Weekly PIB Quiz for Other State PSC Exams

Question 1

Consider the following:
1) First ever Indian Institute of Skills has been set up at Varanasi.
2) It has been conceptualized from the Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education.
Select the correct statement:

Question 2

Which of the following is/are correct about SABLA?
1) It aims at enabling the Adolescent girls for self-development and empowerment. It also Improve their nutrition and health status
2) It also mainstream out of school adolescent girls into formal/non formal education.
3) SABLA is a centrally sponsored program of Government of India under Ministry of Women and Child Development.

Question 3

“Khoya Paya” web portal was in news recently. Which of the following is/are correct about it?
1) It’s a website to exchange information on crimes related to theft.
2) It’s an innovative program under ministry of law.

Question 4

Consider the following about IMPRINT INDIA initiative:
1) It aims to develop a roadmap for research to solve major engineering and technology challenges.
2) IMPRINT India is a Pan-IIT and IISc joint initiative under the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Which of the above is/are not true?

Question 5

SWAYAM PRABHA is related to?

Question 6

Which of the following is/are incorrect about Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana?
1) It envisages a uniform premium of only 1.5 per cent to be paid by farmers for Kharif crops, and 2 per cent for Rabi crops.
2) The premium for annual commercial and horticultural crops will be 5 per cent.
3) Local calamities such as landslide, hailstorm, inundation, etc. have been kept out from this because of their unpredictable nature.

Question 7

Neem Coated urea was in news a few months back due to which of the following reasons?
1) Due to neem coated urea, diversion of unauthorized use of urea by Chemical Factories has been stopped.
2) Productivity will also increase with the use of neem coated urea.
3) But cost of production also increased by 10-15% with the use of neem coated urea.

Question 8

Match the following:
LIST 1 (Govt. initiatives)
1) Medh par Ped
2) Nakul Swasthya Patra
3) ARYA
4) NBGC-IB
LIST 2 (Related to)
a) An animal Wellness Programme
b) Genomic selection
c) Agriculture
d) Agroforestry
Select the correct code:

Question 9

Which of the following about DHRUVA is/are not correct?
1) It is India’s largest nuclear research reactor
2) It is located at Trombay, Mumbai
3) It is related with producing medical isotopes.

Question 10

National Green Highways Project has been in news recently. Consider the following regarding the same:
1) The mission aims to provide a green canopy along 100,000 km of highways and create jobs for 1 million youth.
2) The funds for the mission will be met by Green Fund corpus which is 10 per cent of the total project cost set aside for plantation purposes.
3) Initially the mission has been linked with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme.
Which of the above is/are correct?

Question 11

Select the correct statement from the following:
1) The project LOTUS aims to demonstrate a novel holistic waste water management approach, that will produce clean water that can be reused for various proposes.
2) Special attention will be paid to pathogen removal and removing conventional and emerging pollutants.
3) The nodal ministry is Ministry of Health and Family welfare.

Question 12

Match the following Military exercises with correct country combinations.
EXERCISE
1) Exercise Garuda Shakti
2) Exercise Maitree
3) Exercise Yudh Abhyas
4) Exercise Hand – in – Hand
5) Exercise Prabal Dostyk
COUNTRIES INVOLVED
a) India and China
b) India and USA
c) India –Kazakhstan
d) India- Thailand
e) India–Indonesia
Choose the correct code:

Question 13

Choose the incorrect statement from the following:
1) BHIM is a Mobile App developed by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and is based on the Unified Payment Interface (UPI)
2) UPI works both online and offline.
3) launched by Ministry of Finance

Question 14

Which of the following is/are correct about Leap Second?
1) A leap second is a one-second adjustment that is occasionally applied to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
2) 37th “Leap Second” added to UTC at the midnight of Feb 28, 2017 in the countries within this time zone.
3) (CSIR-NPL) is the custodian of Indian Standard Time (IST)

Question 15

Choose the correct code from the following statements:
1) 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was held at New Delhi.
2) The day commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa in Bombay on 9 January 1915
3) To honour exceptional and meritorious contribution of Indian diaspora in their chosen field/profession, Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award is given by the Prime Minister of India.
4) This year theme–Redefined Engagement with Indian Diaspora.