Under which law were the eight packets of the pink powdery substance seized?
- A.The Customs Act, 1962
- B.The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
- C.The Indian Post Office Act, 1898
- D.The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. All eight packets recovered from the sides of the shipping carton tested positive for amphetamine, and they were seized under the relevant provisions of that Act, which is the central law dealing with narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and with trafficking in them. Option A names the customs law, which governs the import and export of goods generally; a seizure of contraband drugs made at a Foreign Post Office is taken forward under the narcotics law. Option C names the postal statute, which concerns the carriage of mail and not the control of narcotic substances. Option D names the money laundering law, which deals with the proceeds of crime rather than with the drugs themselves. Note also that the DRI said a further investigation is on to trace the wider network behind the consignment.
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Practice Questions
How much amphetamine did the DRI seize from the postal parcel at the Foreign Post Office, New Delhi?
- A.1.8 kilograms
- B.8.10 kilograms
- C.10.8 kilograms
- D.18 kilograms
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Officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence intercepted a parcel that had reached the Foreign Post Office in New Delhi from a European country and recovered that quantity of amphetamine from eight concealed packets built into the packaging.
Read the full explanation →How was the contraband concealed inside the parcel intercepted by the DRI?
- A.Inside hollowed-out books packed with the garments
- B.In two plastic pouches hidden in each of the four sides of the carton
- C.Stitched into the lining of the clothes in the parcel
- D.In a false bottom under the shipping label
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This detail is the heart of the case. The parcel had been declared as Kleren, that is, clothes, and when the carton was first opened, ordinary household garments were indeed found stuffed inside, exactly as the declaration promised.
Read the full explanation →Under which mission was the Swachh Shehar Jodi mentorship programme launched?
- A.AMRUT 2.0
- B.Smart Cities Mission
- C.Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0
- D.PM Awas Yojana Urban
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The pairing scheme is described as a flagship peer learning programme of that mission and as the first mentorship effort of its kind in urban waste management.
Read the full explanation →How many urban local bodies were assessed in the tenth edition of Swachh Survekshan?
- A.3,000
- B.4,751
- C.5,286
- D.2,340
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The tenth edition of the survey covered that many urban local bodies, judging each on 176 sub indicators arranged in ten sections.
Read the full explanation →Which pair of cities was ranked first under the Swachh Shehar Jodi initiative?
- A.Indore and Depalpur
- B.Ahmedabad and Sanand
- C.Tirupati and Kuppam
- D.Surat and Mandvi
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The correct answer is Ahmedabad and Sanand, both in Gujarat, which took the first rank among the paired cities.
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