UPSC 2007 › Science & Technology

Who among the following is considered as the inventor of the World Wide Web (WWW)?

Consider the following statements:

1. The series of international paper sizes is based on A0 size whose area is 0.5 m² (approx).
2. The area of A4 size paper is 1⁄8th of the A0 size paper.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Recently, the European Union and six other countries including India signed the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Project.

Which one of the following was NOT a signatory to it?

What is the broad area in which the Nobel Prize winners for the year 2006 in Physiology or Medicine worked to get the prize?

Consider the following statements:

1. In the year 2006, India successfully tested a full-fledged cryogenic stage in rocketry.
2. After USA, Russia and China, India is the only country to have acquired the capability for use of cryogenic stage in rocketry.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following is another name of RDX?

Which one of the following non-metals is NOT a poor conductor of electricity?

Robert Webster is known for his work associated with which one of the following?

Consider the following statements :

1. If magenta and yellow coloured circles intersect, the intersected area will have red colour.
2. If cyan and magenta coloured circles intersect, the intersected area will have blue colour.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. A flute of smaller length gives waves of lower frequency.
2. Sound travels in rocks in the form of longitudinal elastic waves only.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Four wires of the same material and of the dimensions given below are stretched by equal loads separately. Which one of them will be elongated the maximum?

Which one of the following parts of the pitcher plant becomes modified into a pitcher?

Assertion (A): A jet aircraft moving at Mach number equal to 1 travels faster at an altitude of 15 km than while moving at Mach number equal to 1 near sea level.

Reason (R): The velocity of sound depends on the temperature of the surrounding medium.

In the human body, to which structure is the appendix attached?

Which one of the following types of glass can cut off ultraviolet rays?

In the human body

which one of the following hormones regulates blood calcium and phosphate?

How do most insects respire?

Which one of the following parts of the human brain is the regulating centre for swallowing and vomiting?

Production

of which one of the following is a function of the liver?

Which of the following is not a digestive enzyme in the human system?

Which of the following light types of light are strongly absorbed by plants:

In human beings, normally

in which one of the following parts does the sperm fertilize the ovum?

Three identical vessels A, B and C are filled with water, mercury and kerosene respectively up to an equal height. The three vessels are provided with identical taps at the bottom of the vessels. If the three taps are opened simultaneously, then which vessel is emptied first?

Which one of the following is called Philosopher’s wool?

Which one of the following does not contain silver?

Which of the following types is used by computed tomography employed for visualization of the internal structure of human body?

Which on the following is the correct sequence in order of decreasing length of the three structural parts given below of small intestine in the human body?

Consider the following statements:

1. In November 2006, DRDO successfully conducted the interception test using Prithvi-II missile.
2. Prithvi-II is a surface-to-surface missile and can be deployed to guard the metros against air attack.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

NASA’s Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

1. Co-founder of Microsoft
2. Space walker
3. Administrator of NASA
4. Nobel Prize winner, 2006 in Physics

List-I (Person) A. John C. Mather B. Michael Griffin C. Paul G. Allen D. Piers Sellers

List-II (Known as)

Codes:

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

1. Wind Energy
2. Oil
3. Telephone, Internet
4. Micro-processor

List-I (Company) A. Chevron B. AT&T C. AMD D. Enercon GmbH

List-II (Major Area/Product)

Codes:

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

What is the Galileo project which has been in news recently?