GK QUIZ-2

1.      What is the name of the new drug developed by scientists recently as an alternative to antibiotics?

[A]Staphefekt                 

[B]Dalvance

[C]Orbactiv                      

[D]Sivextro

2.      The Montreal Protocol calls for __? 

[A]Phasing out of CFCs and HFCs

[B]Phasing out of CFCs and replacing them with HFCs

[C]Phasing out of HFCs and replacing them with CFC

[D]Phasing out of CFCs & HFCs and replacing them with HCFCs

3.      Which among the following treaties pertains to protection of the Olympic Symbol?

[A]Budapest Treaty         

[B]Nairobi Treaty

[C]Washington Treaty     

[D]Olympia Protocol

 

4.      Which among the following is NOT strictly related to environment, climate change or biodiversity?

[A] Bali action plan           

[B]Hyogo Framework of Action

[C] Kyoto Protocol

[D] Nagoya Protocol

 

5.      Which among the following is India's largest potato producing state?

[A]Punjab                         

[B]Uttar Pradesh

[C]Maharashtra                

[D]Gujarat

 

6.      Which among the following animals is known as natural host of the Ebola virus?

[A]Chimpanzees  

[B]Dogs and Pigs

[C]Rats                

[D]Fruit Bats

 

7.      India has recently launched a new Air Quality Index. How many categories of ratings are there in this new index?

[A]5          

[B]6                      

[C]8                      

[D]10

8.      Which among the following banks are based in China?

1.      Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

2.      BRICS Bank

3.      Asian Development Bank

Select the correct option from the codes given below:

A]Only 1              

[B]Only 1 & 2

[C]Only 2             

[D]1, 2 & 3

 

9.      Which among the following is / are the two most powerful anti-TB drugs, which if not work, TB turns into MDR-TB?

[A]Isoniazid and Rifampicin

[B]Sulfadimethoxine and Sulfadoxine

[C]Isoniazid and Sulfadimethoxine

[D]Rifampicin and Tinidazole

 

10.  Through how many states of India, river Ganga flows?

[A]8          

[B]9             

[C]10        

[D]11

 

11.  World Trade Center, the famous business tower in United States has been recently reopened 13 years after it was grounded by a terror attack. It is located in New York in which among the following divisions?

[A]Brooklyn                     

[B]Manhattan

[C]Queens                        

[D]Bronx

 

12.  In a recent defence deal, India will buy anti-tank Spike missiles from which country?

[A]USA                           

[B]Russia

[C]Israel                           

[D]Australia

 

13.  Which scientist had discovered first successful inactivated polio vaccine?

[A]Emma Goodman        

[B]Maurice Hilleman

[C]Jonas Salk       

[D]Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen 

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