Questions and Answers On Coronavirus
1. Where did the first case of
coronavirus detected?
a) Wuhan
b) Shanghai
c) Hangzhou
d) Chengdu
Ans: (a) A
pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan, China was first reported to the
WHO Country Office in China on 31 December 2019. 7 active corona patients were
found in WUHAN province.
2. Who was the whistleblower of corona
virus in china?
a) Lee wanchu
b) Li Wenliang
c) Li Dequan
d) Li hanzo
e) Ans: (b) Li Wenliang was the
Ophthalmologist at Wuhan central Hospital. He detected 7 corona positive
patients in hospital on 30 December 2019. He was also got infected with such
virus and dead on 7 February 2020 in Wuhan.
3. What is the full form of SARS?
a) Sever Aureate Response Syndrome
b) Serious Access Respiratory Syndrome
c) Sever Acute Response Syndrome
d) Sever Acute Respiratory Syndrome
e) Ans: (d) Full form of SARS is Sever
Acute Respiratory Syndrome. SARS affected 26 countries and resulted in more
than 8000 cases in 2003. Since then, a small number of cases have occurred as a
result of laboratory accidents or, possibly, through animal-to-human
transmission (Guangdong, China).
4. When was the first case of SARS-CoV
(corona virus) was detected?
a) 2010
b) 2019
c) 2006
d) 2003
Ans: (d)
SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) – virus identified in 2003. SARS-CoV is thought to
be an animal virus from an as-yet-uncertain animal reservoir, perhaps bats,
that spread to other animals (civet cats) and first infected humans in the
Guangdong province of southern China in 2002.
5. When biological weapon convention
was singed?
a) 1970
b) 1975
c) 1980
d) 1985
Ans: (b)
This Convention was signed by 183 country in 1975. The Convention on the
Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological
(Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction (usually referred to as
the Biological Weapons Convention, abbreviation: BWC, or Biological and Toxin
Weapons Convention, abbreviation: BTWC) was the first multilateral disarmament
treaty banning the production of an entire category of weapons.
6. Which of the following human organs
were affected by corona virus?
a) Heart
b) Liver
c) Lungs
d) Kidney
Ans: (c)
Coronaviruses cause respiratory illnesses, so the lungs are usually affected
first. Early symptoms include fever,
cough, and shortness of breath. These appear as soon as 2 days, or as long as
14 days, after exposure to the virus. But damage can also occur in other parts
of the body, especially during serious illness.
7. Which of the following is considered
as the source of corona virus?
a) Redmeat
b) Whitemeat
c) Rotmeat
d) Bushmeat
Ans: (d)
Bushmeat is meat from wildlife species that are hunted for human consumption in
tropical forests. Bushmeat is an important food resource for poor people,
particularly in rural areas.
Bush meat brings humans into close contact
with wildlife, creating a prime path for the transmission of diseases like
Ebola, as well as new emerging infectious diseases. If the bushmeat problem is
to be solved, ineffective enforcement of hunting quotas and inadequate
endangered species protections must be addressed.
8. When did WHO declared Corona as Global Pandemic?
a) 30 December 2019
b) 30 January 2020
c) 20 Feburary 2020
d) Not yet
Ans: (b)
Since 2 January 2020, the three levels of WHO (China country office, Regional
Office for the Western Pacific and headquarters) have been working together to
respond to this outbreak of COVID-19. On 30 January, WHO declared the outbreak
a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). On 11 March, WHO
Director General characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic.
9. From where coronavirus got its name?
a) Due to
their leaf-like projections.
b) Due to
their crown-like projections.
c) Due to
their surface structure of bricks.
d) None of
the above
Ans: (b)
Due to their crown-like projections on the surfaces coronaviruses got their
name. The virus resembles a crown when viewed under an electron microscope.
"Corona” in Latin means "halo" or "crown".
10. Which of th following is most
corona affected state of india?
a) Maharastra
b) Kerela
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Bihar
Ans: (a)
The spread of novel coronavirus in India has created panic in the country.
After the first confirmed positive case was reported on January 30 in Kerala,
the epidemic has expanded its footprint in the country, affecting 1,234 people
Kerala: 213
(including 8 foreigners)
Uttar
Pradesh: 88 (including 1 foreigner)
Maharashtra:
215 (including 3 foreigners)
Bihar: 15
based 31st march.
11. Which of the following organization
decleared to provide ventilator at cheapest Rate in India?
a) TATA Group
b) Reliance Group
c) Mahindra Group
d) Apollo hospital
Ans: (c)
Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd (M&M), which recently announced plans to
manufacture ventilators, has indigenously developed a prototype of bag valve
mask, which is commonly known as an Ambu bag. This could cost less than ₹7,500,
the company said. The artificial
manual-breathing unit, or ambu bag, is a self-inflating device that is
typically used to help patients with breathing problems.
12. Which of the following coronaviruses
has caused thousands of deaths around the world as an 'emergent' virus?
a) MERS
b) SARS
c) OC43
d) H1N1
Ans: (b)
severe acute respiratory syndrome-related corona virus is a species of corona
virus that infects humans, bats and certain other mammals. It is an enveloped
positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus that enters its host cell by binding
to the ACE2 receptor.
Scientific
name: Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus.
13. What was the official name of SARS
virus declared by WHO?
a) SARS-CoV-1
b) COVID-2019
c) Wuhan virus
d) China virus
Ans: (b)
Official names have been announced for the virus responsible for COVID-19
(previously known as “2019 novel coronavirus”) and the disease it causes. The official names are:
Disease
:coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Virus
:severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2)
14. Which of the following diseases are
related to coronavirus?
a) MERS
b) SARS
c) Both A
and B
d) Neither A nor B
Ans: (c)
Coronavirus may cause illness from the common cold to more other serious
diseases like Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV).
15. Recently which of the following
countries claim war Damage on china?
a) Italy
b) USA
c) Iran
d) India
Ans: (a)
With more than 11500 death in Italy in comparison to Chinas 3304 death. With
the delay of pandemic information by china. Italy claimed war Damage on china.
16. Which of the following age group is
more sever to corona virus?
a) 50-65
b) 09-18
c) 21-25
d) All of the above
Ans: (d)
17. Which of the following country develop
5min corona testing kit?
a) USA
b) India
c) China
d) South Korea
Ans: (a)
recently USA based Abbott Laboratories Unveil Coronavirus test kit can tell if
someone is infected in as little as five minuts.
The
molecular test looks for fragments of the corona genome which can quoickly be
detected when present at high levels.
18. What was the name of corona fund in
India?
a) Public CARE Fund
b) India CARE Fund
c) PM CARE Fund
d) None of the above
Ans: (c) To
combat the novel coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday
announced the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency
Situations Fund (PM-CARES) and asked people to contribute to the PM Cares
account. To donate for the PM relief fund, know these steps while doing PM
Cares fund donation.
19. Which of the following international
organization was called by India for corona war?
a) BIMSTEC
b) SAARC
c) ASIAN
d) G20
Ans: (b)
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the regional
intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of states in South Asia.
Its member states are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives,
Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Pakistan's
Diplomat Amjad Hussain B. Sial is the current Secretary-General, having assumed
charge on 1 March 2017.
20. Headquater of WHO?
a) Washington DC
b) New York
c) Geneva
d) Paris
Ans: (d)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United
Nations responsible for international public health. It is headquartered in
Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO was established in 7 April 1948 which is commemorated
as World Health Day. Director-General is Tedros Adhanom and WHO has 194
member states.
21. Which of the following ministry is
responsible to fight corona virus?
a) Home Ministry
b) Ministry of science
c) Ministry of health and Family well
fear
d) Ministry of biotechnology
Ans: (c)
self explanatory
22. . How does Coronavirus transmit?
a) If another person is nearby and inhales the
droplets or touches these surfaces and further touches his face, eyes or mouth,
he or she can get an infection.
b) When a
person sneezes or cough, droplets spread in the air or fall on the ground and
nearby surfaces.
c) If the distance is less than 1 meter
from the infected person.
d) All the above are correct.
Ans: (d)
coronavirus is a respiratory virus which spreads primarily through droplets
generated when an infected person coughs or sneezes, or through droplets of
saliva or discharge from the nose. To protect yourself, clean your hands
frequently with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and
water.Coronavirus (COVID-19) transmits through the above-mentioned options.
23. What is Coronavirus?
a) It is a large family of viruses.
b) It belongs to the family of Nidovirus.
c) Both A and B are correct
d) Only A is correct.
Ans: (c)
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are known to cause illness
ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East
Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
24. In which age group the COVID-19
spreads?
a)
Coronavirus infection is mild in children.
b) Older
person(50-65age) and persons with pre-existing medical conditions are at high
risk to develop serious illness.
c) COVID-19 occur in all age groups.
d) All the above are correct,
Ans: (d)
COVID-19 occur in all the age groups. But according to AIMS the infection of
coronavirus is mild in children. Persons are at risk who are old and a person
suffering from some medical conditions like high blood pressure, cancer, lung
disease, diabetes, heart disease.
25. Which of the following fundamental
right is effacted by Indias Corona Lockdown?
a) Article 19A
b) Article 19B
c) Article 19D
d) Article 19E
Ans: (c)
Article 19(1)(d) of The Indian Constitution guarantees to all Citizens of India
the Right "to move freely throughout the territory of India." This
Right is, however subject to reasonable restrictions mentioned under Article
19(5).
