QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,21 June 2018

Solution: d.

The Deputy Chairman is not subordinate to the Chairman and is directly responsible to the House.

Under the Rules of the RS, the Chairman nominates from amongst the members a panel of vice-chairpersons.

Improvisation: TH;

Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth;

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Solution: b.

GSP: Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), instituted in 1971 under the aegis of UNCTAD (UN Conference on Trade and Development), has contributed over the years to creating an enabling trading environment for developing countries.

About: Under GSP schemes of preference-giving counties, selected products originating in developing countries are granted reduced or zero tariff rates over the MFN rates. The least developed countries (LDCs) receive special and preferential treatment for a wider coverage of products and deeper tariff cuts.

Source/Improvisation: TH;

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Solution: a.

It would be improper to exercise power under Article 356 in the following situation: Maladministration in the state or allegations of corruption against the ministry or stringent financial exigencies of the state.

Improvisation: TH;

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Solution: b.

• Statement 1: Dalai Lama flees Tibet and arrives in India (31-03-1957).
• Statement 2: Imperial bank was renamed as state bank of India in 1955.
• Statement 3: Air India was nationalised in 1953. Government of India passed the Air Corporations Act and purchased a majority stake in the carrier from Tata Sons.
• Statement 4: Goa became an independent India on 18 December 1961. Indian troops crossed the border into Goa and “liberated” it.

Source: TH; CS(P) 2018;

Improvisation: TH;

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Solution: a.

While it is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention and has no domestic asylum law, it has reiterated its commitment towards the protection of refugees at various international fora, including the UN General Assembly.

One of the most significant affirmations of this commitment was demonstrated by India becoming a signatory to the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, which was adopted by 193 countries (all member states of the UN) in September 2016. In doing so, India has expressed its solidarity with those forced to flee and agreed that protecting refugees and supporting the countries that shelter them are shared international responsibilities that must be borne more equitably.

The Declaration gave UNHCR the task of building upon the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF), contained in Annex I of the New York Declaration, to develop a ‘global compact on refugees (GCR)’.

Key objectives of the GCR are to:

• Ease the pressures on host countries;
• Enhance refugee self-reliance;
• Expand access to third-country solutions;
• Support conditions in countries of origin for return in safety and dignity.

UNHCR: GCR;

TH;

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