Sample GK Questions for CLAT 2023

A. The Government on Friday announced new guidelines to curb misleading advertisements and endorsers by banning surrogate ads while imposing strict norms for those advertisements that seek to lure consumers by offering discounts and free claims. The new guidelines on “Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements for Misleading Advertisements, 2022” also seek to regulate advertisements targeting children.

The guidelines, notified by the Consumer Affairs Ministry and that have come into force with immediate effect, also specify due diligence to be carried out while endorsing in advertisements. Announcing the guidelines, the consumer affairs secretary [ 1 ] said: “Advertisements have great interest for consumers. Under the CCPA Act, there are provisions to handle misleading advertisements affecting consumers rights. “But to make it more explicit, clear and aware to the industry, the government has come out with guidelines for fair advertising with effect from today,” he said.

(Indian Express)

a. Sanjiv Kumar
b. Rohit Kumar Singh
c. Subhash Chandra Meena
d. Roshan Burman

2. What is the full form of CCPA?

a. Central Consumer Protection Authority
b. Corporate Consumer Protection Act
c. Central Corporation Prevention(Money-laundering) Act
d. Corporate Client Protection Act

a. Executive Body
b. Statutory Body
c. Regulatory Body
d. Quasi-judicial Body

a. Ministry of Corporate Affairs
b. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
c. Ministry of Finance
d. Ministry of Cooperation

B. Veteran politician [ 1 ] was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new President on July 21 to take charge of a nation bitterly angry. He will remain in power amid an unprecedented economic crisis. Sri Lankans have taken to the streets for months to demand their top leaders step down to take responsibility for economic chaos that has left the nation’s 22 million people struggling with shortages of essentials, including medicine, fuel and food. He is is viewed by many as a shrewd political operator who’s managed to cling on in parliament despite his party being wiped out in the 2020 election. It failed to win a single constituency, and its only seat – for which he nominated himself – was awarded under the party list system reflecting overall votes polled.

a. Mahinda Rajapaksa
b. DM Jayaratne
c. Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
d. Dinesh Gunawardena

a. Ranil Wickremesinghe
b. Gotabaya Rajapaksa
c. Ranasinghe Premadasa
d. William Gopallawa

a. 5
b. 4
c. 6
d. 7

a. Colombo
b. Kandy
c. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
d. Maharagama