Answer: B
Explanation:
● Lok Adalat (people’s courts) is a body established by the government to settle disputes
through conciliation and compromise.
● Lok Adalat is an alternative method of dispute resolution. It is a forum where disputes
or cases pending in the court of law or at the pre-litigation stage are settled amicably.
Hence statement 1 is correct.
● Lok Adalats have been given statutory status under the Legal Services Authorities Act,
1987. Hence statement 2 is incorrect.

● Under the Act, the award made by the Lok Adalats is deemed to be a decree of a civil
court and is final and binding on all parties and no appeal lies against such an award
before any court of law. Hence statement 3 is correct.
● If the parties are not satisfied with the award of the Lok Adalat, though there is no
provision for an appeal against such an award, they are free to initiate litigation by
approaching the court of appropriate jurisdiction by filing a case by following the required
procedure, in exercise of their right to litigate.

5. Consider the following statements.
1. The Union Government passed Model Prisons Act 2023 to act as a framework for prison
management.
2. Prison is a State subject under the Indian constitution.

Answer: C
Explanation:
● Model Prisons Act 2023: Prison is a State subject and so the Union Government has come
up with this model to act as a framework for prison management. Hence, statements 1 and
2 are correct.
● The salient features of this act are,
○ Provision for security assessment and segregation of prisoners, individual sentence
planning,
○ Grievance redressal, prison development board, attitudinal change towards
prisoners.
○ Provision of separate accommodation for women prisoners, transgender, etc.
○ Provision for use of technology in prison administration with a view to bring
transparency in prison administration.
○ Provision for video conferencing with courts, scientific and technological
interventions in prisons, etc.
○ Provision of punishment for prisoners and jail staff for use of prohibited items like
mobile phones etc. in jails.
○ Provision regarding establishment and management of high security jail, open jail
(open and semi open), etc.
○ Provision for protecting the society from the criminal activities of hardened criminals and habitual offenders, etc.
○ Provision for legal aid to prisoners, provision of parole, furlough and premature
release etc. to incentivise good conduct.
○ Focus on vocational training and skill development of prisoners and their reintegration into the society.

1. E-Kuber is related to

Answer: D
Explanation:
● The e-Kuber is the Core Banking Solution (CBS) of the RBI which enables each bank to
connect their single current account across the country.
○ CBS is a facility or arrangement that helps banks to offer a large number of customer-
centric services on a 24×7 basis from a single location.

● Banks have current accounts with the RBI for facilitating their day to day functions. Banks
can get decentralised access to this account from anywhere-anytime using the e-kuber
facility.
● E-kuber is used by the RBI to execute various transactions with banks.
● Utility of e-kuber is that it is used to conduct exercises like auctioning of government
securities.
● The e-kuber system was implemented in 2012, and it is considered as one of the successful
central banks administered Core Banking Systems in the world.

2. With reference to the E-Way Bill system in GST, consider the following statements.
1. It is a mechanism to track the movement of goods by motorized and non motorized
conveyance.
2. All e-way bills have a validity of three days.
3. The objective is to check tax evasion.
4. An e-way bill is mandatory when the value of a consignment exceeds Rs. 50,000.

Answer: B
Explanation:
● Electronic Way Bill (E-Way Bill) is basically a compliance mechanism wherein by way of a
digital interface the person causing the movement of goods uploads the relevant
information prior to the commencement of movement of goods and generates e-way bill on
the GST portal.
● Statement 3 is correct: E-way bill is a mechanism to ensure that goods being transported
comply with the GST Law and is an effective tool to track the movement of goods and check
tax evasion.
● Statement 4 is correct: An e-way bill has to be prepared for every consignment where the
value of the consignment exceeds Rs.50,000/-.
● Exceptions to e-way bill requirement
○ goods being transported by a non-motorised conveyance; Hence, statement 1 is
incorrect.

○ goods being transported from the port, airport, air cargo complex and land customs
station to an inland container depot or a container freight station for clearance by
Customs;

● Contraceptives, judicial and non-judicial stamp paper, newspapers, khadi, raw silk, Indian
flag, human hair, kajal, earthen pots, cheques, municipal waste, puja samagri, LPG, kerosene,
etc. are also outside the ambit of the e-way bill.
Validity:
● Statement 2 is incorrect: Validity of the e-way bill depends upon the distance the
goods have to be transported. In case of regular vehicle or transportation modes, for every
100 KMs or part of its movement, one day validity has been provided. And in case of Over
Dimensional Cargo vehicles, for every 20 KMs or part of its movement, one day validity is
provided. And this validity expires on the midnight of last day.

3. Which of the following countries do not share a border with Vietnam?

Answer: A
Explanation:

● Vietnam is located on the eastern Indo-chinese peninsula. It borders China, Laos and
Cambodia and shares maritime borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and
Thailand.

4. Consider the following statements about Raisina Dialogue.
1. It is India’s flagship conference on ethical use of Artificial Intelligence.
2. It is held once every two years.
3. The conference is hosted by NITI Aayog.

Answer: D
Explanation:
● Statements 1 & 2 are incorrect: The Raisina Dialogue is India’s flagship conference on
geopolitics and geoeconomics, held annually since 2016.
● Statement 3 is incorrect: The conference is hosted by the Observer Research
Foundation (ORF) in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs.
○ ORF is an independent global think tank based in Delhi.
● It is a multilateral conference committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing
the global community. 
● Every year, global leaders in policy, business, media and civil society are hosted in New
Delhi to discuss cooperation on a wide range of pertinent international policy matters.
● The Dialogue is structured as a multi-stakeholder, cross-sectoral discussion, involving
heads of state, cabinet ministers and local government officials, as well as major private
sector executives, members of the media and academics.
● The Raisina Dialogue has grown in stature and profile to emerge as a leading global
conference on international affairs. It attracts leading minds from the global strategic and
policy-making community to discuss broader foreign policy and strategic issues facing the
world.

5. The geographical areas ‘Golden Crescent and Golden Triangle’, sometimes seen in the
news, are related to?

Answer: C
Explanation:
● The Golden Crescent is the name given to one of Asia's two principal areas of illicit opium
production (with the other being the Golden Triangle). This space overlaps three nations,
Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan, whose mountainous peripheries define the crescent.
Afghanistan now produces over 90% of the world's non-pharmaceutical-grade opium.
● The Golden Triangle is the area where the borders of Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar meet
at the confluence of the Ruak and Mekong rivers. The name "Golden Triangle" is commonly
used more broadly to refer to an area of approximately 950,000 square kilometres that
overlaps the mountains of the three adjacent countries.