QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz- 42

Consider the following statements:

1. Agriculture and allied activities employ about 49% of India’s total workforce
2. Agriculture sector accounts for only about 14% of India’s Gross Domestic Product

Which of the statements above is/are correct?

With reference to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) released periodically by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The base year of the CPI is taken as 2010
2. Separate CPI data is available for rural and urban areas
3. CPI data is also available for each state

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The ‘Ganga Sanskriti Yatra’ being organized by the Ministry of Culture will showcase the culture heritage of River Ganga. Which of the following statements about River Ganga is/are incorrect?

1. Geologists believe that a few million years ago River Indus, Ganga and a part of Brahmaputra flowed as a single River Shiwalik
2. In order from east to west, its left bank tributaries include River Gandak, Ghaghara and Gomati and Ramganga

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Which of the following committees on centre-state relations have dealt with Article 356?

1. Sarkaria Commission
2. P V Rajamannar Committee
3. Punchhi Commission
4. S R Bommai Commission

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