QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,02 August 2018

Solution: b.

The Union Home Ministry has sent an advisory to State governments to enumerate, observe and collect biometric data of Rohingya migrants living in India, and told the Lok Sabha that the government had received reports of their involvement in illegal activities. The government also made it clear that Rohingyas were “illegal migrants” and not “refugees.” The 40,000 or so Rohingya in India were mostly found in Jammu and Kashmir, Hyderabad (Telangana), Mewat in Haryana and Tripura.

TH;

Solution: a.

About C40: The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group connects more than 90 of the world’s greatest cities, representing over 650 million people and one quarter of the global economy. Created and led by cities in 2005, C40 is focused on tackling climate change and driving urban action that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks, while increasing the health, wellbeing and economic opportunities of urban citizens.

Indian cities on the list include: Bangalore, Chennai, Jaipur, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai.

TH;

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Solution: d.

Chapter DPSP, Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth: In the Minerva  Mills case  (1980),  the  Supreme  Court  held  that  ‘the  Indian  Constitution  is founded on the bedrock of the balance between the Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles. They  together  constitute  the  core  of  commitment  to  social  revolution.  They  are  like  two  wheels  of  a chariot,  one  no  less  than  the  other.  To  give  absolute  primacy  to  one  over  the  other  is  to  disturb  the harmony of the Constitution. This harmony and balance between the two is an essential feature of the basic structure of the Constitution. The goals set out by the Directive Principles have to be achieved without the abrogation of the means provided by the Fundamental Rights’.

The  present  position  is  that  the  Fundamental  Rights  enjoy  supremacy  over  the  Directive Principles.  Yet,  this  does  not  mean  that  the  Directive  Principles  cannot  be  implemented.  The Parliament  can  amend  the  Fundamental  Rights  for  implementing  the  Directive  Principles,  so  long  as the amendment does not damage or destroy the basic structure of the Constitution.

Improvisation: TH;

Solution: b.

The Syrian government forces recently retook control of the rebel-held part of Deraa, the birthplace of the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

TH; BBC;

Solution: c.