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National Technology Day MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
Solve 51 National Technology Day questions for RAS/RPSC preparation.
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Q1Match the institutional role with the correct body in relation to National Technology Day. List I 1. Celebrates 11 May every year as National Technology Day 2. Ministry on whose behalf the celebration is held List II A. Technology Development Board B. Ministry of Science and Technology C. Department of Space D. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
The correct pairing is: Technology Development Board celebrates 11 May every year as National Technology Day, and it does so on behalf of the Ministry of Science and Technology. The Department of Space and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research are plausible science bodies, but they are not named in the cited fact for this role.
Q2According to the press statement by Dr. Anil Kakodkar and Dr. R. Chidambaram, what total yield did regional Rayleigh-wave analysis give for the May 11, 1998 Pokhran-II tests?
Regional Rayleigh-wave analysis is cited as giving a total yield of 49 to 52 kt for the May 11, 1998 tests. The 58 to 63 kt figure belongs to the average mb(Lg) magnitude method, 58 kt belongs to close-in acceleration data comparison, and 13 plus/minus 3 kt is the fission-device yield from BARC measurements.
Q3Consider the following statements about the National Award for Start-Up associated with the Technology Development Board. Statement 1: It was introduced from 2017 onward. Statement 2: It was introduced mainly for SSI units. Statement 3: It promotes start-up technologies with commercialization potential. Which statements are correct?
Statement 1 is correct because the Technology Development Board introduced the National Award for Start-Up from 2017 onward. Statement 3 is correct because the award is meant to promote start-up technologies with commercialization potential. Statement 2 is wrong because the SSI-unit reference belongs to the second National Technology Award category introduced in 2000, not to the start-up award fact being tested here.
Q4Assertion: National Technology Day gives emphasis to successful commercialisation of technology. Reason: One of its purposes is that research outcomes should reach people at large. Choose the correct answer.
The Assertion is true because National Technology Day recognises successful commercialisation. The Reason is also true because the same cited fact links commercialisation with research outcomes reaching people at large. Treating the Reason as false or unrelated misses that direct purpose, while denying the Assertion contradicts the cited fact.
Q5Which sequence correctly captures the evolution of the second National Technology Award category?
The correct sequence is introduction in 2000 for SSI units, followed later by renaming as the MSME Award. A sequence that puts the MSME renaming before the SSI introduction reverses the timeline. A start-up introduction in 2017 belongs to a different award category. A sequence beginning with MSME units in 2000 and ending with an SSI renaming swaps both the original category and the later name.
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6With reference to National Technology Day institutions, the Technology Development Board functions as a statutory body under which entity?
7With reference to the May 11, 1998 Pokhran-II yield estimates, consider the following statements: 1. The average mb(Lg) magnitude method gave a total yield of 58 to 63 kt. 2. The same method gave a total yield of 49 to 52 kt. 3. The same method gave a single total yield value of 58 kt. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
8What was the theme of National Technology Day 2023?
9For a current-affairs timeline entry on the National Technology Day 2023 programme, which sequence correctly records the cited Atal Tinkering Labs reference?
10Consider the following Assertion and Reason about Pokhran-II: Assertion: The May 11, 1998 thermonuclear device was tested at a controlled yield of 45 kt. Reason: Khetolai village was about 5 km from the test site. Which of the following is correct?
11At what time did the first three Pokhran-II detonations take place simultaneously on May 11, 1998?
12Consider the following Assertion and Reason based on the National Technology Day 2023 programme: Assertion: Annual patent numbers were cited as having crossed 30,000 by 2023. Reason: The programme cited annual patent numbers as having risen from 4,000 ten years earlier to more than 30,000. Choose the correct answer.
13Assertion (A): Close-in acceleration data comparison gave a total yield value of 58 kt for the May 11, 1998 Pokhran-II tests. Reason (R): The cited press statement attributes the 58 kt value to close-in acceleration data comparison, not to regional Rayleigh-wave analysis.
14With reference to the main National Technology Award category, consider the following statements: 1. If the technology developer or provider and the commercialising organisation are different, both are eligible separately. 2. In such a case, each eligible entity receives Rs. 25 lakh and a trophy. 3. This rule applies under the MSME National Award category, not the main National Technology Award category. Which of the statements given above are correct?
15Which sequence correctly describes the commemorative milestone marked in the 2023 National Technology Day programme?