HS26: Science, Technology and Society, NPTEL, Assignment 1 Week 12 Science and Technology in India
1. To receive a patent, an invention must meet at least the following criteria a. Industrial utility
b. Novelty
c. Non-obviousness d. All of the above
2. The following cannot be exploited by assigning or by licensing the rights to others a. Patents
b. Designs c. Trademark d. All of the above
3. The activities of the Aligarh Scientific Society include:
a. Practical attempts to popularize and democratize mechanized farming b. Delivering lectures on topics of common interest
c. Highlighting the socio-political problems of the country d. All of the above
4. The Aligarh Scientific Society started publishing a bilingual journal in a. Urdu and Hindi
b. Hindi and English c. English and Urdu d. Urdu and Persian
5. Which of the institute sponsored the Nobel laureate physicist Dr. C.V. Raman?
a. The Hindu College b. The Delhi College
c. The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science d. Asiatic Society of Bengal
6. The first scientific research institute was established (by an Indian) in India by a. C.V. Raman
b. Mahendra Lal Sircar c. J.C. Bose
d. P.C. Ray
7. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
a. Scientific Policy Resolution, 1955 b. Technology Policy Statement, 1983
c. The Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, 2013 d. All the above
8. In which year the latest Science, Technology and Innovation Policy was issued by the
Government of India?
a. 1958 b. 2014 c. 2003 d. 2013
9. The Decade of 2010-2020 has been declared by the Government of India as the Decade of
a. Innovation b. Energy c. Science d. All the above
10. ‘National Science Day’ is celebrated to honour which of the following scientists?
a. Ramanujam b. J. C. Bose
c. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman d. Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan
11. ‘Science and Technology Policy’ was launched by the Government of India in the year a. 1958
b. 1983 c. 1993 d. 2003
12. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
a. Prafulla Chandra Ray-Chemistry b. Birbal Sahni-Physics
c. Srinivas Ramanujan-Mathematics d. Vikram Sarabhai-Space Science
13. Which of the following forms of IPR applies, most commonly, to technological innovations?
a. Patent b. Trademarks c. Copyrights
d. Geographical indicators
14. Scientific Policy Resolution was passed by a. Indian Parliament in 1958
b. Supreme Court of India in 1959 c. US Senate in 1949
d. House of Commons in 1957
15. Member countries of the World Trade Organization are required to sign which of the following?
a. Bio-safety Protocol b. Ramsar Convention
c. Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights d. None of the above