26. Which of the following year disaster
management Act enforced?
a) 1986
b) 1991
c) 2005
d) 2008
Ans: (c)
The Disaster Management Act, 2005, (23 December 2005) was passed by the Rajya
Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India on 28 November, and the Lok
Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament, on 12 December 2005. It received the
assent of The President of India on 9 January 2006. The Disaster Management
Act, 2005 has 11 chapters and 79 sections The Act extends to the whole of
India. The Act provides for "the effective management of disasters and for
matters connected there with or incidental thereto.
27. Which of the following state
constituted ‘Team-11’ to beat corona virus?
a) Maharastra
b) Kerela
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh
Ans: (d) UP
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has set up "Team-11" comprising of as
many inter-departmental committees to fight the coronavirus spread and its
multi-lateral fallouts on multiple fronts ranging from ensuring medicare to
victims to the supply of essentials and tackle long marches of jobless workers
back home.
28. Which of the following launch
‘Operation Nameste’?
a) DRDO
b) Indian Airforce
c) Indian Army
d) Indian Navy
Ans: (c)
The Indian army has named its battle against Corona Virus ‘Operation Namaste’.
This operation has been launched by the Indian army to help the Indian
government in dealing with the outbreak.
Addressing
the 1.3 million force, army chief General MM Naravane launched the operation
while asking the Indian army to take all precautions to protect themselves in
the wake of the virus.
29. Which of the following International
Organization Launched ‘Traker of government Policy’
a) WHO
b) SAARC
c) IMF
d) UNHCR
Ans: (c)
The International Monetary Fund has launched a policy tracker to track the
policy responses by different governments to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
30. By which of the following Act various
state government impose Lockdown?
a) Disaster management Act
b) Epidemic Diseases Act
c) Biological Hazard Act
d) It is on of thr provision in Indian
Constitution
Ans: (b)
The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 is a law which was first enacted to tackle
bubonic plague in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) in former British-occupied India.
The law is meant for containment of epidemics by providing special powers that
are required for the implementation of containment measures to control the
spread of the disease.
31. Which organization announced to
establish Indias first COVID-19 dedicated Hospital?
a) Relince Group
b) Mahindra Group
c) TATA Group
d) HUL
Ans: (a)
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has set up India's first COVID-19 dedicated
hospital in Mumbai. This first-of-its-kind-in-Indiacentre is fully funded by
Reliance Foundation and includes a negative pressure room that helps in
preventing cross contamination and helps control infection.
32. Which of the following drug is more
effective for coronavirus?
a) Hydroxy Calcium
b) Hydroxy chloroquine
c) Hydroxyl peneciline
d) Hydroxyl clorine
Ans: (b)
Hydroxychloroquine is used to prevent or treat malaria infections caused by
mosquito bites. It does not work against certain types of malaria
(chloroquine-resistant).
Scientists
have analysed reports from wuhan Institute of Viroligy and Published a research
paper in “The Nature” magazine. They reported Hydroxy chloroquine is effective in stopping the
growth of Novel Corona Virus infection in laboratory conditions.
33. Which of the following date ‘Janta
Curfew’ was launched by PM Narendra Modi?
a) 21 march
b) 22 march
c) 23 march
d) 24 march
Ans: (b)
Janta Curfew was the voluntary lockdown of people by the people to make social
distancing more effective to fight corona virus. PM Modi announced a Covid-19
taskforce that would draw up measures to combat the economic effects of the
pandemic, told employers not to cut the pay of staff and called for a “Janata
Curfew” on Sunday. He warned of the outbreak’s “wideranging” economic impact,
underscoring the need to be prepared.
34. Which of the following state launched
the ‘Break the Chain’ campaign?
a) Maharastra
b) Bihar
c) Kerela
d) Gujrat
Ans: (c)
Kerala government has launched a mass hand washing campaign named ''break the
chain''.The campaign aims to educate people about the importance of public and
personal hygiene.Under this campaign, the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government has
installed water taps at public spots such as at the entry and exit gates of the
railway stations with hand wash bottles.
35. Which of the following institution
issues guideline for laboratory for Corona testing?
a) CSIR
b) MoHFW
c) BRAI
d) IMI
Ans: (a)
The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), known for its
cutting edge R&D knowledgebase in diverse S&T areas, is a contemporary
R&D organization. Having a pan-India presence, CSIR has a dynamic network
of 38 national laboratories, 39 outreach centres, 3 Innovation Complexes and 5
units. CSIR came into operation on 26 September 1942.
Organization
Structure:-
1. President : Prime Minister
(Ex-Officio) [9]
2. Vice President : Minister of Science
& Technology, India (Ex-Officio)
3. Governing Body : The Director
General is the head of the governing body. The other ex-officio member is the
finance secretary (expenditures). Other members' terms are three years.
4. CSIR Advisory Board : 15-member body composed of
prominent members from respective fields of science and technology. Its
function is to provide S&T inputs to the governing body. Member terms are
three years.
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