Daily Quiz – 29.10.2026

Statements:

1. A rural governance initiative that integrates departmental interventions through a common digital platform for preparing participatory village development plans seeks to strengthen decentralised planning and convergence of schemes.
2. A mechanism that enables local bodies to assess and collect their own taxes and user charges primarily strengthens their dependence on grants from higher levels of government.

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

1. Fiscal centralisation through intergovernmental transfers
2. Pradhan Mantri Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana (PM VGSY)

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1. The absence of structured sentencing guidelines may result in different punishments for similarly placed offenders, even when the statutory provisions governing their offences are identical.
2. The introduction of offence-specific sentencing guidelines would necessarily require courts to impose identical punishments in all cases involving the same offence.

III. A sentencing framework that requires judges to justify departures from indicative sentencing ranges can improve accountability while retaining scope for individualised judicial discretion.

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

1. The existence of statutory sentencing limits does not, by itself, ensure consistency in the actual punishments imposed by courts.
2. Greater consistency in sentencing necessarily requires the elimination of judicial discretion in individual cases.
3. Requiring reasoned departures from sentencing guidelines can help reconcile consistency in punishment with judicial independence.

Select the answer using the code given below:

1. It is located in the Western Ghats and lies in a district of Karnataka that shares an interstate boundary with Kerala.
2. The sanctuary protects the upper catchment of a river that flows eastward across the Deccan Plateau before draining into the Bay of Bengal.
3. The sanctuary is geographically connected with protected forest landscapes in Kerala, facilitating wildlife movement across the state boundary.

Which of the statements given above are correct?