Socio economic Awareness MCQs

1.The President of India appoints the Chairman and Members of the National Human Rights Commission on whose recommendations?

(A)Prime Minister of India

(B)Speaker of Lok Sabha

(C)Home Minister

(D)Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha

(E)All of the Above

Ans: (E) All of the Above

2.In which year India ratified International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ?

(A)1966

(B)1968

(C)1976

(D)1978

(E)1979

Ans: (E) 1979

3.In which of the following cities is located the technology center of Unique Identification Authority of India?

(A)Delhi

(B)Hyderabad

(C)Ranchi

(D)Hyderabad

(E)Bangalore

Ans: (E) Bangalore

4.The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) links 37 constituent laboratories with diverse research portfolios as varied as drug discovery to oceanography. Recently we read in the newspapers that CSIR’s latest imitative is launching of an Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) Programme. What is the main purpose of Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) Programme?

(A)To make India a hub of drug research and development

(B)To bring the scientists of the world under one roof

(C)To bring down the costs of the new drugs and make them affordable to all

(D)To make India self reliant in Drug production

(E)All of above

Ans: (C) To bring down the costs of the new drugs and make them affordable to all

5.On the recommendation of which of the following committees the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has been releasing money of the Centers share of recapitalization assistance to the primary agriculture credit societies (PACS) in various states to introduce

cooperative reforms ?

(A)N R Narayanmurthy Committee

(B)Prof A. Vaidyanathan Committee

(C)K Madhav Das Committee

(D)R Gandhi Committee

(E)None of them

Ans: (B)Prof A. Vaidyanathan Committee