DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS CLASS TEST – 20

1. Which of the statement(s) given below is/are correct regarding the seat of the Supreme Court?

  1. The Constitution declares Delhi as the seat of the Supreme Court and authorises the CJI to appoint other place or places as seat of the Supreme Court.
  2. No court can give any direction either to the President or to the Chief Justice to appoint any other place as the seat of the Supreme Court.

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2. Which of the statement(s) given below is/are correct regarding the Constitutional Provisions of the Supreme Court?

  1. The Indian constitution provides for a provision of Supreme Court under Part V (The Union) and Chapter 6 (The Union Judiciary).
  2. The Indian constitution under Article 124(1) states that there shall be a Supreme Court of India constituting of a Chief Justice of India (CJI) and, until Parliament by law prescribes a larger number, of not more than ten other Judges.

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3. With reference to the recent developments in science which one of the following statements is correct?

 
 
 
 

4. With respect to the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and the Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme, which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Both the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and the Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCI) is being administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
  2. While PMFBY provides a comprehensive insurance cover against the failure of the crop, RWBCI provides insurance only due to adverse weather conditions relating to rainfall, temperature, wind, humidity etc.

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5. Consider the following pairs with respect to the protection status of Olive Ridley Turtles: 

  1. Wildlife Protection : Scheduled 1Act, 1972 
  2. IUCN Red List : Critically Endangered
  3. CITES : Appendix I

How many of the given pairs is/are correctly matched?

 
 
 
 

6. Which of the following is the application of ‘Glyphosate’ recently seen in news: 

 

 
 
 
 

7. Consider the following statements with respect to Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting:

  1. It was launched by the Securities and Exchange Board of India to ensure an organisation’s commitment to sustainability and its reporting at par with financial reporting.
  2. It is applicable to the top 1000 listed entities by market capitalization and was made mandatory since its introduction in 2021.
  3. It is a part of the larger – Business Responsibility Report (BRR) introduced for non-financial reporting.

How many of the given statements is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

8. Consider the following:

  1. The Supreme Court has 100 working days a year for its judicial functioning
  2. High Courts have the power to structure their calendars according to the service rules.
  3. The Chief Justice of India (CJI) may appoint a Division Court for the hearing of urgent cases during the vacation.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

9. Consider the following with regard to‘Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS)’:

  1. CCTNS is a Mission Mode Project under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP).
  2. This system is promoting the IT enabled ‘Investigation of crime and detection of criminals’.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

10. Consider the following 

  1. The four DNA nucleotide bases, adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (G), are used to encode genetic codes.
  2. Genome sequencing involves the shearing of DNA.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

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