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upsc-p1-current-affairs-science-tech-news MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Arrange the following stages of technology readiness from the earliest to the latest: A. Pilot B. Deployment C. Basic research D. Prototype Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Technology readiness moves from basic research to a prototype, then to a pilot and finally to deployment. Therefore the order is C-D-A-B, shown in option A. The other codes incorrectly place a prototype before research or a pilot before the prototype.
Q2Match List I with List II: List I (Institution) A. WHO B. ITU C. WIPO D. IAEA List II (Principal technology-governance link) 1. Nuclear safety and safeguards 2. Patents and traditional knowledge 3. Health-technology guidance and disease surveillance 4. Telecommunications standards, radio frequencies and orbital resources Select the correct answer using the code given below.
WHO is linked to health-technology guidance and disease surveillance; ITU coordinates telecommunications standards, radio frequencies and orbital resources; WIPO deals with patents and traditional knowledge; and IAEA is central to nuclear safety and safeguards. This yields A-3, B-4, C-2 and D-1, which is option B; every other code swaps at least two institutional functions.
Q3With reference to digital-data and artificial-intelligence governance in India, consider the following statements: 1. A Data Fiduciary determines the purpose and means of processing personal data. 2. A Significant Data Fiduciary may have additional obligations relating to a Data Protection Officer, an independent data auditor and an impact assessment. 3. Regulation of personal-data processing under the DPDP Act, 2023 by itself covers model safety, compute and competition across the entire field of artificial intelligence. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 2 correctly describe the Data Fiduciary and the additional obligations associated with a Significant Data Fiduciary. Statement 3 is incorrect because personal-data protection is only one part of AI governance; model safety, training data, compute, accountability, competition and public-sector use form a wider field.
Q4With reference to standards and approvals for public deployment of technology, consider the following statements: 1. Technical standards can determine interoperability, safety, quality and market access. 2. Publication of a diagnostic kit, vaccine, medical-device or new-drug study in a journal is not the same as approval for public use. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Both statements are correct. Standards bodies and specialised regulators convert performance requirements into specifications affecting interoperability, safety, quality and market access. Health technologies may additionally pass through ethics review, clinical-trial rules, regulatory processes and post-market surveillance, so journal publication alone does not authorise public use.
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