ESE-2018 PRELIMS TEST SERIES

Date: 07 October, 2017

ANSWERS

1. (b) 21. (a) 41. (a) 61. (a) 81. (d)

2. (d) 22. (b) 42. (b) 62. (a) 82. (a)

3. (a) 23. (a) 43. (a) 63. (d) 83. (d)

4. (d) 24. (d) 44. (a) 64. (c) 84. (a)

5. (c) 25. (b) 45. (b) 65. (a) 85. (b)

6. (c) 26. (c) 46. (c) 66. (c) 86. (b)

7. (d) 27. (a) 47. (d) 67. (b) 87. (c)

8. (a) 28. (d) 48. (a) 68. (b) 88. (a)

9. (d) 29. (b) 49. (b) 69. (d) 89. (a)

10. (a) 30. (c) 50. (a) 70. (c) 90. (d)

11. (b) 31. (a) 51. (b) 71. (b) 91. (c)

12. (c) 32. (d) 52. (a) 72. (b) 92. (d)

13. (d) 33. (b) 53. (d) 73. (c) 93. (d)

14. (a) 34. (c) 54. (c) 74. (d) 94. (a)

15. (d) 35. (d) 55. (a) 75. (a) 95. (c)

16. (c) 36. (c) 56. (d) 76. (c) 96. (b)

17. (b) 37. (a) 57. (b) 77. (c) 97. (a)

18. (d) 38. (d) 58. (c) 78. (c) 98. (b)

19. (a) 39. (c) 59. (b) 79. (c) 99. (a)

20. (c) 40. (d) 60. (a) 80. (d) 100. (b)
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1. (b) British scientists have developed the world’s The 3 major targets of the programme are:
smallest surgical robot called as Versius. It 1.Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every
mimics the human arm and can be used to Citizen
carry out a wide range of laparoscopic
2.Governance & Services on Demand
procedures – including hernia repairs,
colorectal operations, prostate and ear, nose 3.Digital Empowerment of Citizens
and throat surgery – in which a series of 5. (c) Bharat Net program is a high-speed digital
small incisions are made to circumvent the highway to connect all 250,000 gram
need for traditional open surgery. panchayats of country. It is the world’s
largest rural broadband project using optical
This reduces complications and pain after
fibre.
surgery and speeds up recovery times for
patients. Broadband Highways is one of the pillars of
Digital India to address the connectivity
It is controlled by a surgeon at a console issue while enabling and prov iding
guided by a 3D screen in the operating technologies to facilitate delivery of services

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theatre. to citizens.
2. (d) Applications of Indian Regional Navigation 6. (c) The portal has been developed byNational
Informatics Centre (NIC).

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Satellite System (IRNSS)/NavIC:
Terrestrial, Aerial and Marine Navigation It is an institutional mechanism to automate
the entire tracking of issues related to
Disaster Management
Vehicle tracking and fleet management
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project to commissioning on time.
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Integration with mobile phones Government agencies, departments,
ministries and private entrepreneurs are
Mapping and Geodetic data capture eligible to submit issues related to stalled
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Visual and voice navigation for drivers projects through the portal.

3. (a) DIKSHA It will proactively identify potential and

existing bottlenecks in the execution of
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It is a unique initiative which leverages projects and communicates administrative

existing highly scalable and flexible digital measures to overcome them.
infrastructures, while keeping teachers at
Apart from issues related to stalled projects
the center.
the portalalso acts as a platform to discuss
It is jointly developed by Ministry of Human general issues relatedto the ministry.
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Resource and Development and National Launching of this portal is in tune with the
Council For Teacher Education (NCTE) to NDAgovernment’s focus on reviving
coordinate the innovative tech-based investment climate in the country by
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solutions of teachers and state governments removing policy bottlenecks related

at national level. toinfrastructure projects.
It is built considering the whole teacher’s 7. (d) Digital Literacy
life cycle - from the time student teachers MeitY has approved the following two
enroll in Teacher Education Institutes (TEIs) Schemes for providing Digital Literacy to
to after they retire as teachers. the masses: Scheme for IT
States, government bodies and even private Mass Literacy, National Digital Literacy
organizations, can integrate DIKSHA into Mission wasapproved in March, 2014.
their respective teacher initiatives based on The duration of the Scheme wasinitially 18
their goals, needs and capabilities. months, which was later extended up to
4. (d) Digital India is a central programme to June2016. The Scheme aims to train 10
lakh persons.
make India ready for a knowledge-based
future. The focus is on using technology to Digital Empowerment of citizens by
create a participative, transparent and providing UniversalDigital Literacy is an
responsive government. integral component of the vision of‘Digital

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India’ initiative. Keeping this in view, a security incidents; (2) forecast and alerts
scheme titled ‘Digital SakshartaAbhiyan’ of cyber security incidents; (3) emergency
(DISHA) to make 42.5lakh persons digitally measures for handling cyber security
literate in selected householdsthroughout the incidents; (4) coordination of cyber security
country was approved. incident response activities; (5) issue
guidelines, advisories, vulnerability notes and
8. (a) The vision of Digital India aims totransform
the country into a digitally empowered white papers relating to information security
society and knowledge economy. The practices, procedures, prevention, response
and reporting of cyber incidents.
programme will beimplemented in phases
till 2018. This programme has been Centre for Development of Advanced
envisaged by Department of Electronics Computing (C-DAC) has emerged as a
andInformation Technology (DeitY). It would premier R&D organization in IT &
also bring in public accountability through Electronics working on strengthening
mandated delivery ofGovernment’s services national technological capabilities in the
electronically. context of global developments in the field

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and responding to change in the market
LIMBS (Legal Information and Management
Based System): It is an easy to access, need in selected foundation areas.

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web-based tool for comprehensive, regulatory ERNETis an Autonomous Scientific Society
and proactive monitoring ofcourt cases. of Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology, Government of India. ERNET
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has made significant contribution to the
common access portal to all users having
emergence of networking in the country.
v arying needs and cutting across
administration pyramids i.e., access In addition to providing connectivity, it has
isavailable right from the file dealer to the
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top management. research institutions by providing IT
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consultancy, project management
(ii) NDSAP (National Data Sharing and
AccessibilityProgramme) andtraining.

The objective of this policy is to facilitate ERNET provides Domain name services and
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connectivity services, both terrestrial & via

the access toGovernment of India owned
VSAT.
shareable data andinformation in both
human readable and machine readable Unique Identification Authority of
forms through a network all over the country India(2009) is as an attached office to the
ina proactive updatable manner, within the Planning Commission now an attached office
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framework of various related policies. of Ministry of Electronics & IT.

(iii) e-Office A key objective of Aadhaar programme is
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The main objectives of e-office are: - a) to to provide an ‘identity infrastructure’ for

improv e eff iciency, consistency and delivery of various social welfare programs
effectiveness of governmentresponses; b) to and for effective targeting of the welfare
services.
reduce turnaround time and to meet and
demands of the citizens charter; c) to 10. (a) Institute of Electrical and Electronics
provide foreffective resource management to Engineers is the world’s largest technical
improve the quality ofadministration; d) to professional society.
reduce processing delays; e) to establish It promotes the development and application
transparency and accountability; f) the of electro-technology and allied sciences
system will automate movement of files for the benefit of humanity, the advancement
within government offices, etc.
of the profession, and the well-being of our
9. (d) CERT-Inis a functional organization of members.
Ministry of Electronics and Information It is responsible for the development of
Technology, Government of India.
national and international standards. It also
Functions are: (1) collection, analysis and publishes a number of journals, has many
dissemination of information on cyber local chapters and several large societies

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in special areas, such as the IEEE technology has been tested by Google in
Computer Society etc. and provides learning Brazil, New Zealand and California in USA.
opportunities within the engineering
It aims to launch and maintain a fleet of
sciences, research, and technology.
balloons to provide Internet coverage to
It provides opportunities related to education users on the ground, with the Auto launchers
such as IEEE e-Learning Library, Education capable of safely and consistently launching
Partners Program, Standards in Education a new balloon every 30 minutes.
and Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
15. (d) Blogging and micro blogging
IEEE standards affect a wide range of
industries including: power and energy, Blogging is a collection of ideas published
biomedical and healthcare, Information online with no character limit. E.g.
Technology (IT), telecommunications, Tumblr.com and WordPress.com
transportation, nanotechnology, information
assurance etc. Microblogging enables its users to send
and publish short messages (about 140

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11. (b) Mahila E-Haat
characters). E.g.: Twitter.
It is an online platform, where women
entrepreneurscan sell their products directly. Blogging site updates at the discretion of

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the blogger while a microblogging site keeps
Women entrepreneurs don’t have to pay
updating minute by minute.
any fees for selling the product online.
16. (c) VidyaVahini Project
The only eligibility criteria to register is that
the sellers—any women or women members
of a self-help group-have to be above 18
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Ministry of Communication of the
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years of age to eliminate the problem of government of India to bridge the digital
child labour. div ide. Its objectiv e is to connect
12. (c) Big Data initiative
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government and government–aided or
It means the use of predictive analytics, secondary schools in the country.It enables
user behavior analytics, or certain other schools to form their own intranet and
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advanced data analytics methods that Internet facilities for information exchange.
extract value from data, and not just to a
FRIENDS Project
particular size of data set.
The Fast, Reliable, Instant Efficient Network
The availability of data is increasing because
they are applies in numerous information- for Disbursement of Services (FRIENDS)
Project has been launched by the state of
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sensing mobile devices, aerial (remote

sensing), sof tware logs, cameras, Kerela with a view toward mitigating the
microphones, radio-frequency identification hardship of citizens paying taxes by
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(RFID) readers and wireless sensor eliminating middlemen, delays and long
networks. queues.
13. (d) It will promote Evidence based decision 18. (d) Merged Reality
making.
It is a new way of experiencing virtual reality
It will help in the management of industry
and real world together, using cutting-edge
and infrastructure.
technology.
It will reduce bank’s NPA problem and
promote financial inclusion. It digitizes the real world and allows people
to experience the virtual world without
It will streamline wage management as per
coming into conflict with the real world.
dynamic market trend.
It will assist New Start-ups and business Itmeans when the real and virtual world is
units. merged and objects from both can interact.
E.g.: Windows Holographic Shell is a major
14. (a) Project Loon
application of Merged Reality which allows
It was started by Google to provide internet virtual computer screens, objects, and
connectivity to remote parts of India. This people into the real world.
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19. (a) ADHAAR E-Sampark is a mechanism to connect the

government directly with citizens across
It is a 12-digit random number issued by
India by running mailer, outbound dialing
Unique Identification Authority of India to
and SMS campaigns.
the residents of India.
Mobile Seva aims to leverage wireless and
Citizens hav e to prov ide minimal
new media technology platforms, mobile
demographic and biometric information
devices and applications for delivery of
during the enrolment process which is totally
public information and services to all citizens
free of cost.
and businesses.
The Biometric information required in Adhaar
29. (b) E-NAM is a pan-India electronic trading
includes ten Fingerprints, two Iris Scans, portal which networks the existing
and Facial Photograph. Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee
It is a strategic policy tool for social and mandis to create a unified national market
financial inclusion, public sector delivery for agricultural commodities.
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convenience and promote hassle-free merchants to undertake real time digital
people-centric governance. transactions through the DIGIDHAN Bazaar.

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Insecurity over handling of data in Adhaar E-RaktKosh is an integrated Blood Bank
and misuse in Banking Transactions which Management Information System to benefit
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Adhaar.
Drishtee is a rural model of distribution and
26. (c) Objectives of ICT in education are: promotional network for consumer goods
1. To implement the principle of life-long
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2. To increase a variety of educational services It states to engage infosec professionals/
and medium/method. organizations to assist e-Governance
3. To promote equal opportunities to obtain initiatives, establish Centers of Excellence,
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cyber security concept labs for awareness

education and information.
and skill development through PPP.
4. To develop a system of collecting and
It has emphasized on the promotion of
disseminating educational information.
research and development in cyber security
5. To promote technology literacy of all
It calls for the creation of several agencies,
citizens, especially for students.
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including a 24×7 National Critical Information

27. (a) Advantages of E-governance Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC).
Better access to information and quality
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It calls for effective public and private

services for citizens partnership and collaborative engagements
Simplicity, efficiency and accountability in through technical and operational
the government cooperation.
Elimination of hierarchy It also aims at encouraging all organizations
Speed and Cost Reduction whether public or private to designate a
person to serve as Chief Information Security
Transparency Officer (CISO) who will be responsible for
Socio-economic Development cyber security initiatives.
28. (d) E-Basta is a framework to make school 31. (a) Exascale computing
books accessible in digital form as e-books
It is the computing system which is capable
to be read and used on tablets and laptops.
of at least one EXAFLOPS or a billion
E-Granthalaya is an Integrated Library calculations per second. It is a significant
Management Software developed by achievement in computer engineering
National Informatics Centre, (NIC), and because it is believed to be the order of
Department of Electronics & Information processing power of the human brain at
Technology. neural level.
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China has developed the world’s first and The proposal for GlobalSat was mooted by
fastest super computer that is 24,000 times CANEUS in cooperation with UN agencies.
faster than its international counterparts in These include UN Office for Outer Space
2017. Affairs, the UN International Strategy for
In 2012 the Indian Government has proposed Disaster Reduction, the United Nations
a 2.5 billion USD supercomputing research Development Programme (UNDP) and the
project, handled by Indian Institute of World Bank.
Science (IISc), Bangalore. It was proposed in response to the need for
32. (d) Applications of Li-Fi: a globally interconnected disaster and
It can be used in street and traffic lights. environmental management system since
no single country can afford to develop a
It can also be used in aircraft, where complete set of sensors and satellite
communication is done through radio waves. systems needed for forecasting, monitoring
It can be used in vehicles having LED-based and mitigating disasters.

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headlights and tail lamps.
CANEUS was founded in 1999 to develop
It can also easily work underwater, where a common platform for space technology
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33. (b) A quantum dot is a nanoparticle made of management.
any semiconductor material such as silicon, The renaming of GlobalSat after Kalam will
cadmium selenide, and cadmium sulfide.
Higher peak brightness, better colour
accuracy and improved battery lives in T be a tribute to his vision, who in his World
Space Vision-2050 had envisaged space
faring nations joining hands to find solutions
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mobile phones are the benfits of Quantum to mankind’s major problems such as
dots. natural disasters, energy and water scarcity,
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They have application in Medical Science, health-care education issues and weather
solar cells manufacturing and they can be prediction.
integrated into dust that tracks enemies. 37. (a) Cartosat-2 Series Satellite is the primary
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34. (c) ICT Development Index satellite carried by PSLV-C38. This remote
It is a composite index that combines 11 sensing satellite is similar in configuration
indicators into one benchmark measure. to earlier satellites in the series with the
objective of providing high-resolution scene
It reflects changes taking place in countries
specific spot imagery.
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at different levels of ICT development.

The imagery sent by satellite will be useful
Major objectives:
for cartographic applications, urban and rural
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The progress made in ICT development in applications, coastal land use and
both developed and developing countries regulation, utility management like road
To measure the digital divide network monitoring, water distribution,
creation of land use maps, change detection
South Korea, Iceland and Denmark are the
to bring out geographical and manmade
the top three countries in the 2016 ranking.
features and various other Land Information
India has been ranked 138th in the 2016 System (LIS) as well as Geographical
ICT Development Index out of a total of 175 Information System (GIS) applications.
countries.
38. (d) BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS)
35. (d) The ‘GlobalSat for DRR’ is a UN-driven global
initiative on sharing space technology for It is a Chinese satellite navigation system.
disaster risk reduction and the launch of It consists of two separate satellite
this satellite was mooted at the third UN constellations – a limited test system that
W orld Conf erence on Disaster Risk has been operating since 2000, and a full-
Reduction held at Sendai in Japan in March scale global navigation system that is
2015. currently under construction.

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The second generation of the system, known and producing cost estimates and other
as COMPASS or BeiDou-2, will be a global relevant data for preparation and monitoring
satellite navigation system consisting of 35 of annual road maintenance plans.
satellites. Its usage would greatly enhance the service
Applications: Fast positioning, delivery of the state level institutions in
communication security, bi-directional digital planning and implementing performance
short-message communication and precise based rural roads maintenance contracts.
timing which include features of safety, 46. (c) Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique number issued
accuracy, all weather and versatility. by the Unique Identification Authority of India
40. (d) CCTNS Project (UIDAI) provided to all citizens of India. The
number will be stored in a centralized
It aims to deliver various web based police
database and linked to the basic
related services to citizens.
demographics and biometric information –
It facilitates a pan-India search of crime photograph, ten fingerprints and iris – of
and criminal records of individuals through each individual.

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a national database. 48. (a) Kerala has made phenomenal progress in
It generates crime and criminal reports at the Information Technology sector having

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the state and central level to inform policy 100% mobile density, 75% e- literacy,
interventions and computerise police maximum digital banking, broadband
processes. connections, e- district project in all 14

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Districts linking Aadhar card and bank
In 2015, an additional objectiv e of
account have laid a strong foundation for
establishing a basic platform for an Inter-
digital Kerala.
operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS)
was added to the Project.
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declared to be a completely digital state.
41. (a) SWIFT stands for the Society for Worldwide
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Kerala is known to be the land of India’s
Interbank Financial Telecommunications. It
largest software infrastructure parks.
is a messaging network that financial
institutions use to securely transmit 49. (b) Digital Evolution Index 2017
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information and instructions through a It is prepared by the Fletcher School at

standardized system of codes. Tuf ts University in partnership with
Mastercard.
42. (b) C-DOT (Centre f or Development of
Telematics) has developed CCSP (C-DOT It is a comprehensive research that tracks
the progress countries have made in
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Common Service Platform), the one M2M

standards compliant common service developing their digital economies and
platform which can be deployed on any off- integrating connectivity into the lives of
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the-shelf generic server platforms or cloud billions.

infrastructure. It measures four key drivers – supply,
consumer demand, institutional environment,
The smart cities can reap all the benefits of
and innovation.
using a standards compliant horizontal
service layer using the CCSP platform from It maps the development of 60 countries,
C-DOT. Thus they can be more efficient, demonstrating their competitiveness and
economical and future proof. market potential for further digital economic
growth.
45. (b) Aarambh app
50. (a) Wi-Fi is more secure than Bluetooth. Unlike
The Union Ministry of Rural Development Wi-Fi, which uses wireless access devices
has launched it for road maintenance. that connect clients, each Bluetooth device
It was launched for performance based is an access point itself.
maintenance contracting and community The potential for abuse is a lot greater for
contracting for maintenance of rural roads. Bluetooth than for Wi-Fi, as every Bluetooth
It aims at use of GIS based mapping for device is a potential entry point to the local
making road inventories, condition surveys, network. Wi-Fi works at 2.45, 3.6 and 5

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GHz frequencies; while Bluetooth works only Blue ray disc is capable of storing large
at 2.45 GHz. Bluetooth consumes less number of videos (lengthy) in high-definition
power than Wi-Fi. and ultra-high-definition resolution.
53. (d) China has launched the world’s first satellite 57. (b) Organic computing
dedicated to testing the fundamentals of
It is defined as the type of computing that
quantum communication in space.
behaves and interacts with humans in an
QUESS is designed to establish ‘hack-proof’ organic manner.
quantum communications by transmitting
The term organic means the system’s
un-crackable keys from space to the
behavior, and does not imply that it is
ground. It is nicknamed as Micius.
constructed from organic materials. It is
54. (c) It is a term which refers to the application related to act more independently, flexibly,
of engineering systems and modern and autonomously, i.e. to exhibit life like
technologies in human biology to function properties.
like living organisms or parts of living
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organisms.
flexible, and trustworthy systems with a
In other words, it comprises of artificial body strong orientation towards human needs as
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natural biological capability. technology.
Prosthetic limb is an important outcome of 58. (c) Internet Society
Bionics technology. It replaces the external
organs which become nonfunctional due to
accidents.
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Board of Trustees with the aim to ensure
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that the Internet stays open, transparent
55. (a) Quantum Computing and defined by the people of the world.
It is a computational method based on the It is the world’s trusted independent source
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quantum states of matter. In this type of of leadership for Internet policy, technology
computing, the minute particles like atoms standards, and future development.
and molecules are used in place of silicon
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in classical computers. It facilitates open development of standards,

protocols, administration, and the technical
It can be used in DNA analysis in medicine,
infrastructure of the Internet.
big data, and weather predictions with
complicated models and has a great It promotes professional development and
potential due to increasing innovation and builds community to foster participation and
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research like DNA computing. leadership in areas important to the evolution

of the Internet.
56. (d) Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD)
59. (b) Online Registration System (ORS) is a
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It is an optical disc technology which can

