1.The govt has unveiled a first of its kind in the world, UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik) initiative in which the fares will be capped at ______for onehour flights on unserved and underserved routes. (4)
(1) Rs 500
(2) Rs 1,000
(3) Rs 2,000
(4) Rs 2,500
(5) Rs 3,000
2.The World Bank has pledged USD 2bn aid package to which of the following countries to tackle climate change over the next three years? (3)
(1) Sri Lanka
(2) Pakistan
(3) Bangladesh
(4) Afghanistan
(5) Suriname
3.Which of the following is NOT correct with respect to the recipients of the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for science and technology 2016? (5)
(1) Rishikesh Narayanan – Biological Science Category
(2) Partha Sarthi Mukherjee – Chemical Sciences Category
(3) Sunil Kumar Singh – Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary
(4) Avinash Kumar Agarwal – Engineering Sciences Category Sciences Category
(5) None of these
4.The Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) has launched CYSVAX, world’s first vaccine to fight against Taenia solium Tapeworms in (1)
(1) pigs
(2) dogs
(3) cats
(4) cows
(5) horses
5.PM Narendra Modi recently inaugurated Vadodara International Airport, Gujarat’s first green airport and second green airport in the country after the one at (5)
(1) New Delhi
(2) Mumbai
(3) Kolkata
(4) Chennai
(5) Kochi
