Prelims Power Play 25 June 2024

1. Consider the following regarding NCERT.

India is a statutory organisation under created under Right to Education Act.
It assists and advises the Central and State Governments on policies and programmes for qualitative improvement in school education
It is an implementation agency for bilateral cultural exchange programmes with other countries in the field of school education.

Which of the below given statements are correct?

1 and 2 only

2 and 3 only

1 and 3 only

1, 2 and 3

2. Consider the following

Statement I: The Speaker of the Lok Sabha has always been elected without any contest since Independence.

Statement II: The constitution mandates to arrive at a choice of a speaker by consensus as the Lok Sabha Speaker is meant to be above partisan politics

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

Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I

Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I

Statement-I is correct but Statement-II is incorrect

Statement-I is incorrect but Statement-II is correct

3. Which schedule of the Indian Constitution has the names of states?

First Schedule

Second Schedule

Third Schedule

Fourth Schedule

4. Consider the following

In case a bank collapses, insurance on a deposit protects customers from losing their money
In India, the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC), a wholly owned subsidiary of the RBI, is the entity responsible for deposit insurance
The insurance cover for deposits is ₹10 lakh per depositor per bank.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

Only one

Only two

All three

None

5. Consider the following pairs

Mineral Blocks Critical Minerals

Salal-Haimna Lithium
Kurunjakulam Graphite
Vellakal Central Molybdenum
Chutia-Nauhatta Glauconite

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Only one

Only two

Only three

All four