Insights Current Affairs Quiz (2016) – 98
26 April 2016
The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs . The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu and PIB news articles.
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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2016
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Question 1 of 4
1. Question
2 pointsConsider the following statements:
- The Law Commission in its 245th report suggested using ‘number of judges per million population’ criteria to assess the required judicial strength
- At present, a ‘rate of disposal’ method – the number of judges required at each level to dispose of a particular number of cases – is employed to determine the required judicial strength
Which of the statements above is/are correct?
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Solution: d.
“It is said that a modern society would ideally need 50 judges per million population. However, the Law Commission, in its 245th report two years ago, had pointed to the impracticability of using the number of judges per million population (the official figure for India in 2013 was 16.8) as a criterion to assess the required judicial strength. Instead, it had suggested a ‘rate of disposal’ method by which the number of judges required at each level to dispose of a particular number of cases could be computed based on analysis.”
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/a-desperate-situation/article8520212.ece
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Solution: d.
“It is said that a modern society would ideally need 50 judges per million population. However, the Law Commission, in its 245th report two years ago, had pointed to the impracticability of using the number of judges per million population (the official figure for India in 2013 was 16.8) as a criterion to assess the required judicial strength. Instead, it had suggested a ‘rate of disposal’ method by which the number of judges required at each level to dispose of a particular number of cases could be computed based on analysis.”
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/a-desperate-situation/article8520212.ece
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Question 2 of 4
2. Question
2 pointsConsider the following statements:
- An efficient drip irrigation system can help reduce consumption of fertilizer through fertigation
- The Prime Minister’s Krishi Sinchayi Yojana seeks to consolidate/amalgamate ongoing irrigation schemes
Which of the statements above is/are correct?
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Solution: c.
“Fertigation is the process of introducing fertiliser directly into the crop’s irrigation system.”
“The consolidation of ongoing irrigation schemes – the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP), Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) and On Farm Water Management (OFWM) – into the Prime Minister’s Krishi Sinchayi Yojana (PMKSY) offers the possibility of convergence of investments in irrigation, from water source to distribution and end-use.”
Page 74, Economic Survey 2015-16 Volume 1
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Solution: c.
“Fertigation is the process of introducing fertiliser directly into the crop’s irrigation system.”
“The consolidation of ongoing irrigation schemes – the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP), Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) and On Farm Water Management (OFWM) – into the Prime Minister’s Krishi Sinchayi Yojana (PMKSY) offers the possibility of convergence of investments in irrigation, from water source to distribution and end-use.”
Page 74, Economic Survey 2015-16 Volume 1
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Question 3 of 4
3. Question
2 pointsConsider the following statements:
Assertion (A): The Central Government has the power to enter into treaties on behalf of the Indian republic
Reason (R): Article 73 of the Indian Constitution extends the power of the Central government to matters in the Union list
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: a.
“A combined reading of Entry 14 of the Union list, which provides for entering into treaties, and Article 73, which extends the power of the Central government to matters in the Union list, shows that the Central government has the power to enter into treaties on behalf of the Indian republic.”
NCRWC – Treaty-Making Power under our Constitution: “From a reading of Article 246 along with the said Entries, it is obvious that the Parliament is competent to make a law with respect to the several matters mentioned in the above entries. In other words, treaty-making is not within the exclusive competence of the Executive. It is squarely placed within the legislative competence of the Parliament. By virtue of Article 73 of the Constitution, however, the Executive power of the Union extends, in the absence of parliamentary legislation, to the matters with respect to which the Parliament has power to make laws subject, of course, to constitutional limitations. The resulting situation, unfortunately, is that it is left totally to the Executive to not only enter into treaties and agreements but also to decide the manner in which they should be implemented except where such implementation requires making of a law by Parliament.”
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Solution: a.
“A combined reading of Entry 14 of the Union list, which provides for entering into treaties, and Article 73, which extends the power of the Central government to matters in the Union list, shows that the Central government has the power to enter into treaties on behalf of the Indian republic.”
NCRWC – Treaty-Making Power under our Constitution: “From a reading of Article 246 along with the said Entries, it is obvious that the Parliament is competent to make a law with respect to the several matters mentioned in the above entries. In other words, treaty-making is not within the exclusive competence of the Executive. It is squarely placed within the legislative competence of the Parliament. By virtue of Article 73 of the Constitution, however, the Executive power of the Union extends, in the absence of parliamentary legislation, to the matters with respect to which the Parliament has power to make laws subject, of course, to constitutional limitations. The resulting situation, unfortunately, is that it is left totally to the Executive to not only enter into treaties and agreements but also to decide the manner in which they should be implemented except where such implementation requires making of a law by Parliament.”
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Question 4 of 4
4. Question
2 points‘Nomadic Elephant – 2016’, recently seen in the news, is
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