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Consider the following statements regarding the legal status of the RSS:
1. It is officially recognised as a 'Body of Individuals', not as a separate juristic person.
2. It is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
3. Under the FCRA, 2010, it cannot lawfully receive foreign contributions in its own name.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
RSS ā¤āĨ ā¤ā¤žā¤¨āĨ⤍āĨ ⤏āĨā¤Ĩā¤ŋ⤤ā¤ŋ ā¤āĨ ⤏ā¤ā¤Ŧā¤ā¤§ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠⤍ā¤ŋā¤ŽāĨ⤍⤞ā¤ŋā¤ā¤ŋ⤤ ā¤ā¤Ĩ⤍āĨ⤠ā¤Ē⤰ ā¤ĩā¤ŋā¤ā¤žā¤° ā¤āĨā¤ā¤ŋā¤:
1. ā¤ā¤¸āĨ ā¤ā¤§ā¤ŋā¤ā¤žā¤°ā¤ŋ⤠⤰āĨā¤Ē ⤏āĨ 'ā¤ĩāĨ⤝ā¤āĨ⤤ā¤ŋ⤝āĨ⤠ā¤ā¤ž ⤍ā¤ŋā¤ā¤žā¤¯' ā¤Žā¤žā¤¨ā¤ž ā¤ā¤žā¤¤ā¤ž ā¤šāĨ, ⤍ ā¤ā¤ŋ ā¤ĒāĨā¤Ĩ⤠ā¤ĩā¤ŋ⤧ā¤ŋ⤠ā¤ĩāĨ⤝ā¤āĨ⤤ā¤ŋāĨ¤
2. ā¤¯ā¤š ⤏āĨā¤¸ā¤žā¤ā¤āĨ ā¤Ēā¤ā¤āĨā¤ā¤°ā¤Ŗ ā¤
⤧ā¤ŋ⤍ā¤ŋā¤¯ā¤Ž, 1860 ā¤āĨ ā¤¤ā¤šā¤¤ ā¤Ēā¤ā¤āĨā¤āĨ⤤ ā¤šāĨāĨ¤
3. FCRA, 2010 ā¤āĨ ā¤¤ā¤šā¤¤ ā¤¯ā¤š ā¤
ā¤Ē⤍āĨ ā¤¨ā¤žā¤Ž ⤏āĨ ā¤ĩā¤ŋā¤ĻāĨā¤ļāĨ ā¤
ā¤ā¤ļā¤Ļā¤žā¤¨ ā¤ĩāĨ⤧ ⤰āĨā¤Ē ⤏āĨ ā¤ĒāĨā¤°ā¤žā¤ĒāĨ⤤ ā¤¨ā¤šāĨ⤠ā¤ā¤° ⤏ā¤ā¤¤ā¤žāĨ¤
ā¤ā¤Ē⤰āĨ⤝āĨā¤āĨ⤤ ā¤ā¤Ĩ⤍āĨā¤ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠⤏āĨ ā¤āĨ⤍-ā¤¸ā¤ž/⤏āĨ ā¤¸ā¤šāĨ ā¤šāĨ/ā¤šāĨā¤?
Statements 1 & 3 are correct. Statement 2 is wrong â the RSS is NOT registered under the Societies Registration Act (1860), Indian Trusts Act (1882) or Companies Act (2013); it is treated as a Body of Individuals (a tax classification under Section 2(31), Income Tax Act, 1961).
The Sistan sand boa (Eryx sistanensis), recently confirmed in India for the first time, was documented from which region?
ā¤šā¤žā¤˛ ā¤šāĨ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠ā¤ā¤žā¤°ā¤¤ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠ā¤Ēā¤šā¤˛āĨ ā¤Ŧā¤žā¤° ā¤ĒāĨ⤎āĨ⤠⤏ā¤ŋ⤏āĨā¤¤ā¤žā¤¨ ⤏āĨā¤ā¤Ą ā¤ŦāĨ⤠(Eryx sistanensis) ā¤ā¤ŋ⤏ ā¤āĨ⤎āĨ⤤āĨ⤰ ⤏āĨ ā¤Ļ⤰āĨ⤠ā¤āĨ ā¤ā¤?
Northern Thar Desert, Rajasthan. Formally described only in 2020 and earlier known from Iran and Pakistan, it becomes India's 4th sand boa species (after red, rough-scaled and Whitaker's sand boas). Sand boas are non-venomous (genus Eryx).
Consider the following statements about the doctrine of constructive res judicata:
1. It is embodied in Explanation IV to Section 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
2. It applies to matters that might or ought to have been raised in a previous suit but were not.
3. The principle of res judicata applies only to criminal cases and not to civil cases.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
⤰ā¤ā¤¨ā¤žā¤¤āĨā¤Žā¤ ā¤ĒāĨā¤°ā¤žā¤ā¤ā¤¨āĨā¤¯ā¤žā¤¯ (constructive res judicata) ā¤āĨ ⤏ā¤ŋā¤ĻāĨā¤§ā¤žā¤ā¤¤ ā¤āĨ ā¤Ŧā¤žā¤°āĨ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠⤍ā¤ŋā¤ŽāĨ⤍⤞ā¤ŋā¤ā¤ŋ⤤ ā¤ā¤Ĩ⤍āĨ⤠ā¤Ē⤰ ā¤ĩā¤ŋā¤ā¤žā¤° ā¤āĨā¤ā¤ŋā¤:
1. ā¤¯ā¤š ⤏ā¤ŋā¤ĩā¤ŋ⤞ ā¤ĒāĨ⤰ā¤āĨ⤰ā¤ŋā¤¯ā¤ž ⤏ā¤ā¤šā¤ŋā¤¤ā¤ž, 1908 ā¤āĨ ā¤§ā¤žā¤°ā¤ž 11 ā¤āĨ ā¤ĩāĨā¤¯ā¤žā¤āĨā¤¯ā¤ž IV ā¤ŽāĨ⤠⤍ā¤ŋā¤šā¤ŋ⤤ ā¤šāĨāĨ¤
2. ā¤¯ā¤š ā¤ā¤¨ ā¤ĩā¤ŋ⤎⤝āĨ⤠ā¤Ē⤰ ā¤˛ā¤žā¤āĨ ā¤šāĨā¤¤ā¤ž ā¤šāĨ ā¤āĨ ā¤Ēā¤ŋā¤ā¤˛āĨ ā¤ĩā¤žā¤Ļ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠ā¤ā¤ ā¤žā¤ ā¤ā¤ž ⤏ā¤ā¤¤āĨ ā¤ĨāĨ ā¤¯ā¤ž ā¤ā¤ ā¤žā¤ ā¤ā¤žā¤¨āĨ ā¤ā¤žā¤šā¤ŋ⤠ā¤ĨāĨ ā¤ā¤ŋā¤ā¤¤āĨ ā¤¨ā¤šāĨ⤠ā¤ā¤ ā¤žā¤ ā¤ā¤āĨ¤
3. ā¤ĒāĨā¤°ā¤žā¤ā¤ā¤¨āĨā¤¯ā¤žā¤¯ ā¤ā¤ž ⤏ā¤ŋā¤ĻāĨā¤§ā¤žā¤ā¤¤ ā¤āĨā¤ĩ⤞ ā¤ā¤Ēā¤°ā¤žā¤§ā¤ŋā¤ ā¤Žā¤žā¤Žā¤˛āĨ⤠ā¤Ē⤰ ā¤˛ā¤žā¤āĨ ā¤šāĨā¤¤ā¤ž ā¤šāĨ, ā¤ĻāĨā¤ĩā¤žā¤¨āĨ ā¤Žā¤žā¤Žā¤˛āĨ⤠ā¤Ē⤰ ā¤¨ā¤šāĨā¤āĨ¤
ā¤ā¤Ē⤰āĨ⤝āĨā¤āĨ⤤ ā¤ā¤Ĩ⤍āĨā¤ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠⤏āĨ ā¤āĨ⤍-ā¤¸ā¤ž/⤏āĨ ā¤¸ā¤šāĨ ā¤šāĨ/ā¤šāĨā¤?
Statements 1 & 2 are correct. Statement 3 is wrong â res judicata ('the thing has been judged') applies to BOTH civil and criminal systems. Constructive res judicata bars issues that could and ought to have been raised earlier.
Berijam Lake, recently in the news for a proposal to notify its surroundings as a Tiger Reserve, is located in which state?
