INTERVIEW PREPARATION SERIES: Science & Technology Questionnaire

Categories: Interview, Published: 4th Aug, 2021

Topic	Questions
5G countdown	Why are there so many security issues with 5G? Is there any effect of high frequency radio waves on the environment? How 5G will revolutionize your field of interest/profession? Name a few things that you want to integrate with your smartphone. Why? What type of infrastructure is required for 5G in India? How does the voice call quality changes with successive generations? Can 5G help in poverty eradication? What are the security challenges created/resolved by the 5G? Do you think 5G will make 4G redundant?
DRDO achieves milestone in key quantum technology	How does a quantum computer work? What is quantum entanglement? Why is it fascinating? What changes will quantum computers bring to computing? How does quantum communication is established? Do you know how DNA computing works? How will Quantum Computing help in good governance?
AI & Robotics Technologies Park (ARTPARK) set up in Bengaluru	Do you foresee any role of AI in justice delivery? How AI will disrupt your profession or industry of interest? Do you think homo sapiens are threatened by the scale at which AI is evolving? Why is the government investing in AI and robotics when it leads to unemployment? Suggest some AI based reforms in the recruitment process of Civil Service Exam
The Fifth State of Matter	Why is the fifth state of matter fascinating? Suggest a hypothetical engineered product made using the properties of 5th state of matter.
EU cyber sanctions	How will you impose a cyber sanction on a citizen in India? Do you think we need Sec 144 for digital space rather than complete internet shutdown? How can we operationalize it?
The landscape of Cyber Security in India	Explain the cybersecurity infrastructure of the country? Name a few governmental organisations in the field of cybersecurity. Do you think that enactment of Personal Data Protection law is already delayed and irreversible damage has already been done to our privacy? Suggest some changes in National Cybersecurity policy 2013.
Cyber attacks are on rise: INTERPOL	Explain these types of Cybercrime DDoS Attacks Botnets Identity Theft Cyberstalking PUPS (Potentially Unwanted Programs ) Phishing Online Scams What is deep web and dark web?
RPF busts Real Mango	Why are the autofill softwares/scripts for IRCTC booking illegal ?
TRAI releases recommendations for developing a ‘Unified Numbering Plan’	Do you think TRAI is responsible for the present condition of our telecom sector?
Aarogya Setu App	Did you install Arogya Setu in your phone? Why/ why not amid privacy concerns and the recent RTI response? Do you think it was effective in contact tracing? What features have you added in the app?
A Web 3.0 revolution that could relieve social dilemmas	Explain the evolution of the internet in the past few decades. How will you see the integration of web and AI? How web based apps will increase the dependency on the internet and escalate privacy concerns?
NASA's Artemis Project	Do you think Artemis mission is a precursor to space colonisation? Will history repeat itself on the moon like scramble for Africa? Do we need a new moon treaty?
NASA’s SunRISE mission	How solar particle storms are generated in space?
Asteroid 465824 (2010 FR) to cross Earth’s orbit soon: NASA	How will you respond to an impending asteroid crash in the capacity of Science & Tech Secretary?
Mars Opposition	What is Mars Opposition?
Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite	What changes are brought to the ocean by climate change?
China Launches Chang’e-5 Moon Probe to Bring Back Lunar Rocks	What is near and far side of the moon? Why scientists are interested in far side of the moon?
United Arab Emirates celebrates its first mission at Mars	Why is the UAE moving towards a knowledge economy? How can science and related developments bring peace in the Middle East?
IRNSS now part of World Wide Radio Navigation System	How is it advantageous to India? What are your views on liberalisation of geospatial data?
Ariel Space Mission	What are exoplanets? Do you think life exists beyond earth? How will you detect exoplanets using gravitational lensing?
EOS-01, India’s latest earth observation satellite	How Earth observation satellites can be used in your profession/ field of interest?
Indian astronomers collaborated with Nobel laureate on Thirty Meter Telescope project	Do you think there is any relationship between technological advancement and balance of power?
Moon May Be Rusting Along Poles, Suggest Chandrayaan-1 Images	What inference can be drawn from this discovery about the moon?
Stardust 1.0	If given a chance, what could be your first destination as a tourist in space? Why?
GW190412: Mismatched Black Holes Merge	How black holes are located in outer space? What is an accretion disk?
First-ever digital geological map of the moon	How will the geological map of moon help in astronomy?
Artificial Neural Networks based global Ionospheric Model	What is an artificial neural network? How is it used in decision making?
Discovery of Li-rich giant stars	What are the roadblocks in space mining?
Starship spacecraft	Do you agree that the Starship spacecraft has been a turning point in the history of space launch vehicles?
Role of ISRO in development activities	Why is ISRO more efficient in its working as compared to other govt departments/organisations? Highlight some activities of ISRO that fulfills the mandate under DPSP.
Space Security	Do you think the Outer Space Treaty should be amended? What are some hits and misses of Outer Space Treaty
National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe)	Why has the government opened up the space sector for private players? What are the concerns arising out of this decision? What mechanism should be put in place to eliminate such concerns?
Sun reportedly entering 'Solar Minimum’	Is there any relation between the amount of sunlight reaching earth and solar cycles? What is Dalton minimum?
Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system	What are the different weapons mounted on a submarine?
India test-fires new version of nuclear-capable Shaurya missile	What do you understand about the nuclear triad?
US warns India over S-400	What is Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Program? What are its components? Can you compare S-400 with THAAD?
Successful test-firing of Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV)	How does a scramjet engine function?
"New Bird in Arsenal": 5 Rafales Joins Indian Air Force	List some features of Rafale jets. What is the new Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020? Can you compare these jets with their counterparts from the US and China? Do you think that the way Rafale deal was mentioned in the PM's speech in 2015 was solely based on merit or it has some element of boosting India-France relations ?
Novichok nerve agent	Mention some chemicals in news that are potential weapons. Mention some chemical attacks in the past. What is the mandate of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons? What is the name of legislation in consonance with the Chemical Weapons Convention? What are some of its mandates?
World’s largest solar tree	What is spiraling phyllataxy?
Transparent wood is coming	What are potential applications of transparent wood?
Desalination Plants	Why cant India use desalination plants to meet its water requirements? What potential do you see in wastewater treatment?
Hydrogen Fuel Cell	What are some common methods of hydrogen production? What is green,blue and grey hydrogen? What do you understand about the hydrogen economy?
L&T Construction 3D prints India's first building with reinforcement	How will you implement 3D printing in your profession/area of interest? What are the challenges posed by 3D printing to Original Equipment Manufacturer? Do you think 3D printing has the potential to disrupt the globald supply chain?
Brain Fingerprinting technology	What are the limitations of this technology? If given a chance, on whom will you use this technology and what will you try to find out?
Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI)	How does UV light kill viruses and bacteria?
The ethical questions that haunt facial-recognition research	Which states/countries have banned facial recognition technology? What are other means of biometric authentication? Do you think there is a strong case to ban “privacy visor” ? What can you conclude from the movie ‘Snowden’?
Digital Quality of Life Index	Why is there a strong case to include access to the internet in fundamental rights? How digital literacy will reduce poverty?
Ammonium nitrate linked to catastrophic Beirut explosion	What are the uses of Ammonium Nitrate? What is the mandate of the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation?
ANtarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna	What is askaryan radiation?
National Science Day: What is the ‘Raman effect’?	Name some Indian scientist along with their discovery, especially in the field of your profession/interest.
Medical devices to be treated as drugs	Is it justified to change the definitions and make them inconsistent in general parlance? Why has govt. changed the definition to treat medical devices as drugs? What will be its effect on the community of innovators?