Prelims Power Play 9 June 2023

1. Kuki and Meitei community mainly found in which state?

2. With reference to El Nino and La Nina, Consider the following statements:

1. La Nina refers to unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean whereas El Nino refers to unusual colling.
2. El Nino is beneficial for Indian monsoon whereas La Nina brings draughts.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

3. Consider the following impacts of wildfires:

1. Release nutrients into the soil.
2. Helps in Ecological Succession.
3. Helps control or destroy insect and disease.
4. Promotes ecological diversity

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

4. Consider the following about Aurangzeb

1. He brought back the discriminatory jizya tax that Hindu residents had to pay in return for protection.
2. His reign witnessed the destruction of several prominent Hindu temples, including the Kashi Vishwanath Temple and the Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple in Mathura.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

5. Elevated global commodities prices are jacking up subsidy expenditure on fertilizers. With reference to this consider the following statements about the fertilizer subsidy

1. Government of India decontrolled Urea in 1992 on the recommendations of Joint Parliamentary Committee.
2. The Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Programme is applicable to all Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) fertilizers, except for Urea.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?