Correct Answer: A
Explanation
Ans: (a) 1 is correct and 2 is incorrect.
CAR-T therapy, indigenously developed by IIT Bombay and Tata Memorial Centre, was tested on
patients in India for the first time. CAR-T therapy is a way to get immune cells called T cells (a
type of white blood cell that attacks foreign pathogens) to fight cancer by editing them in the lab
so they can find and destroy cancer cells. Hence statement 1 is correct.
Unlike chemotherapy, CAR-T is administered only once to a patient. Thus statement 2 is incorrect.

Correct Answer: C
Explanation
• Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Statement 3 is incorrect.
• Edge Computing is a distributed computing paradigm that intends to bridge the gap between
data storage location and site of information analysis in a network. With an increase in Internet of
Things (IoT) devices and 5G networks the amount of data and computing power required is fast
exceeding the scale and solutions provided by Cloud Computing. So, Edge Computing is being
considered as the future of data analytics and Cloud Computing.
• Statement 1 is correct. In Edge Computing all operations on data like analysis, processing, etc
takes place on servers and devices located near the device which produces or is supposed to
consume the data.
• This means unlike in cloud computing where data from any device is first sent over networks to
a central data centre holding the servers, then processed and returned, in Edge Computing the
local device’s computation power is harnessed to process data locally and return it without
sending it to the central data centres.
• Statement 2 is correct. By processing data at a network’s edge, edge computing reduces the
need for large amounts of data to travel among servers, the cloud and devices or edge locations to
get processed. This is particularly important for modern applications such as data science and AI.
• Statement 3 is incorrect. Since data does not have to be sent over long distances to a central
data centre containing servers for computations, the latency (time lag) is greatly reduced.

Correct Answer: B
Explanation
Ans: (b) 1 and 3 are incorrect and 2 is correct.
Global Lighthouse Network is a community of over 100 manufacturers that are showing
leadership in applying Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies such as artificial intelligence, 3Dprinting
and big data analytics. Thus statement 1 is incorrect.
It is a World Economic Forum initiative in collaboration with McKinsey & Company. Thus
statement 2 is correct.
Recently, the WEF announced the addition of 11 factories and industrial sites, including three
from India, to its Global Lighthouse Network. From India, the additions are pharma major Cipla’s
Indore facility, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories’ Hyderabad facility and the Mondelez facility in Sri City.
Thus statement 3 is incorrect.

Ans b
LSD is caused by the lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV), which is a member of the capripoxvirus genus in the poxviridae family.
Several states, including Gujarat and Rajasthan, have been battling the outbreak of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), a viral infection of cattle.
The LSDV spreads through blood-sucking vectors like ticks and mites like houseflies, mosquitoes, etc. It also spreads through contaminated water, fodder and feed.

Ans a
The Hayabusa-2 mission was launched in December 2014 when the spacecraft was sent on a six-year voyage to study the asteroid Ryugu by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA).