Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Science and Technology Quiz Covers Aviation, Health and Space
This quiz tests knowledge about science and technology topics important for UPSC exams.
An Instrument Landing System helps pilots line up with a runway in poor visibility.
It does not check an aircraft’s fuel, engine performance, weight or balance.
Agnikul, Skyroot and GalaxEye are Indian private space start-ups.
H1N1 is a type of influenza A virus that can cause breathing-related illness.
Serious respiratory distress from H1N1 is rare rather than typical.
China’s Chang’e-7 mission is planned to study the Moon’s south pole and search for water ice.
It includes several spacecraft and a hopping vehicle for difficult lunar terrain.
India’s CE20 engine powers the upper stage of the LVM3 rocket and can help carry heavier payloads.
The Instrument Landing System provides aircraft with precise lateral and vertical runway guidance using ground-based radio signals.
Agnikul, Skyroot and GalaxEye are Indian private space start-ups working in space technology and related applications.
H1N1 is an influenza A subtype causing respiratory infections; acute respiratory distress occurs only rarely.
China’s Chang’e-7 mission will explore the lunar south pole using an orbiter, lander, rover and hopper.
The CE20 cryogenic engine powers LVM3’s upper stage and is intended to support increased payload capability.
- Who
- UPSC Essentials, presented by The Indian Express, covers aircraft systems, Indian space start-ups, H1N1 influenza, China’s Chang’e-7 mission and India’s CE20 engine.
- What
- A subject-wise Science and Technology quiz provides five multiple-choice questions with explanations.
- When
- The quiz is identified as Week 177; the Chang’e-7 launch is described as scheduled for August 24 Beijing time.
- Where
- The topics involve aviation operations, India, China’s lunar programme, the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan, Delhi and Bengaluru.
- Why
- The quiz is intended to help UPSC aspirants revise important static Science and Technology topics and related current affairs.
- Quiz focus
- Science and Technology topics for UPSC preparation
- ILS function
- Provides precise lateral and vertical guidance toward a runway
- ILS answer
- Only statement 1 is correct
- Indian space start-ups
- Agnikul, Skyroot and GalaxEye
- H1N1 answer
- Statements 1 and 2 are correct; statement 3 is not
- Chang’e-7 target
- The lunar south pole, including possible water ice in permanently shadowed craters
- CE20 engine
- Powers the upper cryogenic stage of the LVM3 launch vehicle
- CE20 upgrade
- A planned uprated C32 stage would provide 22-tonne thrust for the CE20 engine