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The correct answer is Option 2.

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• A renewed debate has emerged regarding the inclusion of “Socialist” and “Secular” in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution, added during the Emergency via the 42nd Amendment.

Key Points

• Statement I: The 42nd Amendment added these terms during the Emergency (1975–77). Hence, Statement I is correct.
• Statement II: The 44th Amendment reversed many Emergency changes, but these terms remained in the Preamble. Hence, Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement III: Supreme Court rulings in Kesavananda Bharati, S. R. Bommai, Minerva Mills, and Dr. Balram Singh upheld these as part of the basic structure. Hence, Statement III is correct.
• Statement IV: Even before 1976, Articles 14, 15, 16, 25–28, and 44 embedded secular values in the Constitution. Hence, Statement IV is incorrect.

Additional Information

• Though inserted later, the spirit of secularism and socialism was already present through various Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles.

The correct answer is 11 years 9 months.

Key Points

• Bhajan Lal served as the Chief Minister of Haryana for a total of 11 years and 9 months, making him one of the longest-serving CMs in the state.
• He held office in two separate terms: 1979–1986 and 1991–1996.
• Bhajan Lal was a prominent leader from the Indian National Congress (INC), known for his political acumen and administrative skills.
• During his tenure, he was instrumental in implementing various development initiatives and strengthening the party's influence in Haryana.
• Bhajan Lal's leadership played a key role in shaping Haryana’s political and developmental trajectory during the 1980s and 1990s.

Additional Information

• Chief Minister: The Chief Minister is the head of the government in a state in India, responsible for implementing policies and overseeing state administration.
• Haryana: Haryana is a state in northern India that was carved out of Punjab in 1966. It is known for its agricultural prosperity and industrial growth.
• Indian National Congress (INC): INC is one of the oldest political parties in India, founded in 1885, and has played a significant role in India's freedom struggle and post-independence politics.
• Longest-Serving CMs in India: Other notable long-serving Chief Ministers in India include Pawan Kumar Chamling (Sikkim) and Jyoti Basu (West Bengal), known for their long tenures in governance.
• Political Legacy: Bhajan Lal's political legacy continues to influence Haryana politics, with his family members actively participating in state and national politics.

The correct answer is option 3.

In News

• The Lok Sabha Speaker recently emphasized that Parliamentary Committees should be treated as complementary to government and their recommendations implemented seriously.

Key Points

• Statement I: Parliamentary Committees conduct in-depth discussions, evaluate bills and budgets, and enable non-partisan dialogue, thereby enhancing executive accountability. Hence, Statement I is correct.
• Statement II: Committee recommendations are advisory, not binding. They lack enforcement powers, and their effectiveness depends on government cooperation and follow-up mechanisms. Hence, Statement II is incorrect.

The correct answer is option 1.

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• Ashutosh Varshney's 2025 analysis observed that tariff policies in the U.S., particularly under populist pressures, were democratically justified by concerns over job losses and inequality caused by globalization.

Key Points

• Statement I is correct: In recent years, tariff-based policies have emerged within democratic settings like the U.S., reflecting popular demand against global economic policies.
• Statement II is correct: Democratic governments, by design, respond to public discontent, especially among those economically displaced by global trade. Hence, Statement II is the correct explanation for Statement I.

The correct answer is option 4.

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• ​​The Registrar General of India has directed all States to ensure issuance of birth certificates to mothers before hospital discharge.

Key Points

• Statement I: The RGI is a civil servant of Joint Secretary rank, appointed by the Central Government, functioning under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Hence, Statement I is correct.
• Statement II: The RGI conducts the decennial Census and the Linguistic Survey of India. Hence, Statement II is correct. 
• Statement III: The RBD Act, 1969, was amended in 2023, requiring all births and deaths to be registered on a centralized digital portal starting from October 1, 2023. Hence, Statement III is correct.

Additional Information

•  The RGI also manages the Civil Registration System, collecting continuous population data vital for planning and governance.

The correct answer is Prem Behari Narain Raizada.

Key Points

• Prem Behari Narain Raizada (Saxena) is the man who hand wrote the original Constitution of India.
• Raizada over his desk in the Constitution Hall (now Constitution Club) for six months to handwrite 395 articles, 8 schedules, and a preamble in both English and Hindi.
• He used No.303 pens for English calligraphy and Hindoo dip-pen nib from Birmingham for Hindi calligraphy. 

