Syllabus: GS 3 – Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life.
| What is an FRP composite material? How are they manufactured? Discuss their applications in aviation and automobile industry | 2013 |
| What do you understand by Umpire decision review in cricket? Discuss its various components. Explain how silicon tape on the edge of a bat may fool the system? | 2013 |
| What do you understand by fixed dose drug combinations (FDCs)? Discuss their merits and demerits. | 2013 |
| Can overuse and the availability of antibiotics without doctor’s prescription, the contributors to the emergence of drug-resistant diseases in India? What are the available mechanisms for monitoring and control? Critically discuss the various issues involved. | 2013 |
| How is science interwoven deeply with our lives? What are the striking changes in agriculture triggered off by the science-based technologies? | 2020 |
| COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented devastation worldwide. However, technological advancements are being availed readily to win over the crisis. Give an account of how technology was sought to aid management of the pandemic. | 2020 |
| Each year a large amount of plant material, cellulose, is deposited on the surface of Planet Earth. What are the natural processes this cellulose undergoes before yielding carbon dioxide, water and other end products? | 2022 |
| What is the basic principle behind vaccine development? How do vaccines work? What approaches were adopted by the Indian vaccine manufacturers to produce COVID-19 vaccines? | 2022 |
| Introduce the concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI). How does AI help clinical diagnosis? Do you perceive any threat to privacy of the individual in the use of AI in healthcare? | 2023 |