Practice MCQ for NTA UGC NET JRF Paper 1

1.How is the Railway Protection Force (RPF) recently renamed by the Ministry of Railways?

[A] Railway Protection Service
[B] Indian Railway Protection Force Service
[C] Indian Railway Force Service
[D] Indian Railway Service

2.Which Metro rail service in India has become the second largest operational metro rail network in the country?

[A] Delhi Metro
[B] Kochi Metro
[C] Hyderabad Metro
[D] Chennai Metro

3.Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) has partnered with which international organisation to promote a digital campaign on Social Distancing, for Self Help Groups (SHGs)?

[A] ILO
[B] UNICEF
[C] UNESCO
[D] World Bank

4.‘Khongjom Day’ is commemorated in which Indian state/UT, to pay tribute to war heroes of the state?

[A] Sikkim
[B] Manipur
[C] Arunachal Pradesh
[D] Tripura

5.‘Covid Pharma’, a mobile application to track people who purchase medicines for probable symptoms of Covid-19 over-the-counter, has been launched by which state?

[A] Karnataka
[B] Gujarat
[C] Andhra Pradesh
[D] Bihar

6.Which state government has recently amended the Mandi Act, to assist farmers in obtaining maximum value of their production?

[A] Punjab
[B] Karnataka
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Madhya Pradesh

7.Which state government has raised the retirement age of government employees to 59 from 58?

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

8.What is the name of the e-governance platform, which has an online project monitoring system?

[A] e-SamikSha
[B] myGOV
[C] Cabinet Online
[D] e-Sampriti

9.Shipping Ministry has approved Rs 107 Crore for improving fire-fighting facilities in which major port?

[A] Chennai Port
[B] Cochin Port
[C] Kolkata Port
[D] Mumbai Port

10.The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine candidate, being manufactured by Serum Institute of India, is called by which name in India?

[A] Covishield
[B] Covaxin
[C] Covidsafe
[D] Covidia