MCQ for 13-april-2020-mcqs-test

With reference to the Remdesivir, consider the following statements:

1. It is an antiviral medication being studied during 2020 as a possible post-infection treatment for COVID-19 illness.

2. It is a nucleotide analog, specifically an adenosine analogue, which inserts into viral RNA chains, causing their premature termination.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

‘Sarige Sanjeevini’, recently seen in news is an initiative of:

Consider the following statements:

1. He was the founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, India's first pharmaceutical company.

2. In 1896, he published a paper on preparation of a new stable chemical compound: mercurous nitrite.

3. He authored the ‘History of Hindu Chemistry – From the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century AD’, a book that documented India’s indigenous chemical practices starting from the Vedic era.

Above statements are about who among the following?

With reference to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, consider the following statements:

1. Any contributions to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund or the State relief fund will qualify as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure.

2. It is included in Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Set-Top Box (STB), consider the following statements:

1. An Set-Top Box (STB) is a device needed to receive and watch digital television on a ordinary "analog" television.

2. The set-top box receives the digital TV channels from a broadband source (cable, satellite, terrestrial or ADSL).

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. He popularised performing on the bass octave of the sitar for the alap section.

2. He promoted the jugalbandi duet concert style and claims to have introduced new ragas Tilak Shyam, Nat Bhairav and Bairagi.

3. He was the music director of All India Radio, New Delhi, from 1949 to 1956.

Above statements are about who among the following?

A web-portal YUKTI (Young India Combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation) is an initiative of:

With reference to the Active Virosome Technology (AVT), consider the following statements:

1. Active Virosome Technology (AVT) developed by Seagull Bio is useful for the production of vaccines & immunotherapeutic agents.

2. The AVT platform is useful for producing novel, non-hazardous & economical Active Virosome agents expressing desired antigens from the target pathogen.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the armed forces in coronavirus outbreak battle, consider the following statements:

1. The regulations permit civil authorities to requisition the Army for controlling law and order, maintaining essential services, assisting during natural calamities such as earthquakes, and any other type of help that may be needed by the civil authorities.

2. The procedure for requisitioning armed forces is governed under ‘Aid to Civil Authorities’ under the guidelines laid in Instructions on Aid to the Civil Authorities by the Armed Forces, 1970; Regulations for the Army; and Manual of Indian Military Law.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Primordial Black Holes (PBH), consider the following statements:

1. They were formed during the Hot Big Bang phase.

2. PBH can be massively large as 3000kms or be extremely tiny like nucleus of an atom.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?