Answers:
(01) - D
(02) - B
STA-1 allows countries to import US equipment and
technology having dual use.
Strategic Trade Authorization-1 (STA-1) list has 36
countries, either they are major US allies or NATO allies or members of all
four multilateral export control regimes,
India will be the third Asian country, after Japan and
South Korea, to avail of this exemption.
(03) - ***
S-400 Triumf missiles
Russia developed these surface-to-air missile that can
simultaneously track numerous incoming aircraft, missiles and UAVs and destroy
them upto range of 400 kms.
USA has CAATSA (Countering America’s Adversaries Through
Sanctions Act), under which the Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on military
deals with Russia. But India hopeful to get exemption here, just like the
STA-1.
(04) – B
A voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) is a machine
attached with the EVM that produces a printout of the vote cast using an EVM,
which can be shown to the voter to dispel doubts. This printout is then
deposited in a box and can be used to resolve any dispute regarding the poll
results.
(05) – C
To read the full list of Indian states and UTs, we’ve to
refer to Schedule 1, not Article 1.
State-name-changing bill can be introduced in the
Parliament only with the prior recommendation of the President; and before
recommending the bill, the President has to refer the same to the state
legistature concerned for expressing its views within a specified period, but
President (or Parliament) is not bound by the views of the state legislature.
(Article 3)
A state’s area, boundary, name can be altered via
Constitutional amendment passed with simple majority in the Parliament.
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