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Daily Current Affairs Prelims Quiz 23-06-2026

1) Which one of the following act as the nodal ministry of National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)?

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : a

Explanation

  • Option a is correct - NIXI (National Internet Exchange of India) is a not-for-profit organization that was established in 2003 under the aegis of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
  • It primarily serves to facilitate the exchange of domestic internet traffic, manage the .in domain registry, and operate the National Internet Registry.

2) The GRAPES-3 Muon Telescope is located in which one of the following states?

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : a

Explanation

  • Option a is correct – The GRAPES-3 Muon Telescope is located in Tamil Nadu.
  • It is a ground-based cosmic-ray observatory situated at the Cosmic Ray Laboratory in Ootacamund (Ooty), at an elevation of about 2200 meters above sea level.
  • It is operated by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR).

3) Consider the following statements

  1. The right to walk on footpath a fundamental right.
  2. It takes constitutional basis under the article 19 only.

Select the correct statements using the codes below:

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : a

Explanation

  • Statement 1 is correct – Supreme Court unequivocally declared that citizens have an enforceable fundamental right to safe, accessible, and demarcated footpaths.
  • Statement 2 is incorrect – The right to walk is derived from and protected under both Article 19 (1) (d) and Article 21 of the Constitution.

4) The India emerges as the world’s second-largest fish producer which one is the first?

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : a

Explanation

  • Option a is correct.
  • According to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), China is the absolute global leader in fisheries and aquaculture, accounting for roughly one-third of total world fish production.

Q5. A Municipal Corporation decides to remove all footpaths in a commercial district to widen roads for high-speed vehicular traffic, citing 'economic efficiency'. Based on the Supreme Court's stance on pedestrian rights,

Which constitutional principle is most directly violated?

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : c

Option C Direct Nexus to Life - The Supreme Court has explicitly tied the right to walk safely on demarcated, well-maintained footpaths to Article 21 (Right to Life and Personal Liberty).

Physical Safety - Stripping a commercial district of footpaths forces pedestrians onto active, high-speed roadways. This directly compromises their physical safety and right to live without undue risk to life and limb. Economic efficiency cannot override a fundamental human necessity.

Option A (Doctrine of Colorable Legislation): This doctrine states that "what cannot be done directly, cannot be done indirectly" (an abuse of legislative competence). A municipal body changing a road layout is an administrative/executive action, not a piece of legislation trying to covertly bypass constitutional power limits.

Option B (Article 23): Article 23 deals with the prohibition of traffic in human beings and begar (forced labor). Widening a road does not constitute human trafficking or forced, unpaid labor.

Option D (Article 300A): While a public path is public property, individual pedestrians do not hold private ownership or a constitutional

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