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- Elimination Tikdams: Extrapolate your basic knowledge to eliminate options which appear out of context. Zero down on 2 choices and then mark the question as per your risk appetite
- Estimation Tikdams: Read the question well and work out the answer from within the options – Most of the times UPSC plays with words or embeds clues within the question. A smart aspirant figures them out!
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Note: Please comment your responses to questions in the comment section. It will help you in assessing yourself.
Q.1) Consider the following about the draft Code on Wages Bill 2017, introduced recently in the Lok Sabha:
1. It seeks to combine Payment of Wages Act, 1936, the Minimum Wages Act, 1949, the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, and the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 into one code
2. It will ensure minimum wages to all and timely payment to employees irrespective of the sector without any wage ceiling
3. It proposes a concept of statutory National Minimum Wage for different geographical areas
Which of the statement/s given above is/are incorrect?
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 only
c) 3 only
d) None of the above
Inspired by: First labour code on wages likely to be passed in Budget session
Q.2) With reference to the ‘Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill, 2017’, consider the following statements:
1. The new law will also give relaxation for private work.
2. The Bill also seeks to have a new definition of “public works” under the Act.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) Both 1 and 2
c) Neither 1 nor 2
d) 2 only
Inspired by: Historians oppose Monuments Bill
Q.3) With reference to the ‘Appointments Committee of the Cabinet’ which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Cabinet secretary is the chairman of the committee.
2. Minister of Home Affairs is one of its member.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
a) Neither 1 nor 2
b) 1 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) 2 only
Q.4) What is INSAS, sometimes seen in news?
a) Rifle
b) Grenade
c) Bullet proof jacket
d) Artillery guns
Inspired by: New assault rifle gears up for trials
Q.5) Consider the following:
1. Medium-term Fiscal Policy Statement
2. Fiscal Policy Strategy Statement
3. Macro-economic Framework Statement
Which of the above are presented with Budget as mandated by FRBM Act?
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Q.6) Consider the following statements:
The Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts
1. consists of not more than 25 Members of the Lok Sabha
2. scrutinizes appropriation finance accounts of Government
3. of the Auditor examines the report Comptroller and General of India
Which of the statements given a bove is / are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Q.7) Consider the following statements:
The Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts
1. consists of not more than 25 Members of the Lok Sabha
2. scrutinizes appropriation finance accounts of Government
3. of the Auditor examines the report Comptroller and General of India
Which of the statements given a bove is / are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Q.8) Consider the following Bhakti Saints:
1. Dadu Dayal
2. Guru Nanak
3. Tyagaraja
Who among the above was/were preaching when the Lodi dynasty fell and Babur took over?
a) 1 and 3
b) 2 only
c) 2 and 3
d) 1 and 2
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