CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge India: Science And Technology Quiz 16 - MCQExams.com

India's fastest and first multi-petaflops (PF) supercomputer was unveiled at Pune based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology(IITM). What is it called?
  • Surya meaning Sun
  • Arun meaning Sun
  • Aditya meaning Sun
  • Pratyush meaning Sun
Name the metro city in India that has got the country's first floating market in January, $$2018$$.
  • Mumbai
  • Chennai
  • Ahmedabad
  • Kolkata
The 8$$^{th}$$ major version of the Android operating system was officially released on August 21, 2017, with Nexus devices being the first to receive the update. What is this latest version called?
  • Kitkat
  • Lollipop
  • Marshmallow
  • Oreo
This painless medical process makes use of computer-processed combinations of many x-ray images taken from different angles to produce cross-sectional images (virtual "slices") of specific areas of a scanned object, allowing the user to see inside the object without cutting. What is it called?
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  • X-ray imaging
  • Electroencephalography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Computer Aided Tomography
In September $$2014$$, India became the first Asian country and the fourth country in the world to enter the Mars orbit in its first attempt. What is the name of the craft?
  • Tejas
  • Mangalyaan
  • Chandrayaan 1
  • Phoenix
Which is India's first long-range subsonic cruise missile designed by Bengaluru-based Aeronautical Development Establishment?
  • Jaguar
  • Agni-ll Prime
  • Nirbhay
  • Akash
Alexander Graham Bell is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. Many other inventions marked Bell's later life, including ground breaking work in.
  • Optical telecommunications
  • Aeronautics
  • Hydrofoils
  • All of these
The Indian Army has successfully conducted 'user validation' trails of indigenous Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System(ATAGS) 'Dhanush' in January $$2017$$. This Artillery gun is developed by.
  • DRDO
  • BHEL
  • HAL
  • None of these
Apollo 11 was launched on a 363-foot-tall rocket called ____________.
  • Saturn V
  • Jupiter C
  • Johnny V
  • Athena I
The person shown in the given picture is an American astronaut who performed the longest space walk for 8 hours and 56 minutes. Identify her.

