Prelims Power Play 23 December 2023

1. Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Centre declared recent rain related disaster I Tamil Nadu as calamity of severe nature.

Statement-II:  When the situation caused by a calamity becomes unprecedented, beyond the coping capacity of the State Government and extremely difficult to handle through a normal rescue and relief operation, the Central government treats it as a calamity of severe nature.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

2. Consider the following regarding State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF)

1. It is constituted under of the Disaster Management Act, 2005
2. It is the primary fund available with State Governments for responses to notified disasters.
3. It is entirely funded by state corpus.

How many of the above is/are correct?

3. Hasdeo Arand forest recently in news is in

4. With reference to India’s external debt consider the following statements:

1. India’s external debt has been steadily rising in last 5 years.
2. Commercial borrowings remained the largest component of external debt
3. The majority of India’s external debt in in rupee
4. India’s General Government Debt to GDP ratio has crossed 100% in 2023

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

5. Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) aims to provide