Defence Technology is Another Constant
Defense technology based factual questions are also another constant in the last two year’s GS papers with at least 1 or 2 questions being asked every year. Moreover, these questions are based on defence technologies, which were in news. For instance:
Q. What is “Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)”, sometimes seen in the news? (Prelims 2018)
- An Israeli radar system
- India’s indigenous anti missile program
- An American anti missile system
- A Defence collaboration between Japan and South Korea
Analysis: This question is again current affairs based question on defense technology. It was in news due to deployment of American anti-missile THAAD system in South ....
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Prelims Special
- 1 Biotechnology Sector is the New Favorite
- 2 ICT-based Questions are Appearing in all Flavors
- 3 Linking Items of Daily use with General Science
- 4 Space Related Questions are here to Stay
- 5 REPORTS & INDICES
- 6 Applications of Space Technology
- 7 Recent Achievements
- 8 ISRO’s Launch Vehicles
- 9 Space Science & Exploration
- 10 Types of Satellites Launched by ISRO
- 11 Microsat R
- 12 Applications of Nuclear Technology
- 13 Installed Nuclear Reactors in India
- 14 Nuclear Technology in India
- 15 Nuclear Energy and Fuel
- 16 Kaiga 1 Nuclear Reactor
- 17 Nanotechnology in Space
- 18 Nanotechnology in Defence
- 19 Nanotechnology in Consumer Products
- 20 Nanotechnology in Environment
- 21 Nanotechnology in Electronics
- 22 Nanotechnology in Medicine
- 23 Nanotechnology in Agriculture
- 24 Nanomaterials
- 25 DNA ORIGAMI
- 26 Major Missiles
- 27 Classification of Indian Missiles
- 28 Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet
- 29 Diseases - Immunology
- 30 Diseases - Zika Virus Outbreak
- 31 Human Nutrition - Lipid
- 32 Human Nutrition - Protein
- 33 Human Nutrition - Carbohydrate
- 34 Human Nutrition - Functions & Types
- 35 Human Nutrition - National Nutrition Mission
- 36 Glands & Hormones - Hormones
- 37 Glands & Hormones - Endocrine System
- 38 Glands & Hormones - Global Athlete
- 39 Genetics - Techniques in Genetics
- 40 Genetics - Common Genetic Diseases
- 41 Genetics - Heredity
- 42 Genetics - DNA
- 43 Genetics - Genes
- 44 Genetics - Gene Editing Applied to Banana Genome
- 45 Human Stem Cells
- 46 World’s First Trial Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS)
- 47 Bioinformatics
- 48 Industrial Biotechnology
- 49 Environmental Biotechnology
- 50 Agricultural Biotechnology
- 51 Medical Biotechnology
- 52 Harvesting wild Genes Gives Crops Renewed Resistance to Disease