With reference to ‘Scheduled Areas’ India, consider in the following statements: Within a State, the notification of an area as Scheduled Area takes place through an Order of the President. The largest administrative unit forming the Scheduled Area is the District and the lowest is the cluster of villages in the Block. The Chief Ministers …
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With reference to Finance Bill and Money Bill in the Indian Parliament, consider the following statements: When the Lok Sabha transmits Finance Bill to the Rajya Sabha, it can amend or reject the Bill. When the Lok Sabha transmits Money Bill to the Rajya Sabha, it cannot amend or reject the Bill, it can only …
Consider the following statements: If the election of the President of India is declared void by the Supreme Court of India, all acts done by him/her in the performance of duties of his/her office of President before the date of decision become invalid. Election for the post of the President of India can be postponed …
Consider the following organizations/bodies in India: The National Commission for Backward Classes The National Human Rights Commission The National Law Commission The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission How many the of above are constitutional bodies? (a) Only one (b) Only two (c) Only three (d) All four 15.A Only National Commission …
In India, which one of the following Constitutional Amendments was widely believed to be enacted to overcome the judicial interpretations of the Fundamental Rights? (a) 1st Amendment (b) 42nd Amendment (c) 44th Amendment (d) 86th Amendment 14.B Basic Structure doctrine Pronouncement & Amendment
Which one of the following statements best reflects the Chief purpose of the ‘Constitution’ of a country? (a) It determines the objective for the making of necessary laws. (b) It enables the creation of political offices and a government. (c) It defines and limits the powers of government. (d) It …
Consider the following statements: Statement-I: In India, prisons are managed by State Governments with their own rules and regulations for the day-to-day administration of prisons. Statement-II : In India, prisons are governed by the Prisons Act, 1894 which expressly kept the subject of prisons in the control of Provincial Governments. …
Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the institution charged with the job to contain inflation, decided to stop raising interest rates. This was quite odd because since May last year, the RBI had been exchanging jabs with high inflation, trying to bring it down close to RBI’s target level of 4% by repeatedly raising …
Context: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board approved a nearly $3 billion bailout plan for Sri Lanka last week, of which about $333 million was to be disbursed immediately to alleviate the country’s humanitarian crisis. What is IMF bailout? In a general sense, a bailout means extending support to an entity facing a threat …
Context: The European Union’s race to rid itself of dependence on Russian fossil fuels is well underway. The International Energy Agency says widespread bids to beef up energy security “turbocharged” growth of green power in 2022, and EU parliamentarians hope to ramp up renewables targets to reach 45% of bloc-wide energy consumption by 2030. Importance: The word …
