Q. Argentina recently became the largest Latin American country to legalize abortion. Under the new law Argentina has legalised abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy. In India, abortion is legal till how many week?
1) 16th week
2) 18th week
3) 23rd week
4) 22nd week
Q. The US President Donald Trump has become the first President of the country to be impeached twice. What is the process of US President impeachment provision?
1) Firstly, the House of representatives of the United States has to vote for the charges framed against the president.
2) After the passage of votes with simple majority, the President is impeached. However, he is not removed from the office
3) In the next phase of the impeachment process, US Senate, that is, the upper house is convened like a court. The hearings are held and the President shall be removed from office only if two thirds of the Senate vote for it
4) All of the above
Q. The Lok Sabha passed the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill 2021. What is the provision of this bill?
1) The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill 2021 deals with the domestic and international arbitration.
2) With the amendment, the bill will enable automatic stay on awards in some cases.
3) The bill will also omit the eighth schedule of the act that specifies through the regulations of qualifications, experience and norms of the accreditation of arbitrators
4) All of the above
Q. The Central government has notified the new guidelines on social media regulations on February 25, 2021. It is being called as Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021. What is the provision of these Rules?
1) The government has notified the new rules on digital media and OTT with the aim of empowering the ordinary users regarding the social media
2) With the new rules, the government wants to set up a
3) The rules were framed depending upon the difference of the viewership in a theatre & television as compared to viewership on Internet
4) All of the above
Q. The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), under Commerce Ministry, has initiated a probe to review the need for continuing imposition of antidumping duty on certain types of steel products imported from -
1) China
2) USA
3) Russia
4) Indonesia
Q. Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0 launched to expand immunization coverage across the country for the -
1) All children and pregnant women
2) Covid-19
3) Meningitis
4) Tuberculosis (TB)
Q. The Indian Code of Civil Procedure, the Indian Contract Act, The Indian Evidence Act, the Transfer of Property Act etc are products of -
1) First four Law Commissions
2) Planning Commission of India
3) Supreme Court of India
4) Parliament of India
Q. The CPEC is the flagship project of the multi-billion dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a pet project of Chinese President Xi Jinping, why is India denied to join this project?
1) This project passes through parts of the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh which are under illegal occupation of Pakistan
2) The connectivity initiatives is not based on universally recognised international norms
3) CPEC gives China a foothold in the western Indian Ocean with the Gwadar port, located near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, where Chinese warships and a submarine have surfaced
4) All of the above
Q. The Supreme Court passed directions for all courts across the country to extensively use video-conferencing for judicial proceedings saying congregation of lawyers and litigants must be suspended to maintain social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. Which one is correctly explained?
1) Virtual Court is a concept aimed at eliminating presence of litigant or lawyer in the court and adjudication of the case online.
2) Entire information related to a particular case available online. It is available to the attorneys, parties and the general public through the help of internet
3) The present government is taking active steps to establish e-courts all over India. All these government efforts will result in providing quick and cost effective solutions to the litigants
4) All of the above
Q. Chinese authorities have bypassed Hong Kong's legislature to enact a national security law that prodemocracy campaigners say is aimed at cracking down on dissent in the city. What is the provision of this legislature?
1) The law is called the "NPC Decision on Establishing and Improving the Legal System and Enforcement Mechanisms for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to Safeguard National Security"
2) It essentially empowers the NPC to draft new national security laws for Hong Kong
3) The scope of the laws could cover any activity that "seriously endangers national security"
4) All of the above
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