01-02-2021 MCQs Test

1. 679 MW Lower Arun Hydro Electric Project is in:

2. Consider the following statements about the Pulse Polio Immunization Programme:

1. The South-East Asia Region of the WHO, of which India is a part, was certified as polio-free.
2. Polio or poliomyelitis is “a highly infectious viral disease”.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

3. Which of the following statements is/are incorrect about the STARS project?

1. It would be implemented as a Central Sponsored Scheme under Department of School Education and Literacy.
2. It envisions improving the overall monitoring and measurement activities in the Indian school education system through interventions in Bihar, and Odisha.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

4. Consider the following statements about the ‘Prabuddha Bharata’:

1. It is a monthly journal of the Swami Vivekananda Order, started in 1896.
2. The place of publication of the Journal was shifted to Advaita Ashrama from Chennai in 1899.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

5. World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day is celebrated on

6. Energy Transition Index, Global Competitiveness Report, and Global Gender Gap Report are released by:

7. Consider the following statements about the Covid-19 Performance Index:

1. India has been ranked 86th out of 98 countries.
2. It was compiled by the WHO.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

8. Consider the following statements:

1. Patharughat peasant uprising took place on January 28, 1894 in Assam.
2. Ahoms defeated the Mughals in 1671 in  the Battle of Saraighat.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

9. Consider the following statements about the NCAVES project:

1. It seeks to advance the theory and practice of environmental and ecosystem accounting in all Asian and African countries.
2. The project will have duration until the end of 2023.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

10. GI status was given in 2019 to basmati grown in which of the following Indian states:

1. Punjab
2. Haryana
3. Bihar
4. Himachal Pradesh
5. Madhya Pradesh
6. Jammu & Kashmir

Select the correct answer using the codes given below: