MCQ for 4-january-2021-mcqs-test

With reference to the Kochi - Mangaluru Natural Gas Pipeline, consider the following statements:

1. The 450 km long pipeline has been built by GAIL (India) Ltd.

2. Laying of the pipeline was done through a special technique called Horizontal Directional Drilling method.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following is the Nation’s first indigenously developed DNA vaccine candidate against COVID-19?

Gibraltar is located at the southern tip of which of the following Peninsula?

With reference to the tampon tax, consider the following statements:

1. The UK began 2021 by abolishing a 5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on women’s sanitary products, often referred to as the “tampon tax”.

2. Scotland, which is a part of the UK, made history in November 2020 by becoming the first country in the world to make period products free of cost to those who need them.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Karnataka government has allowed all shops and commercial establishments to operate round the clock all days of the week for the next three years under provisions of the Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishments Act (1961).

2. The rules permits only shops and commercial establishments employing ten or more persons to operate 24×7.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Beas River in Himachal Pradesh?

With reference to the National Metrology Conclave, consider the following statements:

1. National Metrology Conclave 2021 is being organised by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi.

2. The National Atomic Timescale generates Indian Standard Time with an accuracy of 2.8 nanosecond.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Kempegowda International Airport halt, consider the following statements:

1. It is an Indian Railways' Train station located near Kempegowda International Airport, Bangalore (Karnataka).

2. The station has been built by the airport operator, Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) and on its completion was handed over to the railways.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Trans fats, consider the following statements:

1. They are a form of unsaturated fat.

2. They come only in artificial forms.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the banana grit, consider the following statements:

1. It was developed by CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) at Pappanamcode in Kerala.

2. The concept was introduced to utilise the presence of resistant starch in bananas, which is reported to improve gut health.

3. Changalikodan Nendran Banana got Geographical indication registration from the Geographical Indications Registry, Chennai.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?