Science bits

• Panchi is the wheeled version of which among the following Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)?

  DRDO Nishant

• Angara, is an ecologically clean rocket developed and launched by which one of the following countries, recently?

  Russia

• What is the name of India's first long-range Subsonic Cruise Missile?

  Nirbhay

• Which among the following countries does not have a fully functional global navigation system?

  Germany

• What is the name of the new satellite developed by NASA to predict the frequency of occurrence of droughts in the world?

  SMAP

• What is the name of the new Marine surveillance satellites to be launched by China in 2019?

  HY-3

• Which telecom company is behind the 'M-Pesa' Mobile Payment System?

  Vodafone

• India's satellite KALPANA-1 previous name was

  Metsat

• Asia's first Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF) has been commissioned into Indian Navy at INS Hansa in which state?

  Karnataka

• The heavy-duty rocket of ISRO, GSLV-D5, was powered by an indigenously developed engine. Name the engine

  Dream Chaser Rocket Engine