Legal Knowledge Quiz II 09.02.2022

The Statue of Unity Act, 2019 was recently in news for some time. It was recently observed that The Statue of Unity Area Development and Tourism Governance Act, 2019 (SoU Act) is not in consonance with the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act, 1996. Who is the current Minister for the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India ?

Following a proposal submitted in 1986 by which of the following committees, to make certain changes to the Panchayati raj institutions, which had already existed in early Indian history and which had been reintroduced, in the 20th century, the modern Panchayati raj system was formalized and introduced in India in April 1993 as the 73rd Amendment to the Constitution ?

Joseph R. Biden Jr. was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on January 20, and with the beginning of his administration, the USA has recently rejoin the 'Paris Climate Accord' to catalyze this effort and demonstrate concrete actions at home to achieve a clean-energy economy with net-zero emissions by 2050. The path-breaking 'Paris Agreement' was signed at global level in which year ?

Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority was constituted in 2010 under the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007. It is a 'statutory authority' under which of the following departments of the Government of India ?

Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited is the only Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) dedicated to the solar energy sector. Originally, it was incorporated as a Section-25 (not for profit) company under which of the following Acts ?

Recently, an amendment to the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 has been notified. This would enable the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to look after the development of which sector ?

Recently, a young freelance journalist, Mandeep Punia, was arrested and charged with 'lacking appropriate media credentials' on the days of the Republic Day trauma, points of entry into Delhi. Which of the following provisions of the Indian Penal Code deals with the offence of sedition ?

The grounds of ‘Public Order’ & ‘Friendly relations with Foreign States’ was added in the Constitution by which of the following important Constitutional Amendments ?

Recently, the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, announced the nation-wide rollout of ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ (ONORC) system by March 2021. This will enable the person to purchase the quantity of food grains to which he/she is entitled under which of the following provisions ?

Which of the following provisions of the 'Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971', says that whoever insults the National Flag or the Indian Constitution shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both ?

Recently, the 'Democracy Index 2020' was released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), titled "Democracy in sickness and in health?". India had slipped two places to ________ in the Democracy Index, 2020.