സിവില്‍ സര്‍വ്വീസ് പരീക്ഷ: ‘ടക്കാവി’ എന്ന പദം ഇന്ത്യന്‍ ചരിത്രത്തില്‍ എന്തുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെടുന്നു ?
ഇന്ത്യന്‍ ബ്യൂറോക്രസിയുടെ ഏറ്റവും ഉയര്‍ന്ന പദവികളിലേക്കുള്ള പരീക്ഷയായ സിവില്‍ സര്‍വ്വീസ് പരീക്ഷയ്ക്കായി ഏഷ്യാനെറ്റ് ഓണ്‍ലൈനും അമൃത ഐഎഎസ് അക്കാദമിയും ചേര്‍ന്നൊരുക്കുന്ന ചോദ്യമാതൃകയുടെ ഇരുപത്തിയെട്ടാം ഭാഗം.
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FollowAnswer (a)
There is no restriction on political party members being nominated to the Parliament and is free to join any political party till 6 months of nomination. If a member joins after that period he/she become disqualified.
The One Hundred and Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India, extends the deadline for the cessation for the reservation of seats for members from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies by a period of 10 years.
The amendment does not, however, extend the period of reservation of the 2 Lok Sabha seats reserved for members of the Anglo-Indian Community and thus the practice of nominating two members of the Anglo-Indian community by the President of India under the recommendation of the Prime Minister of India was effectively abolished.
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Answer(d)
The NHRC and CIC submits its annual report to the Central Government.
If a report of NHRC is related to a particular state a, it will be sent to the concerned state Legislature too.
Answer(c)
WMA is a borrowing facility available to both central and state governments to compensate for temporary mismatches in cash flows of their receipts and expenditures.
The limit for WMA is decided by the government and RBI mutually and revised periodically.
The interest rate on WMA is the RBI’s repo rate, while if the WMA exceed 90 days it would be treated as an overdraft and interest rate on those will be 2% points more than repo rate.
Answer(a)
MUDRA has been initially formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Small Industries Development bank of India (SIDBI) with 100% capital being contributed by it. Presently, the authorized capital of MUDRA is 1000 crores and paid-up capital is 750 crores, fully subscribed by SIDBI.
MUDRA scheme is intended to extend collateral free loans by banks/NBFCS to small/micro industries and individuals.
The three categories of MUDRA loans are as follows:
o Shishu: loans up to 50000
o Kishor: Loans from 50000-5 lakh
o Tarun: Loans from 5 lakh-10 lakh
Answer (c)
When a volcano erupts materials that reaches the ground includes lava, pyroclastic debris, dust ash and gases such as Sulphur dioxide, nitrogen compounds and trace amounts of hydrogen, chlorine etc.
The only active volcano in India is located at Barren island at Middle Andaman, while Narcondam at North Andaman is now an inactive volcano.
Answer (c)
Western Ghats are comparatively higher and the height of Western Ghats increases from north to south.
For instance, Anaimudi the highest peak of peninsular plateau is located on the Anaimalai hills of the Western Ghats.
The Eastern Ghats comprising the discontinuous and low mountains are highly eroded by rivers such as the Mahanadi, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery etc.
Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats meet each other at the Nilgiris hills.
Answer (d)
The identified Megadiverse Countries are United States of America; Mexico; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Venezuela; Brazil; Democratic Republic of Congo; South Africa; Madagascar; India; Malaysia; Indonesia; Philippines; Papua New Guinea; China and Australia. This is on the basis of richness in biodiversity and regions.
Answer (c)
The three national projects of India are
o GosiKhurd Irrigation Project also known as Indira Sagar Irrigation Project is on the river Wainganga, in Maharashtra.
o Shahpurkandi Dam project is on Ravi River in Pathankot district, Punjab, India.
o Polavaram project is in Andhra Pradesh across river Godavari.
Answer(b)
Global Energy Transition Index is released by WEF which ranks economies based on six indicators how well they are able to balance energy security with environmental sustainability with affordability.
In the latest published index, India ranks 87/115 countries.
Answer(d)
2021 is the eight edition of India-Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces exercise.
Answer (a)
These JLNs will provide integrated logistics cover to the armed forces for their small arms ammunition, rations, fuel, general stores, civil hired transport, aviation clothing, spares and also engineering support in an effort to synergise their operational efforts.
The government sanction letter for the establishment of the JLNs in Mumbai, Guwahati and Port Blair was signed on October 12, 2020. Subsequently, the JLNs in Guwahati and Tri-Services, Andaman and Nicobar Command, Port Blair, were operationalised on January 01, 2021.
Answer(d)
This was a system introduced by Murshid Quli Khan after transferring large parts of jagir lands into khalisa lands.
So as part of this he granted agricultural loans known as Taccavi, to the poor cultivators to relieve their distress.
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