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Q.1) Consider the statements about National Policy on Education:
- It is a policy formulated by the Government of India to promote education amongst India’s people. First NPE was formulated in 1968.
- The policy covers elementary education to colleges in both rural and urban India. Second NPE was formulated in 1986 which later on revised in 1992.
- According to later NPE Indian public expenditure on education must go beyond 6% of gross domestic product (GDP).
Select the correct statement using the codes given below:
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) All of the above
Answer d
Explanation:
The National Policy on Education (NPE) is a policy formulated by the Government of India to promote education amongst India’s people. The policy covers elementary education to colleges in both rural and urban India. The first NPE was promulgated in 1968 by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and the second by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1986.
The Education Policy of 1968, based on the recommendations of the Kothari commission (1964-66), decided that Indian public expenditure on education must be 6% of gross domestic product (GDP). This goal was reaffirmed in the New Education Policy of 1986 and its revision in 1992, with a suggestion that every attempt must be made to go beyond 6%.
Q.2) Consider the statements regarding EPS:
- Government is planning to bring definition of “new employees’ which may be defined as those in excess of the average employee base of a firm for the previous three years.
- EPS scheme will be applicable for the new employees, earning Rs.15,000 a month, who have worked for 240 days during a year in an establishment.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are true
d) Neither is correct
Answer c
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Q.3) Consider the statements regarding Pardhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana:
- This scheme was announced in budget 2015-16. Implemented by the Ministry of Labour & Employment.
- Under the scheme employers would be provided an incentive for giving employment to additional (New) workers who have worked for 240 days during the financial year 2015-16.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are true
d) Neither is correct
Answer d
Explanation:-
A New scheme Pardhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana is proposed to be started in the year 2016-17 with the objective of promoting employment generation with the allocation of..`.1000.00 crores. The scheme would be implemented by the Ministry of Labour & Employment. Under the scheme employers would be provided an incentive for giving employment to additional (New) workers who have worked for 240 days during the financial year 2016-17.
Q.4) Consider the following statements regarding “Procedure established by Law”
- It assess whether the laws made by Parliament is fair, just and not arbitrary.
- It is enshrined in our Constitution.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are true
d) Neither is correct
Answer-b
Explanation:– Article 21 in The Constitution Of India
- Protection of life and personal liberty :- No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.
Procedure established by law
- It means that a law that is duly enacted by legislature or the concerned body is valid if it has followed the correct procedure.
- In this the court would assess that whether there is law or not, whether the Legislature is competent to frame the law and whether it had followed the procedure laid down to legislate and would not assess the intent of the said law.
- This doctrine has a major flaw. It does not assess whether the laws made by Parliament is fair, just and not arbitrary.
- “Procedure established by law” means a law duly enacted is valid even if it’s contrary to principles of justice and equity.
- Strictly following procedure established by law may raise the risk of compromise to life and personal liberty of individuals due to unjust laws made by the law making authorities. Thus, Procedure established by law protect the individual against the arbitrary action of only the executive.
Q.5) Consider the following statements regarding ‘Red Telephone’
- It refers to The Moscow–Washington hotline system that allowed direct communication between the leaders of the United States and the Russian Federation.
- Specifically, red phones were used for this communication.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are true
d) Neither is correct
Answer-a
Explanation:– ‘Red Telephone’
- The Moscow–Washington hotline (formally known in the United States as the Washington-Moscow Direct Communications Link) is a system that allows direct communication between the leaders of the United States and the Russian Federation.
- This hotline was established in 1963 and links the Pentagon with the Kremlin (historically, with Soviet Communist Party leadership across the square from the Kremlin itself).
- Although in popular culture known as the “red telephone”, the hotline was never a telephone line, and no red phones were used.
Q.6) Consider the following statements
- Geographically cellphone towers cover areas in the form of a hexagon (this shape allows an equal coverage area to all points) and this area is called a zone..
- Call Drops happen when your device is no longer has the signal strength that the tower can detect.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are true
d) Neither is correct
Answer-c
Explanation:-
- Geographically cellphone towers cover areas in the form of a hexagon (this shape allows an equal coverage area to all points) and this area is called a zone. Calls placed within each zone are handled by the tower.
- Now obviously when your device moves from one zone to another, the call signals get handed off another tower.
- Call Drops happen when your device is no longer has the signal strength that the tower can detect. Another reason is that bandwidths allocated are being used elsewhere.
Q.7) Consider the following statements regarding impact of climate change on agriculture
- Climate change impacts the entire food production chain, affecting our food security.
- Climate change impacts soil health, with increasing surface temperatures leading to higher CO emissions and reducing natural nitrogen availability.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are true
d) Neither is correct
Answer-c
Explanation:- How does climate change impact agriculture?
- Climate change would impact soil health, with increasing surface temperatures leading to higher CO emissions and reducing natural nitrogen availability.
- Mitigating this by increasing chemical fertilizer usage could impact long-term soil fertility, leaving the soil open to greater erosion and desertification.
- Meanwhile, migration patterns, farmer suicides and stagnating rural incomes, along with increasingly ad hoc land acquisition in the name of public goods, have politicised the idea of climate mitigation.
- Marginal farmland will increasingly be useless for agriculture.
- Our regional crop patterns assume a specific range of weather variability, failing to cope with the recent high periods of heavy rainfall with long dry intervals.
- India’s flood-affected area has doubled since Independence, despite generous state spending on flood protection schemes.
- Climate change will impact the entire food production chain, affecting our food security.
- Livestock production, often considered to be a substitute to farming for marginal farmers, would face reduced fodder supplies given a decline in crop area or production
- Research has highlighted the deleterious impact of climate change on crop production.
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