9th National Science Day Quiz 2011

Conducted by: Defence Science Forum

Time: 60 min. Total Questions: 51 Total Marks: 80

Time: 2.30-3.30 PM Date: 4 Feb 2011

Bhagavantham Auditorium, Metcalfe House, Delhi

(ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY AT ALL DRDO LABS)

Name: Designation:

Lab/Estt: Mobile No:

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Guidelines

• Open to all categories of officers/staff working in DRDO

• Write your Name & Lab. and MOBILE no. clearly
• Multiple choice questions are about DRDO products, services & current news
• All questions are compulsory ---- There is no negative marking
• All answers carry equal marks (1 mark) unless otherwise specified
• Mark one choice only

Example: Match the following:

Question:
a) Indian Aerostat ( ) Rohini
b) 3 D surveillance radar ( ) Akashdeep

Answer:
a) Indian Aerostat ( b) Rohini
b) 3 D surveillance radar (a ) Akashdeep

• Objective type written test shall be conducted at respective labs/estts outside Delhi on
4th Feb 2011 at 2.30 PM and for all Delhi based staff at Dr Bhagavantham
Auditorium, Metcalfe House from 2.30 to 3.30 PM also on 4th Feb 2011.

• Labs outside Delhi shall communicate name of Top 2-3 scorer to DSF latest by 10th
Feb 2011 (4 PM) to DSF by FAX (LASTEC 01123811319) and E MAIL
(vijinmas@gmail.com).

• 15th Feb 2010 : Tele quiz of Top 10 rankers of DRDO among all DRDO Labs (10
AM to 12 Noon only)

• Prize distribution will be on 28th Feb 2010 on National Science Day at Delhi.

Helpline: 09891310600, 09968919500

1. DRDO was formed in
(a) 1947 (b) 1950 (c) 1954 (d) 1958

2. Name the Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle – whose
trial was carried out 2010
(a) Rustom (b) Mareech (c) Nano (d) BrahMos

3. What is the name of Indian Aerostat of 2000 cum capacity?

(a) Rustom (b) Mareech (c) Akashdeep (d) BrahMos

4. Country’s first indigenous active array radar was installed for trial evaluation of the
EOFCS on
(a) INS Shivalik (b) INS Trishul (c) INS Ganga (d) INS Virat

5. Name the Advanced Torpedo Defence System (ATDS) developed by DRDO

(a) Rustom (b) Mareech (c) Akashdeep (d) MLRS

6. Block III version of ______ missile was successfully flight-tested from Launch Complex
III, at Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, on 02 December 2010
(a) BrahMos (b) Agni III (c) Agni I (d) Prithvi

7. Name the lab which has developed state-of the-art test system for comprehensive
evaluation of Laser Guided Munitions (LGM) delivery kit
(a) VRDE (b) DFRL (c) DRDE (d) LASTEC

8. Recently the inauguration of Power Systems and Engineering Centre and Polymer
Science and Technology Centre was done at
(a) DMRL (b) DMSRDE (c) DRDE (d) NMRL

9. A state-of-the-art and one of the biggest of its kind in the world, Automotive
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) test facility known as EMC Tech Centre, is
established at
(a) VRDE (b) DMSRDE (c) DRDE (d) HEMRL

10. This DRDO lab has successfully deployed the nearest neighbor’s method to assess
avalanche occurrence probability in most parts of Western Himalayan region
(a) VRDE (b) SASE (c) DRDE (d) HEMRL

11. This DRDO lab has developed two types of Uncooled Thermal Sights: Mark–I and
Mark–II based on high performance 384 x 288 elements IRFPA microbolometer VOx
detector
(a) TBRL (b) DMSRDE (c) CVRDE (d) IRDE

12. This DRDO Lab has developed a low temperature compression molding process for
composite bipolar plate, using suitable grade graphite powder in a thermoset matrix
(phenolic).
(a) ISSA (b) DMSRDE (c) SAG (d) NMRL

