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The Central Excise Day (CED) is celebrated on which date in India ?

 

A) February 24 B) February 22
C) February 21 D) February 27

Answer:   A) February 24



Explanation:

The Central Excise Day (CED) is celebrated every year on February 23 in India to commemorate the enactment of the Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944. The Central Excise officers all over the country celebrate this day by organizing seminars, workshops, trade interactions and cultural events etc.

 

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Which of the following statements about Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar, as a drafting member of the Constitution of India, are correct?1. He favoured the role of the Supreme Court in taking important decisions related to the interpretation of the Constitution of India.2. He felt that the Supreme Court had to draw the line between liberty and social control.3. He believed in the dominance of the executive over the judiciary.4. He favoured a dictatorial form of governance.Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1 and 2 only B) 1, 2 and 3
C) 3 and 4   D) 1,2 and 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1 and 2 only

Explanation:

The doctrine of independence is not to be raised to the level of a dogma so as to enable the judiciary to function as a kind of super-legislature or super-executive. The judiciary is there to interpret the Constitution or adjudicate upon the rights...” Hence, 1 is correct.

It is the great tribunal which has to draw the line between liberty and social control. Hence statement 2 is also correct.

 

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Which one of the following issues was included in the Indo-US Nuclear Agreement of 2007?

A) India has 'advance right to reprocess' US-origin safeguarded spent fuel. B) India did not have the right to build a strategic fuel reserve with the help of the other supplier countries
C) India should not test a nuclear device D) The US will impede with the growth of India's nuclear weapons programme.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) India should not test a nuclear device

Explanation:

The deal would indirectly bring India under purview of NSG and US laws that would not allow India to conduct nuclear test in the future. The issue of nuclear test was later clarified as the moratorium on nuclear test was unilateral and voluntary and there was no pressure on India from outside.

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Which one of following developments took place because of the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854?

 

A) The Missouri Compromise was repealed and people of Kansas and determine whether they should own slaves or not. B) The Act did not permit the territories the right to voter over the question of slavery
C) The voice of the majority in regard to the issue of slavery was muzzled. D) The Federal Government had the sole authority to decide on slavery.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The Missouri Compromise was repealed and people of Kansas and determine whether they should own slaves or not.

Explanation:

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30 ́.

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Which Arab scientist could be given the credit of christening the mathematical discipline of algorithm?

A) Al-Khwarizmi B) Ibn al -Haytham
C) Ibn Rushd D) Ibn Sina
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Al-Khwarizmi

Explanation:

Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, formerly Latinized as Algorithmi,was a Persianscholar who produced works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography under the patronage of the Caliph Al-Ma'mun of the Abbasid Caliphate.

He also developed the concept of the algorithm in mathematics, which is why some have called him the "grandfather of computer science".

His name gave rise to the terms algorism and algorithm.

 

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Which one of the following canons of taxation was not advocated by Adam Smith?

 

A) Canon of equity B) Canon of certainty
C) Canon of convenience D) Canon of fiscal adequacy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Canon of fiscal adequacy

Explanation:

Adam Smith propounded the following first four canons of taxation -(1)Canon of Equity. (2) Canon of Certainty: (3) Canon of Convenience or Ease (4) Canon of Economy.

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Sub-prime crisis' is a term associated with which one of the following events?

A) Economic recession B) Political instability
C) Structural adjustment programmes D) Growing social inequality
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Economic recession

Explanation:

The United States subprime mortgage crisis was a nationwide financial crisis, occurring between 2007 and 2010, that contributed to the U.S. recession of December 2007 –June 2009.It was triggered by a large decline in home prices after the collapse of a housing bubble, leading to mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures and the devaluation of housing-related securities.

 

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Which Indian social theorist had argued that the idea of a homogenized the 'cultural arrogance of post-enlightenment Europe'?

 

A) Ashis Nandy B) Partha Chatterjee
C) T.K.Oommen D) Rajni Kothari
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ashis Nandy

Explanation:

Ashis Nandy traced the roots of colonialism's mandate to absolutize the relative differences between cultures to the cultural arrogance of Enlightenment Europe.

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Which European traveller had observed,"A Hindu woman can go anywhere alone, even in the most crowded places, and she need never fear the impertinent looks and jokes of idle loungers"?

A) Francois Bernier B) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
C) Thomas Roe D) Abbe J.A. Dubois
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Abbe J.A. Dubois

Explanation:

A European traveler, Abbe J.A. Dubois, commented, at the beginning of the 19th century: "A Hindu woman can go anywhere alone, even in the most crowded places, and she need never fear the impertinent looks and jokes of idle loungers....A house inhabited solely by women is a sanctuary which the most shameless libertine would not dream of violating.' The women of the time possessed title individuality of their own. This does not mean that there were no exceptions to this rule.

 

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