QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,16 October 2018
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz
The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs. The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu and PIB news articles.
This quiz is intended to introduce you to concepts and certain important facts relevant to UPSC IAS civil services preliminary exam 2018. It is not a test of your knowledge. If you score less, please do not mind. Read again sources provided and try to remember better.
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsAs per section 33 of Representation of People’s Act 1951, a candidate can simultaneously contest from no more than two constituencies in the case of a
- General election to the House of People.
- General election to the Legislative Assembly of a State.
- Biennial election to the Council of States.
- Biennial election to the Legislative Council of a State having such a council.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct
Solution: d.
A candidate can simultaneously contest from no more than two constituencies also in the case of by-elections to any of the above-mentioned houses/councils.
Improvisation: TH;
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Solution: d.
A candidate can simultaneously contest from no more than two constituencies also in the case of by-elections to any of the above-mentioned houses/councils.
Improvisation: TH;
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsAs per Section 151A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, by-elections
1.Are to be held within six months of occurrence of the vacancy in any House of Parliament.
- Need not be held upon the occurrence of a vacancy in any House of Parliament if the remainder of the term of the member whose vacancy is to be filled is less than one year.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: c.
By-elections are to be held within six months of occurrence of the vacancy in any House of Parliament or a state legislature. But, this condition is not applicable in two cases:
(i) Where the remainder of the term of the member whose vacancy is to be filled is less than one year
(ii) When the Election Commission in consultation with the Central Government, certifies that it is
difficult to hold the by-elections within the said period.
Indian Polity by M Laxmikant;
In the news: PIB;
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Incorrect
Solution: c.
By-elections are to be held within six months of occurrence of the vacancy in any House of Parliament or a state legislature. But, this condition is not applicable in two cases:
(i) Where the remainder of the term of the member whose vacancy is to be filled is less than one year
(ii) When the Election Commission in consultation with the Central Government, certifies that it is
difficult to hold the by-elections within the said period.
Indian Polity by M Laxmikant;
In the news: PIB;
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsAs per Article 279(A)(4)(f) of the Constitution, with the permission of the GST Council a special rate can be imposed
Correct
Solution: d.
Article 279(A)(4)(f): The Goods and Services Tax Council shall make recommendations to the Union and the States on any special rate or rates for a specified period, to raise additional resources during any natural calamity or disaster.
In the news (Th): “Mr. Jaitley said that the GST Council had agreed to set up a seven-member Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into the various aspects of such an additional rate, including whether it should be levied only on Kerala’s taxpayers, or on the entire country.. The issues of concern, which the GoM would look into, will include a) whether the special rate would be applicable only in Kerala, thereby taxing those who are already recovering from the disaster, or would it be applied across the country; b) whether it would be applied on all goods or only on the sin and luxury goods.. c) setting rules specifying what kinds of natural disasters would qualify for the special rate since there are already budgetary allocations made to the NDRFund and SDRFund every year.” Read the source to understand what the concerns regarding the imposition of such an additional rate are.
Incorrect
Solution: d.
Article 279(A)(4)(f): The Goods and Services Tax Council shall make recommendations to the Union and the States on any special rate or rates for a specified period, to raise additional resources during any natural calamity or disaster.
In the news (Th): “Mr. Jaitley said that the GST Council had agreed to set up a seven-member Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into the various aspects of such an additional rate, including whether it should be levied only on Kerala’s taxpayers, or on the entire country.. The issues of concern, which the GoM would look into, will include a) whether the special rate would be applicable only in Kerala, thereby taxing those who are already recovering from the disaster, or would it be applied across the country; b) whether it would be applied on all goods or only on the sin and luxury goods.. c) setting rules specifying what kinds of natural disasters would qualify for the special rate since there are already budgetary allocations made to the NDRFund and SDRFund every year.” Read the source to understand what the concerns regarding the imposition of such an additional rate are.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsThe Narasu case, recently in the news, is most closely associated with the issue of
Correct
Solution: b.
TH: The unchallenged 67-year reign of a Bombay High Court judgment that personal law, religious customs, usages and beliefs are outside the ambit of fundamental rights of equality, life and dignity came to an end with the Sabarimala judgment. The Bombay High Court had held that personal law is not ‘law’ or ‘laws in force’ under Article 13. This 1951 judgment was never challenged in the Supreme Court.
Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, in his separate opinion, held that the reasoning given in the Narasu Appa Mali judgment of the Bombay High Court in 1951 was based on flawed premises. Immunising customs and usages, like the prohibition of women in Sabarimala, takes away the primacy of the Constitution.
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Incorrect
Solution: b.
TH: The unchallenged 67-year reign of a Bombay High Court judgment that personal law, religious customs, usages and beliefs are outside the ambit of fundamental rights of equality, life and dignity came to an end with the Sabarimala judgment. The Bombay High Court had held that personal law is not ‘law’ or ‘laws in force’ under Article 13. This 1951 judgment was never challenged in the Supreme Court.
Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, in his separate opinion, held that the reasoning given in the Narasu Appa Mali judgment of the Bombay High Court in 1951 was based on flawed premises. Immunising customs and usages, like the prohibition of women in Sabarimala, takes away the primacy of the Constitution.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
1.In the USA, the President has the power to make a nomination to the Supreme Court, which must be approved by the Senate.
2.In the United Kingdom, as in the USA, judges appointed to the Supreme Court serve lifetime terms.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: a.
BBC: Under Article 2 of the constitution of USA, the president has the power to make a nomination. There’s no clear view as to why the president was granted this power. The Senate has the task to approve a candidate – a method that enforces the concept of checks and balances between the powers envisioned by the Founding Fathers. Candidates do not have to meet any qualifications and serve lifetime terms. In the UK, the Supreme Court justices are nominated by an independent commission. Unlike in the USA, political positions of nominees in UK are often unknown or irrelevant in the appointment process.
There is no limit to UK justices’ terms but they must retire when they are 75 years old. Similar age restrictions are in place in other Western European countries too. Lifetime appointments in the US were originally designed to isolate them from political pressure. But given the current climate, critics argue that, in fact, the opposite is happening and some have defended the introduction of fixed terms.
Recently in the news: Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the SC in USA;
Incorrect
Solution: a.
BBC: Under Article 2 of the constitution of USA, the president has the power to make a nomination. There’s no clear view as to why the president was granted this power. The Senate has the task to approve a candidate – a method that enforces the concept of checks and balances between the powers envisioned by the Founding Fathers. Candidates do not have to meet any qualifications and serve lifetime terms. In the UK, the Supreme Court justices are nominated by an independent commission. Unlike in the USA, political positions of nominees in UK are often unknown or irrelevant in the appointment process.
There is no limit to UK justices’ terms but they must retire when they are 75 years old. Similar age restrictions are in place in other Western European countries too. Lifetime appointments in the US were originally designed to isolate them from political pressure. But given the current climate, critics argue that, in fact, the opposite is happening and some have defended the introduction of fixed terms.
Recently in the news: Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the SC in USA;
