Prelims Question Series

Prelims Current Affairs Questions 26thOctober 2020

Q1. Consider the following statements about the Consulting Engineers

Association of India (CEAI)

1. It is an autonomous body which works as an attached office of National

Highway Authority of India (NHAI)

2. CEAI is the apex body of Consulting Engineers in India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

Q2. ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) comes under

the ministry of?

a. Ministry of Agriculture
b. Ministry of AYUSH
c. Ministry of Science & Technology
d. Ministry of Environment and Forests

Q3.The government of Bangladesh is financing a film on the life of

Pritilata Waddedar.

Pritilata Waddedar was a

a. Bengali Poet
 b. Social activist
c. Freedom Fighter
d. None of the above

Q4. Knowledge Resource Centre Network (KRCNet), recently seen in news, is

an initiative of which of the following union ministry?

a. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

b. Ministry of Earth Sciences
c. Ministry of Human Resource Development
d. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Q5..Consider the following statements about the Partnership for Maternal,

Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH)

1. It is a multi-constituency partnership hosted by the World Health

Organisation

2. It is the world’s largest alliance for women’s, children’s and adolescents’

health (WCAH), bringing together over 1,000 partner organizations
across 192 countries.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
 Answers & Explanations

Q1: Correct Option – b

Explanation

 In order to further improve the ease of doing business, NHAI has agreed
to most of the suggestions made by industry body,the Consulting
Engineers Association of India (CEAI).
 Consulting Engineers Association of India (CEAI) is the apex body of
Consulting Engineers in India.
 CEAI represents the Indian Engineering Consultancy professional at the
International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC).
 Two erstwhile professional bodies of consulting engineers, Association of
Consulting Engineers (ACE) and National Association of Consulting
Engineers (NACE) amalgamated in to CEAI in the year 1996
 CEAI Membership comprises of practicing consultants, private and
public sector firms engaged in the entire range of engineering
consultancy services.

Q2: Correct Option – a

Explanation
 National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) and ICAR-National Bureau of
Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) have entered into a MoU to conserve
the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Genetic Resources (MAPGRs).
 The conservation will be done at designated space of ICAR-NBPGR in
long-term storage module in the National Gene bank and/or at Regional
Station for medium term storage module.
 National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) is under Ministry of AYUSH.
ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) is under
Department of Agricultural Research and Education.

Q3: Correct Option – c

Explanation
  The government of Bangladesh is financing a film on the life of
revolutionary freedom fighter Pritilata Waddedar.

 The film ‘Bhalobasha Pritilata’ will be based on the first woman

Bengali revolutionary nationalist of the Indian subcontinent against
the British regime

Q4: Correct Option – b

Explanation

 Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) aims to develop a World-Class

Knowledge Resource Centre Network (KRCNet).
 Under It, the traditional libraries of the MoES system will be upgraded
into a top-notch Knowledge Resource Centres (KRC). KRCs will be
connected with each other and integrated into the KRCNet portal.

Q5: Correct Option – c

Explanation

 PMNCH seeks to achieve universal access to comprehensive, high-

quality reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health care.

 PMNCH describes itself as a platform for knowledge, advocacy and

accountability to improve women and children’s health.

 It is the world’s largest alliance for women’s, children’s and adolescents’

health (WCAH), bringing together over 1,000 partner organizations
across 192 countries.