UG-CLAT CURRENT AFFAIRS AND GK QUIZ 6

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Question 1:

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget for the financial year 2022-23 earmarked Rs (I) crore for the Jal Jeevan Mission that aims to provide potable water to 3.8 crore households in 2022-23.

In 2021-22, the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department was allocated Rs 60,030 crore, three times higher than Rs 17,023.50 crore in 2020-21.

The Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in (II) to provide safe drinking water to all rural households by (III).

It was extended to urban areas in the previous Budget to provide all households in those areas with a tap connection within five years.

Jal Jeevan Mission also involves development of piped water supply infrastructure, reliable supply source and treatment plants.

The water scheme was launched following a report by the government think tank NITI Aayog that said 600 million Indians faced high to extreme water stress and about two lakh people died every year due to inadequate access to safe water.

The report projected the country’s water demand to be twice the available supply by 2030, implying severe scarcity for hundreds of millions of people and an eventual loss in the country’s GDP.

A status report shared by the Jal Shakti ministry in December 2021 said the mission had already met 45.2 percent of its target, with three states ensuring 100 percent tap water connections for all rural households.

The Centre and state governments have provided potable tap water connections to about 8.69 crore rural households.

What is the allocated amount (I) for Jal Jeevan Mission in Union Budget 2022-23?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget for the financial year 2022-23 earmarked Rs (I) crore for the Jal Jeevan Mission that aims to provide potable water to 3.8 crore households in 2022-23.

In 2021-22, the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department was allocated Rs 60,030 crore, three times higher than Rs 17,023.50 crore in 2020-21.

The Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in (II) to provide safe drinking water to all rural households by (III).

It was extended to urban areas in the previous Budget to provide all households in those areas with a tap connection within five years.

Jal Jeevan Mission also involves development of piped water supply infrastructure, reliable supply source and treatment plants.

The water scheme was launched following a report by the government think tank NITI Aayog that said 600 million Indians faced high to extreme water stress and about two lakh people died every year due to inadequate access to safe water.

The report projected the country’s water demand to be twice the available supply by 2030, implying severe scarcity for hundreds of millions of people and an eventual loss in the country’s GDP.

A status report shared by the Jal Shakti ministry in December 2021 said the mission had already met 45.2 percent of its target, with three states ensuring 100 percent tap water connections for all rural households.

The Centre and state governments have provided potable tap water connections to about 8.69 crore rural households.

Question 2:

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget for the financial year 2022-23 earmarked Rs (I) crore for the Jal Jeevan Mission that aims to provide potable water to 3.8 crore households in 2022-23.

In 2021-22, the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department was allocated Rs 60,030 crore, three times higher than Rs 17,023.50 crore in 2020-21.

The Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in (II) to provide safe drinking water to all rural households by (III).

It was extended to urban areas in the previous Budget to provide all households in those areas with a tap connection within five years.

Jal Jeevan Mission also involves development of piped water supply infrastructure, reliable supply source and treatment plants.

The water scheme was launched following a report by the government think tank NITI Aayog that said 600 million Indians faced high to extreme water stress and about two lakh people died every year due to inadequate access to safe water.

The report projected the country’s water demand to be twice the available supply by 2030, implying severe scarcity for hundreds of millions of people and an eventual loss in the country’s GDP.

A status report shared by the Jal Shakti ministry in December 2021 said the mission had already met 45.2 percent of its target, with three states ensuring 100 percent tap water connections for all rural households.

The Centre and state governments have provided potable tap water connections to about 8.69 crore rural households.

Jal Jeevan Mission was launched by the Government of India in which of the following year?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget for the financial year 2022-23 earmarked Rs (I) crore for the Jal Jeevan Mission that aims to provide potable water to 3.8 crore households in 2022-23.

In 2021-22, the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department was allocated Rs 60,030 crore, three times higher than Rs 17,023.50 crore in 2020-21.

The Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in (II) to provide safe drinking water to all rural households by (III).

It was extended to urban areas in the previous Budget to provide all households in those areas with a tap connection within five years.

