MCQ for 19-july-2022-mcqs-test

With reference to the e-Shram Portal, consider the following statements:

1. Its objective is to create a national Database of unorganised workers.

2. It also facilitates delivery of Social Security Schemes and Welfare schemes to the unorganised workers.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the ‘SPRINT Challenges’, consider the following statements:

1. It aimed at giving a boost to the usage of indigenous technology in Indian Navy.

2. This collaborative project is named SPRINT {Supporting Pole-Vaulting in R&D through Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), NIIO and Technology Development Acceleration Cell (TDAC)}.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the mainstreaming millets in Asia and Africa, consider the following statements:

1. NITI Aayog and the World Food Programme (WFP), India, launched the ‘Mapping and Exchange of Good Practices’ initiative for mainstreaming millets in Asia and Africa.

2. It will prepare a compendium of good practices for scaling up the production and consumption of millets in India and abroad.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the PM Cares for Children Scheme, consider the following statements:

1. It provides comprehensive care and protection of children who have lost their parent(s) to the Covid pandemic.

2. Children have been provided support in a sustained manner to empower them through education and equip them for self-sufficient existence with financial support on reaching 23 years of age.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana, consider the following statements:

1. Aatmanirbhar Bharat Yojana has been launched with effect from 1st October 2015.

2. It aims to incentivize employers for creation of new employment and restoration of loss of employment during Covid-19 pandemic.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Cryptocurrencies, consider the following statements:

1. Crypto currencies are not a currency because every modern currency needs to be issued by the Central Bank or government.

2. RBI has not recommended any framing of legislation on this sector.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the NAMASTE scheme, consider the following statements:

1. The scheme is a joint venture of Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

2. It aims to achieve outcomes like zero fatalities in sanitation work in India, no sanitation workers come in direct contact with human faecal matter and all Sewer and Septic tank sanitation workers have access to alternative livelihoods.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (PMKKs), consider the following statements:

1. So far 5000 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (PMKKs) have been allocated across the country to promote model training.

2. 71 lakh candidates have been trained during the last three years under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana in the country.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Marburg virus disease (MVD), consider the following statements:

1. It is a severe, often fatal hemorrhagic fever.

2. Marburg, like Ebola, is a filovirus; and both diseases are clinically similar.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Minority status, consider the following statements:

1. Every person in India can be a minority in one State or the other.

2. According to the Supreme Court the Minority status of religious and linguistic communities is not “State-dependent”.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?