17. | Which institute has developed a new low-cost and low-tech Reverse Transcription nested PCR (RT-nPCR) test required test for the COVID-19 testing? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Researchers at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology have developed a new low-cost and low-tech required test for the COVID-19 testing. This test is known as Reverse Transcription nested PCR (RT-nPCR) test. |
18. | The Court of Arbitration for Sport, informed that Former European high jump champion Alexander Shustov of Russia banned for how many years for the use of a banned substance? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: The Court of Arbitration for Sport(CAS), informed that Former European high jump champion(2010) Alexander Shustov(35-year-old) of Russia banned for 4 years for the use or attempted use of a banned substance or method(doping) & did not provide any further details. |
19. | Which company partnered with the National Skill Development Corporation to provide its training partners access to Digital Glass Room, so as to enable online vocational skills training for millions of students across the country? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Tata Consultancy Services iON, unit of TCS, partnered with the National Skill Development Corporation to provide its training partners access to the TCS iON Digital Glass Room, a web-based digital education platform so as to enable online vocational skills training for millions of students across the country. |
20. | Scientists from which university has witnessed a birth of a new planet by using photographs of the Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research instrument on the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory in Chile? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: A team of Scientists from the Observatoie de Paris, PSL (Paris Sciences et Lettres) University in France, have witnessed a birth of a new planet for the first time in human history by using photographs of the SPHERE (Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research) instrument on the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory in Chile. From the pictures, astronomers have discovered the first direct evidence of a new planet born around a distant star called 'AB Aurigae', about 520 light years from Earth in the constellation Auriga or the Charioteer. |