1. Consider the following statements regarding a bill passed by the State Legislature:

1. A bill sent to the President for his assent can be returned any number of times.
2. In case of a money bill, the Governor may give or withhold it or sent it for president’s consideration.
3. Neither governor nor president can return the money bill for reconsideration.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

2. Consider the following statements:

1. In independent India, the first Public Accounts Committee was constituted in April 1950.
2. Parliamentary committees draw their authority from Article 85.
3. Most committees are ‘standing’ as their existence is uninterrupted and usually reconstituted on an annual basis.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

3. Consider the following statements:

1. When a state gives a general consent to the CBI for probing a case, the agency is not required to seek fresh permission every time it enters that state in connection with investigation or for every case.
2. When a general consent is withdrawn, CBI needs to seek case-wise consent for investigation from the concerned state government. 
3. If specific consent is not granted, the CBI officials will not have the power of police personnel when they enter that state.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

4. Consider the following statements:

1. The Director of the CBI is appointed as per the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act of 1946.
2. The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act (2013) says that the Central Government shall appoint the Director of CBI on the recommendation of a three-member committee consisting of the Prime Minister as Chairperson, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India or Judge of the Supreme Court nominated by him.
3. The tenure for the CBI Director is two years.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

5. Which of the following statements are true regarding the newly Proposed Fact  Check Unit (FCU)? 

1. It will be established under the proposed Digital India Act.
2. Its membership will include two experts, one each from the fields of media and law.
3. The websites that do not agree to take down content in line with the order of the FCU will endanger their “safe harbour” immunity.

Options:

6. How many of the following statements are true regarding Rare Diseases?

1. These are diseases that have no approved drugs available for their treatment.
2. All rare diseases are of genetic origin.
3. India has a National Policy for the treatment of Rare Diseases.

Options:

7. Identify the correct statements: 

1. India ranks 4th globally with regard to installed solar power capacity.
2. Solar Energy Corporation of India is a PSU of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
3. India has achieved its 2015 INDC of generating 40% of total installed power from non-fossil fuel sources.

Options:

8. Consider the following with regard to Ocean floor:

1. Continental Shelf is the shallowest and widest part of the ocean floor.
2. Continental Slope is home to deep sea creatures such as octopuses and squids.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

9. Consider the following with regard to Parliamentary Committees:

1. Departmental Standing Committees can be classified as ad-hoc committees.
2. Joint Parliamentary Committees are constituted as standing committees.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

10. Consider the following:

1. Kurmis are a landowning farming community.
2. The Kurmali language is a member of the Indo-Aryan language family and belongs to the Bihari language family.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?