[MISSION 2024] RTM(Revision through MCQs)- 21 July 2023

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The Panel of Vice-Chairpersons in Rajya Sabha is headed by the Deputy Chairman. The members are nominated from the members of the Rajya Sabha by the Chairperson. Its role is to assist in passing bills and ensuring the effective functioning of the government.
• In case of the Chairman’s absence, the same duty is delegated and executed by the deputy chairman of the house.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/07/21/panel-of-vice-chairpersons/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1 and S2: Article 85(1) of the Constitution empowers the President to summon each House of Parliament to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, but six months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one Session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next Session.
• S3: This is correct, refer to the explanation above.
• http://legislative.gov.in/sites/default/files/coi-4March2016.pdf

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/07/21/rule-267-vs-rule-176-of-the-rajya-sabha/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Motion of Thanks: The first session after each general election and beginning of the first session of each year is addressed by the president. In this address, the president outlines the policies and programmes of the government in the preceding year and ensuing year. This address of the president, is discussed in both the Houses of Parliament on a motion called the ‘Motion of Thanks’. At the end of the discussion, the motion is put to vote. This motion must be passed in the House. Otherwise, it amounts to the defeat of the government.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/07/21/rule-267-vs-rule-176-of-the-rajya-sabha/

Ans: (b)

Explanation: Adjournment:

• An adjournment suspends the work in a sitting for a specified time, which may be hours, days or weeks. In this case, the time of reassembly is specified.
• An adjournment only terminates a sitting and not a session of the House.
• The power of adjournment lies with the presiding officer of the House.
• It does not affect the bills or any other business pending before the House and the same can be resumed when the House meets again.
• Prorogation
  • Prorogation means the termination of a session of the House by an order made by the President under article 85(2)(a) of the Constitution. Prorogation terminates both the sitting and session of the House.

Refer:  https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/07/21/rule-267-vs-rule-176-of-the-rajya-sabha/

Ans: (c )

Explanation:

• The Estimates Committee (India)is a committee of selected members of parliament, constituted by the Parliament of India (the Lok Sabha), for the purpose of scrutinising the functioning of government ministries and departments in terms of expenditure and utilisation of funds.
• It also suggests alternative policies in order to bring about efficiency and economy in administration.
• It also examines whether the finances are laid out within the limits of the policy implied in the estimates and also to suggest the form in which the estimates shall be presented to Parliament. This committee along with the Public Accounts committee (PAC) and Committee on Public Undertakings (COPU) are the three financial standing committees of the Parliament of India.
• The committee consists of thirty members, all elected from Lok Sabha. There are no members from Rajya Sabha.

Refer:  https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/07/21/rule-267-vs-rule-176-of-the-rajya-sabha/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Adjournment
  • It only terminates a sitting and not a session of the House.
  • It is done by presiding officer of the House.
  • It does not affect the bills or any other business pending before the House and the same can be resumed when the House meets again.
• Prorogation
  • It not only terminates a sitting but also a session of the House.
  • It is done by the president of India.
  • It also does not affect the bills or any other business pending before the House. However, all pending notices (other than those for introducing bills) lapse on prorogation and fresh notices have to be given for the next session. In Britain, prorogation brings to an end all bills or any other business pending before the House.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/07/21/rule-267-vs-rule-176-of-the-rajya-sabha/

Ans: (c )

Explanation:

• NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance of thirty-one European and North American countries that constitutes a system of collective defense. The accession process is overseen by the North Atlantic Council, NATO’s governing body. Established in the aftermath of World War II, the organization implemented the North Atlantic Treaty, signed in Washington, D.C., on 4 April 1949. NATO was formed with twelve founding members. Membership has subsequently grown to 31 through several enlargements, which require unanimous approval by all current members.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/07/21/nato-summit-2/

Ans: (b)

Explanation: About AHIDF

• It is a Central Sector Scheme launched by the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, and Dairying. Its aim is to encourage investments in dairy and meat processing infrastructure, as well as animal feed plants.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/07/21/credit-guarantee-scheme-for-livestock-sector/

Ans: (c)

• Plant genetic engineering methods were developed over 30 years ago, and since then, genetically modified (GM) crops or transgenic crops have become commercially available and widely adopted in many countries.
• The first-generation GM crops have improved traits like Herbicide-resistant crops (soybeans and maize), Pest resistance (Cotton and corn). Second-generation GM crops involve enhanced quality traits, such as higher nutrient content.
• “Golden Rice,” one of the very first GM crops, is biofortified to address vitamin A deficiency. Other biofortification projects include corn, sorghum, cassava, and banana plants, with enhanced minerals and vitamins. Crops can also be modified to ward off plant viruses or fungi.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/07/21/biofortified-foods/

Ans: (a)]

Explanation:

• Chambal River is a tributary of the Yamuna River in central India, and thus forms part of the greater Gangetic drainage system. The river flows north-northeast through Madhya Pradesh, running for a time through Rajasthan, then forming the boundary between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh before turning southeast to join the Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh state.
• The tributaries of Chambal include Kunnu, Parvati, Kalisindh.