UNEXPECTED QUESTIONS and EXPLANATION

A. Forms of precipitation

In meteorology, rainfall types can include the character or phase of the precipitation which is falling to
ground level. There are three distinct ways that rain can occur. These methods include orographic
rainfall, Convective precipitation and stratiform precipitation. Precipitation can also fall in two phases,
either liquid or solid.
Liquid forms of precipitation include rain and drizzle.
Frozen forms of precipitation include snow, ice needles, sleet, hail, and graupel.

B. The Solicitor General of India is subordinate to the Attorney General for India, who is the Indian
government's chief legal advisor, and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of India. The Solicitor
General of India is appointed for the period of 3 years. The Solicitor General of India is the secondary
law officer of the country, assists the Attorney General, and is himself assisted by several Additional
Solicitors General of India. Like the Attorney General for India, the Solicitor General and the
Additional Solicitors General advise the Government and appear on behalf of the Union of India in
terms of the Law Officers (Terms and Conditions) Rules, 1972. However, unlike the post of Attorney
General for India, which is a Constitutional post under Article 76 of the Constitution of India, the posts
of the Solicitor General and the Additional Solicitors General are merely statutory.

Current Solicitor General Of India – Mr. Mohan Parasaran

Current Attorney General of India – Mr. Vahanvati.

C. STRUCTURE OF ACCOUNTS AND FLOW OF FUNDS

Consolidated Funds of India, Contingency Funds of India and Public Account

CONSOLIDATED FUND OF INDIA
Income Tax
Central Excise
Customs
Receipts flowing to the Government in connection with the conduct of Government business i.e. Non-
Tax Revenues are credited into the Consolidated Fund constituted under Article 266 (1) of the
Constitution of India.
All loans raised by the Government by issue of Public notifications
Treasury bills (internal debt)
Loans obtained from foreign governments and international institutions (external debt) are credited into
this fund.
All expenditure of the government is incurred from this fund and no amount can be withdrawn from the
Fund without authorization from the Parliament.

CONTINGENCY FUND OF INDIA

The Contingency Fund of India records the transactions connected with Contingency Fund set by the
Government of India under Article 267 of the Constitution of India. The corpus of this fund is Rs. 50
crores. Advances from the fund are made for the purposes of meeting unforeseen expenditure which are
resumed to the Fund to the full extent as soon as Parliament authorizes additional expenditure. Thus,
this fund acts more or less like an imprest account of Government of India and is held on behalf of
President by the Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic
Affairs.

PUBLIC ACCOUNT
In the Public Account constituted under Article 266 (2) of the Constitution, the transactions relate to
debt other than those included in the Consolidated Fund of India. The transactions under Debt,
Deposits and Advances in this part are those in respect of which Government incurs a liability to repay
the money received or has a claim to recover the amounts paid. The transactions relating to
`Remittance’ and `Suspense’ shall embrace all adjusting heads. The initial debits or credits to these
heads will be cleared eventually by corresponding receipts or payments. The receipts under Public
Account do not constitute normal receipts of Government. Parliamentary authorization for payments
from the Public Account is therefore not required.
D. Lord Ripon who, in his famous resolution on local self-government on May 18, 1882, recognised
the twin considerations of local government: (i) administrative efficiency and (ii) political education.
The Ripon Resolution, which focused on towns, provided for local bodies consisting of a large
majority of elected non-official members and presided over by a non-official chairperson. This
resolution met with resistance from colonial administrators. The progress of local self-government was
tardy with only half-hearted steps taken in setting up municipal bodies. Rural decentralisation remained
a neglected area of administrative reform.

E. The provincial part of the Act, which went into effect automatically, basically followed the
recommendations of the Simon Commission. Provincial dyarchy was abolished; that is, all provincial
portfolios were to be placed in charge of ministers enjoying the support of the provincial legislatures.

F. ASEAN Members -
Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Burma (Myanmar)
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam

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G. List of Heritage sites

1. Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam

2. Manas Wild Life Sanctuary, Assam
3. Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya, Bihar
 4. Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi
5. Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
6. Red Fort Complex
7. Churches and Convents of Goa
8. Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, Gujarat
9. Group of Monuments at Hampi, Karnataka
10. Group of Monuments at Pattadakal, Karnataka
11. Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh
12. Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, Madhya Pradesh
13. Khajuraho Group of Monuments, Madhya Pradesh
14. Ajanta Caves, Ellora Caves and Elephanta, Maharashtra
15. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus), Maharashtra
16. Sun Temple, Konârak, Orissa
17. Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan
18. Jantar Mantar, Jaipur,Rajasthan
19. Great Living Chola Temples, Tamilnadu
20. Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, Tamilnadu
21. Agra Fort, Uttar Pradesh
22. Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh
23. Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh
24. Mountain Railways of India, Tamilnadu
25. Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks, Uttarkhand
26. Sundarbans National Park,West Bengal
27. Western Ghats
28. Hill Forts of Rajasthan - 2013

Hill Forts of Rajasthan, are a series of sites located on rocky outcrops of the Aravallis mountain range
in Rajasthan. They represent a typology of Rajput military hill architecture, a style characterized by its
mountain peak settings, utilizing the defensive properties of the terrain. These hill forts in Rajasthan
represent Rajput military strongholds across a vast range of geographical and cultural zones.It
represents number of hill forts and is said to express the development of Rajput defensive architecture.
examples of Rajput military architecture. Rajput forts are well known for their defensive architecture.
They enclose large territories and even complete villages in walled compounds. The property consists
of Chittorgarh Fort, Kumbhalgarh Fort, Ranthambore Fort, Gagron Fort, Amber Fort, Jaisalmer Fort.
Due to the variety of built structures in each hill fort, only the most significant elements of each
complex are described.

H. The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (also known as Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India

Pipeline, TAP or TAPI) is a proposed natural gas pipeline being developed by the Asian Development
Bank. Expected to be completed around 2017, the pipeline will transport Caspian Sea natural gas from
Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India. The abbreviation comes from the
first letters of those countries. Proponents of the project see it as a modern continuation of the Silk
Road. Estimated cost of the pipeline project is reported at $7.6 billion. GAIL India may become a part
of TAPI project.
I. Fourth Estate" most commonly refers to the news media