Prelims Power Play 31 July 2024

1. Gadgil Report and Kasturirangan Report recently in news are related to

Cleaning of Ganga rivers

Protecting Aravalli mountains

Protecting Western Ghats

Development of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

2. The three Brotherhood Alliance made up of ethnic armed groups recently in news is active in

India

Nepal

Bangladesh

Myanmar

3. Why is a plant called Prosopis juliflora often mentioned in news?

Its extract is widely used in cosmetics.

It tends to reduce the widely biodiversity in the area in which it grows.

Its extract is used in the synthesis of pesticides.

None of the above

4. The Sovereign Gold Bond scheme was floated in 2015 with an aim of

reduce the demand for physical gold

shift a part of the domestic savings used for the purchase of gold, into financial savings.

reduce foreign exchange outflow

All of them

5. Consider the following statements about the governor’s power over state bills:

How many of the above are correct?

Only one

Only two

All three

None