Sample GK Questions for CLAT 2023

Amid China’s aggressive push to increase its Pacific sphere of influence, the US and its allies – Australia, New Zealand, Japan and [1] – have launched a new initiative called ‘[2]’ for “effective and efficient cooperation” with the region’s small island nations. The geostrategic competition in the region has intensified of late after China made the projected scope of its growing footprint clear by pushing for a sweeping, common cooperation agreement with 10 Pacific nations.

It is a five-nation “informal mechanism” to support Pacific islands and to boost diplomatic, economic ties in the region. Announced on June 24, it speaks of enhancing “prosperity, resilience, and security” in the Pacific through closer cooperation. It simply means that through the PBP, these counties — together and individually — will direct more resources here to counter China’s aggressive outreach.

a) Canada

b) UK

c) India

d) Russia

a) Partners in the White Pacific

b) Partners in the Red Pacific

c) Partners in the Blue Pacific

d) Partners in the Green Pacific

a) 1970

b) 1971

c) 1980

d) 1981

a) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

b) Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral, Technical and Economic Cooperation

c) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

d) Indo-pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity

We should be grateful that the Supreme Court of India has in [ 1 ], which challenged the constitutionality of certain provisions of the PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act), laid bare the true character of the Indian state. Justices A M Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and C T Ravikumar have once again demonstrated that the only stare decisis that now matters in the Supreme Court is that it will be even more executive minded than the executive.

Rather than being the guardian of rights, the Supreme Court is now a significant threat to it. This is a depressing predictability that the Court brings to Indian jurisprudence. Money laundering has become a matter of international concern and India has undertaken several international commitments in this regard. The Court has ruled that various provisions of this Act that had been challenged are indeed constitutional. To see what is at stake in this case, it is important not just to pay attention to the details of the Act but to look at the big picture of the law it conveys.

a) 2002

b) 2003

c) 2001

d) 2004

a) Border Security Force

b) National Investigation Agency

c) Enforcement Directorate

d) Central Reserve Police Force

a) Iran

b) Pakistan

c) Iraq

d) Syria

a) Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act

b) Unlawful Activities Prevention Act

c) Disaster Management Act

d) Foreign Exchange Management Act

5. Power to summon the house of the Parliament is vested with:

a. President
b. Vice president
c. Speaker
d. Chief Justice