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Indian Governance and Policy

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Indian Governance and Policy covers the implementation of government schemes, public finance, and bilateral relations. It evaluates the impact of administrative and constitutional bodies in India. This subject is a mainstay in civil services and state examination prelims.

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Indian Governance and Policy Questions

Multiple choice

Which is/are true about 'Indian Tourism Development Corporation'?

  1. It is a public sector enterprise

  2. It was constituted in 1966

  3. It constructs and manages Hotels and Restaurants at various parts of country

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) is a public sector enterprise established in 1966 under the Ministry of Tourism. It is indeed involved in constructing and managing hotels and restaurants across India, including the well-known Ashok Group of Hotels.

Multiple choice

Bhandari Committee was related to

  1. the entry of private units in the telecommunication sector

  2. the reorganisation of Railway Zones

  3. the reconstruction of RRB

  4. the reforms in oil sector
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Bhandari Committee was constituted to recommend measures for restructuring and strengthening Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) to improve their financial health and operational efficiency.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements regarding literacy in India are correct? I. A person who can only read but cannot write is not defined literate. II. Children below 5 years of age are not taken into consideration even if they are able to read and write. III. For the purpose of census, a person is deemed literate if he or she can read and write with understanding in any of the 15 languages mentioned in the Constitution. IV. The fact that a district has attained hundred percent literacy does not mean that the entire population in the district is literate.

  1. I, III & IV

  2. II, III, IV

  3. I, II & III

  4. I, II & IV
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Statement II is correct (children under 5 are excluded). Statement III is correct (literacy requires reading and writing with understanding in any of the 22 scheduled languages). Statement IV is correct (100% literacy refers to the eligible population age 7+, not literally everyone). Statement I is incorrect - the Census does NOT require both reading AND writing skills.

Multiple choice

The Prime Minister has asserted that Article 370 is not on the NDA agenda. Article 370 deals with.

  1. special powers to the centre regarding dismissal of a state Government

  2. special powers to the state regarding dismissal of the Governor

  3. special status to the state of Jammu & Kashmir

  4. special status to the state of Tripura
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Article 370 of the Indian Constitution granted special autonomous status to Jammu & Kashmir. It allowed the state to have its own constitution and limited the Central legislature's power to make laws for the state.

Multiple choice

According to the author, the long term national level plans to improve waste management in India do not exist because of

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

Out of all the measures that are necessary in addressing India’s impending waste management crisis, the most efficient will be changes at the national policy and planning level. It is well known among the small but growing waste management sector that urban India will hit rock bottom due to improper waste management. Unfortunately, they think such a crisis is required to bring about policy changes, as they generally tend to happen only after the damage has been done. This attitude is unfortunate because it indicates a lack of or failed effort from the sector to change policy, and also the level of India’s planning and preparedness.
An average of 32,000 people will be added to urban India everyday, continuously, until 2021. This number is a warning, considering how India’s waste management infrastructure went berserk trying to deal with just 25,000 new urban Indians during the last decade. The scale of urbanisation in India and around the world is unprecedented with planetary consequences to Earth’s limited material and energy resources, and its natural balance. Rate of increase in access to sanitation infrastructure generally lags behind the rate of urbanisation around the world; however, the lack of planning and impromptu piecemeal responses to waste management issues observed in India might indicate a much wider gap. This means urban Indians will have to wait longer than an average urban citizen of our world for access to proper waste management infrastructure.
The clear trend in the outbreak of epidemic and public protests around India is that they are happening in the biggest cities in their respective regions. However, long term national level plans to improve waste management in India do not exist and guidance offered to urban local bodies is meager.

  1. rapid urbanisation

  2. a large gap between urbanisation and development in waste management infrastructure

  3. Both (1) and (2)

  4. Cannot be determined from the passage
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as the passage does not state why any long term national level plans to improve waste management in India do not exist.

Multiple choice

The A. Natarajan committee has been appointed to

  1. Look into the issue of sugar decontrol.

  2. Examine the new auto policy.

  3. Scrutinize the food procurement policy.

  4. Report on the cause of the helicopter crash that killed G.M.C Balayogi

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The A. Natarajan committee was appointed to investigate the helicopter crash that killed Lok Sabha Speaker G.M.C. Balayogi in March 2002. The committee was formed to determine the cause of the accident.

Multiple choice

The A. Natarajan committee has been appointed to

  1. Look into the issue of sugar decontrol.

  2. Examine the new auto policy.

  3. Scrutinize the food procurement policy.

  4. Report on the cause of the helicopter crash that killed G.M.C Balayogi

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The A. Natarajan Committee was specifically constituted to investigate the helicopter crash that killed G.M.C. Balayogi, the Lok Sabha Speaker, in March 2002. The committee was formed to determine the cause of the accident and make safety recommendations. This was a high-profile investigation given Balayogi's constitutional position.

Multiple choice

National Renewal Fund was constituted with the objective of

  1. renewal of mines

  2. modernisation of industries

  3. establishment of small units

  4. rehabilitation of removed labourers due to modernisation of industries
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The National Renewal Fund was established in 1992 to provide a social safety net for workers who lost their jobs due to industrial modernization and restructuring. Its primary objective was the rehabilitation and retraining of displaced laborers, not renewal of mines, modernization, or establishment of small units.

Multiple choice

Shankarlal Guru Committee was associated with

  1. agricultural marketing

  2. agriculture production

  3. public distribution system

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Shankarlal Guru Committee (1979) was specifically constituted to review and recommend improvements in agricultural marketing systems, leading to significant reforms in how agricultural produce is sold and distributed in India.

Multiple choice

R. N. Malhotra Committee gave recommendations on the field of

  1. sick industries

  2. tax reforms

  3. insurance sector

  4. banking sector
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The R.N. Malhotra Committee (1994) was specifically formed to recommend reforms in the insurance sector, which led to the eventual opening of the insurance industry to private players. The committee's recommendations paved the way for the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Act of 1999.

Multiple choice

Which of the following remedies is/are incorrect for bridging the yawning gap between North India and South India?

(a) Female literacy is abysmally low in BIMARU states. It needs boosting. (b) Massive investment in infrastructure – need of the hour. (c) Knowledge trade between Bimaru and Takk regions. (d) Excess work force to be absorbed by Takk states.

  1. Only (a)

  2. Only (a) and (b)

  3. Only (a) and (c)

  4. Only (d)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Absorption of excess work force generation out of the burgeoning population is an impracticable and abstruse (preposterous) remedy.

Multiple choice

Consider the following statements Madad - I - Maash grants were awarded to

  1. Men of learning 2. religious devotees
  2. persons of noble lineage 4. destitute persons incapable of earning a livelihood Which of these statement are correct

  1. 1, 2 and 3

  2. 2, 3 and 4

  3. 1 and 4

  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Madad-i-Maash grants under the Mughals were indeed awarded to all four categories: men of learning (scholars, teachers), religious devotees (sufis, ulama), persons of noble lineage, and destitute persons incapable of earning a livelihood. These were revenue-free land grants or subsistence allowances provided by the state to support deserving individuals across society.