Descriptive questions on Science & Technology

(a) In what way ‘Medical Biotechnology’ and ‘Bioengineering’ are useful for technological

development of India?

(b) What do you know about Indian National Satellite Systems? Describe its important

features.

Explain any three of the following (in about 150 words each): 3×15=45

(a) Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) (b) Spintronics

(c) Wifi (d) Components of Robots

Q.12. Write brief notes on all the five (in about 20 words each) below: 5×2=10

(a) Copyright and Trade-Mark (b) TIFAC

(c) Aspartame (d) Gene doping

 (a) Subsequent to the Nuclear Suppliers‟ Group (NSG) waiver in 2008, what are the agreements on nuclear energy that India has signed with different countries? (a) International Year of Chemistry

(b) The scourge of e-waste

(c) „Designer‟ poultry eggs

(d) INSPIRE programme of the Department of Science and Technology

(e) The „Kessler syndrome‟ with reference to space debris

(f) Omega-3 fatty acids in our food

(g) Difference between „spin-dyring‟ and „tumble-drying‟ technology with reference to drying of washed clothes

(h) The diminishing population of vultures

(i) „Arensic-bug‟ and the significance of its discovery

(j) F-22 „Raptor‟ aircraft

(k) „Concentrated‟ solar energy and „photovoltaic‟ solar energy

(h) The diminishing population of vultures

(i) „Arensic-bug‟ and the significance of its discovery

(j) F-22 „Raptor‟ aircraft

(k) „Concentrated‟ solar energy and „photovoltaic‟ solar energy

(l) Analog, hybrid and IP systems in CCTV technology

(m) Various applications of Kevlar

(n) Differences between Compact Disc (CD), Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) and Blu-ray Disc

7. Why have each of the following been in the news recently? (Each answer in a sentence or two only) 2x10=20

(a) Tiangong-1

(b) K-computer

(c) Gliese 581g

(d) MABLE robot

(e) „Operation Shady Rat‟

(f) „SAGA-220‟

(g) „Billion Acts of Green‟

(h) L‟Aquila earthquake

(i) OPERA detecter at Gran Sasso

(j) Saturn‟s Titan