UPSC Quiz – 2021 : IASbaba’s Daily Current Affairs Quiz 29th September 2021

Solution (b)

Article 93 for Lok Sabha and Article 178 for state Assemblies state that these Houses “shall, as soon as may be, choose two of its members to be Speaker and Deputy Speaker.

In Lok Sabha and state legislatures, the President/Governor sets a date for the election of the Speaker, and it is the Speaker who decides the date for the election of the Deputy Speaker.

The legislators of the respective Houses vote to elect one among themselves to these offices.

The Constitution neither sets a time limit nor specifies the process for these elections. It leaves it to the legislatures to decide how to hold these elections.

Haryana and Uttar Pradesh specify a time-frame for holding the election to the Speaker and Deputy Speaker’s offices. In Haryana, the election of the Speaker has to take place as soon as possible after the election. And then the Deputy Speaker is to be elected within seven more days. The rules also specify that if a vacancy in these offices happens subsequently, then the election for these should occur within seven days of the legislature’s next session.

Uttar Pradesh has a 15-day limit for an election to the Speaker’s post if it falls vacant during the term of the Assembly. In the case of the Deputy Speaker, the date for the first election is to be decided by the Speaker, and 30 days is given for filling subsequent vacancies.

The Constitution provides that the office of the Speaker should never be empty. So, he continues in office until the beginning of the next House, except in the event of death or resignation.

Article Link: Nimaben Acharya becomes first woman Speaker of Gujarat Assembly

Solution (c)

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an independent intergovernmental organization and international tribunal that sits in The Hague, Netherlands. It is not a part of the United Nations. However, they do work alongside each other and the United Nations Security Council can refer to situations involving international crimes to the ICC.

The ICC is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.

The International Criminal Court is made up of 18 judges who make decisions on international criminal matters, where each judge serves a nine-year term. They all come from member-countries of the ICC however, no two of them can be from the same country.

The International Criminal Court derives its authority from the Rome Statute, which was ratified and became executable in 2002.

Article Link: Prosecutor seeks to resume ICC probe in Afghanistan

Solution (c)

Government borrowing:

Government borrows through issue of government securities called G-secs and Treasury Bills. Borrowing is a loan taken by the government and falls under capital receipts in the Budget document. It is essentially the total amount of money that the central government borrows to fund its spending on public services and benefits. As the tax and non-tax revenue fall short in financing government’s spending programme, the government announces an annual borrowing programme in the Budget.

Bulk of government’s fiscal deficit comes from its interest obligation on past debt. If the government resorts to larger borrowings, more than what it has projected, then its interest costs also go up risking higher fiscal deficit. That hurts government’s finances. Larger borrowing programme means that the public debt will go up and especially at a time when the GDP growth is subdues, it will lead to a higher debt-to-GDP ratio.

Article Link: Bonds gain as Govt sticks to FY22 borrowing target

Solution (b)

Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay was born in Birsingha village in Hooghly district of Bengal on September 26, 1820.

• He contributed to the removal of social justice, upliftment of women, allowing widow remarriage, and advocating against polygamy.
• He played a major part in being appointed as the Head Pandit of Fort William College on December 29, 1841.
• Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar opened schools for girls and brought significant reforms in the education sector by bringing justice and equality for women through education.
• He brought social reforms to change the orthodox Hindu society from within.
• He was also a great intellectual activist of the 19th century who installed socio-religious reforms into modern history.
• Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar established a number of model schools in Hooghly, Midnapore, Burdwan, and Nadia.
• He introduced monthly exams instead of annual ones, supervised schools, and changed the syllabus.
• He brought the study of English, Western Science, and Mathematics into the syllabus.
• Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar also started the acceptance of tuition fees and admission fees and made Sunday a weekly holiday.
• The revolution in the education system in Bengal was also made by him.
• Because of his contribution towards such issues, the Widow Remarriage Act was passed in 1856, making the marriage of widows legal.

Article Link: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, 19th century visionary who humbled a king, wanted education for all

Solution (d)

Parshuram Kund is a Hindu pilgrimage sites situated on the Brahmaputra plateau in the lower reaches of the Lohit River in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh.

Dedicated to sage Parshuram, the popular site attracts pilgrims from Nepal, from across India, and from nearby states of Manipur and Assam.

Article Link: Shri G. Kishan Reddy lays the foundation stone for the development of Parshuram Kund in Arunachal Pradesh