Quiz 2021: Prelims Power Play 21 May 2021

1. Consider the following statements about the notifiable diseases in India:

1. All Government and Private Health facilities, Medical Colleges must report to the government authorities about the notifiable disease.
2. The failure to inform the government about notified diseases is a criminal offence.
3. Covid-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM) has been made notifiable disease under the Disaster management Act.

Select the correct answer from the code below:

2. Consider the following statements

1. The Bureau of Indian Standards is the national Indian certification body under the Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food & Public Distribution.
2. The government has made BIS certification mandatory for toys to prevent the sale of low-cost toys.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

3. Consider the following statements with regards to detention laws in India present in Part III of constitution.

1. A person may be detained without trial on any of the following grounds like security of state, maintenance of public order, maintenance of supplies and essential services and defence, foreign affairs or security of India.
2. A detainee under preventive detention cannot appeal against his detention.
3. Till now no law has been enacted under preventive detention.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

4. Consider the following statements regarding formation of fog:

1. Radiation fog requires clear skies at night, light winds and humid air.
2. Fogs tend to occur more frequently in urban areas.
3. Arctic sea smoke is the fog that appears when very cold air from the Arctic ice comes over the warmer water of the Arctic Ocean.

Select the correct answer using code given below:

5. Consider the following statements

1. All patients with a “Ct value” less than 35 may be considered as covid negative.
2. Ct value is directly correlated with viral load, and it can help in identifying the severity of the disease.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?