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Aug 5, 2018

[QandA] Answers for 05-08-2018 Questions


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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