Weekly PIB Quiz

Which of the following is/are correct about Asia Partnership?
1) Ministry of Commerce in collaboration with the UN-ISDR hosted the 2nd ISDR Asia Partnership (IAP).
2) It was held in New Delhi.
3) The main thrust of issue was Anti-dumping duties, Countervailing duties and economic slowdown at global level.

India is aggressively engaged in the expansion of its Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with MERCOSUR. Which of the following countries of MERCOSUR has been recently suspended from the group?

Consider the following statements:
1) First edition of the World Sustainable Development Summit was held in New Delhi.
2) It was organized by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
3) The theme for it was ‘Beyond 2015: People, Planet and Progress’.
Which of the above is/are incorrect?

Pandit Dharmsheel Chaturvedi, who recently passed away, belonged to which of the following?

Which of the following is/are NOT correct?
1) ECI organized the Election Visitors Programme (EVP) for the international delegates in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
2) Representatives of Election Management Bodies (EMBs) from all SAARC countries participated in EVP.

The theme of the 25th New Delhi World Book Fair 2017 was:

Which of the following is/are correct about Saksham- 2017 Programme?
1) It is aimed at gender parity and education for girl child.
2) The programme is being organized by Ministry of Women and Child Development along with Ministry of Human Resource Development.

What is Mission 41 k?

Consider the following statements about International Vaccine Institute:
1) It is an International organization devoted to developing and introducing new and improved vaccines to protect people especially children.
2) It is a US based institution
3) India is one of its founding members.
Which of the above is/are correct?

Which of the following is/are correct about ShaGun?
1) The aim of ShaGun is to capture and showcase innovations and progress in Elementary Education sector of India Education sector of India
2) It also includes a Toolkit for Master Trainers in Preparing Teachers for Inclusive Education for Children with Special Needs’
3) This tool kit is prepared by UNESCO and Ministry of HRD
4) ShaGun will help monitor progress of implementation of SSA by assessing performance of States and UTs on key parameters

Consider the following and choose the incorrect statement:
1) Competition Commission of India is a non-statutory body.
2) It is successor of Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission which was functional prior to 1991 economic reforms.
3) It can’t take up cases suo-moto and the complaint must be filed before it by the aggrieved party.

Which of the following is/are not correct about IORA and its related issues?
1) It is a regional forum, tripartite in nature, bringing together representatives of Government, Business and Academia
2) Recently, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India finalized MoU on MSME Cooperation with Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) member countries.
3) IORA Secretariat will be the coordinating agency for the implementation of the MoU
4) The Coordinating Secretariat of IORA is located at Ebene, Mauritius

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched population based prevention, screening and control programme for which five common non-communicable diseases?
1) Hypertension
2) HIV-AIDS
3) Lung Cancer
4) Diabetes
5) Dengue
Select the correct code:

Which of the following is true with respect to a new govt. scheme called GeM?
1) It aims to transform the way in which procurement of goods is done by the Government Ministries. Services are not included initially.
2) GeM is a completely paperless, cashless and system driven e-market place.

Which of the following is/are correct about RubSIS?
1) It is an online system which will be used for recommending application of appropriate mix of fertilizers.
2) This online fertilizer recommendation system was first launched for Kottayam.