Which of the following provisions of the constitution did not come into force on November 26, 1949?
- Provisions relating to citizenship
- Provisions relating to elections
- Fundamental rights
- None of the above
Explanation:
Though the constitution came into force on 26th Nov 1950. Some provisions relating to citizenship, Elections, Provisional Parliament, temporary and transitional provisions were given immediate effect of 26th Nov 1949
The articles which came into force on 26th Nov 1949 include articles 5, 6, 8, 9, 60, 324, 366, 372, 388, 391, 392 and 393
- Sharmana
- Uparika
- Rajuka
- Kumar Amatya
- India
- Nepal
- Bhutan
- Pakistan
Explanation:
India will host the first-ever meeting of BIMSTEC National Security Chiefs (NSAs) to discuss action against the spread of terrorism, violent extremism and radicalisation. This was decided at the 17th BIMSTEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) which recently concluded at Kathmandu, Nepal. This marked an important step forward to realize the action oriented agenda for BIMSTEC agreed by the leaders at their Retreat hosted by Prime Minister Modi in Goa in October 2016.
The statement “Like summer gale revolt of Meerut was unprecedented and short-lived” was made by __?
- S. N. Sen
- R. C. Majumdar
- S. B. Chaudhuri
- V. D. Savarkar
Explanation:
The Merrut 1857 Uprising was described by Dr.Surendra Nath Sen-“ Like summer gale revolt of Meerut was unprecedented and short-lived”. He was the author of a number of major works, mostly on the history of the Marathas.In 1956, the Indian government commissioned him to write a history of the Indian Popular Uprising of 1857–59; the work, entitled Eighteen Fifty-seven, was published in 1957.
Which of the following has been recognized by UNESCO as India’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2017?
- Ramman
- Kumbh Mela
- Sankirtana
- Mudiyettu
Explanation:
The Kumbh Mela has been inscribed on the UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’ at its 12th session in Jeju, South Korea on December 7, 2017. This inscription is the third in two years for India following the inscriptions of yoga and Nouroz. The inscription of elements on the list helps countries which are a part of UNESCO’s convention for safeguarding cultural heritage to mobilize international cooperation and assistance for ensuring that communities continue to practice and transmit such aspects of their heritage. According to UNESCO, Kumbh Mela (the festival of the sacred Pitcher) is the largest peaceful congregation of pilgrims on earth, during which participants bathe or take a dip in a sacred river. The festival is held at Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nasik every four years by rotation and is attended by millions of people irrespective of caste, creed or gender.
- Gopal Krishna Gokhale,
- Bipin Chandra pal,
- Lala Lajpat Rai,
- Aurobindo Ghosh
- Surat
- Bombay
- Calcutta
- Lucknow
Which committee has recently submitted report on institutionalization of arbitration mechanism in India?
- BN Srikrishna committee
- Neil Chatterjee committee
- BP Das committee
- K L Gupta committee
Explanation:
The high level committee under the Chairmanship of Justice BN Srikrishna has recently submitted its on review of the Institutionalization of Arbitration Mechanism in India. The committee has recommended for setting up an Autonomous Body, Arbitration Promotion Council of India (APCI) having representatives from all stakeholders for grading arbitral institutions in India. The APCI may recognize professional institutes providing for accreditation of arbitrators. The APCI may hold training workshops and interact with law firms and law schools to train advocates with interest in arbitration and with a goal to create a specialist arbitration bar comprising of advocates dedicated to the field. It has also recommended for creation of a specialist Arbitration Bench to dea
l with such Commercial disputes, in the domain of the Courts.
- Qutubuddin Aibak
- Iltutmish
- Balban
- None of these
- Vedic
- Eipc
- Puranic
- Indus Valley
