19-7-2021 MCQs Test

1. Consider the following statements about the Group of Seven (G7):

1. The bloc meets twice in a year to discuss issues of common interest like global economic governance, international security and energy policy.
2. All the G7 countries and India are a part of G20.
3. The G7 have a fixed headquarters and the decisions taken by leaders during annual summits arebinding on all members.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

2. Consider the following statements about the School Innovation Ambassador Training Program (SIATP):

1. Union Education Ministry and Union Tribal Affairs Ministry jointly launched this program.
2. It aims to train school teachers in innovation, entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), design thinking, product development, idea generation, among others.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

3. Consider the following statements about the All-India Council for Technical Education:

1. It was set up in November 1945 as a national-level apex advisory body.
2. Its purpose was to conduct a survey on the facilities available for technical education and to promote development in the country in a coordinated and integrated manner.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

4. Consider the following statements about the Indian Council of Agriculture Research:

1. It is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
2. It is the apex body for coordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

5. Consider the following statements about the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK):

1. The mandate of KVK is technology assessment and demonstration for its application and capacity development.
2. KVKs produce quality technological products and make it available to farmers.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

6. Who are Geckos?

1. These are mammals and are found on all the continents except Antarctica.
2. All of them are nocturnal.

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7. What is the UMANG mobile app?

1. It is a Government of India all-in-one single, unified, secure, multi-channel, multi-lingual, multi-service mobile app.
2. It provides access to high impact services of various organizations of Centre and States. Presently it has 2000+ services.
3. UMANG was developed by the National e-Governance Division (NeGD), Ministry of Electronics & IT.

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8. What is the Hubble Space Telescope?

1. It is a large telescope in space launched by NASA.
2. Hubble is the only telescope designed to be serviced in space by astronauts.
3. It makes one orbit around Earth every 95 minutes.

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9. What is Pressure swing adsorption (PSA)?

1. It is a process that separates single gases from a gas mixture through a non-cryogenic air separation process.
2. It is mostly used in the chemical industry and the petrochemical industry.

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10. Consider the following statements about the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF):

1. The fund comes from the Universal Service Levy (USL) charged from all the telecom operators on their Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) and is deposited in the Consolidated Fund of India.
2. USOF is funding the BharatNet project.

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