Today in History (Mar 23^rd, 1931)

On March 23, 1931, the trio was executed in the Lahore prison. Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev were hanged at the age of 23, whereas Rajguru was only 22.

Let’s revise

A) Enforcement Directorate works under which ministry?

1. Ministry of Finance
2. Ministry of Economic Affairs
3. Ministry of Home Affairs
4. Ministry of Defence

Ans.(a)

B) Find the correct statement regarding the Aam Aadmi Party

1. It’s a national party
2. It’s not a national party
3. Its symbol is flower with grass
4. All the statement are correct

Ans. (a)

C) In Indian freedom struggle who is known for organising Congress Radio?

1. Ushaben
2. Sardar Patel
3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4. MG Ranade

Ans. (a)

D) The ‘Quit India’ was started in which year?

1. 1945
2. 1943
3. 1944
4. 1942

Ans. (d)

E) The ‘Quit India’ was started from which city?

1. Pune
2. Ahmadabad
3. Bombay
4. Calcutta

Ans. (c)

F) Report on Income and Wealth Inequality in India, 1922- 2023 recently released by_____

1. World Bank
2. World Inequality Lab (WIL)
3. NITI Aayog
4. National Survey Office

Ans. (b)

G) Date for filing of nomination for Lok Sabha Elections is fixed by____

1. Ministry of Home Affairs
2. The Election Commission of India
3. Respective State governments
4. Prime Minister Office

Ans. (b)

H) Nominations to contest Lok Sabha elections are filed under section 33 of the

1. Representation of the People Act, 1951.
2. Election Commission of India Act 1956.
3. Lok Sabha Election Act 1951
4. General Elections Act 1952

Ans. (a)

I) Negative interest rates means_____

1. borrowers get paid interest instead of lenders
2. lenders get paid interest instead of borrowers
3. borrowers need to give lower interest to the lenders
4. none of the statement is correct

Ans. (a)

J)Recently which country has scrapped its negative interest policy?

1. India
2. Japan
3. Pakistan
4. China

Ans. (b)

Summary of Today’s News

HC says Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Act ‘unconstitutional’

• Allahabad High Court on Friday said the Act violates principles of secularism and declared the Madarasa Education Act as unconstitutional.
• The court said that the State has no power to create a board for religious education or to establish a board for school education only for a particular religion and philosophy associated with it.
• The Madarsa Act violated the principle of secularism and Articles 14, 15 and 21-A of the Constitution — said it was the duty of the State to provide education, which is secular in nature, more particularly for minors, i.e., children up to the age of 18.
• The Constitution of India Says that it is the duty of the state to provide education which is secular in nature.
• Providing different religious education to different religious communities is the violation of basic structure of the constitution and such education or action is highly divisive of the society on religious lines.
• The state cannot hide itself behind the excuse that it is providing traditional education on nominal fee.
• The Supreme Court has emphasized in many cases to provide modern education which lead a bright future of children to take country forward.
• It does not prescribe, by any stretch of imagination, limited education with emphasis only upon a particular religion.
• The court directed the government to take steps forthwith for accommodating these students in regular schools recognised under the Primary Education Board and schools recognised under the High School and Intermediate Education Board of Uttar Pradesh.

Can Arvind Kejriwal continue to be CM while in custody?

• According to earlier judgments of the Supreme Court and High Courts the constitutional morality, good governance, and constitutional trust are the basic norms for holding a public office.
• The government has to rise above narrow private interests or parochial political outlook and aim at doing well for the larger public interest.
• The third was constitutional trust, that is, to uphold the high degree of morality attached to a public office.
• Practical problems- For one, a “Minister sitting in prison cannot ask the Secretary of the State to get the files concerning any of the departments without breaching the oath of office”, it was pointed out.
• On the other hand, should a person be paid salary from the State exchequer while occupying a public office without performing any duty attached to the office he held.
• So he is not completely suffering a disqualification.
• But we can expect that persons in power must have high standards of moral conduct. “Political compulsion cannot outweigh the public morality, requirements of good/clean governance and constitutional morality.

Operation Indravati

• India launched ‘Operation Indravati’ to evacuate its nationals from Haiti.
• Haiti has been witnessing violence for over two years since the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise.
• Now various armed groups launched coordinated attacks on key installations in Haiti in an attempt to force the resignation of the country’s de facto leader Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
• Haiti Capital: Port-au-Prince
• Haiti is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas.