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The correct answer is Option 3.

In News

• The Election Commission of India (ECI) has introduced a new automated system for preparing Index Cards and statistical reports post-elections, aimed at increasing transparency, speed, and efficiency.

Key Points

• Statement 1:The Index Card is a non-statutory format used for research and academic purposes and is not for declaring official results. Hence, Statement 1 is incorrect.
• Statement 2: The new digital system generates 35 reports for Lok Sabha and 14 reports for State Assembly elections, replacing the manual system. Hence, Statement 2 is correct.
• Statement 3: The goal is to enhance speed, accuracy, and transparency in the dissemination of election data. Hence, Statement 3 is correct.
• Statement 4:The new system aims to reduce reliance on manual data entry, helping mitigate the delays experienced with the previous system. Hence, Statement 4 is correct.

Additional Information

• The system automates data collection and statistical reporting for post-election analysis.
• The Index Cards include detailed constituency-level data, providing insights into turnout, demographics, and voting patterns.
• The initiative is aimed at making election data more accessible for researchers, media, and policymakers.

The correct answer is Option 3.

In News

• The Government of India has announced that the next Census, delayed from 2021, will be conducted digitally by March 2027 and will, for the first time since Independence, include caste enumeration.

Key Points

• Statement 1: Correct. The upcoming Census will be India’s first digital Census and the first to enumerate castes in post-Independence India. Hence, Statement 1 is correct.
• Statement 2: Incorrect. The reference date for most areas is March 1, 2027, but for snow-bound areas in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Ladakh, it is October 1, 2026. Hence, Statement 2 is incorrect.
• Statement 3: Correct. The Census will be conducted under the Census Act, 1948 and the Census Rules, 1990, which provide the statutory framework. Hence, Statement 3 is correct.

Additional Information

• Census will be conducted in two phases:
  • House listing and housing schedule
  • Population enumeration
• Around 30 lakh enumerators will be retrained for the new digital system.
• Enumeration blocks from the 2021 plan will likely be retained.
• Caste data will be collected through an additional drop box in the population schedule.
• The redrawing of Lok Sabha constituencies after 2026 will be based on this Census.

The correct answer is Option A.

In News

• The Union government plans to bring a motion of impeachment against Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court and initiated the process of building an all-party consensus for this action.

Key Points

• Statement 1 – Correct:
  • As per Article 124(4) of the Constitution (and Article 218 for High Court judges), a judge of the Supreme Court or High Court can be removed by a motion passed in each House of Parliament.
  • The motion must be supported by:
    • A majority of the total membership of that House, and
    • A two-thirds majority of the members present and voting.
• Statement 2 – Incorrect:
  • A complaint against a judge need not originate from parliamentarians only.
  • Chief Justice of India (CJI) or the Chief Justice of a High Court may also initiate an inquiry into complaints against judges, upon receiving information or references from any competent source.
  • The Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968 and in-house procedures allow for multiple routes for examining complaints.

The correct answer is option 3.

In News

• The Supreme Court recently clarified that when an arrest is made with a warrant, separate communication of the grounds of arrest is not required as the warrant itself serves this purpose.

Key Points

• Statement 1 is correct. A valid warrant of arrest must be in writing, signed by the presiding officer, and bear the Court’s seal. Hence, Statement 1 is correct.
• Statement 2 is incorrect. A police officer can arrest without a warrant only in cases of cognizable offenses (serious crimes), not non-cognizable offenses. Hence, Statement 2 is incorrect.
• Statement 3 is correct. A bailable warrant contains directions for bail, specifying sureties, bond amount, and time for court attendance. Hence, Statement 3 is correct.

Additional Information

• Warrants are categorized as bailable or non-bailable based on bail directions. Arrests without warrant are allowed in specific circumstances such as probable cause, witnessing the crime, fleeing the scene, or threat to public safety.

The correct answer is Option 2.

In News

• The 10th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog was recently held in New Delhi, chaired by the Prime Minister, under the theme “Viksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat@2047.”

Key Points

• NITI Aayog is not a statutory body. It was established through an executive resolution, not via legislation. Hence, Statement 1 is incorrect.
• The Prime Minister of India serves as the Chairperson of NITI Aayog. Hence, Statement 2 is correct.
• The CEO is appointed by the Prime Minister, but holds the rank of Secretary, not Cabinet Minister. Hence, Statement 3 is incorrect.
• Regional Councils are formed to address inter-state regional issues, including Chief Ministers and Lt. Governors. Hence, Statement 4 is correct.

Additional Information

• Established: January 1, 2015
• Replaced: Planning Commission
• Full Form: National Institution for Transforming India Aayog
• Mandates:
  • Promote cooperative and competitive federalism
  • Monitor and implement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Governing Council Members: PM (Chair), CMs, Lt. Governors, 4 nominated Union Ministers, Vice-Chairperson, full-time members, and special invitees
• CEO: Appointed by PM; rank of Secretary to Government of India
• Focus Areas: Inclusive village-level planning, innovation-driven development, inter-sectoral coordination

The correct answer is Prem Behari Narain Raizada.

Key Points

• Prem Behari Narain Raizada (Saxena) is the man who hand wrote the original Constitution of India.
• Raizada over his desk in the Constitution Hall (now Constitution Club) for six months to handwrite 395 articles, 8 schedules, and a preamble in both English and Hindi.
• He used No.303 pens for English calligraphy and Hindoo dip-pen nib from Birmingham for Hindi calligraphy. 

Additional Information

• It all began on August 29, 1947, when the Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee to formulate a Draft Constitution of India.
• After 11 sessions and endless debates and amendments, the Constitution for the newly-independent nation was ready.
• Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru wanted it handwritten in a flowing italic style.
• Prem Behari Narain Raizada (Saxena), a noted calligraphist, was chosen for the task.
• The bespectacled Raizada held a degree from St Stephen’s College (New Delhi) and worked for Govan Brothers (Raymond Eustace Grant Govan, the founder of Govan Brothers, was the first President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India).

Important Points 

• Its weight: 3.75 kilograms.
• Its title: Constitution of India.
• The original copies of the Constitution are kept in special helium-filled cases in the Parliament's library.
• The original manuscript of the Constitution of India that came into force on January 26, 1950.
• 

• The Secretary to the Constituent Assembly- H.V.R. Iyengar.
• The chief draftsman of the constitution in the Constituent Assembly- S.N. Mukerjee
• The Constitutional advisor (Legal advisor) to the Constituent Assembly-Sir B.N. Rau
• The first elected president of The Constituent Assembly- ​Dr Rajendra Prasad.
•  First interim chairman of the Constituent Assembly- Sachchidananda Sinha
• Sachchidananda Sinha took the charges on 9 Dec1946 but resigned on 11 Dec 1946 as Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected as the first chairman of the Constituent Assembly.
• The symbol (seal) of the Constituent Assembly- The elephant.
• The original Preamble illuminated, beautified and ornamented by Beohar Rammanohar Sinha.
• Prem Behari Narain Raizada calligraphed the original Preamble.

The correct answer is Om Birla.

Key Points

• OM Birla has been unanimously elected Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha.
• OM Birla is also a second term BJP MP from Kota, Rajasthan.
• The Opposition did not field any candidate for the Speaker's post and the motion moved by Prime Minister Modi to choose the Kota-Bundi MP as Speaker was adopted by a voice vote.
• A total of 13 motions were moved in support of Om Birla as the Speaker.
• Birla was declared elected as a speaker by pro-tem Speaker Virendra Kumar.
• The Speaker can be removed from office only on a resolution of the Lok Sabha passed by the a majority. It is also mandatory to give a minimum of 14 days' notice of the intention to move the resolution.
• The Speaker may at any time by order in writing delegate to the Deputy Speaker. The vote of Speaker is called “Casting Vote”.
• The first speaker of Lok Sabha was Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar.
• The first female speaker of Lok Sabha is Meira Kumar.

The correct answer is Dharmendra Pradhan.Key Points

• Dharmendra Pradhan is the present Education Minister of India.
• Dharmendra Pradhan is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in the Government of India.
• He has also been the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Minister of Steel.  

Additional InformationImportant Cabinet Ministers:

The correct answer is Canada.

Important Points

• The Federal System of India is governed in terms of the Constitution of India.
• The country of India is also referred to as the Sovereign, Secular, Democratic Republic and has a Parliamentary form of government.
• The nation is basically working according to the Indian Constitution, which was adopted on the 26th of November 1949.
• The federal nature of the Indian constitution was adopted from the Constitution of Canada.

Key Points

• The head of the Executive Union is the President of the country In the Federal System of India.
• The real political, as well as social power, resides in the hands of the Prime Minister, who in turn heads the Council of Ministers.
• According to the Federal System of India, the Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers will advise and help the President.
• It is clearly stated in Article 74 (1) of the Indian Constitution, 
  • The Council of Members is answerable to the Lok Sabha or the House of People, as per the Federal System prevailing in India.
  • The Indian Constitution is subject to change, however, this change can only occur after the bill is passed with a majority of votes in the Parliament House.
  • Legislative powers are shared between the State Legislatures and the Parliament, while the rest of the powers are in the hands of the Parliament of India.
• The Federal System in India conveys that the President, the Prime Minister, the Council of Ministers, and the Vice-President, together form the Union Executive

The correct answer is Eighth 

Key Points

• Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin is an Indian politician who took oath as the 21st Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the 8th person to hold the position.
• Stalin along with the rest of his cabinet took oath as the Chief Minister on 7 May 2021.
• They won 159 seats out 234, with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) itself winning an absolute majority with 132 seats. 
• In the 2021 Assembly elections, Stalin led the campaign for the Secular Progressive Alliance. 
• Kanjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai served as the fourth and last Chief Minister of Madras State from 1967 to 1969 and was the first Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (Madras State renamed as Tamil Nadu) for 20 days before his death.
• Janaki Ramachandran was the first woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. She was commonly known as VN Janaki who was a famous actress.​

Additional Information

• New Appointments of Chief Minister of India 2021 and 2022
• 2021  
  • ​Pushkar Singh Dhami - Uttarakhand 
  • M.K. Stalin - Tamil Nadu 
  • Natesan Krishnasamy Rangasamy - Puducherry
  • Basavaraj Somappa Bommai - Karnataka 
  • Himanta Biswa Sarma - Assam 
  • Bhupendrabhai Rajnikantbhai Patel - Gujrat  
• 2022
  • Manik Saha - Tripura 
  • ​Pushkar Singh Dhami - Uttarakhand 
  • Bhagwant Mann - Punjab
  • Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu - Himachal Pradesh

The correct answer is ​21.

Key Points

• The Union Cabinet on 15 December 2021 took the decision to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years.
• The legal age of marriage for men is already 21 years.
• The government will amend the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, Special Marriage Act, and the Hindu Marriage Act to implement the new decision to increase the legal age of marriage of women.

Important Points

• The proposal was based on the recommendation of the NITI Aayog task force headed by Jaya Jaitly.
• Senior officials of the health ministry, women and child development ministry, and law ministry were members of the task force set up in June 2020.
• The task force was formed to examine matters pertaining to the age of motherhood, imperatives of lowering MMR (Maternal Mortality Rate), improvement of nutritional levels and related issues.
• The task force has also recommended that sex education be formalised and introduced in the school curriculum.

Additional Information

• Personal laws of various religions that deal with marriage have their own standards, often reflecting custom.
• For Hindus, The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 sets 18 years as the minimum age for the bride and 21 years as the minimum age for the groom.
• In Islam, the marriage of a minor who has attained puberty is considered valid.
• The Special Marriage Act, 1954 and the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 also prescribe 18 and 21 years as the minimum age of consent for marriage for women and men, respectively.
• For the new age of marriage to be implemented, these laws are expected to be amended.

The correct answer is 12.

Key Points

• 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.

The correct answer is ​Land and buildings.

• The Constitution of India provides for a division of powers between the Union (Centre) and states.
• It divides all the subjects into 3 lists – Union List, State List, and Concurrent List.
• The Union List describe the subjects under the control Centre Government, the State List describes the subjects under the jurisdiction of states being the Concurrent List describes the subjects which are under the joint jurisdiction of the Centre of States.
• Subjects of Three Lists:
  • The Union List Subjects (100 Subjects).
  • State List (61 Subjects).
  • Concurrent List (52 Subjects).
• The subjects which do not fall in these lists that is residuary subjects have been given to the Centre.

Key Points 

• State List enumerates the subjects on which each State Legislature can legislate and such laws operate within the territory of each state.
• The main subjects of the State List are:
  • Public order, police, state court fees, prisons, local government, public health and sanitation, hospitals and dispensaries, pilgrimages within India, intoxicating liquors, relief of disabled and unemployable, libraries, communications, agriculture, animal husbandry, water supply, irrigation and canals, fisheries, road passenger tax and goods tax, taxes on land and building, capitation tax and others.

The correct answer is M.K. Stalin.

Key Points

• Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin is an Indian Tamil politician serving as the 8^th and current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
• He has also served as president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party since 28 August 2018.
• About DMK 
  •  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a political party from India, which has a major influence on the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry.
  • Founder- C. N. Annadurai
• Recent Update- 
  • Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit has appointed Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
  • The 68-year-old is the son of the former five-term Tamil Nadu chief minister, the late M Karunanidhi.
  • The DMK-led alliance won 159 seats, well ahead of the majority mark of 118 seats. The party alone won 133 seats in the election.
  • Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has announced Rs. 5 lakh assistance for children who lost both their parents due to COVID-19.
    • The state government will bear their educational and hostel fees till graduation.
    • It will also provide Rs. 3 lakh to the children who lost one of their parents. 
• About state
  • Chief Minister - M.K. Stalin (June 2021)
  • Governor - R. N. Ravi
  • Lok Sabha seats - 39
  • Rajya Sabha seats - 18