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Under Section 16 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, the Central Government may prescribe security procedures and practices for the purposes of which pair of sections?

The correct pair is sections 14 and 15. Section 16 empowers the Central Government to prescribe security procedures and practices for the purposes of those two sections. The other pairs relate to different provisions such as data protection compensation, monitoring and CERT-In.

  1. ASections 14 and 15Correct
  2. BSections 43 and 43A
  3. CSections 69B and 70B
  4. DSections 30 and 70B

Explanation

Section 16 says the Central Government may, for the purposes of sections 14 and 15, prescribe the security procedures and practices. The other pairs are different provisions: 43A deals with compensation for failure to protect data, 69B with traffic data monitoring, 70B with CERT-In, and 30 with Certifying Authority procedures.

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