Choose the correct option related to the regional political parties of India:
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
List-I (Regional Parties) | List-II (Regions) | ||
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(A) | Rashtriya Janta Dal | (i) | Uttar Pradesh |
(B) | Janta Dal (Secular) | (ii) | Bihar |
(C) | Rashtriya Lok Dal | (iii) | Assam |
(D) | Biju Janta Dal | (iv) | Odisha |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
In the following question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason (R).
Choose the appropriate option as correct answer:
Assertion (A): The government suspended the freedom of press and implemented press censorship during emergency in 1975.
Reason (R): Newspapers protested against censorship by showing the cartoons only.
Read the following text carefully:
Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister said that the Central Government has taken many proactive steps in the past few years to control retail prices of food items. He said that the government aims to keep inflation under control without compromising the country’s economic growth. Retail inflation inched up to a three-month high of 5.55% in November 2023 driven by higher food prices. Inflation has been declining since August 2023, when it touched 6.83%. 140 new price monitoring centres had been set up by the Central Government to keep a close watch on wholesale and retail prices of essential commodities. The Government has banned the export of many food items like wheat, broken rice, non-basmati white rice, onions etc. It has also reduced import duties on edible oils and pulses to boost domestic supply and control price rise. On the basis of the given text and common understanding,
answer the following questions: