UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Coonoor polio vaccine unit to be closed

Question 1

The oral polio vaccine (OPV) production unit at the Pasteur Institute of India, Coonoor, whose closure circa 1974 has been recalled in recent commentary, operated as a centrally funded project under the authority of which one of the following bodies?

Accepted Answer

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Answer

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Answer

Department of Biotechnology

Answer

Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation

Question 2

How many batches of indigenous trivalent oral polio vaccine were released by the Pasteur Institute of India, Coonoor before the closure of its OPV unit circa 1974?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

3

Answer

9

Answer

12

Question 3

The trivalent oral polio vaccine strains used by the Pasteur Institute of India, Coonoor for its indigenous OPV production in the late 1960s were donated and personally demonstrated to its staff by which one of the following scientists?

Accepted Answer

Albert Sabin

Answer

Jonas Salk

Answer

Hilary Koprowski

Answer

Maurice Hilleman

Question 4

Which of the following are correctly identified as public-sector vaccine manufacturing units in India whose manufacturing licences were suspended by the Union Government in 2008 (and subsequently restored in 2010) over protocol/Good Manufacturing Practice violations?

Accepted Answer

1, 2 and 3

Answer

1 and 2 only

Answer

2 and 4 only

Answer

1, 3 and 4

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Coonoor polio vaccine unit to be closed

Q1. The oral polio vaccine (OPV) production unit at the Pasteur Institute of India, Coonoor, whose closure circa 1974 has been recalled in recent commentary, operated as a centrally funded project under the authority of which one of the following bodies?

Q2. How many batches of indigenous trivalent oral polio vaccine were released by the Pasteur Institute of India, Coonoor before the closure of its OPV unit circa 1974?

Q3. The trivalent oral polio vaccine strains used by the Pasteur Institute of India, Coonoor for its indigenous OPV production in the late 1960s were donated and personally demonstrated to its staff by which one of the following scientists?

Q4. Which of the following are correctly identified as public-sector vaccine manufacturing units in India whose manufacturing licences were suspended by the Union Government in 2008 (and subsequently restored in 2010) over protocol/Good Manufacturing Practice violations?