Practice MCQ for NTA UGC NET JRF Paper 1

1.India has planned to raise the production of ……… to around 17 million tonnes (mt) by 2025-26?

[A] Cotton
[B] Mustard
[C] Palm Oil
[D] Jute

2.Which Indian company has successfully completed the Phase I and II clinical trials of its Covid-19 vaccine recently?

[A] Bharat Genetech
[B] Biological E Limited
[C] Cipla
[D] Ranbaxy

3.Indian Army has inaugurated the First Green Solar Energy harnessing plant in which state?

[A] Rajasthan
[B] Sikkim
[C] Punjab
[D] Gujarat

4.Which state in India becomes the first to join the COVAX alliance?

[A] Tamil Nadu
[B] Maharashtra
[C] Punjab
[D] Odisha

5.Pandit Deendayal Energy University, that was in news recently, is in which state?

[A] Maharashtra
[B] Gujarat
[C] Uttar Pradesh
[D] Karnataka

6.Which state has released a short film on Chhatrapati Shivaji, titled ‘Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shivrajyabhishek Divas’?

[A] Maharashtra
[B] Madhya Pradesh
[C] Goa
[D] Karnataka

7.The minimum support prices (MSP) of paddy, sesamum, tur and urad were hiked recently. These are ……… crops.

[A] Rabi
[B] Kharif
[C] Zaid
[D] None of the above

8.Which state is set to form an economic advisory council composed of Esther Duflo and Raghuram Rajan?

[A] Kerala
[B] Tamil Nadu
[C] Andhra Pradesh
[D] Telangana

9.Coconut Development Board is a statutory body established under which Union Ministry?

[A] Ministry of Food processing Industries
[B] Ministry of Agriculture
[C] Ministry of Commerce and Industry
[D] Ministry of MSME

10.Fazil mango, is a GI-certified Mango variety, being produced in which Indian state/UT?

[A] Andhra Pradesh
[B] West Bengal
[C] Bihar
[D] Karnataka