ā¤ŦāĨ⤰āĨā¤ā¤Ž ā¤āĨ⤞, ā¤āĨ ⤠ā¤Ē⤍āĨ ā¤ā¤¸ā¤Ēā¤žā¤¸ ā¤āĨ ā¤āĨ⤎āĨ⤤āĨ⤰ ā¤āĨ ā¤ā¤žā¤ā¤ā¤° ⤰ā¤ŋā¤ā¤ŧ⤰āĨā¤ĩ ā¤āĨ⤎ā¤ŋ⤤ ā¤ā¤°ā¤¨āĨ ā¤āĨ ā¤ĒāĨ⤰⤏āĨā¤¤ā¤žā¤ĩ ā¤šāĨ⤤āĨ ā¤ā¤°āĨā¤ā¤ž ā¤ŽāĨā¤ ā¤°ā¤šāĨ, ā¤ā¤ŋ⤏ ā¤°ā¤žā¤āĨ⤝ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠⤏āĨā¤Ĩā¤ŋ⤤ ā¤šāĨ?
Tamil Nadu. Berijam is an artificial lake (formed 1867) in Kodaikanal, Dindigul district, in the upper Palani Hills, near the old Fort Hamilton site.
Consider the following statements about the newly identified walking shark, Hemiscyllium dudgeonae:
1. It was spotted in the waters off Papua New Guinea.
2. Walking sharks belong to the genus Hemiscyllium.
3. They use their fins to move across the seafloor.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
⤍⤠ā¤Ēā¤šā¤ā¤žā¤¨āĨ ā¤ā¤ ā¤ĩāĨā¤ā¤ŋā¤ā¤ ā¤ļā¤žā¤°āĨ⤠Hemiscyllium dudgeonae ā¤āĨ ā¤Ŧā¤žā¤°āĨ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠⤍ā¤ŋā¤ŽāĨ⤍⤞ā¤ŋā¤ā¤ŋ⤤ ā¤ā¤Ĩ⤍āĨ⤠ā¤Ē⤰ ā¤ĩā¤ŋā¤ā¤žā¤° ā¤āĨā¤ā¤ŋā¤:
1. ā¤ā¤¸āĨ ā¤Ēā¤žā¤ĒāĨ⤠⤍āĨ⤝āĨ ā¤ā¤ŋ⤍āĨ ā¤āĨ ⤤⤠ā¤āĨ ā¤ā¤˛ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠ā¤ĻāĨā¤ā¤ž ā¤ā¤¯ā¤žāĨ¤
2. ā¤ĩāĨā¤ā¤ŋā¤ā¤ ā¤ļā¤žā¤°āĨ⤠Hemiscyllium ā¤ĩā¤ā¤ļ ā¤āĨ ā¤šāĨ⤤āĨ ā¤šāĨā¤āĨ¤
3. ⤝āĨ ā¤¸ā¤ŽāĨā¤ĻāĨ⤰-⤤⤞ ā¤Ē⤰ ā¤ā¤˛ā¤¨āĨ ā¤šāĨ⤤āĨ ā¤
ā¤Ē⤍āĨ ā¤Ēā¤ā¤āĨ⤠ā¤ā¤ž ā¤ā¤Ē⤝āĨ⤠ā¤ā¤°ā¤¤āĨ ā¤šāĨā¤āĨ¤
ā¤ā¤Ē⤰āĨ⤝āĨā¤āĨ⤤ ā¤ā¤Ĩ⤍āĨā¤ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠⤏āĨ ā¤āĨ⤍-ā¤¸ā¤ž/⤏āĨ ā¤¸ā¤šāĨ ā¤šāĨ/ā¤šāĨā¤?
All three are correct. Found off Milne Bay (Papua New Guinea), locally 'kadedekedewa'/'lazy shark'; walking sharks (genus Hemiscyllium) occur around Australia, Indonesia and PNG and walk on their fins across reef flats.
The Mahadev Koli, a Scheduled Tribe recently in the news, are primarily found in which state?
ā¤šā¤žā¤˛ ā¤šāĨ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠ā¤ā¤°āĨā¤ā¤ž ā¤ŽāĨā¤ ā¤°ā¤šā¤ž ā¤Žā¤šā¤žā¤ĻāĨā¤ĩ ā¤āĨ⤞āĨ, ā¤ā¤ ⤠⤍āĨ⤏āĨā¤ā¤ŋ⤤ ā¤ā¤¨ā¤ā¤žā¤¤ā¤ŋ, ā¤ŽāĨā¤āĨ⤝⤤⤠ā¤ā¤ŋ⤏ ā¤°ā¤žā¤āĨ⤝ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠ā¤Ēā¤žā¤ ā¤ā¤žā¤¤āĨ ā¤šāĨ?