Jal Jeevan Mission also involves development of piped water supply infrastructure, reliable supply source and treatment plants.

The water scheme was launched following a report by the government think tank NITI Aayog that said 600 million Indians faced high to extreme water stress and about two lakh people died every year due to inadequate access to safe water.

The report projected the country’s water demand to be twice the available supply by 2030, implying severe scarcity for hundreds of millions of people and an eventual loss in the country’s GDP.

A status report shared by the Jal Shakti ministry in December 2021 said the mission had already met 45.2 percent of its target, with three states ensuring 100 percent tap water connections for all rural households.

The Centre and state governments have provided potable tap water connections to about 8.69 crore rural households.

Question 3:

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget for the financial year 2022-23 earmarked Rs (I) crore for the Jal Jeevan Mission that aims to provide potable water to 3.8 crore households in 2022-23.

In 2021-22, the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department was allocated Rs 60,030 crore, three times higher than Rs 17,023.50 crore in 2020-21.

The Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in (II) to provide safe drinking water to all rural households by (III).

It was extended to urban areas in the previous Budget to provide all households in those areas with a tap connection within five years.

Jal Jeevan Mission also involves development of piped water supply infrastructure, reliable supply source and treatment plants.

The water scheme was launched following a report by the government think tank NITI Aayog that said 600 million Indians faced high to extreme water stress and about two lakh people died every year due to inadequate access to safe water.

The report projected the country’s water demand to be twice the available supply by 2030, implying severe scarcity for hundreds of millions of people and an eventual loss in the country’s GDP.

A status report shared by the Jal Shakti ministry in December 2021 said the mission had already met 45.2 percent of its target, with three states ensuring 100 percent tap water connections for all rural households.

The Centre and state governments have provided potable tap water connections to about 8.69 crore rural households.

Jal Jeevan Mission targets to provide safe drinking water to all rural households by which of the following year?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget for the financial year 2022-23 earmarked Rs (I) crore for the Jal Jeevan Mission that aims to provide potable water to 3.8 crore households in 2022-23.

In 2021-22, the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department was allocated Rs 60,030 crore, three times higher than Rs 17,023.50 crore in 2020-21.

The Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in (II) to provide safe drinking water to all rural households by (III).

It was extended to urban areas in the previous Budget to provide all households in those areas with a tap connection within five years.

Jal Jeevan Mission also involves development of piped water supply infrastructure, reliable supply source and treatment plants.

The water scheme was launched following a report by the government think tank NITI Aayog that said 600 million Indians faced high to extreme water stress and about two lakh people died every year due to inadequate access to safe water.

The report projected the country’s water demand to be twice the available supply by 2030, implying severe scarcity for hundreds of millions of people and an eventual loss in the country’s GDP.

A status report shared by the Jal Shakti ministry in December 2021 said the mission had already met 45.2 percent of its target, with three states ensuring 100 percent tap water connections for all rural households.

The Centre and state governments have provided potable tap water connections to about 8.69 crore rural households.

Question 4:

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget for the financial year 2022-23 earmarked Rs (I) crore for the Jal Jeevan Mission that aims to provide potable water to 3.8 crore households in 2022-23.

In 2021-22, the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department was allocated Rs 60,030 crore, three times higher than Rs 17,023.50 crore in 2020-21.

The Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in (II) to provide safe drinking water to all rural households by (III).

It was extended to urban areas in the previous Budget to provide all households in those areas with a tap connection within five years.

Jal Jeevan Mission also involves development of piped water supply infrastructure, reliable supply source and treatment plants.

The water scheme was launched following a report by the government think tank NITI Aayog that said 600 million Indians faced high to extreme water stress and about two lakh people died every year due to inadequate access to safe water.

The report projected the country’s water demand to be twice the available supply by 2030, implying severe scarcity for hundreds of millions of people and an eventual loss in the country’s GDP.

A status report shared by the Jal Shakti ministry in December 2021 said the mission had already met 45.2 percent of its target, with three states ensuring 100 percent tap water connections for all rural households.

The Centre and state governments have provided potable tap water connections to about 8.69 crore rural households.

