Consider the following statements in respect of election to the President of India : The members nominated to either House of the Parliament or the Legislative Assemblies of States are also eligible to be included in the Electoral College. Higher the number of elective Assembly seats, higher is the value of vote of each MLA …
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statements given above is/are correct? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 ANS C
Which one of the following countries has been suffering from decades of civil strife and food shortages and was in news. in the recent past for its very severe famine? (a) Angola (b) Costa Rica (c) Ecuador (d) Somalia ANS D
Consider the following statements : According to the Constitution of India, the Central Government has a duty to protect States from internal disturbances. The Constitution of India exempts the States from providing legal counsel to a person being held for preventive detention. According to the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002, confession of the accused before …
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Statement-I: According to the United Nations’ World Water Development Report, 2022′, India extracts more than a quarter of the world’s groundwater withdrawal each year. Statement-II: India needs to extract more than a quarter of the world’s groundwater each year to satisfy the drinking water and sanitation needs of almost 18% of world’s …
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Consider the following statements: Statement-I : India’s public sector health care system largely focuses on curative care with limited preventive, promotive and rehabilitative care. Statement-II : Under India’s decentralized approach to health care delivery, the States are primarily responsible for organizing health services. Which one of the following is correct …
Consider the following statements: The Self-Help Group (SHG) programme was originally initiated by the State Bank of India by providing microcredit to the financially deprived. In an SHG, all members of a group take responsibility for a loan that an individual member takes. The Regional Rural Banks and Scheduled Commercial Banks support SHGs. How …
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. In the context of finance, the term ‘beta’ refers to (a) the process of simultaneous buying and selling of an asset from different platforms (b) an investment strategy of a portfolio manager to balance risk versus reward (c) a type of systemic risk that arises where perfect hedging is not possible …
With reference to Central Bank digital currencies, consider the following statements: It is possible to make payments in a digital currency without using US dollar or SWIFT system. A digital currency can be distributed with a condition programmed into it such as a time- frame for spending it. Which of the statements given above …
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Consider the following statements with reference to India : According to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act, 2006′, the ‘medium enterprises’ are those with investments in plant and machinery between `15 crore and `25 crore. All bank loans to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises qualify under the priority sector. Which …
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