Prelims Power Play 16 July 2024

1. With reference to Finance Bill and Money Bill in the Indian Parliament, consider the following statements:

When the Lok Sabha transmits Finance Bill to the Rajya Sabha, it can amend or reject the Bill.
When the Lok Sabha transmits Money Bill to the Rajya Sabha, it cannot amend or reject the Bill, it can only make recommendations.
In the case of disagreement between the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, there is no joint sitting for Money Bill, but a joint sitting becomes necessary for Finance Bill.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Only one

Only two

All three

None

2. Consider the following

Indian Administrative Service
Indian Police Service
Indian Forest Service
Indian Revenue Service.

How many of the above are regulated by AIS (Conduct) Rules?

Only one

Only two

Only three

All four

3. Consider the following pairs

Space Agency Launch Vehicles

Falcon 9 NASA
Long March India
Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM-3) China

Only one

Only two

All three

None

4. Falcon 9 recently in news is a

reusable, two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of people and payloads into Earth orbit and beyond

reusable, three-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of people and payloads into Earth orbit and beyond

reusable, two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by NASA for the reliable and safe transport of people and payloads into Earth orbit and beyond

reusable, two-stage rocket designed and manufactured jointly by NASA and ISRO for the reliable and safe transport of people and payloads into Earth orbit and beyond

5. Consider the following

General or product-specific quotas
Complex/discriminatory Rules of Origin
Quality conditions imposed by the importing country on the exporting countries
Unjustified Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary conditions
Complex regulatory environment

How many of the above constitute Non-Tariff Barriers?

Only two

Only three

Only four

All five