Science And Technology Useful For UPSC State PSCs and Other Competitive Exams (English Medium)(3542)

Science And Technology Useful For UPSC State PSCs and Other Competitive Exams (English Medium)(3542)
Aman Sharma (IAS)
CONTENTS
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYIN INDIA
*Scientific Developments in Medieval India
*Scientific Developments in Modern India
●Atomic Energy
●Space Research
*Policies Related to Science and Technology
*Science And Technology Institutional and Human Capacity Building
*Impact of Technology on Society
*Impact on Indian Society
*Achievements of Indian in Science and Technology
*Indigenization of Technology
2. EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
*Superconductivity
●Superconductors
●Applications
●Low-Temperature Superconductivity
●Laser Technology
●Types of Laser
●Laser Applications
●Lasers in the Garment Industry
●Lasers in Communication
*Robotics
*Nano Tech
3.BIOTECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH
●Definition
●Gene Biotechnology
●Genomics
●Genome Resource Bank
●Genome Sequencing Projects
●Human Genome Project
●Beyond Human Geneome:HAPMAP Project
●Genetic Engineering
●Recombinant-DNA Technology
4.NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY
*Types of Nuclear Reactions
*Nuclear Power Reactor
*Types of Nuclear Reactors
●Light Water Reactors
●Heavy Water Reactors
●Boiling Water Reactor – BWR
●Pressurized Water Reactor – PWR
●CANDU – Heavy Water Reactor
●Gas-cooled Reactor
●Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor
●Fast Neutron Reactor
●Breeder Reactor
*Nuclear Energy in India
*Nuclear Power Programme
*Indian Research Reactors
*Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.
*Tokamak and ITER
5. ENERGY
*Current Scenario
*Performance of Conventional Generation
*Conventional energy
●Coal
●Petroleum
●Diesel
●Jet Fuel
●Conventional Natural Gas
●Compressed Natural Gas or CNG
●Liquefied Natural Gas
●Liquefied Petroleum Gas
*Unconventional Natural Gas
●Tight Gas
●Shale Gas
●Coal Bed Methane (CBM)
●Advantages of CBM as a Fuel
●Methane Hydrates
●Hydrogen
●Hydropower
●Nuclear Power
●Fire Woods
*Non-conventional Energy
●Wind Energy
●Solar Energy
●Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission
●Grid Interactive Rooftop and Small SPV Power Plants
●Solar Water Heating System
●Off Grid Solar Heater Program
●Photovoltaic Cell
*Bio-Energy or Bio – fuels
*Liquid Bio-fuels
*Biomass Power and Bagasse
*Energy Security in India
*Growing Energy Demand
*Energy Sector in India
*Problems Associated With Energy Security
6. TELECOMMUNICATION AND IT
*Information Technology
*Information Technology Industry in India
*Applications of Information Technology
*Fibre Optics
*RFID: Radio-Frequency Identification
*FASTag
*Big Data
*Data Mining and Data Analytics
*Crypto Currencies in India:
*Bitcoin
*Block Chain
*Telecommunication Technology
Telecom Technologies
*Mobile Technology
*Display Technology
*Net Neutrality
*Current Status of Net Neutrality in India
*Zero-rating
*E- governance: Indian Perspective
*National Digital Communication Policy-2018
*Computer Networking
*Types of Network
*Computer Software
*Common Malware Types
*Supercomputers
*Applications of a Supercomputer
7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT
*Intellectual Property (IP)
*Patent
*Trademark
*Industrial Design
*Trade Secret
*Geographical Indication (GI)
*Copyrights
*International Treaties Releted to IPR
*Geographical Indications in India
8. DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY
*Present Situation of Defence Sector In India
*Indigenous Development And Import
*Indigenous Development
●Importance of Defence Indigenisation
● Benefits of Defence Indigenization in India
●Challenges of Defence Indigenisation in India
*Missile Technology
*Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme
*Marine Defence Technology
● INS Chakra
● Arihant Class Submarine
●Shivalik Class Frigate
●Delhi Class Destroyers
●Kolkata Class Destroyer
●Visakhapatnam Class Destroyer
●Scorpione Submarine to Carry AIP
● INS Vikrant
*Radar
9. SPACE TECHNOLOGY
*Astronomy and Space Technology
●Universe
● Galaxy
*Solar System
*Space Tech
*Types of Satellite Orbits
*Launch Vehicles
● Satellite Launch Vahicle (SLV)
● Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV)
●Poalr Satellite Launch Vehicle
●Avatar
●Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV)
* Satellite Navigation System
●United States of America (GPS)
●Japan(QZSS)
●Russia(GLONASS)
●China(BeiDou Navigation Satellite System)
●European Union (Galileo)
●India(IRNSS)
* Remote Sensing
* Indian Space Research Programme
* Operation Shakti
* PSLV-C45
* ISRO: Indian Space Research Programme
● Antrix Corporation Limited
* Insat : Indian National Satellite
*Indian Remote Sensing: IRS
*Indian Regional Nevigational Satellite
*Moon Mission
*Mars Mission
*Chandrayaan – 2 Mission
●Aditya – Solar Mission
●Mars and Venus Missions
*International Collaborations
● NASA – ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR)
● NASA and ISRO
● Earlier Collaborations Between NASA AND isro