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| Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. NEW DELHI: A new app developed by the external affairs ministry and rolled out in New Delhi is expected to cut the time for police verification of passport applicants to five days and reduce the scope for misuse of the process, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. The “mPassport Police App, developed by the consular, passport and visa division of the external affairs ministry for law enforcement agencies, is being rolled out along with 350 tablets to personnel of the Special Branch of Delhi Police. These personnel are responsible for carrying out verification of antecedents of passport applicants. Police verification continues to be one of the most time-consuming processes in applying for a passport and the new app is expected to cut the time taken for this – 15 days – by two-thirds, the people cited above said. This process is also linked to a number of complaints about its misuse and the app will help tackle this issue by ensuring greater transparency, the people said. Abhishek Dubey, the regional passport officer (RPO) for Delhi, said in a statement: “Police verification is an integral part of passport issuance system. Various steps have been taken to streamline and expedite the process. To further expedite the process, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) introduced ‘mPassport Police App’.” The people said GPS and geo-tagging while using the tablets will establish whether police officials actually visited the applicant’s home for verification. Besides making the verification process more accurate and speedier, the tablets will allow the secure submission of documents in a digital format. | ||
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| Q.196 | The given passage is | |
| Ans | 1. a research paper | |
| 2. a newspaper report | ||
| 3. a personal anecdote | ||
| 4. a survey report | ||
Correct Ans Provided: 2