framework to link various hospitals across
store up to several terabytes of data on an
the country for Aadhaar based online
optical disc. Ithas reduced radius of the
registration and appointment system, where
disc, the cost involved and the amount of
counter based OPD registration and
materials used.
appointment system through Hospital
It works on a technique known as collinear Management Information System (HMIS)
holography in which a green and red laser has been digitalized.
beam is collimated in a single beam.
The application has been hosted on the
Blu-ray Disc cloud services of NIC.
It means blue laser used to read the disc, 61. (a) Bharat QR Code
which allows information to be stored at a
The QR code has been developed by
greater density than is possible with the
National Payment Corporation of India
longer-wavelength red laser used for DVDs.
(NPCI).
It is a digital optical disc data storage format
It is a common QR code built for ease of
and was designed to replace the DVD
payments.
format.
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It is a standard that will support Visa, radio service. However, it was discontinued
Master card and Rupay cards for wider in 2010.
acceptance.
AkashvaniMoitree Channel is an initiative of
It will enable the merchants to accept digital Kolkata Akashvani Kendra. It will provide a
payments without the Point of Sale (PoS) platform for blending content both from India
swiping machine. and Bangladesh and preserving Bengali
culture.
QR code is a two dimensional machine
readable code made up of black and white 67. (b) PARAM-ISHAN
squares. It is a supercomputing facility at IIT,
It used f or storing URLs or other Guwahati and has the power of 250 Teraflops
information. These can be read by camera and three hundred tera bites capacity.
of a Smartphone.
It can be used in the application areas like
When it is scanned on Smartphone, all the Computational Chemistry, Computational
black and white squares are converted into Fluid Dynamics, Computational

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a URL or connects it to a website. Electromagnetic, Civ il Engineering
Structures, Nana-block Self Assemble,
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numeric and alphabetic, Kanji, Kana,
Hiragana, symbols, binary, and control It can be used for Weather, climate
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Up to 7,089 characters can be encoded in It is developed by C-DAC and IIT Guwahati.
one symbol and QR Code has error
68. (b)
correction capability.
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A code word is a unit that constructs the
data area. In the case of QR Code, one It is a satellite-based monitoring system,
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code word is equal to 8 bits. which aims to check illegal mining activity
through automatic remote-sensing detection
QR Codes can be used for printed matters technology.
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such as fliers and name cards, payment

system, business purposes and in logistics The Indian Bureau of Mines, on behalf of
operations. the mines ministry, has developed MSS, in
co-ordination with the Bhaskaracharya
62. (a) ICT 2025 is about setting up core IT Institute for Space Applications and Geo-
infrastructure and process to consolidate informatics (BISAG), Gandhinagar, and the
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functions. Technology (MEITY).
Digitalization is the key strategy in ICT It checks 500 meters around the existing
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2025. It is the strategy of adopting recent mining lease boundary to search for any
technologies and consolidating existing unusual activity relating to illegal mining.
Any discrepancy is flagged off as a trigger.
technologies in IT to make the most of the
digital resources available in the Election 69. (d) The Government of India has launched
ecosystem. “VittiyaSakshartaAbhiyan” to promote active
participation of youth of Higher Educational
64. (c) GPRS, EDGE, HSPA, LTE is associated Institutions to motivate all payers and
with mobile internet coverage/speed. payees to be embrace cashless economic
65. (a) Global Innovation Index (GII) 2016 has been system for transfer of funds.
released. It is published by Cornell The primary aim is to mobilise youth and
University, INSEAD, and the World faculty to promote digital literacy and
Intellectual Property Organization, in awareness among people around them who
partnership with other organizations and have been technologically averse.
institutions. 70. (c) China has launched its first fully- owned
66. (c) The All India Radio (AIR) during the overseas satellite ground station near the
North Pole which could enable Beijing to
Bangladesh Liberation Movement in 1971
collect satellite data anywhere on the Earth
had launched AkashvaniMaitree, a Bangla
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at a speed it said was the fastest in the compatible devices are brought within four
world. centimeters of each other. Data transfer
The facility, located in Sweden would allow speed is slower in NFC than broad band
China to collect satellite data anywhere on network.
Earth at speeds that were more than twice 83. (d) My Gov aims to establish a link between
as fast as before. Government and Citizens towards meeting
The new facility would play an important the goal of good governance.
role in China’s Gaofen project-a network of Jeevan Pramaan is an Aadhaar based
observation satellites orbiting the Earth to Biometric Authentication System for
provide global surveillance capabilities-which Pensioners.
was due to be completed in 2020.
E-Taal is a portal for dissemination of
71. (b) It is a forum for multi-stake holders dialogue
statistics related to electronic transactions
on public policy issues related to internet
under national and state level e-governance
governance.
projects including MMPs.
India hosted IGF in 2008 (Hyderabad).

