Prelims Power Play 3 October 2023

1. Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) to promote investors’ education, awareness and protection is under

2. The WHO’s chief advisory group on immunisation has recommended the new R21/Matrix-M vaccine for

3. Consider the following the statements with respect to rabi crop

1. Rabi crops are dependent on the quantity of rain water as well its timing.
2. Rabi crops are sown in winter and harvested in the spring in India.
3. Rapeseed, mustard, oats, barley are some of the common rabi crop

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

4. With respect to reservation in India consider the following statements:

1. Reservation for underprivileged groups is a way of achieving social justice.
2. The reservations contemplated in Clause (4) of Article 16 should not exceed 75%.

Which of the above statement is/are correct? Select the correct answer from given code below.

5. With respect to Census, consider the following statements:

1. Census is conducted under the 1948 Census of India Act.
2. The first synchronous census was taken in 1881.
3. It is conducted by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
4. Census has never been postponed by the government.

Which of the following Statement is /are correct?