Q1) Consider the following statements :
A) Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) was renamed as Pradhan Mantri
Matritva Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) in 2017.
B) Under PMMVY , eligible beneficiaries get a sum of Rs. 6,000
C) The maternity benefits PMMVY are available to all Pregnant Women & Lactating
Mothers (PW&LM) without any exception.
Options:
1) All are correct
2) A & C are correct
3) A & B are correct
4) B & C are correct
Total amount of Rs. 271.66 crores paid to more than 11 lakh beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Matru.
Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)
Number of beneficiaries enrolled under PMMVY crosses 22 lakhs.
The maternity benefits under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) are available to all Pregnant.
Women & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM) except those in regular employment with the Central Government or State Government or Public Sector Undertaking.
The Government of India has approved Pan-India implementation of PMMVY in all districts of the country from 01.01.2017 under which the eligible beneficiaries get Rs. 5,000/- under PMMVY and the remaining cash incentive as per approved norms towards Maternity Benefit under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) after institutional delivery so that on an average, a woman gets Rs. 6000/-.
Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), previously Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY), is a maternity benefit program run by the government of India.
It was introduced in 2010 and is implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. It is a conditional cash transfer scheme for pregnant and lactating women of 19 years of age or above for first live birth. It provides a partial wage compensation to women for wage-loss during childbirth and childcare and to provide conditions for safe delivery and good nutrition and feeding practices.
Q2) Consider the following statements :
A) An oxytocin is also known as love hormone.
B) Oxytocin is produced in the hypothalamus, a part of the brain
C) The drug is used by diary owners and farmers to boost milk production and make
vegetables look bigger and fresher Options:
1) A & B are correct
2) All are correct
3) A & C are correct
4) B & C are correct
Often called the ‘love hormone’, Oxycontin is released naturally in
human bonding activities such as sex, childbirth and breastfeeding.
The drug’s abuse in animals shortens their lives and makes them
barren sooner India halted retail sales of the prescription-only drug in 2014, but
regulators have struggled to curb illegal sales, and the volume of
imports is unclear.
The posterior pituitary stores two hormones secreted by the hypothalamus for later
release: Oxytocin, most of which is released from the paraventricular nucleus in the
hypothalamus. … Antidiuretic hormone (ADH, also known as vasopressin), the majority of
which is released from the supra optic nucleus in the hypothalamus.
Q3) Consider the following statements :
A) Collagen has been reported to play a major role in healing of tissues, but
their low mechanical strength and fast biodegradation has restricted its use
B) Chitosan is a biopolymer which obtained from shells of crustaceans (crabs,
lobsters, shrimp etc)
C) Protein extracted from discarded animal tissues can be used to wound
healing and human tissue engineering.
Options:
1) A & C are correct
2) Only C is correct
3) All are correct
4) A & B are correct
Q4) Consider the following statements :
A) Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macular degeneration (AMD or ARMD), is a medical condition which may result in blurred or no vision in the periphery of the visual field
B) Macula is retina’s central portion which is responsible not only for focusing central vision in the eye but also in controlling the ability to read.
Options:
1) A is correct
2) Both are correct
3) B is correct
4) None is correct
Rods are responsible for vision at low light levels (isotopic vision). They do not mediate color vision Cones are active at higher light levels (photo pic vision), are capable of color vision and are responsible for high spatial acuity. The central forgave is populated exclusively by cones.
Q5) Consider the following statements :
A)Walmiki and Malhar are the two languages categorised
`endangered’.
B)Walmiki is spoken in the district of Koraput (Odisha) and
Malhar in Tamilnadu.
Options:
1) A is correct
2) Both are correct
3) B is correct
4) None is correct
Q6) Consider the following statements :
A) Odilorhabdins, or ODLs, are produced by symbiotic bacteria found in soildwelling
nematode worms that colonize insects for food.
B) ODLs act on the ribosome – the molecular machine of individual cells that
makes the proteins Options:
1) A is correct
2) Both are correct
3) B is correct
4) None is correct
Q7) Match the following
Prayag/ Confluences Rivers
A) Vishnuprayag 1) Alaknanda and Bhagirathi river
B) Nandaprayag 2) Alaknanda and Mandakini river
C) Karnaprayag 3) Alaknanda, and Pindar River.
D) Rudraprayag 4) Alaknanda River and Nandakini River.
E) Devprayag 5) Alaknanda River & Dhauliganga River
1) A – 2, B – 3, C- 4, D – 1, E – 5 2) A – 5, B – 4, C- 3, D – 2, E – 1
3) A – 2, B – 1, C- 5, D – 3, E – 2 4) A – 1, B – 2, C- 3, D – 4, E – 5
Q8) Consider the following statements :
A) The Eighth Regional 3R Forum adopted Indore 3R Declaration on Achieving Clean
Water, Clean Soil and Clean Air
B) The 3R are – Reduce, Reuse and Resource Efficiency
C) The United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) is based on the
agreement between the United Nations (UN) and the Government of Australia.
Options:
1) A & C are correct
2) Only C is correct
3) B &C are correct
4) None is correct
Q9) Consider the following statements regarding NASA’s Parker Solar Probe.
A) The spacecraft will orbit directly through the solar atmosphere, known
as the photosphere, after the launch.
B) It is a ten year long mission.
C) Source of sun’s energy is Fission reactions of hydrogen into helium
Options :
1) All are correct
2) B &C are correct
3) A & C are correct
4) None is correct
Photo sphere is inner layer of sun which gives off visible light,chromosome is middle layer of sun where gives radish glow so also called color sphere and corona is the outer layer of sun.
Q10) Consider the following statements :
1) Assam’s 2 day The spring festival of Asaam took place in Kaziranga
National Park
2) Manas river is the largest river system of Bhutan
3) Manas National park is also a tiger and rhino reserve and covers five
districts of Assam
Options:
1) A& C are correct
2) B & C are correct
3) A & B are correct
4) All are correct
Kokrajhar, Baksa, Chirang, Udalguri
and Barpeta.
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