Science and Technology is that segment of UPSC Civil Services Examination that scares most of the aspirants coming from non-technical backgrounds. One question is often asked that is, “How to prepare Science and Technology for UPSC?”
Along with answering how to prepare for Science and Technology for UPSC IAS Exam, BYJU’S Science Education Portal has answered questions from wide-ranging topics that are important for the exam.
The answers are tailored to aspirants’ needs. Not only from the static topics, questions are extracted even from the current affairs topics that are related to science and technology.
How will Science Questions & Answers help UPSC aspirants?
The Science and Technology Questions & Answers portal will help IAS aspirants in the following way:
- Clarity of topics – A variety of topics from science are covered that will bring clarity on how to approach this subject for UPSC.
- UPSC Syllabus is the source – Any topic that is important from the civil services examination point of view has been covered in the form of questions ans answers.
- From NCERTs to Current Affairs – Each question from a key topic that has been covered either in school textbooks or newspapers and is important from the exam’s point of view will be answered here.
The United States of America has the best military technology. They have the best military technology due to the massive investments made in...
Fosfomycin, colistin are some of the examples of most effective antibiotics on E.coli.You can read about Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) -...
The target DNA will be located and cleaved by the Cas9 protein. You can read about Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) - Definition, Causes,...
Cas9 is a protein which is used in genetic engineering technique.You can read about Gene-editing (Advantages and Concerns) - UPSC Notes (GS III)...
DNA can be altered, replaced, deleted, inserted using Genetic engineering.You can read about Gene-editing (Advantages and Concerns) - UPSC Notes...
Yes, enzyme is a protein and it is a biological catalyst.You can read about Gene-editing (Advantages and Concerns) - UPSC Notes (GS III) in the...
Yes, E-coli is multidrug-resistant. You can read about Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) - Definition, Causes, Antibiotic Resistance in India in the...
Increased mortality, increased medical expenditures, increased hospitalisation due to difficulties in treating multidrug resistant bacteria.You...
It is very difficult to cure MDR-TB, across the globe only half the people are cured from MDR-TB.You can read about Antimicrobial Resistance...
Pandrung resistance bacteria is resistant to all current antibacterial agents.You can read about Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) - Definition,...
Chlorhexidine baths, disinfecting environment, maintaining hand hygiene are some of the measures to prevent spread of multidrug resistance.You...
Lack of appetite, loss of weight, bad cough, fever, breathlessness, etc are the symptoms of MDR-TB.You can read about Antimicrobial Resistance...
XDR means extensively drug-resistant bacteria.You can read about Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) - Definition, Causes, Antibiotic Resistance in...
Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB and MDR TB are the two main types of drug resistant TB.You can read about Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) -...
XDR TB cannot be treated with some of the most powerful anti-TB drugs. MDR TB cannot be treated even with two most powerful drugs used for curing...
The expression of genes is reduced when genes are silenced. Silent genes are found in heterochromatin, which is the region of compactness in...
RNA interference (RNAi) serves as an important defence against viruses by manipulating gene expressions of viruses and hosts in addition to...
During RNA interference, protein translation gets shut down by small pieces of RNA.The gene expression gets suppressed. You can read about...
Development of anti-cancer therapies, development of antiviral therapies, genome-wide screens, evaluation of specific gene function in living...
Protein synthesis is driven by ribosomes. The protein blueprint is carried to the ribosomes by messenger RNA (mRNA) from the cell’s DNA....