13. ________ radar is an indigenous 3 D surveillance radar development by LRDE

(a) Rohini (b) Sarvatra (c) Mareech (d) Agni III

14. Who delivered the Defence Science Forum organized HR oration on 7 Jan 2011?
(a) Dr N Trehan(b) Dr R Chidambaram (c) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (d) Swami Ramdev
15. National Science Day is celebrated on
(a) 11 May (b) 1 Jan (c) 28 Feb (d) 7 March

16. The Robotics Development Centre, Saksham was recently inaugurated at

(a) VRDE (b) R&DE(E) (c) DRDE (d) HEMRL

17. A rugged biomedical data acquisition and transmission system is developed by

(a) INMAS (b) DMSRDE (c) DRDE (d) DEBEL

18. This DRDO lab has successfully launched imported pilot-less target aircraft (PTA)-
KD2R5 utilising Mobile Hydro-Pneumatic Launcher (MHPL) developed for ‘Nishant’
UAV
(a) VRDE (b) R&DE(E) (c) ADRDE (d) HEMRL

19. This DRDO lab has developed Anti-thermal, Antilaser smoke grenade
(a) LASTEC (b) R&DE(E) (c) DRDE (d) HEMRL

20. A Multiple Motor Processing Facility (MMPF) was recently inaugurated at

(a) VRDE (b) R&DE(E) (c) DRDE (d) HEMRL

21. Name the Indian long range missile with a range capability of 3500km
(a) Prithvi (b) Agni-III (c) Agni-II (d) Agni-I

22. The 40 mm Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) is designed and developed by
(a) VRDE (b) ARDE (c) DRDE (d) INMAS

23. Launch of ___________ nuclear -powered submarine, propelled India into an elite club
of the six technologically most advanced countries of the world
(a) INS Shivalik (b) INS Trishul (c) INS Ganga (d) INS Arihant

24. Match the DRDO Awards Vs Lab

a. Silicon Trophy 2009 (a) CVRDE

b. Titanium Trophy 2009 (b) DMRL
c. Science Comm. Award 2009 (c) DESIDOC

25. Name the TV Channel on which DRDO programmes are usually relayed/telecast
(a) Khoj India TV (b) CNBC (c) NDTV (d) Star News

26. 98th Indian Science Congress (ISC-2011) was recently held at

(a) SRM University (b) Panjab Univ (c) IIT, Chennai (d) IISc, Bangalore

27. Name the DRDO lab which has conducted Nishant trials (N15-32) on 28.10.2010 at
Kolar Airfield-- in which a technology break-through has been achieved.
(a) VRDE (b) ADE (c) ADA (d) HEMRL

28. One of the following is the name of a Pilotless Target Aircraft

(a) Lakshaya (b) Pinaka (c) Limpet (d) Nang

29. Tear gas grenade is designed and developed by

(a) VRDE (b) DMSRDE (c) DRDE (d) HEMRL
30. Match the following (as given at DRDO Website 1 Jan 2011) 10 Marks

a. Dr A Sivathanu Pillai (a ) DS & CC R&D,CEO BRAHMOS

b. Dr Prahlada (b ) DS & CC R&D (Ae & SI)
c. Dr W Selvamurthy (g ) DS & CC R&D (NS M & HR)
d. Shri G Elangovan (d ) DS & CC R&D (R&M)
e. Shri S Sundaresh (c ) DS & CC R& D (LS)
f. Dr K Sekhar (f ) OS & CC R&D (MS & LIC)
g. Dr J Narayana Das (e ) OS & CC R&D (ACE)
h. Dr R Sreehari Rao (h ) OS & CC R&D (ECS)
i. Dr. KD Nayak (i ) OS & CC R&D (MED & MIST)
j. Dr SK Vasudeva (j ) CC R&D (SS)

31. Who has recently been awarded Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award
(a) Shri S Sundaresh
(b) Dr VK Saraswat
c) Dr S K Vasudeva
(d) Dr K Sekhar

