Search Previous Year Questions

The correct answer is Sukumar Sen.

Key Points

• The first chief election commissioner of India was Sukumar Sen.

​

Additional Information

• Part XV of the Indian constitution deals with elections and establishes a commission for these matters.
• According to article 324, the superintendence, direction, and control of the preparation of the electoral rolls for, and the conduct of, all elections to Parliament and the Legislature of every State and of elections to the offices of President and Vice President shall be vested in the Election Commission.
• Article 324 to 329 of the constitution deals with powers, function, tenure, eligibility, etc of the commission and the member.
• The commission consists of one Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners.
• The secretariat of the commission is located in New Delhi.
• The President appoints Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners.
• They have a fixed tenure of six years, or up to the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
• They enjoy the same status and receive salary and perks as available to Judges of the Supreme Court of India.
• The Chief Election Commissioner can be removed from office only through a process of removal similar to that of a Supreme Court judge for by Parliament.
• Chief Election Commissioner- Sushil Chandra
• Election Commissioner- Rajiv Kumar
• Election Commissioner- Anup Chandra Pandey

Source:- https://eci.gov.in/

The correct answer is All the above.

Key Points

• The Central government has accorded the classical language status to all three of the above languages i.e. Tamil, Telugu, and Sanskrit.

​

Additional Information

• The Government of India in 2004 declared that languages to meet certain requirements could be accorded the status of a 'Classical Languages in India'.
• The Ministry of Culture provides the guidelines regarding Classical languages.
• Criteria for being a classical language:
• High antiquity of its early texts/recorded history over a period of 1500-2000 years.
• A body of ancient literature/texts, which is considered a valuable heritage by generations of speakers.
• The literary tradition is original and not borrowed from another speech community.
• The classical language and literature being distinct from modern, there may also be a discontinuity between the classical language and its later forms or its offshoots.
• The government provides certain benefits to promote a classical language:
• Two major annual international awards for scholars of eminence in classical Indian languages
• A Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Languages is set up
• The University Grants Commission is requested to create, to start with at least in the Central Universities, a certain number of Professional Chairs for the Classical Languages so declared.
• Currently, six languages enjoy the Classical status in India:
• Tamil (declared in 2004),
• Sanskrit (2005),
• Kannada (2008),
• Telugu (2008),
• Malayalam (2013),
• Odia (2014).

The correct answer is K.C. Niyogi.

Key Points

• K.C. Niyogi was the first chairman of the Finance Commission of India.

​

Additional Information

• The Finance Commission (FC)
• It is a constitutional body, that determines the method and formula for distributing the tax proceeds between the Centre and states, and among the states as per the constitutional arrangement and present requirements.
• Under Article 280 of the Constitution, the President of India is required to constitute a Finance Commission at an interval of five years or earlier.
• Article 280
• The President shall, within two years from the commencement of this Constitution and thereafter at the expiration of every fifth year or at such earlier time as the President considers necessary, by order constitute a Finance Commission which shall consist of a Chairman and four other members to be appointed by the President.
• Parliament may by law determine the qualifications which shall be requisite for appointment as members of the Commission and how they shall be selected.
• The Commission shall determine their procedure and shall have such powers in the performance of their functions as Parliament may by law confer on them.
• Article 281, the President shall cause every recommendation made by the Finance Commission under the provisions of this Constitution together with an explanatory memorandum as to the action taken thereon to be laid before each House of Parliament.
• The 15^th Finance Commission was constituted by the President of India in November 2017, under the chairmanship of NK Singh.
• Its recommendations will cover a period of five years from the year 2021-22 to 2025-26.

Source:-https://fincomindia.nic.in/

The correct answer is 29.6**%**.

Key Points

• As per the Census 2011, the percentage of the Urban population in Andhra Pradesh was 29.6**%**.

​

Additional Information

• Some facts from Census 2011
• Among all the States and Union territories, the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of Chandigarh are most urbanized with 97.5 percent and 97.25 percent urban population respectively.
• They are followed by Daman and Diu (75.2 percent) and Puducherry (68.3 percent).
• Among States, Goa is now the most urbanized State with a 62.2 percent urban population.
• Among the North-Eastern States, Mizoram is most urbanized with 51.5 percent urban population
• The proportion of the urban population continues to be the lowest in Himachal Pradesh with 10.0 percent followed by Bihar with 11.3 percent, Assam (14.1 percent), and Orissa (16.7 percent).
• In terms of the absolute number of persons living in urban areas, Maharashtra continues to lead with 50.8 million persons which comprise 13.5 percent of the total urban population of the country.
• Uttar Pradesh accounts for about 44.4 million, followed by Tamil Nadu at 34.9 million.
• Some facts about Andhra Pradesh as per census 2011
• Total Population- 84665533
• Males- 42509881
• Females- 42155652
• Sex ratio- 992
• Population between 0-6 years- 8642686.

