UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Launches Nationwide HPV Vaccination Drive for 14-Year-Old Girls from Ajmer, Rajasthan

Question 1

The inclusion of the HPV vaccine in India's public immunisation framework, which preceded the 2026 national rollout, was recommended by which one of the following bodies?

Accepted Answer

National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI)

Answer

Drug Controller General of India (DCGI)

Answer

Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)

Answer

National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)

Question 2

CERVAVAC, India's first indigenously developed HPV vaccine, provides protection against how many HPV types?

Accepted Answer

Four

Answer

Two

Answer

Seven

Answer

Nine

Question 3

CERVAVAC was developed by the Serum Institute of India in partnership with which Government of India department (working through BIRAC and the Gates Foundation)?

Accepted Answer

Department of Biotechnology

Answer

Department of Health Research

Answer

Department of Pharmaceuticals

Answer

Department of Science and Technology

Question 4

Which one of the following correctly states the rank of cervical cancer among cancers affecting women in India?

Accepted Answer

The second most common cancer among women

Answer

The most common cancer among women

Answer

The third most common cancer among women

Answer

The fifth most common cancer among women

Question 5

The GLOBOCAN global estimates of cervical cancer incidence and mortality are compiled by which one of the following bodies?

Accepted Answer

International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

Answer

WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE)

Answer

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Answer

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Question 6

Under the WHO Global Strategy, cervical cancer is considered to be 'eliminated as a public health problem' in a country when it achieves which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

An annual incidence of 4 or fewer new cases per 100,000 women

Answer

90% coverage of HPV vaccination among girls by age 15

Answer

70% screening coverage among women aged 35 and 45

Answer

Zero new cases of cervical cancer in a calendar year

Question 7

Which one of the following HPV vaccines is a bivalent vaccine that protects only against HPV types 16 and 18?

Accepted Answer

Cervarix

Answer

Gardasil

Answer

Gardasil-9

Answer

CERVAVAC

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Launches Nationwide HPV Vaccination Drive for 14-Year-Old Girls from Ajmer, Rajasthan

Q1. The inclusion of the HPV vaccine in India's public immunisation framework, which preceded the 2026 national rollout, was recommended by which one of the following bodies?

Q2. CERVAVAC, India's first indigenously developed HPV vaccine, provides protection against how many HPV types?

Q3. CERVAVAC was developed by the Serum Institute of India in partnership with which Government of India department (working through BIRAC and the Gates Foundation)?

Q4. Which one of the following correctly states the rank of cervical cancer among cancers affecting women in India?

Q5. The GLOBOCAN global estimates of cervical cancer incidence and mortality are compiled by which one of the following bodies?

Q6. Under the WHO Global Strategy, cervical cancer is considered to be 'eliminated as a public health problem' in a country when it achieves which one of the following?

Q7. Which one of the following HPV vaccines is a bivalent vaccine that protects only against HPV types 16 and 18?