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84. (a) ‘e-pashuhaat’ portal
73. (c) CSC programme is an initiative of the
Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), 1. Under the scheme National Mission on
Government of India. CSCs are the access Bovine Productivity, ‘e-pashuhaat’ portal has

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points for delivery of various electronic been developed for connecting breeders and
services to villages in India, thereby farmers regarding availability ofbovine
contributing to a digitally and financially germplasm, for the first time in the world.
inclusive society.
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in rural India. They are positioned as change services and will connect farmers with
agents, promoting rural entrepreneurship breeders – Central, State, Co-operative, Milk
and building rural capacities and livelihoods. Federations, and private agencies.
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They are enablers of community
86. (b) National Programme on Technology
participation and collective action for
Enhanced Learning (NPTEL)
engendering social change through a bottom-
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up approach with key focus on the rural It provides e-learning through online Web
citizen. and Video courses
74. (d) What is FASTag? It is joint initiative of the IITs and IISc
It is a device that uses Radio Frequency It is funded by the Ministry of Human
Identification (RFID) technology for making Resource Development
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88. (a) It addresses common man’s grievances,
account linked to it.
and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing
It is affixed on the windscreen of the vehicle important programmes and projects of the
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and enables to drive through toll plazas Government of India as well as projects
without waiting as for a cash transaction. flagged by State Governments.
The tag has a validity of 5 years and after 89. (a) It provides online procurement of Goods &
purchase, it only needs to be recharged or Services od common use required by various
topped up. Government Department and is under
Commerce and Industry ministry.
80. (d) Meghraj is the name given to the initiative
of Government of India for its new program 94. (a) It is launched by Vishakhapatanam
which is going to take advantage of the Municipal Corporation.
Cloud Computing. 95. (c) BHIM app
It enables the government to leverage cloud 1. BHIM stands for Bharat Interface for
computing for effective delivery of e-services. Money, a digital app on the Unified
81. (d) Near Field Communications (NFC) is a Payment Interface (UPI).
short-range wireless connectivity technology 2. UPI, a platform created by the National
that provides intuitive, simple and safe Payments Corporation (NPCI) to facilitate
communication between electronic devices. faster and smoother digital payments.
Communication occurs when two NFC-

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3. It acts as an aggregator for all UPI-based It does not require money to be stored in
offerings of banks. Till date, each bank the app to make digital payments.
has come out with its own mobile
98. (b) Ministry of Human Resource Development
banking app and gone live on UPI. But
now, the NPCI through BHIM created a has decided to conduct an annual web-
front-end app. based All India Survey on Higher Education
(AISHE) since 2010-11.
96. (b) GSAT-18 provides telecommunications
services. It would strengthen ISRO’s present The main aim of this survey is to portray
fleet of 14 operational telecom satellites. It the status of higher education in the country.
carries Ku-band beacon to help in It covers all the Institutions in the country
accurately pointing ground antennas towards engaged in imparting of higher education.
the satellite.
Data is being collected on sev eral
· GSAT-18 has successfully been launched parameters such as teachers, student
from Arianespace’s European launcher enrolment, programmes, examination
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transponders in C-band, upper extended C- 99. (a) BOSS stands for Bharat Operating System
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digital satellite news gathering are a few of Software in India
the services that GSAT 18 will support in
E-learning is basically the delivery of learning
coming days. The GSAT-18 has been placed
via the internet. One of the best open source
in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO).
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The designed in orbit operational life is
around 15 years. 100. (b) The National e-Governance Plan
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Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform to make all government services available
built by the National Payments Corporation to the citizens of India via electronic media.
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of India (NPCI). UPI-enabled wallets permit The aim is to bring public services closer
users to transfer money without requiring home to citizens.
the bank account details of the recipient.
It has been formulated by the Department
The UPI ID of the recipient is used as a
of Information Technology (DIT) and
proxy for the account number and IFSC
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code, thereby simplifying the process of
Public Grievances (DAR&PG).
money transfer.
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