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Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha served as the temporary or Provisional President of the Constituent Assembly when it first met on 9 December 1946. Dr.…
1 only Statement 1 is correct: the Government of India Act, 1935 envisaged an All-India Federation comprising British Indian provinces and princely states, although the federation never came into operation because the required princely…
Madhyama-vyayoga Madhyama-vyayoga is one of the Sanskrit plays traditionally attributed to Bhasa. Kavyalankara is a work on poetics attributed to Bhamaha, Natyashastra is the foundational treatise on dramaturgy attributed to Bharata, and…
Sarvastivada Vinaya Sanghabhuti was a Buddhist monk associated with a commentary on the Sarvastivada Vinaya, the monastic discipline tradition of the Sarvastivada school.…
Only two Santiniketan and the Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2023. Rani-ki-Vav was inscribed in 2014, while the Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya was inscribed in 2002.…
1, 2 and 3 Article 368 expressly provides that Parliament may amend the Constitution by way of addition, variation or repeal of any provision, in accordance with the prescribed procedure. All three methods are therefore included.…
1, 2 and 4 Italy, Japan and South Korea are widely associated with very low fertility, ageing populations and concerns about population decline.…
1, 2 and 3 Statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct. Article 109 provides the special procedure for Money Bills; a Money Bill can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha; and the Rajya Sabha may make recommendations but cannot reject or amend the…
3 only Only pair 3 is correctly matched: Major in the Army is equivalent in rank to Squadron Leader in the Air Force and Lieutenant Commander in the Navy. In pair 1, Brigadier corresponds to Air Commodore and Commodore?…
1, 2, 3 and 4 The North Eastern Council's composition includes the Governors and Chief Ministers of the constituent North-Eastern States, three members nominated by the President, and the Union Home Minister, who serves as its ex-officio…
Four Four Delimitation Commissions had been constituted in India by December 2023: those established in 1952, 1963, 1973 and 2002.…
1, 2 and 3 The 71st Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 added Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali to the Eighth Schedule. Maithili was added later through the 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003, along with Bodo, Dogri and Santhali.…
Only two Pairs 1 and 3 are correctly matched. Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, and Jagjivan Ram founded the Congress for Democracy in 1977. Pair 2 is incorrect: C.…
1, 2 and 3 All three statements are correct. Part IX-A, inserted by the 74th Constitutional Amendment, deals with Municipalities. Part XVIII contains the emergency provisions, including Articles 352 to 360.…
Inter-State quarantine is a Union subject under the Union List. Inter-State quarantine is specifically included in the Union List under the Seventh Schedule.…
Article 21 In the 2017 K.S. Puttaswamy judgment, a nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court recognised the Right to Privacy as a fundamental right protected primarily under Article 21, read together with other fundamental freedoms in Part…
1 and 3 only Statements 1 and 3 are correct. The CDS is the Permanent Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and serves as the Principal Military Adviser to the Defence Minister on tri-service matters.…
Operation Sadbhavana Operation Sadbhavana is an Indian Army initiative focused on civic action and socio-economic upliftment in remote and affected areas, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.…
Canada and the United States of America The Canada–United States boundary is the world's longest international land border, extending for approximately 8,891 kilometres, including the Alaska–Canada section.…
1, 2 and 3 All three statements are correct. The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee was first constituted as an ad-hoc committee in 2000 and later became a permanent standing committee. Its membership is drawn from Lok Sabha Members.…
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