WBCS Mains General Knowledge Science & Technology Questions 2023

Q. What is the India’s first nuclear reactor?

(A) RAMBHA
(B) MENAKA
(C) URVASI
(D) APSARA

Correct Answer: (D) APSARA.

Q. The Fukushima Nuclear disaster took place in

(A) 2010
(B) 2011
(C) 2012
(D) 2014

Correct Answer: (B) 2011.

Q. The first geostationary satellite launched in 1964 was called

(A) ANIK
(B) SYNCOM-3
(C) WESTAR
(D) MOLNIYA

Correct Answer: (B) SYNCOM-3.

Q. Who is called the ‘Father of Green Revolution’ in India?

(A) Verghese Kurien
(B) M S Swaminathan
(C) Dhyan Chand
(D) Vikram Sarabhai

Correct Answer: (B) M S Swaminathan.

WBCS Mains General Knowledge Science & Technology Questions 2022

Q. National Science Day is observed on

(A) 1st July
(B) 14th November
(C) 28th February
(D) 5th September

Correct Answer: (C) 28th February.

Q. In which year India International Science Festival was held?

(A) 2016
(B) 2017
(C) 2018
(D) 2019

Correct Answer: (A) 2016.

Q. Little Boy relates to

(A) H-bomb
(B) U-bomb
(C) Pu-bomb
(D) He-bomb

Correct Answer: (B) U-bomb.

WBCS Mains General Knowledge Science & Technology Questions 2021

Q. National Institute of Virology is located in

(A) Pune
(B) New Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Hyderabad

Correct Answer: (A) Pune.

Q. Dr. M. S. Swaminathan has distinguished himself in which of the following fields?

(A) Agriculture
(B) Medicine
(C) Film Direction
(D) Astrophysics

Correct Answer: (A) Agriculture.

Q. ‘C-DOT’ functions under which Union Ministry of India?

(A) Ministry of Electronics and IT
(B) Ministry of Science and Technology
(C) Ministry of External Affairs
(D) Ministry of Communication

Correct Answer: (D) Ministry of Communication.

WBCS Mains General Knowledge Science & Technology Questions 2020

Q. In which year Alexander Flemming discovered Penicilline?

(A) 1930
(B) 1928
(C) 1932
(D) 1934

Correct Answer: (B) 1928.

WBCS Mains General Knowledge Science & Technology Questions 2019

Q. Defence Research and Development Organization on April 15, 2019 successfully test fired Nirbhay. What is Nirbhay?

(A) Pilotless aircraft
(B) Radar
(C) Missile launcher vessel
(D) Sub-sonic cruise missile

Correct Answer: (D) Sub-sonic cruise missile.

WBCS Mains General Knowledge Science & Technology Questions 2018

Q. Graphite is used in nuclear reactor as

(A) Lubricant
(B) Fuel rod
(C) Control rod
(D) Coating

Correct Answer: (C) Control rod.

Q. Which of the following award is being given in the field of Science and Technology?

(A) Arjun Award
(B) Bharat Ratna
(C) Padma Bhusan
(D) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award

Correct Answer: (D) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award.

Q. Which is the first space ship to orbit the moon?

(A) Luna-1
(B) Zond-5
(C) Lunakhod-1
(D) Soyuz-28

Correct Answer: (B) Zond-5.

Q. Which is the India’s first nuclear powered Submarine?

(A) INS Kalvari
(B) INS Sindhuraj
(C) INS Chakra
(D) INS Arihant

Correct Answer: (D) INS Arihant.

Q. What is the full form of “ISRO”?

(A) Indian Satellite Research Organisation
(B) Indian Solar Research Organisation
(C) Indian Site Research Organisation
(D) Indian Space Research Organisation

Correct Answer: (D) Indian Space Research Organisation.

WBCS Mains General Knowledge Science & Technology Questions 2017

Q. What, among the following, is India’s first Anti-submarine warfare corvette?

(A) INS Kamorta
(B) Naval version of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)
(C) INS Shivalik
(D) INS Shakti

Correct Answer: (A) INS Kamorta.

WBCS Mains General Knowledge Science & Technology Questions 2015

Q. The origin of the Universe is around

(A) 12.7 billion years ago (b, y, a)
(B) 13.7 b. y. a
(C) 14.5 b. y. a
(D) 14.7 b. y. a

Correct Answer: (B) 13.7 b. y. a.

Q. Who among the following scientists shared the Nobel prize in Physics with his son?

(A) Max Plank
(B) Albert Einstein
(C) William Henry Bragg
(D) Enrico Fermi

Correct Answer: (C) William Henry Bragg.

Q. Sir C.V. Raman was awarded Nobel prize in the year

(A) 1920
(B) 1925
(C) 1930
(D) 1931

Correct Answer: (C) 1930.

Q. David Bushnell is credited with the creating of

(A) first submarine
(B) Hovercraft
(C) Steamship
(D) Catamaran

Correct Answer: (A) first submarine.

Q. Which one of the following is printed on a commonly used fluorescent tube light?

(A) 220K
(B) 273K
(C) 6500K
(D) 9000K

Correct Answer: (C) 6500K.

Q. NASA’s Deep Impact Space Mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?

(A) Halley’s comet
(B) Hale Bopp
(C) Hyakutake
(D) Tempel –1

Correct Answer: (D) Tempel –1.

Q. Which one of the following is a space craft?

(A) Apophis
(B) Cassini
(C) Spitzer
(D) Tech sar

Correct Answer: (B) Cassini.

WBCS Mains General Knowledge Science & Technology Questions 2014

Q. Sigmund Freud’s name is associated with

(A) chemistry
(B) psychology
(C) physiology
(D) painting

Correct Answer: (B) psychology.