Source:- https://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/india/paper2_1.pdf

Source:- https://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/andhra_pradesh/DCOAP-PAPER-1-BROCHURE.pdf

The correct answer is 84,665,533.

Key Points

• As per the Census 2011, the population of Andhra Pradesh is 84,665,533.

​

Additional Information

• Some facts about Andhra Pradesh as per census 2011
• Total Population- 84665533
• Males- 42509881
• Females- 42155652
• Sex ratio- 992
• Population between 0-6 years- 8642686.

Source:- https://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/andhra_pradesh/DCOAP-PAPER-1-BROCHURE.pdf

The correct answer is V. Narahari Rao.

​

Key Points

• Comptroller and Auditor General of India
• Article 148 provides for an independent office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).
• The Comptroller and Auditor General is appointed by the President of India and can be removed from office only in the manner and on the grounds that a Judge of the Supreme Court is removed.
• He is appointed for a period of 6 years or until attaining the age of 65 years whichever is earlier.
• He is the head of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department.
• He acts as a guardian of the public purse and controls the entire financial system of the country at both the Centre and the state levels.
• He primarily works to uphold the Constitution of India and the laws of Parliament in the terms of financial administration.
• Current Comptroller and Auditor-General of India: Girish Chandra Murmu
• V. Narahari Rao
• He was an Indian civil servant who served the Indian Audit and Accounts Service in post-independence India.
• He served as the first Comptroller and Auditor General of India from 1948 to 1954.
• The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honor of the Padma Bhushan in 1954 for his contributions to civil service.

The correct answer is All the above.

Key Points

• State Legislative Assembly
• Chapter III of Part VI of the Constitution is concerned with the State Legislature.
• It comprises state legislature and executive.
• The Legislative Assembly is the elected chamber and is the real center of power in the State.
• The maximum strength of an assembly must not exceed 500 or its minimum strength fall below 60.
• But some of the States have been allowed to have smaller Legislative Assemblies i.e. Sikkim, Mizoram, Goa, and the union territory Puducherry.

The correct answer is Cornu.

Key Points

• Paul Cornu
• Paul Cornu was a French engineer who designed and built the first helicopter to perform a manned free flight.
• He made history by designing the world's first successful manned rotary-wing aircraft.
• Cornu’s twin-rotor craft, powered by a 24-horsepower engine, flew on Nov. 13, 1907, at Coquainvilliers, near Lisieux.
• Helicopter
• A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors.
• This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, hover, and fly forward, backward, and laterally.

The correct answer is Raphia Regalis.

Key Points

• Raphia Regalis
• The largest leaves in the world is Raphia Regalis, a species of Raffia Palm belonging to the palm tree family.
• It is native to Angola, Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, and Nigeria.
• It can be found in the most lowland forest of the tropics and sub-tropics.
• The leaves are divided and are made up of around 180 separate leaflets arranged on either side of the central stem of the leaf.

Additional Information

• Rafflesia Arnoldi
• It is a species of flowering plant, noted for producing the largest individual flower on earth.
• It has a strong and unpleasant odor of decaying flesh.
• It is native to the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo.
• Victoria Amazonica
• It is a species of flowering plant, the largest of the water lily family.
• It is the national flower of Guyana.
• Its native regions are Guyana and tropical South America.

The correct answer is Asia Pacific Region.

Key Points

• World Disaster Report 2010
• The World Disasters Report is about people and disasters.
• It is about those vulnerable people who are most likely to be affected by disasters and the local institutions which provide the mainstay of disaster prevention, preparedness, and relief.
• The first edition was published in 1993.
• World Disaster Report 2010 was published by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies( IFRC) during the period 2000 to 2009.
• As many as 85% of the people affected by disasters belonged to the Asia Pacific Region.
• Asia Pacific Region
• The Asia-Pacific(APAC) is a geopolitical region comprising the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean.
• It generally includes most of South Asia and East Asia, as well as all of Southeast Asia and Oceania.

Additional Information

• International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction: 13 October