- My Experiments with Truth
- Harijan
- The Holy Family
- Hind Swaraj
Which union minister has chaired the 12th Standing Committee meeting of the Inter-State Council (ISC)?
- Sushma Swaraj
- Arun Jaitley
- Nitin Gadkari
- Rajnath Singh
Explanation:
Rajnath Singh, the Union Home Minister, has chaired the 12th Standing Committee meeting of the Inter-State Council (ISC) in New Delhi on November 25, 2017. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the recommendations of the Punchhi Commission on Centre-State Relations. The issues discussed in meeting included, financial transfers from Centre to States, GST, devolution of functions to local bodies, district planning, special provisions for Fifth and Sixth scheduled areas, communal harmony, deployment of central forces, migration and criminal justice system. The committee also finalized 118 recommendations.
- AD 712
- AD 812
- AD 912
- AD 1012
- Rajnath Singh
- Hamid Ansari
- Shaktikanta Das
- P K Saxena
Explanation:
The 2-day meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) has started in Islamabad, Pakistan on March 20, 2017. The 10-member Indian delegation led by Indus Water Commissioner P K Saxena is attending the meeting. The delegation comprises of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials and technical experts. The Pakistan side will be headed by Indus Water Commissioner Mirza Asif Saeed. The meeting is taking place nearly 6 months after India decided to suspend talks on the pact in the wake of the Uri terror attack by Pakistan based outfits. The PIC is a bilateral commission of officials from India-Pakistan, created to implement and manage goals of Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). Under the IWT treaty, it is required that India and Pakistan meet every financial year. As per the provisions in the treaty, India can use only 20% of the total water carried by the Indus River.
- Shiva Kirti Singh
- Bipin Bihari Srivastava
- S B Sinha
- D P Wadhwa
Explanation:
Shiva Kirti Singh, the retired Supreme Court judge, has been appointed the new chairman of the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT). The top slot in the telecom tribunal had been vacant for nearly a year since Justice Aftab Alam retired in June 2016. The purpose of the TDAST is to adjudicate disputes and dispose of appeals with a view to protect the interests of service providers and consumers of the telecom sector and to promote and ensure orderly growth of the telecom sector As per norms, the head of the dispute resolution agency for the telecom industry must be a person, who has been a Supreme Court judge, or the chief justice of a high court.
- Robert Clive
- William Bentinck
- Wellesley
- Warren Hastings
- Aurobindo Ghosh
- Chitta Ranjan (C.R.) Das
- Dadabhai Naoroji
- Jyotiba Phule
- Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur
- Raja Bharmall of Amber
- Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur
- Maharana Amar Singh of Udaipur
Which among the following is the most common media of pollination in flowers without petals?
- Wind
- Water
- Insects
- All of above
The 2017 World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD) is observed on which date?
- November 4
- November 5
- November 3
- November 6
Explanation:
The World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD) is observed every year on November 5 to spread awareness among people across the world in matters related to the dangers of tsunami and shall stress on the importance of early warning systems in order to mitigate damage from the often devastating natural hazard. It also aims at reviving traditional knowledge about tsunamis.