MCQ for 3-april-2020-mcqs-test

With reference to the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM-CARES) Fund, consider the following statements:

1. The government has decided to accept contributions from abroad, “irrespective of their nationalities”, to the newly-established Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM-CARES) Fund.

2. The foreign contribution is applicable to the PM-CARES fund and the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A prototype of an indigenous ventilator under project Praana, recently seen in news, is developed by:

With reference to the anti-microbial coating, consider the following statements:

1. Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), an autonomous institution under the Department of Science and Technology, has developed a one-step curable anti-microbial coating which, when coated on different surfaces such as textile, plastic and so on could kill a range of virus types including COVID 19.

2. This covalent coating has been found to completely kill influenza virus as well as resistant pathogenic bacteria and fungi, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and fluconazole-resistant C. albicans spp.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the National Monitoring Dashboard on COVID 19 Grievances, consider the following statements:

1. It was developed and implemented at https://darpg.gov.in where COVID-19 related grievances are monitored on priority basis by a technical team of Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG).

2. It has been developed in pursuance of the recommendations of the Empowered Group of Officers 10 constituted under the Disaster Management Act 2005 on Public Grievances and Suggestions to ensure timely implementation of COVID 19 Response Activities.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

COVID-19 Fact Check Unit (FCU), recently seen in news, is an initiative of:

With reference to the Price Monitoring & Resource Unit (PMRU), consider the following statements:

1. Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory has recently become 12th State/UT where the Price Monitoring & Resource Unit (PMRU) has been set up by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA).

2. The PMRU shall help NPPA and State Drug Controller in ensuring availability and accessibility of medicines at affordable prices under the provisions of Drug Price Control Order (DPCO).

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the ‘AarogyaSetu’ app, consider the following statements:

1. It is a mobile app launched by the Government of India and developed in public-private partnership to bring the people of India together in a resolute fight against COVID-19.

2. The App, currently available only in English and Hindi languages, will enable people to assess themselves the risk for their catching the Coronavvirus infection.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Duckworth-Lewis-Stern System, often mentioned in news, is related to which of the following games?

With reference to the Wimbledon, consider the following statements:

1. Wimbledon, the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament, has been cancelled for the first time since World War-II because of the Coronavirus pandemic.

2. Since the Australian Open shifted to hardcourt in 1988, Wimbledon is the only major still played on grass, which is widely considered as the classic tennis court.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) Platform, consider the following statements:

1. e-NAM was launched in 2016 as a pan-India electronic trade portal linking Agricultural Produce Market Committee - APMCs across the States.

2. All mandis in States and Union Territories have already been integrated on e-NAM portal.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?