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The correct answer is Swan

Key Points

• The state symbol of Uttar Pradesh does not contain a swan while the other symbols given in the option are included.
• The emblem consists of a circular seal depicting the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers at Prayagraj, a pair of Matsya fish to represent the state of Oudh (Awadh), and a pair of Bow and Arrow representing the Bundelkhand area.
• The legend around the seal translates as "Government of Uttar Pradesh".

Additional Information

• The Emblem of Uttar Pradesh is the official seal of the government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
• The emblem was originally designed in 1916 for the then United Provinces of Agra and Oudh and continued in use following Indian Independence in 1947. 

The correct answer is Sarojini Naidu.

Key Points

• Sarojini Naidu was the first woman Governor of the state of Uttar Pradesh.
• She was the 1st indian woman who became the Congress president in 1925 at Kanpur Session.
• Sarojini Naidu was a key figure during India’s independence struggle. Her work as a poet earned her the title of ‘Nightingale of India’ from Mahatma Gandhi.
• In 1917 she helped in the formation of the Women’s Indian Association (WIA).
• Sarojini Naidu took part in the Salt March with Mahatma Gandhi and was arrested by the British authorities along with all the Congress leaders in 1930.
• Sarojini Naidu was one of the significant figures to have led the Civil Disobedience Movement and the Quit India Movement.
• Sarojini Naidu passed away on March 2, 1949, on account of Cardiac Arrest.

The correct answer is Convergence of government schemes for poverty reduction.

Key Points

• Mission Antyodaya aims to bring about convergence and effective implementation of various government schemes to uplift the poorest households in rural areas.
• The initiative is focused on identifying and targeting poverty-stricken households through a comprehensive survey.
• It seeks to provide a holistic approach to poverty alleviation by addressing multiple dimensions of deprivation such as education, health, housing, and employment.
• The program emphasizes community participation and the involvement of local self-government institutions to ensure sustainable development.
• By leveraging existing schemes and resources, Mission Antyodaya aims to enhance the quality of life and economic well-being of the targeted population.

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• National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)
  • NRLM, also known as Aajeevika, is a poverty alleviation project implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development.
  • It aims to create efficient and effective institutional platforms for the rural poor, enabling them to increase household income through sustainable livelihood enhancements.
  • The mission focuses on promoting self-employment and organization of the rural poor.
  • NRLM provides financial support, skill development, and market linkages to the beneficiaries.
• Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)
  • PMAY aims to provide affordable housing to the urban and rural poor.
  • It envisions a 'Housing for All' by the year 2022, by building 20 million houses for the urban poor, including economically weaker sections and low-income groups.
  • The scheme offers subsidies on home loan interest rates, making housing loans more affordable.
• Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)
  • DDUGJY is a government scheme aimed at providing continuous power supply to rural India.
  • The scheme focuses on rural electrification and strengthening the sub-transmission and distribution infrastructure.
  • It aims to ensure reliable and uninterrupted power supply to all villages and households.
• Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM)
  • SBM is a nationwide campaign to clean up the streets, roads, and infrastructure of India's cities, towns, and rural areas.
  • It aims to achieve the vision of a 'Clean India' by October 2, 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
  • The mission includes the construction of household-owned and community-owned toilets and promoting sanitation programs in rural areas.

The correct answer is Urdu.

Key Points

• Uttar Pradesh Official Language (Amendment) Act, 1989, which made Urdu the second official language. Hence, Option 4 is correct.
• The languages of Uttar Pradesh generally belong to two zones in the Indo-Aryan languages, Central and East. There are approximately 29 languages spoken in Uttar Pradesh. Hindi is the state's official language (Urdu is co-official), and according to census data, it is spoken by 91.32% of the population.
• However, Hindi is a wide label that covers many dialects, which may or not be considered separate languages and may or may not be fully mutually intelligible. These include Awadhi, Braj Bhasha, Bundeli, Bagheli, Kannauji, Awadhi (all of these belonging Central zone, considered to be the core of the Hindi belt), and Bhojpuri. Bhojpuri belongs to the Bihari languages of the Eastern zone, and its status as the Hindi language is subject to debate.
• Article 345 (official language or languages of a state) allows state legislatures to use “any one or more of the languages in use in the state” or Hindi for its official purposes.
• Article 347 lays down a “special provision relating to language spoken by a section of the population of a state" and confers on the President the power to recognize a language spoken by a “substantial proportion of the population" within the state or in any part of it.
• The Eighth Schedule of our Constitution clearly states that all the languages in the list are to be considered national languages. 22 language is part of schedule eight of the Indian Constitution.

