Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams – 07 May 2016

Q.1- Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding National Innovation Foundation-India (NIF)?

1. NIF is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology under the Central Government
2. NIF is an initiative to strengthen the highly advanced scientific research in India’s premier scientific institutions in collaboration with highly advanced foreign scientific institutions.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

Q.2- Which of the following ministry is the nodal ministry in respect of monitoring and managing drought conditions in the country?

A. Ministry of Water resources
B. Ministry of Agriculture
C. Ministry of Science and Technology
D. None of the above

Q.2- Which of the following is correct regarding Rim of Pacific exercise?

1. It is world’s largest maritime warfare exercise done yearly.
2. This years exercise is in Hawaii
3. India would participate in RIMPAC 2016.

A. 1,3
B. 1,2
C. 2,3
D. All

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