Additional Information

• It all began on August 29, 1947, when the Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee to formulate a Draft Constitution of India.
• After 11 sessions and endless debates and amendments, the Constitution for the newly-independent nation was ready.
• Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru wanted it handwritten in a flowing italic style.
• Prem Behari Narain Raizada (Saxena), a noted calligraphist, was chosen for the task.
• The bespectacled Raizada held a degree from St Stephen’s College (New Delhi) and worked for Govan Brothers (Raymond Eustace Grant Govan, the founder of Govan Brothers, was the first President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India).

Important Points 

• Its weight: 3.75 kilograms.
• Its title: Constitution of India.
• The original copies of the Constitution are kept in special helium-filled cases in the Parliament's library.
• The original manuscript of the Constitution of India that came into force on January 26, 1950.

• The Secretary to the Constituent Assembly- H.V.R. Iyengar.
• The chief draftsman of the constitution in the Constituent Assembly- S.N. Mukerjee
• The Constitutional advisor (Legal advisor) to the Constituent Assembly-Sir B.N. Rau
• The first elected president of The Constituent Assembly- ​Dr Rajendra Prasad.
•  First interim chairman of the Constituent Assembly- Sachchidananda Sinha
• Sachchidananda Sinha took the charges on 9 Dec1946 but resigned on 11 Dec 1946 as Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected as the first chairman of the Constituent Assembly.
• The symbol (seal) of the Constituent Assembly- The elephant.
• The original Preamble illuminated, beautified and ornamented by Beohar Rammanohar Sinha.
• Prem Behari Narain Raizada calligraphed the original Preamble.

The correct answer is Om Birla.

Key Points

• OM Birla has been unanimously elected Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha.
• OM Birla is also a second term BJP MP from Kota, Rajasthan.
• The Opposition did not field any candidate for the Speaker's post and the motion moved by Prime Minister Modi to choose the Kota-Bundi MP as Speaker was adopted by a voice vote.
• A total of 13 motions were moved in support of Om Birla as the Speaker.
• Birla was declared elected as a speaker by pro-tem Speaker Virendra Kumar.
• The Speaker can be removed from office only on a resolution of the Lok Sabha passed by the a majority. It is also mandatory to give a minimum of 14 days' notice of the intention to move the resolution.
• The Speaker may at any time by order in writing delegate to the Deputy Speaker. The vote of Speaker is called “Casting Vote”.
• The first speaker of Lok Sabha was Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar.
• The first female speaker of Lok Sabha is Meira Kumar.

The correct answer is Dharmendra Pradhan.Key Points

• Dharmendra Pradhan is the present Education Minister of India.
• Dharmendra Pradhan is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in the Government of India.
• He has also been the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Minister of Steel.  

Additional InformationImportant Cabinet Ministers:

The correct answer is Canada.

Important Points

• The Federal System of India is governed in terms of the Constitution of India.
• The country of India is also referred to as the Sovereign, Secular, Democratic Republic and has a Parliamentary form of government.
• The nation is basically working according to the Indian Constitution, which was adopted on the 26th of November 1949.
• The federal nature of the Indian constitution was adopted from the Constitution of Canada.

Key Points

• The head of the Executive Union is the President of the country In the Federal System of India.
• The real political, as well as social power, resides in the hands of the Prime Minister, who in turn heads the Council of Ministers.
• According to the Federal System of India, the Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers will advise and help the President.
• It is clearly stated in Article 74 (1) of the Indian Constitution, 
  • The Council of Members is answerable to the Lok Sabha or the House of People, as per the Federal System prevailing in India.
  • The Indian Constitution is subject to change, however, this change can only occur after the bill is passed with a majority of votes in the Parliament House.
  • Legislative powers are shared between the State Legislatures and the Parliament, while the rest of the powers are in the hands of the Parliament of India.
• The Federal System in India conveys that the President, the Prime Minister, the Council of Ministers, and the Vice-President, together form the Union Executive

The correct answer is Eighth 

Key Points

• Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin is an Indian politician who took oath as the 21st Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the 8th person to hold the position.
• Stalin along with the rest of his cabinet took oath as the Chief Minister on 7 May 2021.
• They won 159 seats out 234, with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) itself winning an absolute majority with 132 seats. 
• In the 2021 Assembly elections, Stalin led the campaign for the Secular Progressive Alliance. 
• Kanjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai served as the fourth and last Chief Minister of Madras State from 1967 to 1969 and was the first Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (Madras State renamed as Tamil Nadu) for 20 days before his death.
• Janaki Ramachandran was the first woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. She was commonly known as VN Janaki who was a famous actress.​

