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Q1. Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat submitted his resignation to whom in March 2021?
(a) K. Rosaiah
(b)Ram Naresh Yadav
(c)Baby Rani Maurya
(d)Krishan Kant Paul
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat on 9 March 2021, submitted his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya just days before his government’s fourth anniversary on 17 March 2021.
He served as the 8th CM of Uttarakhand.
Rawat was named the chief ministerial candidate by the BJP in 2017, winning 57 of 70 seats in the state assembly.
He was appointed as the CM on 18 March 2017.
Q2. Which one of the following statements is NOT true with respect to the Governors?
(a) They are part of the state legislature.
(b)They can forgive the death penalty
(c)They cannot appoint judges of the High Court of the state
(d)They don’t have an emergency Powers.
S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. The correct answer is They can forgive the death penalty.
The Governor is a part of the state legislature under Article 168.
The High Court Judges of the States are administered by the President under Article 217.
The Governor doesn’t have emergency powers like President.
Article 161 gives the Power of the Governor to grant pardons, etc, and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases.
The Governor of a State shall have the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites, or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the State extends.
But Governor doesn’t have the power to forgive the death penalty.
Q3. Which of the following issues the consumer price index ?
(a) Office of the economic adviser
(b) Finance commission
(c) policy committee
(d) Central statistical office
S3. (d)
Sol.
Establishment :- 2 May 1951.
Headquarter :- New Delhi.
Comes under Ministry of statistics and programme implementation.
Q4. In order to be appointed as the Governor of a state, one must have attained the age of
(a) 35 years
(b)50 years
(c)45 years
(d)30 years
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Point related to governer of India :
be a citizen of India.
be at least 35 years of age.
not be a member of either house of the parliament or the house of the state legislature.
not hold any office of profit.
Q5. Who among the following wrote the book “ Algebra of infinite justice” ?
(a) Arundhati Roy.
(b) Vikram Seth.
(c) Chetan Bhagat.
(d) Anita Desai.
S5.(a)
Sol.
This book is a collection of essays written by Man Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy. She won the man booker prize for “ The God Of small thin
Q6. The Current Governor of West Bengal is ___________.
(a)Nurul Hasan
(b)Raj Narayan Singh
(c)Keshari Nath Tripathi
(d)Jagdeep Dhankar
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar has assumed charge of the office of the Governor of West Bengal on 30th July 2019.
Jagdeep Dhankhar is an Indian politician who belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The West Bengal has 294 constituency seats in the state legislative assembly.
Q7. The attack on the Chittagong armory was led by?
(a) Bhagat Singh.
(b) Rajguru.
(c) Sukhdev.
(d) Surya Sen.
S7. (d)
Sol. Surya sen is the leader at the time when attack on Chittagong armory happened. Surya sen is also known as “ Master-Da” in Bengal. In 1930 this attack was taken place and at present Chittagong is in Bangladesh.
Q8. What can be the minimum strength of Council of Ministers including Chief Minister in the States?
(a) 10
(b)12
(c)13
(d)14
S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. The minimum strength of council of ministers in a state as per Constitution (91st Constitutional Amendment Act) is 12 and the maximum is 15 per cent of Legislative Assembly.
The President of India does not have existed without the council of ministers, but Governor has (at the time of the President’s rule).
Article 163: Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor.
Article 164: Other provisions as to Ministers
Article 164 (1A): The total number of Ministers, including the Chief Minister, in the Council of Ministers in a State shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of that State.
Q9. who is the present governer of Tripura ??
(a)Satyadeo Narain Arya
(b)Ram Naresh Yadav
(c)Baby Rani Maurya
(d)Krishan Kant Paul
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. The state of Tripura is surrounded by eastern Bangladesh.
Satyadeo Narain Arya is governer of Tripura.
Q10. Who founded all India Muslim league?
(a) Maulana Ahmed Ali.
(b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
(c) Aga Khan.
(d) Hakim Ajmal Khan
S10. (c)
Sol. Aga Khan founded All India Muslim league in 1906 , in Dhaka .
Dhaka nawab salimullah Khan was one of the sole organisers of Muslim league.
Q11. The First woman Governor of a State in free India was:-
(a) Mrs Sarojini Naidu
(b)Ms Sucheta Kripalani
(c)Mrs Indira Gandhi
(d)Mrs Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. Sarojini Naidu was the first female to become the governor of an Indian state. She governed Uttar Pradesh from 15 August 1947 to 2 March 1949. Her daughter, Padmaja Naidu, is the longest-serving female governor with 11-year tenure in West Bengal.
Q12. In September 2021, who among the following has been elected as new Chief Minister of Punjab?
(a) Ambika Soni
(b)Navjot Singh Siddhu
(c)Sunil Kumar Jakhar
(d)Charanjit Singh Channi
S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi took oath as the 16th Chief Minister of Punjab on 20 Sep 2021.
He was elected the Congress Legislature Party leader on 19 Sep 2021.
He has become the first Dalit to hold the post in the state.
In 2017, he was appointed as the Cabinet Minister for Technical Education and Industrial Training, Employment Generation.
Q13. Who succeeded Manohar Parrikar as the Chief Minister of Goa on his death recently?
(a) Sudin Dhavalikar
(b)Nilesh Cabral
(c)Pramod Sawant
(d)Rohan Khaunte
S13. Ans.(c)
Sol. Manohar Parrikar was Chief Minister of Goa from 2000 to 2005 and from 2012 to 2014 and from 2017 to 2019. In June 2020, a biography on the late Parrikar entitled “An Extraordinary Life : A Biography of Manohar Parrikar” was published by Penguin Random House India.
Pramod Sawant was Parrikar’s choice to replace him.
Q14. Lower Jaw is called?
(a) Mandible
(b)Maxilla
(c)Alveoli
(d) None of these
S14. Ans(a)
Sol. Jaw, either of a pair of bones that form the framework of the mouth of vertebrate animals, usually containing teeth and including a movable lower jaw (mandible) and fixed upper jaw (maxilla). Jaws function by moving in opposition to each other and are used for biting, chewing, and the handling of food.
Q15. In India, political parties are given recognition by?
(a) President
(b) Law commission
(c) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(d) Election Commission
S15. Ans(d)
Sol. In India, political parties are given recognition by Election Commission.
