Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is 160.

• The strength of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly which is determined by delimitation Commission was 160 in 1952 and presently stands as 200 after many more recommendations of the same Commission.

Key Points

• The evolution of the House of people's representatives in Rajasthan has an important place in the constitutional history of India as it was the outcome of the merger of 22 princely States of the erstwhile Rajputana with the Union of India.
• As per the provisions of Article 168 of the newly framed Constitution of India, every state had to establish a legislature consisting of one or two Houses.
  • Rajasthan opted for unicameral character and its legislature is known as the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.
• The legislature, which is running its Fifteenth term, was first elected by the adult franchise in 1952 and this process is continuing with the exceptions of 1967, 1977, 1980 and 1992 when the Presidential Rule was in force.

Untouchability refers to discrimination on the basis of caste.

• It is the practice of excluding a group of people regarded as 'untouchables', resulting in the segregation and persecutions from the people regarded as "higher" caste.
• The term is most commonly associated with the treatment of the Dalit communities in the Indian subcontinent. 
• Article 17 of the Indian Constitution abolishes untouchability and forbids its practise in any form.
• In 1976 the Untouchability Act 1955 was amended and renamed the Protection of Civil Rights act 1955.
• The term untouchability has not been defined in the constitution or in any act.

The correct answer is 1994.

• The State Election Commission (SEC), Rajasthan was constituted in July 1994 under Article 243 K of the Constitution of India.

Key Points

• The SEC is a single member Committee headed by the State Election Commissioner.
  • It has a Secretary who is also the Chief Electoral Officer for the State.
  • The Commission discharges its Constitutional duty by way of preparing electoral rolls and holding elections for Panchayati Raj Institutions as well as for Municipal bodies. 
• The first election was conducted in 1960 by the Panchayat Department. 
• The State Election Commission is the Constitutional body responsible for conducting and supervising elections to the local bodies in the State. 

Additional Information

• In Rajasthan, urban local bodies are called Municipalities, Municipal Councils, and Municipal Corporations. 
• The Commission discharges its constitutional duty by way of preparing electoral rolls and holding elections for Municipal bodies under Article 243 ZA.
• At present, Rajasthan has 188 Municipal bodies with 5232 territorial constituencies.

The correct answer is 1993.

Key Points

• The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India is a Statutory public body constituted on 12 October 1993.
• It is under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993.
• It was given a statutory basis by the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (PHRA).
• The NHRC is the National Human Rights Commission of India, responsible for the protection and promotion of human rights, defined by the Act as "Rights Relating To Life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants and enforceable by courts in India.".
• It encourages the efforts of NGOs and institutions congress to work in the field of human rights.

Additional Information

• The headquarters of NHRC is Sardar Patel Bhawan, New Delhi, India.
• The chairman of NHRC is Arun Kumar Mishra (August 2021).
• The Secretary-General of NHRC is Jaideep Govind.
• The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is in Geneva.
• The current High Commissioner of the United Nations Human Rights Commission is Michelle Bachelet of Chile.​​ 

The correct answer is Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation.

Key Points

• RIICO stands for Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation
• It is a premier agency of the Government of Rajasthan that has played an important role in the industrial development of Rajasthan.
• It was formed in 1980.
• Tagline: Grow with us.
• A Government enterprise incorporated under Companies Act, 1956 on 28th March 1969 as Rajasthan State Industrial & Mineral Development Corporation (RSIMDC) on 1st January 1980 bi-furcated into:
  • Rajasthan State Industrial Development & Investment Corporation Limited (RIICO)
  • Rajasthan State Mineral Development Corporation (RSMDC)
• Sunil Arora is the current chairman of RIICO. (Sep 2021)