Answer-(D) "What Can You Do?"-"Give Blood. Give Now. Give Often.”
2) Which Industrial Policy abolished the ‘Industry Licensing’ for all industries except for a short list of 18 industries?
(A) Industrial Policy, 1956
(B) Industrial Policy, 1977
(C) Industrial Policy, 1980
(D) Industrial Policy, 1991
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Answer- (D) Industrial Policy, 1991Explanation:
Currently, the government is working on the new Industrial Policy with a view of promoting and developing frontier technologies, innovation and enhancing competitiveness of domestic production to align with Government’s flagship programmes such as ‘Make in India’ (25.09.2014), ‘Skill India’ (16.07.2015) and ‘Startup India’ (16.01.2016).
3) The ‘Fire & Forget” 3rd generation Anti-Tank Missile ‘Nag’, equipped with the highly advanced IIR seeker with integrated avionics, is successfully test-fired on 30.06.2017. IIR stands for_______.
(A) Imaging Infrared Radar
(B) Infrared Initiative Radar
(C) Infrared Implemented Radar
(D) Informative Infrared Radar
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Answer-(A) Imaging Infrared RadarExplanation:
IIR technology is possessed by very few nations.
It guides the missile to its target after launch.
4) Which among the following virus disease is caused by a virus transmitted primarily by Aedes Mosquitoes?
1) Malaria
2) Zika
3) Dangue
4) Yellow fever
5) Japanesh encephalitis
(A) All of the above
(B) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(C) 2, 3, 4 and 5
(D) 1, 3, 4 and 5
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Answer-(B) 2, 3, 4 and 5Explanation:
The Aedes Mosquitoes spread RNA virus of the genus flavivirus.
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by ‘parasitic protozoans’ (a group of single-celled microorganisms) belonging to the ‘Plasmodium type’ and it is most commonly transmitted by an infected female ‘Anopheles’ mosquito.
5) Zinc-ORS (Oral Rehydration Salts) therapy is used to treat ___________ disease.
(A) Pneumonia
(B) Wooing Cough
(C) Diarrheal
(D) Typhoid
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Answer-(C) DiarrhealExplanation:
Diarrhea is the 2nd leading cause of U5 (Under 5) child mortality in India.
It is responsible for killing 1.5 million children every year.
Zinc & ORS is one of the most cost-effective health initiatives to treat the disease.
It is launched under the national-wide ‘Intensified Diarrheal Control Fortnight’ (IDCF) programme by Ministry of Home and Family Welfare..
Since July 2016, IDCF have been observed from 11th to 23rd July..
6) Which Ministry has launched a Periodic Labour Survey?
(A) Ministry of Labour & Employment.
(B) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
(C) Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises.
(D) Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
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Answer-(B) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.Explanation:
It is launched in April 2017
It provides quarterly labour & employment data for urban India and annual data for rural India.
It supersedes the earlier system where such data was available only every 5 years.
7) NavIC consists of constellation of _________ satellites.
(A) Three
(B) Four
(C) Five
(D) Seven
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Answer-(D) SevenExplanation:
NavIC (Navigation Indian Constellation) is an independent Indian Satellite-based positioning system and was named so by the Prime Minister.
Three of the satellites are in a geostationary orbit and four in the geosynchronous orbit.
They rely on Rubidium clocks.
Name of the satellites and its launch date:
Recently, ISRO confirmed that clocks on the 1st satellite IRNSS 1A had failed in June 2016.
8) Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker appoints _________ as new Assembly Secretary.
(A) K. Boopathi
(B) AMP Jamaludeen
(C) P. Dhanapal
(D) V. Jayaraman
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- IRNSS 1A - July 2, 2013
- IRNSS 1B - Apr 4, 2014
- IRNSS 1C - Oct 16, 2014
- IRNSS 1D - Mar 28, 2015
- IRNSS 1E - Jan 20, 2016
- IRNSS 1F - Mar 10, 2016
- IRNSS 1G - Apr 28, 2016
Answer- (A) K. Boopathi
9) India, with _____ million children with obesity, stands 2nd highest in the world after China.
(A) 11.4 million
(B) 12.4 million
(C) 13.4 million
(D) 14.4 million
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Answer-(D) 14.4 million
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