The water supply to all households through functional taps in all statutory towns in accordance with which Sustainable Development Goal?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget for the financial year 2022-23 earmarked Rs (I) crore for the Jal Jeevan Mission that aims to provide potable water to 3.8 crore households in 2022-23.

In 2021-22, the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department was allocated Rs 60,030 crore, three times higher than Rs 17,023.50 crore in 2020-21.

The Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in (II) to provide safe drinking water to all rural households by (III).

It was extended to urban areas in the previous Budget to provide all households in those areas with a tap connection within five years.

Jal Jeevan Mission also involves development of piped water supply infrastructure, reliable supply source and treatment plants.

The water scheme was launched following a report by the government think tank NITI Aayog that said 600 million Indians faced high to extreme water stress and about two lakh people died every year due to inadequate access to safe water.

The report projected the country’s water demand to be twice the available supply by 2030, implying severe scarcity for hundreds of millions of people and an eventual loss in the country’s GDP.

A status report shared by the Jal Shakti ministry in December 2021 said the mission had already met 45.2 percent of its target, with three states ensuring 100 percent tap water connections for all rural households.

The Centre and state governments have provided potable tap water connections to about 8.69 crore rural households.

Question 5:

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget for the financial year 2022-23 earmarked Rs (I) crore for the Jal Jeevan Mission that aims to provide potable water to 3.8 crore households in 2022-23.

In 2021-22, the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department was allocated Rs 60,030 crore, three times higher than Rs 17,023.50 crore in 2020-21.

The Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in (II) to provide safe drinking water to all rural households by (III).

It was extended to urban areas in the previous Budget to provide all households in those areas with a tap connection within five years.

Jal Jeevan Mission also involves development of piped water supply infrastructure, reliable supply source and treatment plants.

The water scheme was launched following a report by the government think tank NITI Aayog that said 600 million Indians faced high to extreme water stress and about two lakh people died every year due to inadequate access to safe water.

The report projected the country’s water demand to be twice the available supply by 2030, implying severe scarcity for hundreds of millions of people and an eventual loss in the country’s GDP.

A status report shared by the Jal Shakti ministry in December 2021 said the mission had already met 45.2 percent of its target, with three states ensuring 100 percent tap water connections for all rural households.

The Centre and state governments have provided potable tap water connections to about 8.69 crore rural households.

Which of the following state has still not achieved 100 percent tap water connection to all rural households?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget for the financial year 2022-23 earmarked Rs (I) crore for the Jal Jeevan Mission that aims to provide potable water to 3.8 crore households in 2022-23.

In 2021-22, the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department was allocated Rs 60,030 crore, three times higher than Rs 17,023.50 crore in 2020-21.

The Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in (II) to provide safe drinking water to all rural households by (III).

It was extended to urban areas in the previous Budget to provide all households in those areas with a tap connection within five years.

Jal Jeevan Mission also involves development of piped water supply infrastructure, reliable supply source and treatment plants.

The water scheme was launched following a report by the government think tank NITI Aayog that said 600 million Indians faced high to extreme water stress and about two lakh people died every year due to inadequate access to safe water.

The report projected the country’s water demand to be twice the available supply by 2030, implying severe scarcity for hundreds of millions of people and an eventual loss in the country’s GDP.

A status report shared by the Jal Shakti ministry in December 2021 said the mission had already met 45.2 percent of its target, with three states ensuring 100 percent tap water connections for all rural households.

The Centre and state governments have provided potable tap water connections to about 8.69 crore rural households.

Question 6:

Underlining that some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening, Transparency International ranked India at (I)85 among 180 countries in its Corruption Perception Index report released on Tuesday.

“The case of India is particularly worrying. While the country’s score has remained stagnant over the past decade, some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening. There are concerns over the country’s democratic status, as fundamental freedoms and institutional checks and balances decay,” the report said.

The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people, uses a scale of 0 to 100 to rank Corruption Perception Index (CPI), where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. Transparency International gave India a CPI score of 40.