The correct answer is Ashoka.

Key Points

• The state tree of Uttar Pradesh is Ashoka Tree.
• Uttar Pradesh day is celebrated on 24 January.
• On 24 January 1950, the United Provinces was renamed as Uttar Pradesh.
• It was formed on 1 April 1937 as the United Province.
• Uttar Pradesh has an area of 2,40,928 square km.
• Uttar Pradesh has a population of 19,9,812,341.

Other Facts of Uttar Pradesh:

Additional Information

State	Details	Picture
Uttar Pradesh	Formed in the year 1937.
Capital	Lucknow
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Governor	Anandiben Patel
State Legislation	403 MLA,'s 1 Anglo Indian
Parliament	80 Constituencies
State Animal	Barasingha / Swamp Deer
State Bird	Sarus crane
State Flower	Palash
State Tree	Ashok

http://uttarpradesh.gov.in/en/history

• Rule 193 (of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha) does not involve a formal motion before the Parliament House, hence no voting can take place after the discussion on matters under this rule.
• Rule 184 allows voting but rule 193 doesn't.
• Lok Sabha is the lower house of the Parliament, while Rajya Sabha is the upper house.

The correct answer is Part III.

Key Points

• Article 32 of the Indian Constitution gives the right to individuals to move to the Supreme Court to seek justice.
• Under Article 32, the parliament can also entrust any other court to exercise the power of the Supreme Court, provided that it is within its Jurisdiction.
• Article 32 is for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights.
• The nature of the Writ Jurisdiction provided under this Article is discretionary.

• There are five types of Writs as provided under Article 32 of the Constitution:
  • Habeas Corpus.
  • Quo Warranto.
  • Mandamus.
  • Certiorari.
  • Prohibition.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Nomination of Members to Rajya Sabha.

• The procedure for the nomination of members to the Rajya Sabha is borrowed from Ireland.

Key Points

• Canadian Constitution: 
  • Advisory Jurisdiction of Supreme Court.
  • A federal system with a strong center.
  • Residual powers vest at the center.
  • Appointment of State Governors.

Additional Information

Sources of Indian Constitution

The correct answer is the 86^th amendment.

Key Points

• The 86^th amendment to the Constitution of India in 2002, provided the Right to Education as a Fundamental Right in Part-III of the Constitution.
• The amendment inserted Article 21A which made the Right to Education a fundamental right for children between 6-14 years.
• The 86^th amendment provided for follow-up legislation for Right to Education Bill 2008 and finally Right to Education Act, 2009.

The correct answer is Australia.

Key Points

The following things have been borrowed from the Constitution of Australia:

1. Concurrent List.
2. Freedom of trade.
3. Commerce and intercourse.
4. The joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament.

Additional Information

• The other borrowed provisions from different countries and details of those are given in below:

The correct answer is Lal Bahadur Shastri.

Key Points

• Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime minister in India.
  • He served as the Prime minister of India from 1964 to 1966.
  • He was the Prime Minister of India during the Indo-Pak war in 1965.
  • His birthday also falls on 2^nd October along with Mahatma Gandhi's birthday.
  • The famous slogan "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan" was raised by Lal Bahadur Shastri.
  • He signed on Tashkent Declaration along with the then-President of Pakistan Muhammad Ayub Khan on 10^th January 1966.
  • He is the first prime minister to die abroad.
  • He was honoured with the Bharat Ratna in 1966.
  • He was the first person to receive Bharat Ratna posthumously.
  • The resting place of Lal Bahadur Shastri is called Vijayghat.

Additional Information

• Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister of India during the Indo-China war in 1962.
• Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India during the Indo-Pak war in 1971.
• Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India when the Bhopal gas tragedy took place in 1984.

