Start streakCore science concepts behind news on space missions, defence tech, health and digital systems.
Useful for: SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, RRB NTPC, NEET (GK sections), CUET.
Science and technology questions in exams rarely demand deep engineering. They ask what a technology does, which organisation developed it and what basic principle it uses. A space mission is an application of orbital mechanics; a vaccine news item is an application of immunology; a payment system news item is an application of digital infrastructure.
Keep your base solid with class 6 to 10 science and then add the names of Indian institutions: ISRO for space, DRDO for defence research, CSIR for scientific research, DAE for atomic energy and NPCI for payments.
India's space agency, headquartered in Bengaluru. Missions are launched from Sriharikota.
Defence Research and Development Organisation, responsible for indigenous defence technology.
Systems that learn from data to perform tasks such as recognition, translation and prediction.
Solar, wind, hydro and biomass. India's targets are usually framed in gigawatts of non-fossil capacity.
Vaccines train immunity against viruses and bacteria; antibiotics kill or stop bacteria and do not work on viruses.
Open, interoperable systems for identity, payments and data exchange that Indian fintech builds upon.
Answer: B. Sriharikota
The Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh is ISRO's main launch site.
Answer: B. Bacteria
Antibiotics target bacteria. Viral infections need antivirals or vaccines.
Answer: B. NPCI
The National Payments Corporation of India built and operates UPI.
On 12 October 2026 Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, and UK Secretary of State Jonathan Reynolds…
Read the full note with exam angle and questions →ISRO has scheduled the launch of the NVS-03 navigation satellite on 30 October 2026 aboard the GSLV-F18 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at…
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