Daily Current Affairs MCQ Quiz for UPSC, IAS, UPPSC/UPPCS, MPPSC. BPSC, RPSC & All State PSC Exams (17 August 2020)

Daily Current Affairs MCQ Quiz for UPSC, IAS, UPPSC/UPPCS, MPPSC. BPSC, RPSC & All State PSC Exams

Date: 17 August 2020

Q1. Consider the following statement about National Digital Health Mission

1. Mission comes under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.
2. Every Indian will get a Health ID card under NDHM.

Select the correct option-

a. 1 Only
b. 2 Only
c. 1 and 2 Both
d. None

Q2. Consider the following statement

1. Russia became first country to develop Corona Vaccine.
2. Russia named it Sputnik VI

Select the correct option

a. 1 Only
b. 2 Only
c. 1 and 2 Both
d. None

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Question 1: (C)

Explanation : Not required.

Question 2: (A)

Explanation : The vaccine Sputnik V, which is named after the space satellite launched by Moscow in 1957, was created by the Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, alongside the Russian Direct Investment Fund.