In 2021, India ranked 86th with the same CPI score of 40. The report highlighted concerns over the risk to journalists and activists who have been “victims of attacks by the police, political militants, criminal gangs and corrupt local officials.” “Civil society organisations that speak up against the government have been targeted with security, defamation, sedition, hate speech and contempt-of-court charges, and with regulations on foreign funding,” the report said.

What is the 2021 ranking of India in Corruption Perception Index?

Underlining that some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening, Transparency International ranked India at (I)85 among 180 countries in its Corruption Perception Index report released on Tuesday.

“The case of India is particularly worrying. While the country’s score has remained stagnant over the past decade, some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening. There are concerns over the country’s democratic status, as fundamental freedoms and institutional checks and balances decay,” the report said.

The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people, uses a scale of 0 to 100 to rank Corruption Perception Index (CPI), where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. Transparency International gave India a CPI score of 40.

In 2021, India ranked 86th with the same CPI score of 40. The report highlighted concerns over the risk to journalists and activists who have been “victims of attacks by the police, political militants, criminal gangs and corrupt local officials.” “Civil society organisations that speak up against the government have been targeted with security, defamation, sedition, hate speech and contempt-of-court charges, and with regulations on foreign funding,” the report said.

Question 7:

Underlining that some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening, Transparency International ranked India at (I)85 among 180 countries in its Corruption Perception Index report released on Tuesday.

“The case of India is particularly worrying. While the country’s score has remained stagnant over the past decade, some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening. There are concerns over the country’s democratic status, as fundamental freedoms and institutional checks and balances decay,” the report said.

The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people, uses a scale of 0 to 100 to rank Corruption Perception Index (CPI), where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. Transparency International gave India a CPI score of 40.

In 2021, India ranked 86th with the same CPI score of 40. The report highlighted concerns over the risk to journalists and activists who have been “victims of attacks by the police, political militants, criminal gangs and corrupt local officials.” “Civil society organisations that speak up against the government have been targeted with security, defamation, sedition, hate speech and contempt-of-court charges, and with regulations on foreign funding,” the report said.

Which of the following institute releases the Corruption Perception Index?

Underlining that some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening, Transparency International ranked India at (I)85 among 180 countries in its Corruption Perception Index report released on Tuesday.

“The case of India is particularly worrying. While the country’s score has remained stagnant over the past decade, some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening. There are concerns over the country’s democratic status, as fundamental freedoms and institutional checks and balances decay,” the report said.

The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people, uses a scale of 0 to 100 to rank Corruption Perception Index (CPI), where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. Transparency International gave India a CPI score of 40.

In 2021, India ranked 86th with the same CPI score of 40. The report highlighted concerns over the risk to journalists and activists who have been “victims of attacks by the police, political militants, criminal gangs and corrupt local officials.” “Civil society organisations that speak up against the government have been targeted with security, defamation, sedition, hate speech and contempt-of-court charges, and with regulations on foreign funding,” the report said.

Question 8:

Underlining that some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening, Transparency International ranked India at (I)85 among 180 countries in its Corruption Perception Index report released on Tuesday.

“The case of India is particularly worrying. While the country’s score has remained stagnant over the past decade, some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening. There are concerns over the country’s democratic status, as fundamental freedoms and institutional checks and balances decay,” the report said.

The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people, uses a scale of 0 to 100 to rank Corruption Perception Index (CPI), where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. Transparency International gave India a CPI score of 40.

In 2021, India ranked 86th with the same CPI score of 40. The report highlighted concerns over the risk to journalists and activists who have been “victims of attacks by the police, political militants, criminal gangs and corrupt local officials.” “Civil society organisations that speak up against the government have been targeted with security, defamation, sedition, hate speech and contempt-of-court charges, and with regulations on foreign funding,” the report said.

Which of the following country topped the 2021 Corruption Perception Index?

Underlining that some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening, Transparency International ranked India at (I)85 among 180 countries in its Corruption Perception Index report released on Tuesday.

“The case of India is particularly worrying. While the country’s score has remained stagnant over the past decade, some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening. There are concerns over the country’s democratic status, as fundamental freedoms and institutional checks and balances decay,” the report said.

