Answer: A
Explanation
● The Union Cabinet consists of several high-profile committees, each with specific
functions.
● Statement 1 is correct: The Prime Minister sets up these committees, which include
selected members of the Cabinet, and can modify their numbers and functions as
necessary.
● These Cabinet committees are set up to resolve issues and formulate proposals for the
consideration of the Cabinet and take decisions on matters assigned to them. The Cabinet is
empowered to review such decisions.
Membership
● The membership of each committee varies from three to eight.
● Usually, only Cabinet ministers are members of these committees. However, there are
instances where non-Cabinet ministers can be members or special invitees to committees.
● Article 74 of the Constitution provides that there shall be a Union Council of Ministers
(COM) headed by the Prime Minister to aid and advise the President. The real
executive powers lie with the COM.

● The COM consists of a Cabinet minister, MoS with independent charge, MoS and a
Deputy Minister.
● The Constitution does not classify the members of the COM into different ranks. All
this has been done informally, following British practice.
● Cabinet Ministers are higher in rank and handle large portfolios while Ministers of
State (MoS) assist the Cabinet Ministers and work under them. MoS with independent
charge directly reports to the Prime Minister for their respective ministries.
● If the Prime Minister himself is a member of any such committee, he acts as the head
of that committee.
Cabinet Committees at present
● There are eight Cabinet committees at present
○ Appointments Committee of the Cabinet,
○ Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs,
○ Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs,
○ Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth,
○ Cabinet Committee on Security,
○ Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs,
○ Cabinet Committee on Employment & Skill Development, and
○ Cabinet Committee on Accommodation.
● Statement 2 is incorrect: All committees except the Cabinet Committee on
Accommodation and Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs are headed by the
PM.
Why in News?
● The Union government has constituted eight Cabinet committees.

4. This bird species generally favors flat open landscapes with minimal visual obstruction
and disturbance, therefore they adapt well in grasslands. Its stronghold was once the Thar
desert in the north-west and the Deccan plateau of the peninsula. Today, its population is
confined mostly to Rajasthan and Gujarat. It is listed in Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife
(Protection) Act, 1972.
The above description refers to which of the following species?

Answer: C
Explanation:
● Great Indian Bustards are one of the magnificent species of the Indian Subcontinent but
today only some 200 individuals are left in the world.
● Historically, the great Indian bustard was distributed throughout Western India, spanning
11 states, as well as parts of Pakistan. Its stronghold was once the Thar desert in the north-
west and the Deccan plateau of the peninsula.
● Today, its population is confined mostly to Rajasthan and Gujarat. Small populations
occur in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. 

● Listed in Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, Appendix I of the CMS
(Conservation of Migratory Species) Convention, Appendix I of CITES and as Critically
Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
● It has also been identified as one of the species for the recovery programme under the
Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and
Climate Change.
● Bustards generally favor flat open landscapes with minimal visual obstruction and
disturbance, therefore adapt well in grasslands.

5. The primary function of the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) is to

Answer: C
Explanation
● The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) was constituted in 2018 under the
Companies Act, 2013 to continuously improve the quality of all corporate financial
reporting in India.
● Functions and Duties:
○ Recommend accounting and auditing policies and standards to be adopted by
companies for approval by the Central Government;
○ Monitor and enforce compliance with accounting standards and auditing
standards;
○ Oversee the quality of service of the professions associated with ensuring
compliance with such standards and suggest measures for improvement in the
quality of service;
○ Perform such other functions and duties as may be necessary or incidental to the
aforesaid functions and duties.

● The Authority consists of a chairperson and three full time members appointed by the
Central Government.

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