Additional Information

• New Appointments of Chief Minister of India 2021 and 2022
• 2021  
  • ​Pushkar Singh Dhami - Uttarakhand 
  • M.K. Stalin - Tamil Nadu 
  • Natesan Krishnasamy Rangasamy - Puducherry
  • Basavaraj Somappa Bommai - Karnataka 
  • Himanta Biswa Sarma - Assam 
  • Bhupendrabhai Rajnikantbhai Patel - Gujrat  
• 2022
  • Manik Saha - Tripura 
  • ​Pushkar Singh Dhami - Uttarakhand 
  • Bhagwant Mann - Punjab
  • Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu - Himachal Pradesh

The correct answer is ​21.

Key Points

• The Union Cabinet on 15 December 2021 took the decision to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years.
• The legal age of marriage for men is already 21 years.
• The government will amend the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, Special Marriage Act, and the Hindu Marriage Act to implement the new decision to increase the legal age of marriage of women.

Important Points

• The proposal was based on the recommendation of the NITI Aayog task force headed by Jaya Jaitly.
• Senior officials of the health ministry, women and child development ministry, and law ministry were members of the task force set up in June 2020.
• The task force was formed to examine matters pertaining to the age of motherhood, imperatives of lowering MMR (Maternal Mortality Rate), improvement of nutritional levels and related issues.
• The task force has also recommended that sex education be formalised and introduced in the school curriculum.

Additional Information

• Personal laws of various religions that deal with marriage have their own standards, often reflecting custom.
• For Hindus, The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 sets 18 years as the minimum age for the bride and 21 years as the minimum age for the groom.
• In Islam, the marriage of a minor who has attained puberty is considered valid.
• The Special Marriage Act, 1954 and the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 also prescribe 18 and 21 years as the minimum age of consent for marriage for women and men, respectively.
• For the new age of marriage to be implemented, these laws are expected to be amended.

The correct answer is ​Land and buildings.

• The Constitution of India provides for a division of powers between the Union (Centre) and states.
• It divides all the subjects into 3 lists – Union List, State List, and Concurrent List.
• The Union List describe the subjects under the control Centre Government, the State List describes the subjects under the jurisdiction of states being the Concurrent List describes the subjects which are under the joint jurisdiction of the Centre of States.
• Subjects of Three Lists:
  • The Union List Subjects (100 Subjects).
  • State List (61 Subjects).
  • Concurrent List (52 Subjects).
• The subjects which do not fall in these lists that is residuary subjects have been given to the Centre.

Key Points 

• State List enumerates the subjects on which each State Legislature can legislate and such laws operate within the territory of each state.
• The main subjects of the State List are:
  • Public order, police, state court fees, prisons, local government, public health and sanitation, hospitals and dispensaries, pilgrimages within India, intoxicating liquors, relief of disabled and unemployable, libraries, communications, agriculture, animal husbandry, water supply, irrigation and canals, fisheries, road passenger tax and goods tax, taxes on land and building, capitation tax and others.

The correct answer is 12.

Key Points

• The minimum strength of council of ministers in a state as per Constitution (91st Constitutional Amendment Act) is 12 and the maximum is 15 per cent of Legislative Assembly.
• The President of India does not have existed without the council of ministers, but Governor has (at the time of the President’s rule).
• Article 163: Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor.
• Article 164: Other provisions as to Ministers
• Article 164 (1A): The total number of Ministers, including the Chief Minister, in the Council of Ministers in a State shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of that State.

The correct answer is M.K. Stalin.

Key Points

• Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin is an Indian Tamil politician serving as the 8^th and current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
• He has also served as president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party since 28 August 2018.
• About DMK 
  •  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a political party from India, which has a major influence on the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry.
  • Founder- C. N. Annadurai
• Recent Update- 
  • Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit has appointed Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
  • The 68-year-old is the son of the former five-term Tamil Nadu chief minister, the late M Karunanidhi.
  • The DMK-led alliance won 159 seats, well ahead of the majority mark of 118 seats. The party alone won 133 seats in the election.
  • Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has announced Rs. 5 lakh assistance for children who lost both their parents due to COVID-19.
    • The state government will bear their educational and hostel fees till graduation.
    • It will also provide Rs. 3 lakh to the children who lost one of their parents. 
• About state
  • Chief Minister - M.K. Stalin (June 2021)
  • Governor - R. N. Ravi
  • Lok Sabha seats - 39
  • Rajya Sabha seats - 18