15-01-2021 MCQs Test

1. What is “Asmi”?

2. Consider the following statements about National Innovation Foundation (NIF):

1. It is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST).
2. It aims to provide institutional support for scouting, spawning, sustaining and scaling up the grassroots innovations.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

3. Consider the following statements about pan India rollout of COVID-19 vaccination drive:

1. It will be the world’s largest vaccination program covering the entire length and breadth of the country.
2. The vaccination programme will use Co-WIN, an online digital platform developed by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

4. “Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services” (NCAVES) 2021 is conducted by:

5. Consider the following statements about the Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services” (NCAVES) Project:

1. It is implemented by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Secretariat of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD).
2. China is the only neighbouring country of India where NCAVES Project has been implemented.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

6. Which of the statements is/are correct?

1. Personnel of the Army, Navy and the Air Force were governed by the Army Act, the Navy Act and the Air Force Act.
2. Article 33 of the Constitution allows the government to modify the fundamental rights of the armed forces personnel.

Select the correct answers using the codes given below:

7. Consider the following statements about the Meal worms:

1. They are the first insect approved in the Europe region as a human food.
2. They are beetle larvae rather than worms.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

8. Recently, USA State Department has designated which of the following country as a State Sponsor of Terrorism?

9. Consider the following statements about the Special Marriage Act (SMA), 1954:

1. It validates interreligious and inter-caste marriages in India.
2. Religious formalities are needed to solemnise the marriage between two individuals under the Act.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

10. Maghi Mela is held in: