Prelims Power Play 9 October 2022

1. Consider the following tribes

1. Bakarwals
2. Bhotiyas
3. Gaddis
4. Gujjars

Among how many of the above tribes of India, you will see the behavior called “transhumance”?

2. Consider the following statements

1. VVPAT is an independent verification printer machine attached to electronic voting machines.
2. VVPAT machines can be accessed only by polling officers.
3. VVPAT was introduced in all 543 Lok Sabha constituencies in 2019 general election.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below:

3. Consider the following statements.

1. ECI is empowered to de-register parties on the grounds of violating the constitution.
2. ECI reserves election symbols for all types of political parties outlined by it.
3. The ECI decision is binding on the President on the matters of disqualification for preaching and practicing social crimes.

Which of the following above statements are incorrect?

4. Consider the following statements

1. The Changpa are the semi-nomadic people of Himachal Pradesh.
2. Changpas rear the highly pedigreed and prized Changra goats.
3. A form of pastoralism organized around the migration of livestock between mountain pastures and lower altitudes is called Transhumance.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

5. Which of the following statements are ‘correct’ regarding the Advisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme court?

1. The opinion expressed by the Supreme Court is a sort of judicial pronouncement.
2. It may tender or refuse its advice on any question of law or fact of public importance.
3. It must tender its advice on any dispute arising out of any pre constitution treaty.