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July 5, 2021 - Daily Quiz

1. With reference to the Sedition Law in India, consider the following statements:
  1. The law was originally drafted in 1837 by Thomas Macaulay, the British historian-politician, but was inexplicably omitted when the IPC was enacted in 1860.
  2. Sedition is a non-bailable offence in India.
(a) Only 1 is true                  (b) Only 2 is true  (c) Both 1 and 2 are true (d) Neither 1 nor 2 is true  2. The ‘Python-5’ is the air-to-air missile of (a) Israeli origin                 (b) American origin   (c) Russian origin (d) French origin 3. He was a Bengali novelist, poet and journalist. With many serious, comical, satirical and scientific novels to his credit, the polymath earned the sobriquet ‘Sahitya Samrat’ (Emperor of Literature) in Bengali. He wrote the novel Anandamath, in which he penned the Indian national song. Who is referred here?. (a) Taraknath Das  (b) Arundale (c) Surendranath Banerjee (d) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya 4. Which of the following statements is/are true?. 1. Methane is produced by animals having rumen, in the first of their four stomachs. 2. Ruminants in India tend to produce 50-100% higher methane than their industrialised country counterparts. 3. ‘Harit Dhara’ is an an anti-methanogenic feed supplement which will cuts down their methane emissions by 17-20 per cent. (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3  5. W.r.t. Delimitation Commission of India, consider the following statements:
  1. The Delimitation Commission’s orders cannot be questioned before any court.
  2. Delimitation Commissions have been set up four times so far.
(a) Only 1 is true                  (b) Only 2 is true  (c) Both 1 and 2 are true (d) Neither 1 nor 2 is true  Answers 1-(c)  https://www.hindustantimes.com/editorials/review-the-sedition-law-protect-rights-101622552398358.html 2-(a)  3-(d) 4-(d) https://indianexpress.com/article/india/feed-developed-by-icar-also-increases-weight-milk-production-feed-supplement-reduces-methane-emissions-by-livestock-7389140/ 5-(c) https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/delimitation-commission-northeast-india-election-commission-6510333/






POSTED ON 05-07-2021 BY ADMIN
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