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