32. Hon’ble Raksha Mantri Sri A.K. Antony inaugurated the DRDO-Bharathiar University
Centre for Life Sciences at
(a) Delhi Univ (b) Kolkata Univ (c) Bharathiar Univ (d) Panjab Univ

33. The Indian long range missile AGNI 3 has a range capability of
(a) 500km (b) 1500km (c) 2500 km (d) 3500km

34. Nag is
(a) a Naval missile (b) an Aircraft (c) an Anti-tank missile (d) an ICV

35. Compo pack ration is product of

(a) IRDE (b) FRL (c) ITR (d) DFRL

36. Bhim – T6 is a
(a) Torpedo (b) Missile (c) SP 155 mm Gun (d) Tank

37. Dhanush is
(a) a Naval missile (b) an Aircraft (c) an Anti-tank missile (d) an ICV

38. Pocket Dosimeter (PDM) is designed and developed by

(a) VRDE (b) DMSRDE (c) DRDE (d) DL

39. Rearrange the following labs/estts by location moving from North to South
(1 to 5) 5 Marks
• CVRDE (5)
• ADRDE (3)
• SAG (2)
• SASE (1)
• RCI (4)

40. Pinaka is a
(a) MBR System (b) Missile (c) Bomb (d) Submarine

41. The first test of Agni missile took place in

(a) 1988 (b) 1989 (c) 1990 (d) 1994
42. HUMSA is a
(a) Tank (b) Mine (c) Sonar (d) Night vision device

43. Technology Day is celebrated on

(a) 11 May (b) 1 Jan (c) 28 Feb (d) 7 March

44. The last of the titans of Hindustani classical music, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi passed away
on
(a) 24 Jan 2011 (b) 25 Jan 2011 (c) 26 Jan 2011 (d) 27 Jan 2011

45. Which movie has recently won Academy Awards with 12 Oscar nominations?
(a) The King's Speech (b) The Queens Speech (c) True Grit (d) The Fighter

46. Which Indian cricketer name is in the list of prestigious Padma Shri Awards of 26th Jan
2011?
(a) VVS Laxman (b) MS Dhoni (c) S Raina (d) Y Pathan

47. Effective January 22, 2011 senior citizens' discount has been made uniform for both men
and women under which any person of ___ years of age can avail a discount of 50 per
cent on the basic fare component of the normal economy class fare of Indian Airlines.
(a) 60 (b) 62 (c) 63 (d) 65

48. South Africa won the 5 match ODI series by 3-2 against India recently, who was the Man
of the Series?
(a) Yususf Pathan (b) Amla (c) Morne Morkel (d) MS Dhoni

49. Which Indian player was awarded the ‘Most Valued Performance Award’ of the Asian
Games for his gold-winning performance at the continental mega event in Guangzhou?
(a) Vijender Singh (b) Sushil Kumar (c) Gagan Narang (d) Pankaj Advani

50. Name the First Army doctor nominated for this year’s Ashok Chakra Award
(a) Jyotin Singh (b) V S Syed Mohammed (c) A B Ponnappan (d) VK Singh

51. Match the following 15 Marks

(1) Radar Roachtox ( 10 )
(2) PBX Plastic bonded explosives (2)
(3) Safety from CW Bhim T6 (7)
(4) Naval EW System BLT 72 (8)
(5) Assault bridge Ajeya (9)
(6) Village developed- DRDO SANGRAHA ( 4)
(7) 155 mm SP gun Resuscitator (3 )
(8) Bridge layer tank Indra (1)
(9) T 72 M1 tank Mine Anti-Persnl Infmable (12)
(10) Bait for cockroaches Nang (6)
(11) Communication EW system SUJAV ( 11 )
(12) MAPI Sarvatra (5)
(13) AVD Avalanche victim detector ( 13 )
(14) Decontamination kit Shudhika ( 14 )
(15) Bullet proof jackets Jackal Steel ( 15 )