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Dec 6th, 2021 - Daily Quiz
1. With reference to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, consider the following statements:
1. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 seeks to fast-track citizenship for persecuted minority groups in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
2. The six minority groups that have been specifically identified are Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians and Parsis.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
2. The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for India has been released by
(a) Ministry of Rural Development
(b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(c) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(d) NITI Aayog
3. The Economically Weaker Section (EWS) Quota came into existence by
(a) 101st Constitution Amendment Act
(b) 103rd Constitution Amendment Act
(c) 102nd Constitution Amendment Act
(d) 104th Constitution Amendment Act
4. Consider the following statements with regard to the Goods and Services (GST) Council:
1. The vote of the central government shall have a weightage of two-third of the total votes cast in the meeting.
2. The votes of all the state governments combined shall have a weightage of one-thirds of the total votes cast in that meeting.
Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
5. Which among the following states has fewer women than men?
1. Gujarat
2. Maharashtra
3. Haryana
4. Madhya Pradesh
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 3 and 4 only
(b) 2, 3 and 4 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answers
- (c)
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 seeks to fast-track citizenship for persecuted minority groups in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The six minority groups that have been specifically identified are Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians and Parsis. The Bill aims to change the definition of illegal migrants. However, the Act doesn’t have a provision for Muslim sects like Shias and Ahmedis who also face persecution in Pakistan.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/assam-agitation-touch-to-anti-caa-stir/article37727134.ece#:~:text=The%20anti%2DCitizenship%20(Amendment),illegal%20migrants%E2%80%9D%2040%20years%20ago.&text=The%20day%20is%20marked%20in,Assam%20Agitatiohttps://www.business-standard.com/about/what-is-citizenship-bill
- (d)
With over 50% of the population in the State identified as “multidimensionally poor”, Bihar has the maximum percentage of population living in poverty among all the States and the Union Territories, according to Government think-tank NITI Aayog’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bihar-has-most-poor-people-in-india-niti-aayog/article37698673.ece
- (b)
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/centre-informs-sc-that-it-would-revisit-8-lakh-annual-income-limit-for-ews-category-for-neet-pg/article37679900.ece
- (c)
The decisions of the Council are taken at its meetings. One-half of the total numbers of members of the Council is the quorum for conducting a meeting. Every decision of the Council is to be taken by a majority of not less than three-fourths of the weighted votes of the members present and voting at the meeting.
The decision is taken in accordance with the following principles:
(i) The vote of the central government shall have a weightage of one-third of the total votes cast in the meeting.
(ii) The votes of all the state governments combined shall have a weightage of two-thirds of the total votes cast in that meeting.
https://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/bring-in-three-rate-gst-structure-says-finance-ministry-think-tank-study/article37692367.ece
- (d)
However, sex ratio at birth for children born in the past five years only improved from 919 per 1,000 males in 2015-16 to 929 per 1,000, underscoring that boys, on average, continued to have better odds of survival than girls.
Most Indian States and Union Territories (UTs) had more women than men, the NFHS-5 shows. The States that had fewer women than men included Gujarat, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab and Union Territories such as Jammu & Kashmir, Chandigarh, Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Ladakh.
All of these States and UTs, however, showed improvements in the population increase of women.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/family-health-survey-suggests-more-women-than-men-in-india/article37678156.ece
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