Which of the following statements are not correct in respect of Delimitation of constituencies in India:
- Delimitation is the process of redrawing the boundaries of Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assembly constituencies.
- The Delimitation Commission is appointed by the President of India and its orders have the force of law.
- The Constitution requires the number of Lok Sabha seats to be readjusted after every Census without any constitutional restriction on such readjustment.
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Consider the following statements:
Statement 1: Earthquakes are more frequent along the boundaries of tectonic plates.
Statement 2: Tectonic plate boundaries are zones where plates interact with each other, causing stress to build up and release suddenly in the form of seismic waves.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
Consider the following statements:
Statement I: The Right to Information Act promotes transparency and accountability in the functioning of public authorities.
Statement II: The Act gives citizens the right to access information held by or under the control of public authorities.
Statement III: The Act requires public authorities to proactively disclose certain categories of information to reduce the need for citizens to file individual RTI applications.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
Consider the following with reference to Monsoon Session of Parliament:
- The President may summon either House of Parliament or both Houses to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit.
- The maximum permissible gap between two sessions is six months.
- The Constitution uses the expression “Monsoon Session” to refer to one of the mandatory annual sessions of Parliament.
How many of the above is/are correct?
Which one of the following best distinguishes a State Nursing Registration Council from the Indian Nursing Council?
With reference to the Tribunals Reforms Bill passed by the Lok Sabha, consider the following statements:
- The Bill provides for a National Tribunals Commission to select chairpersons and members of various tribunals.
- It seeks to bring uniformity in the process of appointment across tribunals such as the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal.
- Concerns over tribunal independence and separation of powers had earlier been raised by the Supreme Court in relation to tribunal reform laws.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following pairs:
- FCRA (Amendment): Regulation of foreign funding of NGOs and associations
- Mecca Agreement: Palestinian national reconciliation and coalition government framework
- Attari: One of the notified land ports/checkposts for cross-border traffic and e-visa entry
- Periodic Labour Force Survey: Source for quarterly urban unemployment data
How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
Consider the following statements:
Statement 1: The Reserve Bank of India has tightened rules on how recovery agents and lenders can act against retail loan defaulters, including restrictions on remotely disabling a borrower's phone.
Statement 2: The move is intended to curb harassment of borrowers and bring greater accountability to outsourced recovery-agent practices used by banks and NBFCs.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
With reference to the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the 'creamy layer' principle, consider the following statements:
- The Union Government has argued before the Supreme Court that identification of a 'creamy layer' among SC/STs is a legislative and executive function, not a judicial one.
- The Constitution, under Articles 341 and 342, permits only the judiciary to specify SC/ST lists and any sub-categories within them.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The 'Ring of Fire', in the context of the recent 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Colombia, is most directly associated with which of the following?