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  • Susan J. Helms
  • Sally Ride
  • Eileen Collins
  • Claudie Haignere
The device shown in the picture is used for measuring growth in plants. It was invented in the early twentieth century by Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose. Name the device.
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  • Electrocardiograph
  • Crescograph
  • Chromatogram
  • Seismograph
The famous $$1996$$ Hubble image of a tiny patch of sky containing $$3,000$$ objects is known as ______.
  • The Galaxy Zoo
  • The Hubble Deep Field
  • Cosmic caterpillar
  • The Star fair
The Bristol Robotics Laboratory invented a robot which can digest organic matter for fuel and then excretes the waste. What is the name of this robot?
  • EcoBot III
  • Robonaut
  • Environment friendly robot
  • Robodigester
Which of the following activities is known as 'flaming' in internet jargon?
  • Typing the whole document in lowercase
  • Hostile and insulting interaction between internet users
  • Following someone on the blogging site
  • A word, phrase or topic that is popular on Twitter at a particular moment
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is a collection of professional astronomers who act as the internationally recognised authority for assigning designations to celestial bodies. It also assigns names to constellations. How many constellations have been formally names by the IAU?
  • $$150$$ constellations in Southern hemisphere
  • $$88$$ constellations in Southern and Northern hemisphere
  • $$88$$ constellations in Northern hemisphere only
  • $$150$$ constellations in Norther and Southern hemisphere
Which of the following was the first search engine in internet?
It is the second spacecraft ever to orbit Jupiter. It is a NASA's New Frontiers mission currently orbiting the planet Jupiter. It was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August $$5$$, $$2011$$ and arrived on July $$5$$, $$2016$$. Name it.
  • Voyager $$1$$
  • Alouette $$1$$
  • Juno
  • New Horizons
Which of the following statements is false?
  • FORTRAN, Visual Basic and QBasic are kinds of computer languages
  • The term 'meatspace' refers to the real world.
  • The operating system Linux has a penguin character, Tux, as it logo
  • The file extension pdf stands for Powerful Document Format
The Hubble Space Telescope is repaired and upgraded when needed. Many space shuttle missions have carried astronauts to Hubble for servicing missions. How many servicing missions were launched to repair or upgrade Hubble?
  • $$17$$
  • $$8$$
  • $$4$$
  • $$5$$
Robonaut, a NASA's robot designed to be humanoid is called a dexterous robot because of ______.
  • It can walk like a human
  • Its hands and fingers move like humans
  • It can think like a person
  • It can eat like a person
The currency of Cameroon is _________.
  • Franc
  • Lev
  • Dollar
  • Dinar
Aryabhat-1 was put in orbit in the year ______.
  • $$1934$$
  • $$1975$$
  • $$1956$$
  • $$1957$$
PIA' is the airline of ___________.
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan
  • Bangladesh
  • Iraq
The Fermi Gamma-ray space Telescope is a satellite used to study the most powerful sources of radiations in the universe. When was it launched?
  • June $$11$$, $$2009$$
  • July $$11$$, $$2009$$
  • June $$11$$, $$2008$$
  • July $$11$$, $$2008$$
Fortworth' is the airport of ____________.
  • USA
  • Russia
  • Italy
  • France
Which of the following tech gaints acquired California-based startup Lattice?
Homi Bhabha's father, Jehangir Hormusji Bhabha, was a/an __________.
  • Industrialist
  • Lawyer
  • Scientist
  • Educationist
Jinnah International' is the airport of ____________.
  • Pakistan
  • Bangladesh
  • Turkey
  • Iraq
Netherlands is the new name of __________.
  • Austria
  • Holland
  • Belgium
  • East Germany
What invention caused many deaths while testing it?
  • Dynamite
  • Ladders
  • Race cars
  • Parachute
The currency of Vietnam is __________.
  • Bolivar
  • New Dong
  • Som
  • Vatu
TANJUG' is the news agency of ________.
  • Korea
  • Belgrade
  • Russia
  • Hungary
The currency of Mongolia is ________.
  • Peso
  • Yuan
  • Tughrik
  • Dollar
The longest optical fiber cable of the world is laid between ________________.
  • Singapore and Marseilles
  • Manila and Toronto
  • London and New York
  • Paris and Tokyo
 India conducted the anti-satellite (ASAT) test at _____.
  • Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
  • Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Island, near Odisha
  • Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
  • New Delhi, Delhi
The currency of New Zealand is _________.
  • Pound
  • Peso
  • Dollar
  • Franc
 What is HAL Tejas?
  • An superfast inter-state train
  • Light Combat Aircraft in the IAF
  • A combat Helicopter in the IAF
  • First techno-railway in India
_______ means of communication is called communication medium of $$21st $$ century .
  • Radio
  • Telephone
  • Doordarshan
  • Computer
Factor Endownment Theory of International Trade was propounded by ____________.
  • David Ricardo
  • Bertil-Ohlin
  • J. S. Mill
  • C.P. Kindleberges
Sociology is the science of interpretative understanding of social _____________.
  • action
  • interaction
  • group
  • institution
According to Daniel Bell the first technological revolution.
  • was the first of three such revolution
  • entailed the harnessing of electricity
  • involved a change in farming techniques
  • all of the above
Range of Television Broadcasting is confined to a limited distance because
  • Long waves are used
  • Short waves are absorbed by atmosphere
  • Energy of the waves is dissipated
  • Earth is spherical in shape
On 27th June 1967, which bank installed the first ATM in North London?
  • Citi Bank
  • Bank of London
  • SCB
  • Barclays Bank
India has launched Symphonic Satellite Telecommunication Experiment Project (STEP). It is a joint project of the
  • P and T Department and Indian Space Research Organisation
  • Ministry of Energy and Space Commission
  • Ministry of Defence and Indian Space Research Organisation
  • Indian Space Research Organisation and Ministry of Industry
Many urban areas come to look like each other and many television programmers much T.V, music, film and so on travel around world is called as
  • Global networks
  • Global perspective
  • Global culture
  • Culture
According to sociologists Cultural structure means _______________.
  • The collection of values, norms, and roles
  • Pattern of society
  • Needs of society
  • Society and culture
What type of mirror is used by motorists to see the road behind them ?
  • Convex
  • Concave
  • Plane
  • Concavoconvex
The escape velocity from the earths surface is about
  • 30 km/sec
  • 6 km/sec
  • 11.2 km/sec
  • 300 km/sec
When was the World Wide Web invented at a Swiss physics laboratory?

  • 1980
  • 1985
  • 1990
  • 1995
With reference to the 'Trans- Pacific Partnership', consider the following statements:
It is an agreement among all the Pacific Rim countries except China and Russia.
It is a strategic alliance for the purpose of maritime security only.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?
  • $$1$$ only
  • $$2$$ only
  • Both $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • Neither $$1$$ nor $$2$$
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