🧠 DAILY MINI QUIZ | 31st July 2026
📚 Topic: Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026
🎯 Relevant For: UPSC CSE | WBCS | Judiciary | State PSCs
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Consider the following pairs of ethical philosophies/thinkers and their core principles:
1. John Rawls : Justice for the weakest and fairness
2. Immanuel Kant : Duty and Intention (Deontology)
3. Thomas Hobbes : Social Contract and Sovereign Authority

Consider the following statements regarding the governance of public examinations in
India:
1. Under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, Education is listed as a State subject,
prohibiting the Union from legislating on examination bodies.
2. The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 introduces
mandatory time-bound investigations into paper leaks.
3. Special fast-track courts designated for trying examination fraud cases follow the procedures
under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.

Consider the following clues regarding a prominent Indian scientific institution:
1. It was founded in 1876, representing a major departure from the colonial model of scientific
education.
2. It was established by Dr. Mahendralal Sircar to foster scientific self-reliance among Indians.
3. The institution played a pivotal role in the Bengal Renaissance and facilitated the research
that led to India's first Nobel Prize in Physics

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason
(R):
Assertion (A): India's transition to electric vehicles (EVs) creates new strategic vulnerabilities
regarding national energy security.
Reason (R): EV motors heavily rely on rare-earth permanent magnets, whose global supply
chains are concentrated in geopolitically sensitive regions.

With reference to the withdrawal of prosecution under Indian criminal procedure,
consider the following statements:
1. An executive assurance given by the government is sufficient to automatically override
statutory FIR closure processes.
2. The withdrawal from prosecution by a public prosecutor requires the explicit consent of the
court.
3. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 governs the rules regarding the withdrawal from
prosecution.

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📚 The Hindu Editorial Analysis | 1st August 2026 📰

📝 Topic: A Healthy Tax – Tackling India's Rising Burden of Overnutrition 🥗🍎

Are Health Taxes on junk food the right solution to combat obesity and lifestyle diseases in India? 🤔

In today's editorial analysis, understand:
✅ Health Tax on High Fat, Sugar & Salt (HFSS) Foods
✅ Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labelling
✅ Obesity & Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
✅ Child Nutrition & Healthy Food Policies
✅ Public Health Governance & Behavioural Change

🎯 UPSC Mains Practice
"Health taxes on junk food are an effective policy tool to combat obesity and non-communicable diseases." Discuss. (150 Words)

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