PPSC 2020 (General Studies) Previous Year Paper

The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020 has recently been passed. Consider the following regarding the same:

1. With the introduction of this Bill, companies which do not have any prior coal mining experience in India can also participate in the auction of coal blocks.

2. Private companies will now be able to undertake coal mining for commercial mining purposes, thereby ending the captive end-use criteria.

3. A composite license namely Prospecting License-Cum-Mining Lease has been introduced in the Bill.

4. The revenue-sharing model detailed in the Bill is based on recommendations of an expert committee headed by Injeti Srinivas.

Which of the above are true?

Consider the following pairings of the names of Government initiated portals and the area/industry with which they are associated:

1. Sambandh : MSME

2. Prakash Portal : Coal Industry

3. Government e-Marketplace : For procurement of goods by the Government

4. E-Nam portal : Agriculture

Which out of the above are correctly paired?

Consider the following statements with respect to the Export Preparedness Index, 2020:

1. It was published by the NITI Aayog in partnership with the Institute of Competitiveness.

2. It examines the export ecosystem of Indian States and Union Territories.

3. Policy, Business Ecosystem, Export Ecosystem and Export Performance are the four pillars of the Export Preparedness Index.

4. Gujarat emerged as the top-performing State in the 'Coastal States' category, followed by Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

5. In the category of 'Landlocked States', Madhya Pradesh is the best-performing State. Among 'Himalayan States' and 'City-States' Himachal Pradesh and Delhi are the top-performing States respectively.

Which of the above statements are true?

According to the World Bank's classification of economies into income groups (on the basis of GNI per capita using the Atlas method exchange rates) for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, India falls in which of the four incomes groups described below?

Consider the following products:

1. Phulkari

2. Katarni Rice

3. Sirsi Supari

4. Chanderi

As a now, Punjab has the Geographical Indicator (GI) tag for which of the above products?