Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is 24.

• Union Health Ministry informed that in the last 24 days, India has become the fastest country to reach six million vaccinations in the world.
• USA took 26 days to reach the mark while UK took 46 days to reach six million vaccinations.
• So far 60 lakh 35 thousand and 660 beneficiaries have been vaccinated for COVID-19 since the launch of the vaccination drive on 16th of January 2021.

The correct answer is State Government.

​Key Points

• State Information Commissions Report:
  • The Commission submits an annual report to the State Government on the implementation of the provisions of this Act.
  • The State Government places this report before the State Legislature.
  • When a public authority does not conform to the provisions of this Act, the Commission may recommend (to the authority) steps that ought to be taken for promoting such conformity.

 Important Points ​

• State Information Commission:
  • The Right to Information Act of 2005 provides for the creation of not only the Central Information Commission but also a State Information Commission at the state level.
  • Accordingly, all the states have constituted the State Information Commissions through Official Gazette Notifications.
  • The State Information Commission is a high-powered independent body which interalia looks into the complaints made to it and decide the appeals.
  • It entertains complaints and appeals pertaining to offices, financial institutions, public sector undertakings.

The correct answer is Alwar.

Key Points

• Sambar deer represents the Alwar district.
• To create awareness about animals and birds the Forest Department published district mascots of each district of Rajasthan in March 2016.

Important Points

Some important districts and Mascots:

The correct answer is Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

Key Points

• The scope of judicial review before Indian courts has emerged in three dimensions: 
  • To establish fairness in administrative action
  • To protect the guaranteed constitutional fundamental rights
  • To rule on questions of legislative competence between the center and the states

Untouchability refers to discrimination on the basis of caste.

• It is the practice of excluding a group of people regarded as 'untouchables', resulting in the segregation and persecutions from the people regarded as "higher" caste.
• The term is most commonly associated with the treatment of the Dalit communities in the Indian subcontinent. 
• Article 17 of the Indian Constitution abolishes untouchability and forbids its practise in any form.
• In 1976 the Untouchability Act 1955 was amended and renamed the Protection of Civil Rights act 1955.
• The term untouchability has not been defined in the constitution or in any act.