SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MCQs

1. British scientists developed the EndoBarrier to cure __.
a) Diabetes
b) Cancer
c) AIDS
d) Skin Cancer
Answer: (a)

2.  Scientists at the University of Columbia in New York developed a portable blood test device which could be used effectively to prevent__.
a) AIDS
b) Cancer
c) Diabetes
d) Leukemia
Answer: (a)

3.  US scientists found an antibody which acts against 30 of 36 strains of influenza. What is the name of that antibody?
a) CH65
b) CCH65
c) DD65
d) CC65
Answer: (a)

4.  A new technique was engineered by the scientists that involved leukemia patients being treated with their own T cells.  T cells are a kind of__.
a) White Blood Cell
b) Red Blood Cell
c) Liver cell
d) Cancerous Cell
Answer: (a)

5.   Astronomers discovered that the planet named TrES-2b is blacker than any planet in our solar system. Astronomers made this observation after using NASA’s__spacecraft.
a) Kepler
b) Freedom 7
c) Faith 7
d) Discovery
Answer: (a)

6.  The Hershel Space Observatory’s large telescope and infrared detectors provided the first confirmed finding of oxygen molecules in space. Oxygen gas was discovered in which one of the following years?         
a) 1774
b) 1974
c) 1600
d) 1707
Answer:  (a)

7.  The Scientists from France and Uganda discovered in Uganda the 20 million year old skull at an excavation site called___.
a) Napak XV
b) Napak
c) Napak V
d) Napal X
Answer: (a)

8.  A recent study found that vampire bats can locate blood vessels in their prey using infrared vein sensors on their lips. Consider the statements given below.
i) Vampire bats are the only mammals known to feed solely on blood.
ii) Besides vampire bats, the snake is the only other vertebrate that can detect infrared radiation.
Choose the right option:
a)    Both i and ii are correct.
b)    Neither i nor ii is correct.
c)    Only i is correct.
d)    Only ii is correct.
Answer: (a)

9.  NASA scientists announced on 5 August 2011 that they had found the first evidence of flowing water on which one of the following planets?
a) Mars
b) Jupiter
c) Mercury
d) Venus
Answer: (a) 

10.  The First Trojan Asteriod of earth discovered by the scientists. What is its name?
a) 2010TK7
b) 2010KT 7
c)  2010Xy
d) 2010 YX
Answer:  (a)