The correct answer is Kapurthala.

Important Points

• Kapurthala Rail Coach Factory is a coach manufacturing unit for the Indian Railways, located in the state of Punjab.
• It is located on the Jalandhar-Firozpur railway line. 
• Established in 1986, RCF has manufactured more than 30,000 passenger coaches of various types, including self-propelled passenger vehicles, making up more than 50% of the total Indian Railway coach population.
• It is a production unit with a per-year target of 1025 coaches.
• This production accounts for over 35 per cent of the total Indian Railway coach population.
• In the financial year 2013-14, the Rail Coach Factory (RCF) generated a record number of coaches as it achieved the mark of 1701 coaches against an installed capacity of 1500 per annum.
• RCF manufactured 23 different coach variants for high-speed trains such as Rajdhani, Shatabdi, double-decker, and other trains during the year.
• A highly cost-effective indigenous technology for the treatment of biowaste in coaches was also developed by the factory in association with DRDE.
• In 2013–14, approximately 2096 bio-toilets were installed.
• Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coaches have already been exported by the factory to Southeast Asian and African countries with Metre Gauge rail networks and the experience of Indian Railways in Meter Gauge rolling stock has proven handy in serving these markets.

                       Railways coach factory, Kapurthala

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The Correct answer is Jaipur.Key Points:

• National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM) is a national level institute set up by the Ministry of Agriculture, on 8 August 1988 at Jaipur, Rajasthan, to cater to the needs of agricultural marketing personnel and to offer specialized Training, Research, Consultancy, and Education in Agricultural Marketing in India and Southeast Asian countries.
• The institute is dedicated to Chaudhary Charan Singh, the fifth prime minister of India from where it derives its full name, "Chaudhary Charan Singh National Institute of Agricultural Marketing".
• The Union Minister for Agriculture is the President of the General body of NIAM and the Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation is the Chairman of the Executive Committee.

Additional Information

Major research institutes of India:-

The correct answer is Education.

Key Points

• There are six fundamental rights enshrined in Part III (Articles 12 to 35) of the constitution of India.
• Fundamental rights apply universally to all citizens, irrespective of race, birthplace, religion, caste or gender.
• Article 21A of the Constitution of India provides the Right to Education.
• The RTE Act of the Parliament of India was enacted on 4 August 2009 and came into force on 1 April 2010.
• The Constitution (86th Amendment) Act, 2002 inserted Article 21A in the Constitution of India to provide free and compulsory education of all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a Fundamental Right.

Additional Information

• The Fundamental Rights enshrined in the Constitution are-

The correct answer is the Quasi-Judicial Procedure.

Important Points

• The procedure of Impeachment of the President of India is the Quasi-Judicial Procedure.
• The procedure begins with the introduction of a bill in either house of Parliament.
• The only condition for the initiation of the impeachment of the Indian president is the ‘violation of the constitution.
• None of the presidents of India has faced impeachment so far.
• A quasi-judicial body is an organ of Government other than a Court or Legislature, which affects the rights of private parties either through adjudication or rulemaking”.
• It is not mandatory that a Quasi-Judicial Body has to necessarily be an organization resembling a Court of Law.
  • For example, the Election Commission of India is also a Quasi-Judicial Body but does not have its core functions as a Court of Law.
• Some examples of Quasi-Judicial Bodies in India are the Election Commission of India, the National Green Tribunal, and the Central Information Commission (CIC).

Key Points

• Process of Impeachment of the President of India:
  • When a President is to be impeached for violation of the Constitution, the charge shall be preferred by either House of Parliament.
  • For the motion to be valid, it must be signed by at least one-fourth of the total members of the house where it is introduced
  • In the case of the Lok Sabha, this means that the motion must be signed by at least one-fourth of the total Lok Sabha members.
  • A 14-day notice is given to the President of India.
  • Then, Lok Sabha passes the impeachment charges with a two-thirds majority and sends it to Rajya Sabha.
  • Then, the Rajya Sabha investigates the charges.
  • While Rajya Sabha is investigating the charges, the President has the right to sit in the proceedings.
  • Rajya Sabha agrees to the charges and passes it with a two-thirds majority and the President is removed.