Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is River Dolphin.

Important Points 

• River Dolphin is the national aquatic animal of India.
  • It represents the health of the rivers, particularly the Ganga.
  • The Union government declared River Dolphin as the national aquatic animal to save dolphins from extinction.
  • The ministry of environment and forests declared the Ganges River Dolphin as the National Aquatic Animal in 2010.
  • The Ganges river dolphin was officially discovered in the year 1801.
  • The Ganges river dolphin can only live in freshwater.

Additional Information 

• Tiger is the national animal of India.
• Peacock is the national bird of India.
• Lotus is the national flower of India.
• Banyan tree is the national tree of India.
• River Ganges is the national river of India.

The correct answer is 1993.

Key Points

• The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India is a Statutory public body constituted on 12 October 1993.
• It is under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993.
• It was given a statutory basis by the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (PHRA).
• The NHRC is the National Human Rights Commission of India, responsible for the protection and promotion of human rights, defined by the Act as "Rights Relating To Life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants and enforceable by courts in India.".
• It encourages the efforts of NGOs and institutions congress to work in the field of human rights.

Additional Information

• The headquarters of NHRC is Sardar Patel Bhawan, New Delhi, India.
• The chairman of NHRC is Arun Kumar Mishra (August 2021).
• The Secretary-General of NHRC is Jaideep Govind.
• The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is in Geneva.
• The current High Commissioner of the United Nations Human Rights Commission is Michelle Bachelet of Chile.​​ 

The correct answer is One of the senior-most members of the newly elected Loksabha.

Key Points

• One of the senior-most members of the newly elected Loksabha is generally appointed as a Protem Speaker.

Additional Information

• As per the second provision to article 94 of the Constitution, the office of the Speaker becomes vacant immediately before the first meeting of the new Lok Sabha.
• In that case list of senior Lok Sabha members prepared by the Legislative Section is submitted to the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, who selects a protem speaker and approved by the President.

• A President pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer.

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

Key Points

• India is a federal (or quasi-federal) democratic republic with a parliamentary system of government largely based on the UK model.
• Parliament is the “supreme legislative body of India” comprised of the President and the two Houses – Rajya Sabha (the Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (the House of the People).
  • ​It is not necessary for a democratic country to have a constitution.

Additional Information

• After independence, pursuant to the Indian Independence Act, the Constituent Assembly became India’s first sovereign legislature. 
• The Assembly was formed under a plan recommended by the Cabinet Mission that called for the framing of the Constitution of India. 
• A drafting committee under the chairmanship of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was set up by the Constituent Assembly.  
• It took the drafting committee two years and eleven months to complete the drafting of the Constitution.
• Full democracies are nations where civil liberties and fundamental political freedoms are not only respected but also reinforced by a political culture conducive to the thriving of democratic principles.

The correct answer is Smriti Irani, Piyush Goyal and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.

• The government launched the website of the India Toy Fair- 2021 on 11 February 2021.
• The website was launched jointly by Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank in New Delhi.
• India’s first-ever toy fair will be held from 27 February to 2 March 2021.