'One Nation, One Time', referred to at the CIML meeting, is the name of which Indian project?
- A.A single time zone for the whole country
- B.The National Time Dissemination Project
- C.A single financial year for all states
- D.A common clock for railway timetables
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Explanation
The correct answer is the National Time Dissemination Project. Smt. Nidhi Khare, Secretary in the Department of Consumer Affairs, described 'One Nation, One Time' as this project, whose aim is to make accurate, reliable and traceable Indian Standard Time available throughout the country. Tighter time synchronisation is expected to help banking, telecommunications, 5G networks, navigation, digital infrastructure and power systems, all of which depend on a common and exact reference time. Option A confuses the project with the separate debate on time zones, option C with proposals about the financial year, and option D with railway scheduling; the project is about disseminating standard time itself. The Secretary also named the e-Maap national portal and the Government Approved Test Centres among India's legal metrology measures.
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Practice Questions
Which edition of the Meeting of the International Committee of Legal Metrology (CIML) is India hosting in New Delhi in October 2026?
- A.59th
- B.60th
- C.61st
- D.62nd
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India is hosting the 61st Meeting of the International Committee of Legal Metrology at New Delhi, and the sittings run from 26 to 28 October 2026.
Read the full explanation →The International Committee of Legal Metrology (CIML) is the governing committee of which international organisation?
- A.International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML)
- B.International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- C.World Trade Organization (WTO)
- D.International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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CIML is the committee of the OIML, and the meeting in New Delhi brings together delegates, officials and technical experts from member countries to take forward cooperation on measurement standards, protection of consumers and fair trade.
Read the full explanation →What was the theme of the international seminar held at the opening of the CIML meeting in New Delhi?
- A.Measures for a Viksit Bharat
- B.Evolutions in Legal Metrology
- C.Standards for Fair Trade
- D.Metrology in the Digital Age
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The programme in New Delhi began with an international seminar on that theme, and the first session of the committee followed it.
Read the full explanation →Which office does Shri Om Birla, who wrote on the role of the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum, hold?
- A.Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- B.Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
- C.Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
- D.Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha
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Shri Om Birla is the Lok Sabha Speaker, and it was in that capacity that he wrote on the Forum's role in strengthening parliamentary dialogue and cooperation among BRICS member and partner countries, with the agenda of institutional resilience, AI governance, South-South cooperation and sustainability guided by the four pillars…
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT among the subjects the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum will discuss?
- A.Institutional resilience
- B.AI governance
- C.A common monetary union
- D.South-South cooperation
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The subjects before the Forum are institutional resilience, AI governance, South-South cooperation and sustainability, and all four are guided by the four pillars of India's BRICS Chairship.
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