The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people, uses a scale of 0 to 100 to rank Corruption Perception Index (CPI), where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. Transparency International gave India a CPI score of 40.

In 2021, India ranked 86th with the same CPI score of 40. The report highlighted concerns over the risk to journalists and activists who have been “victims of attacks by the police, political militants, criminal gangs and corrupt local officials.” “Civil society organisations that speak up against the government have been targeted with security, defamation, sedition, hate speech and contempt-of-court charges, and with regulations on foreign funding,” the report said.

Question 9:

Underlining that some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening, Transparency International ranked India at (I)85 among 180 countries in its Corruption Perception Index report released on Tuesday.

“The case of India is particularly worrying. While the country’s score has remained stagnant over the past decade, some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening. There are concerns over the country’s democratic status, as fundamental freedoms and institutional checks and balances decay,” the report said.

The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people, uses a scale of 0 to 100 to rank Corruption Perception Index (CPI), where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. Transparency International gave India a CPI score of 40.

In 2021, India ranked 86th with the same CPI score of 40. The report highlighted concerns over the risk to journalists and activists who have been “victims of attacks by the police, political militants, criminal gangs and corrupt local officials.” “Civil society organisations that speak up against the government have been targeted with security, defamation, sedition, hate speech and contempt-of-court charges, and with regulations on foreign funding,” the report said.

Which of the following score is considered “Highly Clean” in the Corruption Perception Index?

Underlining that some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening, Transparency International ranked India at (I)85 among 180 countries in its Corruption Perception Index report released on Tuesday.

“The case of India is particularly worrying. While the country’s score has remained stagnant over the past decade, some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening. There are concerns over the country’s democratic status, as fundamental freedoms and institutional checks and balances decay,” the report said.

The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people, uses a scale of 0 to 100 to rank Corruption Perception Index (CPI), where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. Transparency International gave India a CPI score of 40.

In 2021, India ranked 86th with the same CPI score of 40. The report highlighted concerns over the risk to journalists and activists who have been “victims of attacks by the police, political militants, criminal gangs and corrupt local officials.” “Civil society organisations that speak up against the government have been targeted with security, defamation, sedition, hate speech and contempt-of-court charges, and with regulations on foreign funding,” the report said.

Question 10:

Underlining that some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening, Transparency International ranked India at (I)85 among 180 countries in its Corruption Perception Index report released on Tuesday.

“The case of India is particularly worrying. While the country’s score has remained stagnant over the past decade, some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening. There are concerns over the country’s democratic status, as fundamental freedoms and institutional checks and balances decay,” the report said.

The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people, uses a scale of 0 to 100 to rank Corruption Perception Index (CPI), where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. Transparency International gave India a CPI score of 40.

In 2021, India ranked 86th with the same CPI score of 40. The report highlighted concerns over the risk to journalists and activists who have been “victims of attacks by the police, political militants, criminal gangs and corrupt local officials.” “Civil society organisations that speak up against the government have been targeted with security, defamation, sedition, hate speech and contempt-of-court charges, and with regulations on foreign funding,” the report said.

The Corruption Perception Index rank of which neighbouring country is better than India?

Underlining that some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening, Transparency International ranked India at (I)85 among 180 countries in its Corruption Perception Index report released on Tuesday.

“The case of India is particularly worrying. While the country’s score has remained stagnant over the past decade, some of the mechanisms that could help reign in corruption are weakening. There are concerns over the country’s democratic status, as fundamental freedoms and institutional checks and balances decay,” the report said.

The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people, uses a scale of 0 to 100 to rank Corruption Perception Index (CPI), where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. Transparency International gave India a CPI score of 40.

In 2021, India ranked 86th with the same CPI score of 40. The report highlighted concerns over the risk to journalists and activists who have been “victims of attacks by the police, political militants, criminal gangs and corrupt local officials.” “Civil society organisations that speak up against the government have been targeted with security, defamation, sedition, hate speech and contempt-of-court charges, and with regulations on foreign funding,” the report said.