{"id":85211,"date":"2025-06-01T03:07:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=85211"},"modified":"2025-06-01T03:07:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:07:54","slug":"the-size-of-particles-being-studied-in-nano-technology-is-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-size-of-particles-being-studied-in-nano-technology-is-about\/","title":{"rendered":"The size of particles being studied in &#8216;nano-technology&#8217; is about"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The size of particles being studied in &#8216;nano-technology&#8217; is about<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 \u00c5 \u2013 10 nm&#8221; option2=&#8221;1 \u2013 100 nm&#8221; option3=&#8221;1 \u2013 50 \u00b5&#8221; option4=&#8221;1 mm \u2013 10 mm&#8221; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CDS-1 &#8211; 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-cds-1-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-cds-1-2021\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nNanotechnology is broadly defined as the understanding, manipulation, and control of matter at the nanoscale, typically ranging from approximately 1 to 100 nanometers (nm).<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nA nanometer (nm) is one billionth of a meter (10\u207b\u2079 m). The 1 to 100 nm range is considered the nanoscale because materials within this size range often exhibit unique physical, chemical, and biological properties that differ significantly from their bulk counterparts. This is due to quantum mechanical effects and a large surface area-to-volume ratio.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nDifferent units of measurement relate to nanometers as follows: 1 \u00c5ngstrom (\u00c5) = 0.1 nm, 1 micrometer (\u00b5m) = 1000 nm, 1 millimeter (mm) = 1,000,000 nm. Option A (1 \u00c5 \u2013 10 nm) is a narrower range within the nanoscale. Options C and D represent the microscale and millimeter scale, respectively, which are much larger than the nanoscale.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The size of particles being studied in &#8216;nano-technology&#8217; is about [amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 \u00c5 \u2013 10 nm&#8221; option2=&#8221;1 \u2013 100 nm&#8221; option3=&#8221;1 \u2013 50 \u00b5&#8221; option4=&#8221;1 mm \u2013 10 mm&#8221; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;] This question was previously asked in UPSC CDS-1 &#8211; 2021 Download PDFAttempt Online Nanotechnology is broadly defined as the understanding, manipulation, and control of matter &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"The size of particles being studied in &#8216;nano-technology&#8217; is about\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-size-of-particles-being-studied-in-nano-technology-is-about\/#more-85211\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The size of particles being studied in &#8216;nano-technology&#8217; is about<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[1110,1140,1128],"class_list":["post-85211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-cds-1","tag-1110","tag-measurement-unit","tag-physics","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The size of particles being studied in &#039;nano-technology&#039; is about<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nanotechnology is broadly defined as the understanding, manipulation, and control of matter at the nanoscale, typically ranging from approximately 1 to 100 nanometers (nm). 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