Maharashtra. They live in the Mahadev hills (Pune, Ahmednagar, Nasik), speak Marathi and follow Folk Hinduism. Tanaji Malusare, Shivaji's general of Battle of Sinhagad fame, belonged to this community.
Consider the following statements about Thewa art:
1. It involves fusing gold onto coloured glass to create intricate designs.
2. It originated in the Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan.
3. It received a Geographical Indication (GI) tag in 2014.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
ā¤ĨāĨā¤ĩā¤ž ā¤ā¤˛ā¤ž ā¤āĨ ā¤Ŧā¤žā¤°āĨ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠⤍ā¤ŋā¤ŽāĨ⤍⤞ā¤ŋā¤ā¤ŋ⤤ ā¤ā¤Ĩ⤍āĨ⤠ā¤Ē⤰ ā¤ĩā¤ŋā¤ā¤žā¤° ā¤āĨā¤ā¤ŋā¤:
1. ā¤ā¤¸ā¤ŽāĨ⤠ā¤ā¤ā¤ŋ⤞ ā¤Ąā¤ŋā¤ā¤ŧā¤žā¤ā¤¨ ā¤Ŧā¤¨ā¤žā¤¨āĨ ā¤šāĨ⤤āĨ ⤰ā¤ā¤āĨ⤍ ā¤ā¤žā¤ā¤ ā¤Ē⤰ ⤏āĨā¤ĩ⤰āĨ⤪ ā¤ā¤ž ⤏ā¤ā¤˛ā¤¯ā¤¨ ā¤ā¤ŋā¤¯ā¤ž ā¤ā¤žā¤¤ā¤ž ā¤šāĨāĨ¤
2. ā¤ā¤¸ā¤ā¤ž ā¤ā¤ĻāĨā¤ā¤ĩ ā¤°ā¤žā¤ā¤¸āĨā¤Ĩā¤žā¤¨ ā¤āĨ ā¤ĒāĨā¤°ā¤¤ā¤žā¤Ēā¤ā¤ĸā¤ŧ ā¤ā¤ŧā¤ŋ⤞āĨ ā¤ŽāĨā¤ ā¤šāĨā¤āĨ¤
3. ā¤ā¤¸āĨ 2014 ā¤ŽāĨ⤠ā¤āĨā¤āĨ⤞ā¤ŋ⤠⤏ā¤ā¤āĨ⤤ (GI) ā¤āĨā¤ ā¤Žā¤ŋā¤˛ā¤žāĨ¤
ā¤ā¤Ē⤰āĨ⤝āĨā¤āĨ⤤ ā¤ā¤Ĩ⤍āĨā¤ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠⤏āĨ ā¤āĨ⤍-ā¤¸ā¤ž/⤏āĨ ā¤¸ā¤šāĨ ā¤šāĨ/ā¤šāĨā¤?
All three are correct. Thewa is a ~400-year-old craft fusing 23-carat gold foil ('Thewa Ki Patti') onto multi-coloured glass; it originated in Pratapgarh, Rajasthan, and received a GI tag in 2014.
What is the proposed base year of the Index of Services Production (ISP) being launched by MoSPI?
MoSPI ā¤ĻāĨā¤ĩā¤žā¤°ā¤ž ā¤ļāĨ⤰āĨ ā¤ā¤ŋ⤠ā¤ā¤ž ā¤°ā¤šāĨ ⤏āĨā¤ĩā¤ž ā¤ā¤¤āĨā¤Ēā¤žā¤Ļ⤍ ⤏āĨā¤ā¤ā¤žā¤ā¤ (ISP) ā¤ā¤ž ā¤ĒāĨ⤰⤏āĨā¤¤ā¤žā¤ĩā¤ŋ⤤ ā¤ā¤§ā¤žā¤° ā¤ĩ⤰āĨ⤎ ā¤āĨā¤¯ā¤ž ā¤šāĨ?
2024-25. The ISP measures real output of service-producing industries, primarily using GST data; weights are based on sectoral contributions to Gross Value Added (GVA).
Consider the following statements about the BHARATI programme:
1. It is a flagship initiative of APEDA.
2. It aims to empower 100 agri-food startups and boost agri-food exports.
3. APEDA functions under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
BHARATI ā¤ā¤žā¤°āĨ⤝ā¤āĨā¤°ā¤Ž ā¤āĨ ā¤Ŧā¤žā¤°āĨ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠⤍ā¤ŋā¤ŽāĨ⤍⤞ā¤ŋā¤ā¤ŋ⤤ ā¤ā¤Ĩ⤍āĨ⤠ā¤Ē⤰ ā¤ĩā¤ŋā¤ā¤žā¤° ā¤āĨā¤ā¤ŋā¤:
1. ā¤¯ā¤š APEDA ā¤āĨ ā¤ā¤ ā¤ĒāĨā¤°ā¤ŽāĨ⤠ā¤Ēā¤šā¤˛ ā¤šāĨāĨ¤
2. ā¤ā¤¸ā¤ā¤ž ⤞ā¤āĨ⤎āĨ⤝ 100 ā¤āĨ⤎ā¤ŋ-ā¤ā¤žā¤ĻāĨ⤝ ⤏āĨā¤ā¤žā¤°āĨā¤ā¤
ā¤Ē ā¤āĨ ⤏ā¤ļā¤āĨ⤤ ā¤ā¤°ā¤¨ā¤ž ⤤ā¤Ĩā¤ž ā¤āĨ⤎ā¤ŋ-ā¤ā¤žā¤ĻāĨ⤝ ⤍ā¤ŋ⤰āĨā¤¯ā¤žā¤¤ ā¤Ŧā¤ĸā¤ŧā¤žā¤¨ā¤ž ā¤šāĨāĨ¤
3. APEDA ā¤āĨ⤎ā¤ŋ ā¤ā¤ĩ⤠ā¤ā¤ŋā¤¸ā¤žā¤¨ ā¤ā¤˛āĨā¤¯ā¤žā¤Ŗ ā¤Žā¤ā¤¤āĨā¤°ā¤žā¤˛ā¤¯ ā¤āĨ ā¤
⤧āĨ⤍ ā¤ā¤žā¤°āĨ⤝ ā¤ā¤°ā¤¤ā¤ž ā¤šāĨāĨ¤
ā¤ā¤Ē⤰āĨ⤝āĨā¤āĨ⤤ ā¤ā¤Ĩ⤍āĨā¤ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠⤏āĨ ā¤āĨ⤍-ā¤¸ā¤ž/⤏āĨ ā¤¸ā¤šāĨ ā¤šāĨ/ā¤šāĨā¤?
Statements 1 & 2 are correct. Statement 3 is wrong â APEDA functions under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. BHARATI targets USD 50 billion in APEDA-scheduled exports by 2030.
Youth Co:Lab, recently in the news, is co-led in India by UNDP, the Citi Foundation and which Indian body?
ā¤šā¤žā¤˛ ā¤šāĨ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠ā¤ā¤°āĨā¤ā¤ž ā¤ŽāĨā¤ ā¤°ā¤šāĨ ⤝āĨā¤Ĩ ā¤āĨ:⤞āĨā¤Ŧ ā¤ā¤ž ā¤ā¤žā¤°ā¤¤ ā¤ŽāĨā¤ ā¤¸ā¤š-⤍āĨ⤤āĨ⤤āĨā¤ĩ UNDP, ⤏ā¤ŋā¤āĨ ā¤Ģā¤žā¤ā¤ā¤ĄāĨā¤ļ⤍ ⤤ā¤Ĩā¤ž ā¤ā¤ŋ⤏ ā¤ā¤žā¤°ā¤¤āĨ⤝ ⤍ā¤ŋā¤ā¤žā¤¯ ā¤ĻāĨā¤ĩā¤žā¤°ā¤ž ā¤ā¤ŋā¤¯ā¤ž ā¤ā¤žā¤¤ā¤ž ā¤šāĨ?
Atal Innovation Mission (NITI Aayog). Youth Co:Lab was co-created by UNDP and the Citi Foundation in 2017; launched in India in 2019 with AIM; implemented by T-Hub Foundation.







