MCQ for 21-march-2020-mcqs-test

With reference to the Draft Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP), 2020, consider the following statements:

1. The Draft proposes increasing the Indigenous Content (IC) stipulated in various categories of procurement by about 10% to support the ‘Make in India’ initiative.

2. New Category Buy (Global – Manufacture in India) has been introduced with minimum 50% indigenous content on cost basis of total contract value.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020, consider the following statements:

1. The Bill seeks to declare five IIITs set up under the PPP mode in Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala, and Raichur as institutions of national importance.

2. Currently, these institutes are registered as Societies under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and have the power to grant degrees or diplomas.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Huntington disease (HD), consider the following statements:

1. It is a progressive genetic disorder affecting the kidney.

2. It is caused by a mutation in a gene called HTT.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Whiteflies, consider the following statements:

1. Whiteflies are one of the top ten devastating pests in the world that damage more than 2000 plant species and also function as vectors for some 200-plant viruses.

2. National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) Lucknow has developed a pest-resistant variety of cotton by extracting leaf of an edible fern Tectariamacrodonta which causes toxicity to the whitefly.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following organization launched transformational “Tech For Tribals” program in partnership with Institutes of National Importance (INIs) to develop Tribal entrepreneurship?

Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana (MGBBY) is an initiative of:

With reference to the Pardoning Power of President of India, consider the following statements:

1. Article 92 of the Constitution states that he/she can grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the convict.

2. The mercy petition is reviewed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, which consults the state involved, before going to the President.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Essential Services category, consider the following statements:

1. Services rendered by Parliamentarians, doctors, and para-medics fall under Essential Services category.

2. Functioning of Parliament after invoking the Epidemics Act and notification restricting the movement of people above sixty-five years in the wake of Coronavirus does not violate any provision of the law.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the desertification/land degradation in India, consider the following statements:

1. As per the Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas of India 50% of the total Geographical Area of the country is undergoing the process of desertification/land degradation.

2. National Afforestation & Eco Development Board (NAEB) Division of the Ministry of Environment is implementing the "National Afforestation Programme (NAP)" for ecological restoration of degraded forest areas.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Who was P K Banerjee, recently seen in news?