UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2018

Consider the following pairs: Terms sometimes seen in news - Context/Topic: 1. Belle II experiment - Artificial Intelligence; 2. Blockchain technology - Digital/Cryptocurrency; 3. CRISPR-Cas9 - Particle Physics. Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

  1. 1 and 3 only
  2. 2 only
  3. 2 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer

Correct Answer

2 only

Explanation

Blockchain underlies cryptocurrencies. The Belle II experiment is a particle physics experiment in Japan, and CRISPR-Cas9 is a genome-editing technique in biotechnology, so pairs 1 and 3 are wrong.

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