Daily Quiz – 22.10.2026

1. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, prescribes religious conditions for recognition as a Scheduled Caste, whereas identification of socially and educationally backward classes is governed by a different constitutional framework.
2. Recognition of a community as socially and educationally backward does not, by itself, establish that every individual belonging to that community is entitled to reservation benefits under the same classification.

III. Certification of religious conversion by a religious institution is sufficient to establish an individual's eligibility for reservation under a notified backward-class category.

Which of the following inferences can be drawn from the above statements?

1. The legal criteria governing Scheduled Caste recognition and backward-class identification are not identical.
2. Membership in a notified backward community and eligibility for reservation benefits are conceptually distinct questions.
3. A State may dispense with statutory eligibility requirements when a religious institution certifies an individual's conversion.

Select the answer using the code given below:

1. Restrictions on the cross-border movement of specialised industrial machinery can affect infrastructure development in importing countries, even when such machinery is manufactured by foreign-owned companies operating within the exporting country.
2. Export licensing requirements for equipment having both civilian and potential military applications can enable governments to regulate international technology transfers for strategic and national security considerations.

The above statements have been associated with which of the following?

1. Export controls on dual-use technologies
2. Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) under the WTO framework

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1. Kharg Island is a coral island located in the northern Persian Gulf, northwest of the port of Bushehr.
2. The island lacks natural freshwater resources, making it historically unsuitable for permanent human settlement.
3. Its proximity to deep waters facilitates the docking of very large crude carriers (VLCCs) for large-scale oil exports.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?