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Which country recently unveiled the world's largest radio telescope, called the Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope?

• USA

• China

• Russia

• North Korea

Answer explanation

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), nicknamed Tianyan ("Sky's/Heaven's Eye"), is a radio telescope located in the Dawodang depression, a natural basin in Pingtang County, Guizhou, southwest China. FAST has a 500 m (1,600 ft) diameter dish constructed in a natural depression in the landscape. It is the world's largest filled-aperture radio telescope and the second-largest single-dish aperture, after the sparsely-filled RATAN-600 in Russia.

Which engineering company is responsible for designing and building the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest particle accelerator?

• Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)

• CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research)

• SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

• Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)

Answer explanation

The collider is expected to shed light on the more predominant "dark energy," which is causing the universe's expansion to accelerate!

Which emerging technology aims to create a direct brain-computer interface, allowing for the seamless integration of the human brain with digital devices?

Answer explanation

Neuralink Corp. is an American neurotechnology company that is developing implantable brain–computer interfaces, based in Fremont, California, as of 2022. Founded by Elon Musk and a team of seven scientists and engineers, Neuralink was launched in 2016 and was first publicly reported in March 2017.

Which global initiative aims to address cybersecurity challenges and promote responsible behaviour in cyberspace?

• Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA)
• Global Internet Governance (GIG)
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Which global engineering and construction company is responsible for building some of the world's most iconic structures, such as the Burj Khalifa?

• Bechtel Corporation
• Samsung C&T Corporation
• Hyundai Engineering & Construction
• Turner Construction

Answer explanation

Samsung C&T Corporation, is a South Korean construction and engineering company. It was founded in 1938 as the first Samsung company and was initially involved in construction and overseas trading operations. It is the same company that makes the mobile phones!

Which global initiative aims to connect the world's population to the internet, particularly in underserved regions?

• Google Loon
• Facebook's Internet.org
• Microsoft's Project Natick
• Amazon's Project Kuiper

Answer explanation

Internet.org is a partnership between social networking services company Meta Platforms and six companies (Samsung, Ericsson, MediaTek, Opera Software, Nokia and Qualcomm) that plans to bring affordable access to selected Internet services to less developed countries by increasing efficiency, and facilitating the development of new business models around the provision of Internet access.

What is the name of the first space telescope launched by NASA to search for exoplanets?

• Hubble Space Telescope
• James Webb Space Telescope
• Kepler Space Telescope
• Spitzer Space Telescope

Answer explanation

Spitzer Space Telescope unveiled the universe with its infrared view!

Hubble has been in space for more than 30 years. It is truly NASA's most versatile, intrepid explorer!

James Webb is the world's premier space science observatory! It is the largest and most complex space telescope ever built!!

What is the name of the theoretical concept in physics that describes the merging of quantum mechanics and general relativity to understand the behaviour of the universe at the smallest and largest scales?

• Quantum Gravity
• Quantum Electrodynamics
• Quantum Chromodynamics
• Quantum Field Theory

Answer explanation

Quantum Gravity deals with environments in which neither gravitational nor quantum effects can be ignored, such as in the vicinity of black holes or similar compact astrophysical objects, such as neutron stars as well as in the early stages of the universe moments after the Big Bang.

Which organization is responsible for developing international standards for the World Wide Web?

• Google
• Microsoft
• International internet protocol limited

• World Wide Web Consortium

What is the name of the mission that aims to return humans to the Moon, with a focus on sustainability and lunar exploration?

• Apollo

• Chandrayaan-3

• Gaganyaan

• Artemis

Answer explanation

NASA will build an Artemis Base Camp on the lunar surface and the Gateway in lunar orbit. These elements will allow their robots and astronauts to explore more and conduct more science than ever before.