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486. India's NISAR (NASA-ISRO SAR) satellite is a joint mission between NASA and ISRO. NISAR stands for?

A. NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar

B. NASA-ISRO Satellite for Atmospheric Research

C. National Indian Satellite for Aeronautics Research

D. NASA-India SAR Mission

Explanation: NISAR stands for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, a joint Earth observation mission.

487. CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology won the Nobel Chemistry Prize in which year?

A. 2020

B. 2018

C. 2022

D. 2016

Explanation: Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier won the Nobel Chemistry Prize in 2020 for developing CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing.

488. The first mRNA vaccine approved for humans was for which disease?

A. COVID-19

B. Influenza

C. Ebola

D. HIV

Explanation: Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 were the first mRNA vaccines approved for human use in 2020-21.

489. India's first quantum computing research park is being established in which city?

A. Pune

B. Bengaluru

C. Hyderabad

D. Delhi

Explanation: India is developing quantum computing research infrastructure under the National Quantum Mission.

490. Meta's artificial intelligence model 'Llama' is notable for being?

A. Open source / freely available

B. Fastest in the world

C. Used only by Meta

D. Hardware-embedded AI

Explanation: Meta's LLaMA models are open-source large language models freely available to researchers and developers.