[Mission 2022] QUIZ – 2021: Insights Current Affairs Quiz , 30 March 2022

Solution: b)

Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS), the national database on crimes and criminals. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) is the nodal agency for the implementation of CCTNS.

The Aadhaar authority issued a statement that under the Aadhaar law, its data could not be given to any criminal investigation agency.

Phase II of CCTNS, which aims to connect all police stations across the country, with all their crime and criminal data, into a central database for real time access to information on criminals.

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Solution: d)

The Constitution states that Parliament can bring no law that violates the fundamental rights of citizens.

Article 20(3) of the Constitution, which is a fundamental right that guarantees the right against self-incrimination. It states that “no person accused of any offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself”.

The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Puttaswamy v Union of India, which recognised the right to privacy as a fundamental right, made it clear that any state action infringing on the right needs to be backed by legislation.

In the Puttaswamy case in 2018, the Supreme Court upheld the Aadhaar scheme and allowed the state to collect fingerprints and iris scan for welfare schemes.

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Solution: d)

A shell corporation/ Ghost company is a corporation without active business operations or significant assets. These types of corporations are sometimes used illegitimately, such as to disguise business ownership from law enforcement or the public. Shell corporations act as tax avoidance vehicles for legitimate businesses.

Solution: c)

Tax credit is an amount that offsets the overall tax liability of a person. It is basically the sum that can be subtracted from the total payable tax by an individual. Tax credits are different from deductions as deductions are applicable indirectly, i.e. they help in reducing the base taxable amount of an individual, whereas tax credits directly reduce the amount of liability irrespective of the base tax liability of the tax player.

Solution: b)

The most common method of determining the age of the tree is Dendrochronology – or tree-ring dating also called growth rings. Each year, roughly a tree adds to its girth, the new growth is called a tree ring. By counting the rings of a tree, the age can be determined.