MPC was set up to task RBI with the responsibility for price stability and inflation targeting.
The MPC takes decisions based on the majority vote (by those who are present and voting). In case of a tie, the RBI governor will have the second or casting vote.
The decision of the Committee would be binding on the RBI.

Explanation:
The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 per cent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).

Explanation:
Monetary Policy Committee will have six members:
the RBI Governor (Chairperson),
the RBI Deputy Governor in charge of monetary policy,
one official nominated by the RBI Board and
the remaining three members would represent the Government of India.

Explanation: To save dolphins from extinction, the Union government has declared them as the national aquatic animal in 2010. It also represents the purity of the holy Ganga as it can only survive in pure and fresh water.

Explanation:
• Eight Core Industries comprises of the following industries:
1. Coal
2. Crude Oil
3. Natural Gas
4. Refinery Products (Petroleum)
5. Fertilizers
6. Steel
7. Cement
8. Electricity

Explanation:
• NHRC has been established in accordance with the Paris Principles of 1991
• Paris Principles provide some benchmarks on how National Human Rights Institutions should function in protecting human rights and promoting human rights

Explanation:
Sohrai-Khovar painting is a traditional ritualistic and mural art and it is from Jharkhand.

Explanation:

Pharmaceuticals are not a part of eight core industries.

Gandhiji called Tilak as the maker of Modern India.

Explanation:
Under the PM Kisan scheme, income support of 6,000/- per year in three equal installments

Explanation:
Chairman of NHRC: Retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or retired Judge of the Supreme Court as per the recent amendment in 2019.

Nagarahole National Park is located in Kodagu and Mysore district in Karnataka.

Explanation:
State Government and UT administration will identify the farmer families which are eligible for support as per scheme guidelines.

Nagarahole National Park forms a part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.

Explanation:

Atma Nirbhar means self- reliant. To make India self-reliant, Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan focuses on developing India’s economy, infrastructure, system, vibrant demography and demand.

Explanation:
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organization with SCO secretariat in Beijing

Explanation:
Election Commission of India is not associated with Local Body elections. State Election Commission is responsible for Local body elections.

Explanation:
Nagarahole National Park is also a tiger reserve under the Project Tiger.

Tilak edited Kesari, a Marathi newspaper, and Mahratta in English.

Explanation:

An epidemic is a sudden disease outbreak that affects a large number of people in a particular region, community, or population. Herpangina is a contagious disease and it is very common. So, it is not an epidemic.

Explanation:
PM Kisan is a central sector scheme with 100% funding from Govt of India.

Explanation:
Executive Committee of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) of SCO is based in Tashkent

Explanation:

There are 5 PVTGs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. They are:

• Great Andamanese

• Jarawas

• Onges

• Sentinelese

Shompens

Explanation:
Election Commission of India is a constitutional body.

Explanation: The National Green Tribunal imposed a fine of over Rs. 286 crores in damages on four companies holding them responsible for the ‘gas chamber’.

Explanation:
The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners are appointed by the President.

Explanation:
Term of office: 3 years or till the age of 70 years, whichever is earlier as per the recent amendment in 2019.

Explanation:

All Institutional Landholders, All persons who paid income tax last year, Former and present holders of constitutional posts,etc. are excluded from the PM Kisan scheme.

Explanation:
Monetary Policy Committee consists of 6 members

Explanation:
SCO currently consists of 8 permanent members, 6 dialogue partners and 4 observer states.

Explanation:

Ninja UAV (Unmanned aerial vehicles) is a drone-based surveillance system. It can be used to launch surveillance of criminal and anti-social activities in Railway premises.

Explanation:
Article 324 deals with the Superintendence, direction and control of elections to be vested in an Election Commission

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru called him the “Father of Indian Revolution”

Explanation:
Monetary Policy Committee is a committee of the Reserve Bank of India.(RBI)

Explanation: Hornbills disperse the seeds of many tropical trees and keep the forest alive. They are also called as ‘the farmer’s engineer’.

Explanation:
The study is focused on the interplay between plant hormones like abscisic acid (ABA) which inhibit the sprouting of the seed and environmental cues like light and darkness.

Systemic therapy refers to cancer treatments that circulate through the bloodstream and destroy the cancerous cells. All the above come under this type.

Explanation:
75 tribal groups have been categorized by the Ministry of Home Affairs as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG)s.

Explanation:

The Index of Eight Core Industries is released by the Office of the Economic Adviser, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Explanation: Among women, breast cancers are estimated to contribute 14.8% and cervix cancers are estimated to contribute 5.4%.

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Explanation:
Kabini, Nagarahole, and Lakshmanateertha rivers flow through Nagarahole National Park. Periyar river is in Kerala

Explanation: Conserving the organism in a natural habitat is called in-situ conservation. The botanical garden is an ex-situ conservation because plants are bred in a protected environment far from their natural home.