
Semiconductors are used to?
Answer: Control electric current
11
Indian initiative for domestic semiconductor manufacturing?
Answer: India Semiconductor Mission
12
Solar panels convert light to electricity through?
Answer: Photovoltaic effect
13
Major human-caused greenhouse gas?
Answer: Carbon dioxide
14
Instrument that records earthquakes?
Answer: Seismograph
15
Most atmospheric ozone is in which layer?
Answer: Stratosphere
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Treaty to protect the ozone layer?
Answer: Montreal Protocol
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Vitamin produced in skin with sunlight?
Answer: Vitamin D
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Blood cells that help fight infections?
Answer: White blood cells
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Cell's powerhouse?
Answer: Mitochondrion
20
Basic unit of heredity?
Answer: Gene
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Molecule carrying genetic information in most organisms?
Answer: DNA
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Process by which plants use light to make sugars?
Answer: Photosynthesis
23
Approximate pH of pure water at 25°C?
Answer: 7
24
Negatively charged atomic particle?
Answer: Electron
25
Gas law relating pressure inversely to volume at constant temperature?
Answer: Boyle's law
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SI unit of electrical resistance?
Answer: Ohm
27
Device converting AC into DC?
Answer: Rectifier
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Shortest wavelength among these electromagnetic waves?
Answer: Gamma rays
29
Imaging method using sound waves inside the body?
Answer: Ultrasound
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Imaging using magnetic fields and radio waves, not X-rays?
Answer: MRI
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