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upsc-p1-current-affairs-science-tech-news MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Match List I with List II: List I (Case) A. Shreya Singhal v. Union of India B. K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India C. K.S. Puttaswamy Aadhaar judgment D. Novartis AG v. Union of India List II (Principal proposition) 1. Aadhaar framework upheld with limits and proportionality 2. Section 3(d) requires enhanced efficacy for certain new forms 3. Vague criminal restriction on online speech was struck down 4. Privacy was recognised as a fundamental right Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Shreya Singhal struck down the vague criminal restriction on online speech; the 2017 Puttaswamy judgment recognised privacy as a fundamental right; the 2018 Aadhaar judgment upheld the framework with limits and proportionality; and Novartis applied Section 3(d)'s enhanced-efficacy requirement. The resulting code A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2 appears in option C.
Q2With reference to the constitutional and legislative setting of science and technology governance in India, consider the following statements: 1. Article 51A(h) makes the development of scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform a fundamental duty. 2. Entry 31 of List I covers wireless and broadcasting. 3. Article 14 is relevant when a digital classification or exclusion is alleged to be arbitrary. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
All three statements are correct. Article 51A(h) establishes the stated fundamental duty, Entry 31 places wireless and broadcasting in the Union List, and Article 14 supplies the equality test for arbitrary digital classification or exclusion. The other options each omit at least one valid constitutional or legislative link.
Q3With reference to spectrum assignment under the Telecommunications Act, 2023, consider the following statements: 1. Section 4 generally provides for spectrum assignment through auction, while specified First Schedule categories may be assigned through an administrative process. 2. The inclusion of certain satellite-based services in the First Schedule means that all commercial telecommunications spectrum must be assigned without auction. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is incorrect. Auction is the general route, with administrative assignment available for specified First Schedule categories. That exception for notified categories cannot be expanded into a rule that every commercial telecommunications spectrum assignment is non-auction.
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