Current Affairs Question - 09 May 2020

National Parliament And State Legislatures

Parliamentary Committees


Consider the following statements with reference to the Parliamentary Committees:

  1. Parliamentary committees draw their authority from Article 105 (on privileges of Parliament members) and Article 118 (on Parliament’s authority to make rules for regulating its procedure and conduct of business).
  2. Committee reports are usually exhaustive and provide authentic information on matters related to governance. Bills that are referred to committees are returned to the House with significant value addition. Parliament is not bound by the recommendations of committees.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

A
Only 1
B
Only 2
C
Both 1 and 2
D
Neither 1 nor 2

National Important Geophysical Phenomena & Geographical Features

The Bay Of Bengal Boundary Layer Experiment


Consider the following statements:

  1. The Bay of Bengal Boundary Layer Experiment or BoBBLE in short is a project funded by Union Ministry of Earth Sciences and the Natural Environment Research Council of United Kingdom.
  2. BoBBLE proposes an observational campaign for the southern Bay, during the established monsoon (mid-June to mid-July).

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

A
Only 1
B
Both 1 and 2
C
Only 2
D
Neither 1 nor 2
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