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Daily Current Affairs Quiz 7 November 2026
Daily Current Affairs Quiz · Free
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- 20 questions from 7 November’s current affairs, 20 minutes.
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2 questions · write first, then compareGS-215 marks250 words
Q1. The Supreme Court has clarified that Other Backward Classes creamy-layer status cannot rest on salary alone for children of public sector and private employees, and that past concluded appointments will not be reopened. Discuss the creamy-layer doctrine and its implications for reservation administration.
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Introduction: Creamy layer, shaped after Indra Sawhney, excludes better-off Other Backward Classes members from reservation so benefits reach the genuinely backward.
Body: The 1993 Office Memorandum is the parent policy. The Court held that a 2004 clarificatory letter cannot override it, and that salary alone cannot decide creamy-layer status when parents work in public sector undertakings or the private sector — post Group (A or B versus C or D) must also be weighed. The November 2026 order refused further deferral of the March judgment, gave the Centre two more months, and unlocked Civil Services Examination 2025 allocation without reopening closed appointments. The ₹8 lakh income ceiling (since 2017) remains a separate income-wealth test for many non-government cases.
Conclusion: Administrators must issue speaking orders that apply the 1993 Office Memorandum and post-equivalence logic, not mechanical salary cut-offs, while protecting settled appointments.
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Q2. Delhi’s pre-Diwali Air Quality Index touched very poor levels and Graded Response Action Plan Stage-III was imposed across the National Capital Region. Examine the challenges of winter air management and suggest a way forward.
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Introduction: National Capital Region winters combine local emissions, regional farm fire, and weather lids such as temperature inversion.
Body: Stage-III tools — older-vehicle bans, hybrid schooling, work from home, and construction dust bans — cut peaks but struggle when inversion traps smoke and Diwali falls in cooler November. Stubble’s share can be modest on a given day while transport and dust dominate the baseline. Enforcement across many districts is uneven.
Way forward: year-round dust control, faster Bharat Stage-VI turnover and public transport, farm alternatives such as bio-decomposers and machines, and credible forecasts from the Central Pollution Control Board, India Meteorological Department and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology tied to early Stage triggers.
Conclusion: Festival-week curbs help, but durable air quality needs baseline emission cuts before the lid forms.
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