Daily Current Affairs Prelims Quiz - 15-02-2020 - (Online Prelims Test)

1) Which of the following products was/were granted G.I tag by the Government of India?

1. Kaji Nemu
2. Khola Chilli
3. Dindigul Locks
4. Nagpur Orange
5. Srivilliputtur Palkova

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

2) Daspalla Hills often seen in the news recently is located in?

3) Corbomycin and Complestatin often seen in the news recently are?

4) Consider the following statements with respect to International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

1. It is an international financial institution and a specialized United Nations agency.
2. It is based in Rome, Italy.
3. Membership is open to any State that is a member of the United Nations, any of its specialized agencies or the International Atomic Energy Agency. 

Which of the statements given above are correct?

5) Consider the following statements with respect to Lassa fever

1. It is a viral haemorrhagic disease caused by the Lassa virus, which naturally infects the widely distributed house flies.
2. Lassa virus does not spread from human to human.
3. There is no drug exist for the treatment of the Lassa disease.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

6) Consider the following statements with respect to Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM Agreement)

1. It is a part of the United States Trade Representatives (USTR’s) Countervailing Duty (CVD) law which lists countries as developing and least-developed countries.
2. Under this agreement, countries that had not yet reached the status of a developed country only were entitled to special treatment for purposes of countervailing measures.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

7) Seymour Island which was in news recently is located in?

8) Consider the following statements with respect to Arrokoth

1. It is the most distant and most primitive object ever explored by a spacecraft.
2. It was discovered using the Hubble Space Telescope.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

9) Consider the following statements with respect to Chronograph Watches

1. It is a watch with a stopwatch function built in to keep track of seconds and is used to measure elapsed time.
2. It can be self-winding, manual or quartz powered.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

10) Consider the following statements with respect to Generic Medicines

1. A generic medicine use the same active ingredients as brand-name medicines and it is same as a brand-name medicine in dosage, safety and effectiveness.
2. Branded generics are the generic drugs developed either by a generic drug company or the original manufacturer before the patent expires for the original product.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?