Ans: B

Exp:

Statement 1 is correct: NMC has been constituted by an Act of Parliament known as National Medical Commission Act, 2019. It has replaced the Medical Council of India (MCI), constituted under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956).

Statement 2 is incorrect: NMC regulates medical education and medical professionals. The Commission grants recognition of medical qualifications, gives accreditation to medical schools, grants registration to medical practitioners, monitors medical practice and assesses the medical infrastructure in India. Four autonomous boards – Under-Graduate Medical Education Board (sets norms for undergraduate (UG) courses), Post-Graduate Medical Education Board (sets norms for post-graduate courses),Medical Assessment and Rating Board (inspects and rates the medical education institutes), and Ethics and Medical Registration Board (regulates professional conduct of the doctors and registers them) have been constituted under it.

Statement 3 is correct: According to the new notification by NMC, there will be a common national medical register for all the registered medical practitioners of the country. The same will be maintained by the Ethics and Medical Registration Board (EMRB) under the NMC. This register will contain all the entries of the registered medical practitioners of all State Registers maintained by the various State Medical Councils.

Ans: A

Exp:

Statement 1 is correct: Competition Commission of India (CCI) is a statutory body of the Government of India established under Competition Act, 2002. It was duly constituted in March 2009.

Statement 2 is incorrect: The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (MRTP Act) was repealed and replaced by the Competition Act, 2002, on the recommendations of the Raghavan Committee.

Ans: A

Exp:

Statement 1 is correct: RTI Amendment Act 2019 amended the provisions regarding  the term, salary and allowances. The term of State Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner shall be prescribed by the Central Government.

Statement 2 is incorrect: They are appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of a committee consisting of the Chief Minister as Chairperson, the Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly and a State Cabinet Minister nominated by the Chief Minister.

Statement 3 is incorrect: Every State Information Commissioner shall, on vacating his office be eligible for appointment as the State Chief Information Commissioner. Further his/her term of office shall not be more than five years in aggregate as the State Information Commissioner and State Chief Information Commissioner.

Ans : A

Exp :

•       Option A is correct: the zonal councils are statutory bodies established under the States Reorganisation Act 1956. The act divided the country into five zones viz., Northern, Central ,Eastern,  Western and Southern and provided a zonal Council for each zone. Each Zonal Council consists of the following members

1.     Union Home Minister 
2.     Chief ministers of all the states in the zone
3.     Two other ministers from each state in the zone
4.     Administrator of each union territory in the zone.

Besides, the following persons can be associated with zonal councils as advisors without the right to vote in the meetings –

1.     Chief secretary of the Government of each state in the zone
2.     Development commissioner of each state in the zone

Ans: C

Exp: 

Statement 1 is incorrect: Since its inception in 1950 and till 15 October 1989, the Election Commission functioned as a single member body. However, on 16 October 1989, the President appointed two more Election Commissioners to cope with the increased work of the Election Commission. However, the two posts of Election Commissioners were abolished in January 1990. The President appointed two more Election Commissioners again in October 1993. Since then and till today, the Election Commission has been functioning as a multi-member body consisting of three Election Commissioners.

Statement 2 is incorrect: Under Article 324, the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners shall be made by the President (not the Prime Minister).

Statement 3 is incorrect: The Chief Election Commissioner and the two other Election Commissioners have equal powers and receive equal salary, allowances and other perquisites, which are similar to those of a judge of the Supreme Court. In case of difference of opinion amongst the Chief Election Commissioner and  two other Election Commissioners, the matter is decided by the Commission by majority.