industries manufacturing & service sectors section 7 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Paper and Paper Board is a forest-based industry. In 1812 the first modern paper mill of the country was set up at Serampore in West Bengal.

Answer: (c)

UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) is an initiative by the government to connect the country’s under-served and unserved airports. Under the Centre’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS), the operators will be extended viability gap funding (VGF) which will be operational for three years from the date of starting operations in a specific UDAN route.

The selection of the operators will be based on the bidder asking for the minimum VGF. Five airlines operators won bids in the first phase to operate on 128 routes which will be connecting 70 airports, out of which 31 are unserved and 12 under-served. There will be one operator operating the flights per route.

As per the scheme, the Centre will subsidize the losses incurred by airlines operating on RCS routes so that the airlines charge a maximum of Rs. 2500 for an hour's flight (around 500 km). 80% of the subsidy will be collected by charging a levy of up to Rs. 8500 on each departing flight of normal domestic airlines and the rest 20% will come from the respective State governments.

Answer: (b)

Bharti Airtel has acquired Zain Telecom’s African assets in a $10.7 billion deal. The acquisition of Zain assets will give the Indian mobile market leader a footprint in 15 African countries.

Answer: (c)

Ramnath Goenka Awards is given for Excellence in Journalism. It show eases the values that stand for good journalism: excellence and enterprise, courage and fairness.

The awards cover the entire gamut of Indian media, Print and Broadcast, in English and Indian languages.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (a)