Daily Current Affairs Questions: 16 Oct 2019

IAS/PCS – Pre 2019/20

Question 1. 90:90:90: strategy is recently in news, related to which of the following?

(a) Malaria control

(b) AIDS control

(c) TB control

(d)  Dengue control

 

Question 2. Consider the following statements with respect to Index of Industrial Production (IIP)-

1. It measures changes in the volume of production of a basket of industrial products
2. Index is compiled and published by CSO
3. Base year for IIP is 2014-15

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 1 &3

(c) 1 & 2

(d)  1, 2 & 3

 

Question 3. Exercise “Vajra Prahar” conducted between India and which of the following country?

(a) Russia

(b) USA

(c ) Japan

(d)  China

 

Question 4. Consider the following statements about Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

1. PCT gives patent protection for an invention simultaneously in large number of countries.

2. The application for patent protection by a country must be filed by the department responsible for intellectual property rights relating to patents.

3. PCT is administered by WIPO.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 1 &3

(c ) 1 & 2

(d)  1 , 2 & 3

 

Question 5. “Operation Peace Spring”, recently in news is launched by which of the following countries in Syria?.

(a) USA

(b) France

(c ) Turkey

(d)  Iran

 

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