14-08-2021 MCQs Test

1. What is the ‘sovereign right to taxation’ in India?

1. The Indian Constitution gives the government the right to levy taxes on individuals and organisations.
2. No one has the right to levy or charge taxes except by the authority of law.
3. Any tax being charged has to be backed by a law passed by the legislature or Parliament.

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2. What is Article 15(5)?

1. It empowers the country to make reservations about admissions into educational institutions both privately run and those that are aided or not aided by the government.
2. From this rule only the minority run institutions such as the Madarsas are exempted.
3. Minority schools are exempted from implementing The Right to Education policy and do not fall under the government’s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.

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3. What are bulk drugs?

4. What is a GSLV (geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle) Rocket?

5. What is the difference between Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)?

1. PSLV was developed to launch low-Earth Orbit satellites into polar and sun synchronous orbits.
2. GSLV was developed to launch the heavier INSAT class of geosynchronous satellites into orbit.

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6. Consider the following statements:

1. When satellites are about 96,000 km from the Earth’s surface, they enter what is called the high Earth orbit.
2. Whenever and wherever the satellite crosses the equator, the local solar time on the ground is always the same.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

7. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Asian Elephants?

8. Al-Mohed Al-Hindi 2021 is the maiden bilateral naval exercise between India and:

9. What is Swachh Survekshan?

10. Who was Khudiram Bose?