Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon – August 8, 2018

Option (d) is the correct answer.

All the bodies stated above find no mention in the Constitution of India.

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Zonal Councils are statutory bodies as they were set up under States Reorganisation Act, 1956. National Green Tribunal is a statutory body established by a Government Notification using the powers of Section 3 of the NGT Act 2010. It replaced National Environmental Appellate Authority. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is almost an independent investigating body that was set up in 1963 by a resolution of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

National Commission for Women was set up as a statutory body under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990.

Option (a) is correct.

The Bill basically empowers the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to give directions to banks to act against loan defaulters.

Option b is incorrect.

The Bill inserts a provision  to the State Bank of India, its subsidiaries, and Regional Rural Banks.

Option c is correct.

The Bill seeks to amend the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 by inserting provisions for handling cases related to stressed assets.

Option d is correct.

According to the bill, The RBI may specify authorities or committees to advise banks on resolution of stressed assets. The members on such committees will be appointed or approved by the RBI.

All the statements are correct.

In case of a conflict between the Central law and the state law on a subject enumerated in the Concurrent List, the Central law prevails over the state law.

But, if the state law has been reserved for the consideration of the president and has received his assent, then the state law prevails in that state. But, it would still be competent for the Parliament to override such a law by subsequently making a law on the same matter.

The Constitution expressly secure the predominance of the Union List over the State List and the Concurrent List, and that of the Concurrent List over the State List. Thus, in case of overlapping between the Union List and the State List, the former should prevail.

In case of overlapping between the Union List and the Concurrent List, it is again the former which should prevail. Where there is a conflict between the Concurrent List and the State List, it is the former that should prevail.

Statement 1 is correct.

Election commission is an independent and permanent body. Presently, it has 3 members – one chief election commissioner and 2 election commissioners.

Statement 2 is incorrect

Any decisions in Election Commission of India is done by consensus or majority view. There is no veto power for Chief Election Commissioner.

Statement 3 is correct.

The function of ECI can be categorised as administrative, advisory and quasi- judicial.

Statement 1 is correct.

A minister cannot be elected as a member to the Public Accounts Committee, the Estimates Committee and the Committee on Public Undertakings.

Statement 2 is incorrect.

The Estimates Committee has 30 members and they are all from the Lok Sabha only. The Public Accounts Committee and The Committee on Public Undertakings both are consists of 22 members (at present); 15 from the Lok Sabha and 7 from the Rajya Sabha.

Statement 3 is correct.

The members of the Public Accounts Committee, the Estimates Committee and the Committee on Public Undertakings are elected every year according to the principle of proportional representations by means of a single transferable vote. Thus, all political parties get due representation in it.

Statement 1 and 2 are correct.

Statement 3 is incorrect. All the 250 members are not indirectly elected. 238 are indirectly elected and 12 are appointed.

Composition of Rajya Sabha:

The maximum strength of the Rajya Sabha is fixed at 250, out of which, 238 are to be the representatives of the states and union territories (elected indirectly) and 12 are nominated by the president. At present, the Rajya Sabha has 245 members. Of these, 229 members represent the states, 4 members represent the union territories and 12 members are nominated by the president. The Fourth Schedule of the Constitution deals with the allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha to the states and union territories.

It is included in the Liberal Intellectual Principles.

The Liberal–Intellectual Principles are:

•  To secure for all citizens a uniform civil code throughout the country (Article 44).
•  To provide early childhood care and education for all children until they complete the age of six years (Article 45).
•  To organise agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines (Article 48).
•  To protect and improve the environment and to safeguard forests and wildlife (Article 48 A).
•  To protect monuments, places and objects of artistic or historic interest which are declared to be of national importance (Article 49).
•  To separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State (Article 50).
•  To promote international peace and security and maintain just and honourable relations between nations; to foster respect for international law and treaty obligations, and to encourage settlement of international disputes by arbitration (Article 51).