Daily Quiz – 24.10.2026

1. Installing photovoltaic panels on elevated structures over agricultural land can enable simultaneous crop cultivation and electricity generation, thereby reducing competition between renewable energy projects and agriculture for land.
2. The suitability of agrivoltaics across different crops depends partly on agricultural requirements, implying that its large-scale adoption must account for crop-specific conditions and farmers’ livelihoods.

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

1. Agrivoltaics
2. Floating solar photovoltaic systems

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1. The Restatement of Values of Judicial Life, adopted by the Supreme Court in 1997, discourages judges from expressing views on matters pending, or likely to arise, for judicial determination.
2. The freedom of judges to write, lecture and teach on legal issues is recognised under international standards of judicial conduct, subject to the need to preserve impartiality in judicial proceedings.

III. A judge’s public expression of a constitutional opinion on a matter related to pending litigation necessarily establishes bias and requires recusal from the case.

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

1. Judicial restraint seeks to regulate the manner of judicial public engagement without requiring complete silence on legal and constitutional issues.
2. Any public discussion by a judge of a constitutional issue connected with pending litigation is sufficient, by itself, to establish grounds for recusal.
3. The ethical limits on judicial speech are concerned, among other things, with the possibility of prejudgment and the preservation of public confidence in impartiality.

Select the answer using the code given below:

1. The Maldives lies to the southwest of India and is situated in the Indian Ocean.
2. The Equator passes through the northern part of the Maldives.
3. The Lakshadweep Islands lie to the north of the Maldives.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?