346: Which of the following can be said to be essentially the parts of 'Inclusive Governance'?
1. Permitting the Non-Banking Financial Companies to do banking
2. Establishing effective District Planning Committees in all the districts
3. Increasing the government spending on public health
4. Strengthening the Mid-day Meal Scheme
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
(a)1 and 2 only
(b) 3 and 4 only
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Explanation:
Inclusive Growth is both the title and the overarching goal of the Eleventh Five Year Plan. The key component of the "strategy of inclusive growth" must be inclusive governance as a means of empowering the disadvantaged with the aim of enabling them to overcome their poverty. It is effective empowerment of the disadvantaged through the effective devolution of functions, finances and functionaries to representative institutions of local self-government such as Panchayats (where Part IX of the Constitution applies) and Village Councils (VCs), Village Development Boards (VDBs) and similar institutions elsewhere, on the principle of subsidiarity, which states that anything which can be done at a lower level should be done at that level and no higher level, that will pave the way for the effective implementation of other measures if inclusive growth such as :
- stepping up investment in rural areas, in rural infrastructure and agriculture;
- increased credit availability, particularly to farmers and others and offering them remunerative prices for their crops;
- increased rural employment including the provision of a unique social safety net in the shape of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP);
- increased public spending on eduction and healthcare, including strengthening the mid-day meal programme and offering scholarships to the needs;
- investment in urban renewal, improving the quality of life for the urban poor;
- empowering the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), minorities. women and children socially, economically and educationally; and
- ensuring that, through public investment, the growth process spreads to backward regions and districts of our country.
347: Assertion (A)
In our houses, the current in AC electricity line changes direction 60 times per second.
Reason (R):
The frequency of alternating voltage supplied is 60 hertz.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Explanation:
An alternating current has two half cycles in one full cycle. Since frequency of alternating voltage is 50 Hz (50 cycles/sec.), the A.C. electricity line changes direction 100 times per second (50*2 = 100 Hz).
348: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
List I--------------List II
(Resorts)------- (States)
I. Chakrata-------- (A) Assam
II. Haflong---------- (B) West Bengal
III. Kalimpong--------- (C) Uttar Pradesh
IV. Kufri----------(D) Himachal Pradesh
Codes:
(a) I-A, II-C, III-B, IV-D
(b) I-C, II-A, III-D, IV-B
(c) I-C, II-A, III-B, IV-D
(d) I-A, II-C, III-D, IV-B
349: With reference to `IFC Masala Bonds, sometimes seen in the news, which of the statements given below is/are correct?
1. The International Finance Corporation, which offers these bonds, is an arm of the World Bank.
2. They are the rupee-denominated bonds and are a source of debt financing for the public and private sector.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
350: Permanent hardness of water cannot be removed by:
(a) Boiling
(b) Adding caustic soda
(c) Distillation
(d) Adding soda