UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — INDIAN NAVY SET TO COMMISSION INDIGENOUS MULTI PURPOSE WARSHIP SAMARTHAK

Q1. With reference to the audit of Union defence expenditure by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The CAG can examine whether defence spending achieved its objectives economically, efficiently and effectively, and not merely whether it followed the rules.
  2. The CAG's reports on Union accounts are submitted to the President, who causes them to be laid before each House of Parliament.
  3. Findings of a CAG performance audit of warship construction can be examined in detail by Parliament's Public Accounts Committee.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 3
  • D. 1 only

Q2. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. Shifting a warship order from a Defence PSU yard to a private yard would not, by itself, remove the main causes of delay that the CAG identified in Indian warship construction.
  2. The CAG attributed those delays mainly to changes in weapon and sensor fit during construction, late supply of equipment and delayed design freeze.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q3. With reference to the Standing Committee on Defence, a Departmentally Related Standing Committee (DRSC) of Parliament, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Like the Public Accounts Committee, its members are elected by the Houses by proportional representation.
  2. It considers the Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Defence and reports on them.
  3. It submits its reports to the Ministry of Defence rather than to Parliament.
  4. Parliament has constituted one such committee for each Union Ministry.
  • A. 2 only
  • B. 2, 3 and 4 only
  • C. 1 and 2 only
  • D. 2 and 3 only

Q4. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. A member of the Standing Committee on Defence who is later appointed a Union Minister may continue as a member of that committee.
  2. Departmentally Related Standing Committees draw their members from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct