IAS Prelims GS Questions and Answers - July 31, 2015
1. Which of the following statements are true about Midday Meal Scheme?1. Central and state governments share the cost of the Midday Meal Scheme, with the center providing 75 percent and the states 25 percent.
2. It also provides food to Madarsa supported under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Both
The program supplies free lunches on working days for children in primary and upper primary classes in government, government aided, local body, Education Guarantee Scheme, and alternate innovative education centres, Madarsa and Maqtabs supported under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, and National Child Labor Project schools run by the ministry of labor.
1. Eliminating malnutrition
2. Encouraging school enrollment
3. spread of equality
4. Employment
a) 1 and 2
b) 1,2,3
c) 1,2,4
d) All
View Answer / Hide Answer3. Which of the following statements are true about Convention on the Rights of the Child1. The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is attained earlier under a state's own domestic legislation.
2. Compliance is monitored by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
3. India and Us are not signatory of convention
a) 1,2
b) 2,3
c) 1,3
d) All the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1,2
India ratified UNCRC on 11 December 1992, agreeing in principles all articles except with certain reservations on issues relating to 'child labor'. In India there is law that children under the age of 18 should not work, but there is no outright ban on child labor, and the practice is generally permitted in most industries except those deemed "hazardous".
The United States government played an active role in the drafting of the Convention and signed it on 16 February 1995, but has not ratified it because it forbids both the death penalty and life imprisonment for children.
1. It is given to Asian person only.
2. It is given in field of emergent Leadership and Uncategorized category.
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Both
Anshu Gupta, 44 of India received an award for founding a volunteer organisation which redistributes donated items to the poor and victims of natural disasters, the award organisation said.Sanjiv Chaturvedi, 40, received the award for years of fighting corruption and working for transparency during his decade of service in government
1. Odisha
2. Telangana
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Tamil Nadu
5. Union territory of Puducherry
6. Kerla
a) 2,3,4,5
b) 1,2,4,6
c) 1,2,3,4,6
d) All
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 2,3,4,5
National Waterway 4 (NW-4) is a 1,095 kilometres long waterway in India. It has been declared as an Indian National Waterway and is currently under development. It connects the Indian states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and the union territory of Puducherry. The NW-4 runs along the Coromandal Coast through Kakinada, Eluru, Commanur, Buckingham Canals and also through part of Krishna and Godavari rivers in South India.
1. In 1986 first case of AIDS was detected in India
2. A National Council on AIDS chaired by the Prime Minister
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Only 2
India’s foremost HIV/AIDS researcher Dr. Suniti Solomon, who documented the nation’s first HIV case before setting up the first voluntary testing and counseling center for the disease died.
1. Barak 8 is surface-to-air missile (SAM)
2. It is developed by DRDO with help of USA.
3. India uses two varients - the naval Barak-NG and Land-Based: MR-SAM
a) 1,2
b) 2,3
c) 1,3
d) All
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) 1,3
Barak 8 is an Indo-Israeli surface-to-air missile (SAM), designed to defend against any type of airborne threat including aircraft, helicopters, anti-ship missiles, and UAVs as well as cruise missiles and combat jets.Both maritime and land-based versions of the system exist.
1. There is provision in the Constitution regarding curative petition.
2. A curative petition is generally circulated to a bench of the three senior-most judges.
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Only 2
There is no provision in the Constitution regarding curative petition
A curative petition is generally not heard in open court and is circulated to a bench of the three senior-most judges and the judges who passed the judgment under challenge, if the latter were still available.
