Daily Quiz 28 March 2025

Answer: B

Explanation:

Option B is correct: Nestled amidst the landscape of Ramanagara, Karnataka, Ramadevara Betta stands as a prominent hill that holds not only natural beauty but also a rich historical and spiritual significance. Ramadevara Betta Hill is the only Vulture Sanctuary in India. The vulture sanctuary was officially set up in 2012, but the long-billed, Egyptian and white-backed vultures have been roosting in the hills of Ramanagara for several decades. These are the three species found in Ramanagara out of the nine found in India.

Answer: A

Explanation:

• Statement 1 is correct: Following the 1948 War, UNRWA was established by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949 to carry out direct relief and works programmes for Palestine refugees. The Agency began operations on 1 May 1950.
• In the absence of a solution to the Palestine refugee problem, the General Assembly has repeatedly renewed UNRWA’s mandate, most recently extending it until 30 June 2026.
• Statement 2 is not correct: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions from UN Member States. UNRWA also receives some funding from the Regular Budget of the United Nations, which is used mostly for international staffing costs.

The Agency’s services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance and emergency assistance, including in times of armed conflict.

Answer: C

Explanation:

• Statement 1 is correct: As announced in the Union Budget 2024-25, the scheme began with a pilot project for the financial year 2024-25, targeting 1.25 lakh internships. These internships span 24 sectors, including oil, gas, energy, travel, hospitality, automotive, banking, and financial services. Companies participating in this pilot were selected based on their corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending over the last three years, ensuring participants are placed with socially and ethically responsible organizations.
• Statement 2 is correct: PM Internship Scheme, launched by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, aims to provide young individuals aged 21-24 years from low-income households with 12-month internship opportunities in the country’s top 500 companies. The pilot phase targets 1.25 lakh youth, with a five-year goal to facilitate internships for one crore young individuals. This initiative is not just about internships; it’s about building a future where every youth has the chance to succeed.

The internship scheme was a part of the Prime Minister’s Package for Employment and Skilling announced in the 2024-25 Budget with an overall outlay of Rs 2 lakh crore. Initially, Rs 2,000 crore was provided to the corporate affairs ministry for the ongoing financial year.

Answer: C

Explanation:

• Option C is correct: The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts is visualised as a centre encompassing the study and experience of all the arts – each form with its own integrity, yet within a dimension of mutual interdependence, interrelated with nature, social structure and cosmology.
• Aims & Objectives
  • to serve as a major resource centre for the arts, especially written, oral and visual source materials
  • to undertake research and publication programmes of reference works, glossaries, dictionaries and encyclopaedia concerning the arts and the humanities
  • to establish a tribal and folk arts division with a core collection for conducting systematic scientific studies and for live presentations.
  • to provide a forum for a creative and critical dialogue through performances, exhibitions, multi-media projections, conferences, seminars and workshops between and amongst the diverse arts, traditional and cotemporary
  • to foster dialogue between arts and current ideas in philosophy, science and technology, with a view toward bridging the gap in intellectual understanding between modern sciences and arts and culture
  • to evolve models of research programmes and arts administration more portinent to the Indian ethos
  • to elucidate the formative and dynamic factors in the complex web of interactions between diverse social strata, communities and regions
  • to promote an network with national and international institutions; and

to conduct related research in the arts, humanities and culture.

Answer: B

Explanation:

• Option B is correct: The Rajya Sabha rule book defines “Rule 267” under “suspension of rules” as an instance where “any Member, may, with the consent of the Chairman, move that any rule may be suspended in its application to a motion related to the business listed before the council of that day and if the motion is carried, the rule in question shall be suspended for the time-being.”

Rule 267, part of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States, allows members to move for the suspension of rules to discuss urgent matters. However, its frequent use has become a point of contention between the Opposition and the Rajya Sabha presiding officers under the current government.