BPSC Test 09

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Solution: The Sagarmala programme is the flagship programme of the Ministry of Shipping to promote port-led development in the country through harnessing India’s 7,500 km long coastline, 14,500 km of potentially navigable waterways and strategic location on key international maritime trade routes.

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Solution: Service sector attracts the highest FDI equity flow in India.

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Solution: Life expectancy, educational attainment  and per capita income are the indicators of Human Development Index.

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Solution: Disinvestment of Public Sector Equity is not a part of golobalization.

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Solution: There are 189 member countries that are shareholders in the IBRD, the primary arm of the WBG. To become a member, however, a country must first join the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Ans: (b)

Solution: World Economic Forum publishes the ‘Global Competitiveness  Index’ report.

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Solution: The Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMS) recognizes that certain investment measures can restrict and distort trade.

It states that WTO members may not apply any measure that discriminates against foreign products or that leads to quantitative restrictions, both of which violate basic WTO principles.

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Solution: Genes are segments of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that contain the code for a specific protein that functions in one or more types of cells in the body.

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Solution: Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder. It is caused when the body doesn’t make enough hemoglobin.

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Solution: The term ‘Nanotechnology’ was given by Norio Taniguchi in 1974.

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Solution: Water Vapour, Carbon dioxide, Methane, Nitrous oxide, are most important for greenhouse effect.

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Solution: Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd) is used in all of the above applications.

Ans: (a)

Solution: Starch and cellulose are the polymers made of the same glucose.

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Solution: Sound waves is a mechanical wave.

A sound wave moves through air by displacing air particles in a chain reaction. Sound energy, or energy associated with the vibrations created by a vibrating source, requires a medium to travel, which makes sound energy a mechanical wave.

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Solution: As the temperature increases, the viscosity of liquid decreases.

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Solution: One nanometer is equal to (10) ^ −9 m.

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Solution: The time period of revolution of geo-stationary satellite is 24 hours.

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Solution: Teflon is the common name of Polytetra fluoro ethylene.

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Solution: Brass and bronze are the copper alloys.

• Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.
• Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper and tin.

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Solution: Electric  conduction  in  a semiconductor takes place due to presence of electrons and holes.

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Solution: ‘Red Data Book’ in published by IUCN.

Red data book is the document for documenting the rare and endangered species of plants, animals etc. that exist within a state or country.

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Solution: To maintain the genetic diversity in national park in-situ conservation is used.

In situ conservation means the conservation of ecosystems  in their natural habitat.

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Solution: Jim Corbett National Park is the first National Park of India. It was established in 1936.

Jim Corbett National Park is a forested wildlife sanctuary in northern India’s Uttarakhand State.

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Solution: Wheat and Mustard are the examples of parallel cropping. It is a cropping pattern in which multiple crops are grown simultaneously.

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Solution: UNIX is an operating system.

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Solution: Cache memory is an extremely fast, small memory.

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Solution: Simplex communication is one way  communication used in TV transmission.

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Solution: TCP/IP is a protocols which guides the connection of computers to the internet.

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Solution: Cloud computing is a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the internet.

The hardware sharing services are not tendered by the cloud computers.

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Solution: The Cassini mission involved a collaboration among NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency to send a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites.

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Solution: Collegium system was adopted by the Supreme Court in 1993. The Collegium of the Supreme court consist of five members which includes Chief justice of India and four other judges.

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Solution: The world longest bullet train network is in China.

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Solution: Chandragupta Maurya was called ‘Sandrocottos’ by Greek writer, Justin .

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Solution: Taxila was not the centre of learning during the early medieval period.

It was in existenxce in the pre-medieval period and was a hub of Buddhism.

It was flourished in the time period between 600 BC and 500 AD, in the kingdom of Gandhar (Pakistan).

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Solution: Gautam was the founder of Nyaya philosophy. It was based on the systematic development of the theory of logic, methodology, and its treatises on epistemology.

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Solution: Shaikh Niazam-ud-din Auliya is known as Mahboob-i-Ilahi.

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Solution: Tabaqat-i-Akbari was written by Nizam-ud-din Ahmad.

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Solution: Guru Govind Singh was the founder of Khalsa.

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Solution: Count Lally, a French Commander was defeated in the battle of Wandiwash in 1760.

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Solution: Charter Act of 1813 abolished the monopoly of the East India company over trade in India.

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Solution: Sir Arthur Cotton is the pioneer of irrigation works in South India.

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Solution: The Indian constitution is the largest in the world. At its enactment, it had 395 articles in 22 parts and 8 schedules.

Later 3 parts were added to it as amendments making the tally 25.

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Solution: Article 326 of the Constitution provides that the elections to the House of the People and to the Legislative Assembly of every State shall be on the basis of adult suffrage.

All Fundamental Rights are Constitutional Rights, As the right to vote is mentioned in Article 326, it is not a fundamental right. All Constitutional rights are Legal rights. Hence, the Right to vote is a Constitutional right as well as a Legal right.

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Solution: The Hambantota International Port in Sri Lanka. It is Sri Lanka’s second-largest port, after the Port of Colombo.

Answer: A

Solution: According to the Population Foundation of India, the median age of India’s population is between 28 to 29 years, and over 62 per cent of the population is between 15 and 59 years of age. Demographic dividend is the potential economic growth from such a population structure.

Answer: 2

Solution: Zail Singh, the President of India from 1982 till 1987, exercised a pocket veto to prevent the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bill from becoming law.

Answer: 1

Solution: Chandragupta I was King of the Gupta Dynasty, who ruled Northern India. His title Maharajadhiraja (“king of great kings”) means that he was the dynasty’s first ruler.

Answer: 1

Solution: Sixth Schedule allows constitution of Autonomous District Councils in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura & Mizoram to safeguard the rights of tribal population.

Answer: 2

Solution: Nil Darpan (Bengali play) was written by Dinabandhu Mitra in 1858–1859 and published in Dhaka in 1860.

Answer: 1

Solution: Nicolo Conti was an Italian traveller. He was a merchant, explorer and writer. He visited Vijaynagar empire during the reign of Devaraya I, the ruler of Tuluva dynasty. He travelled to India and Southeast Asia.

Answer: 1

Solution: Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was exiled to Calcutta in 1856, when his kingdom was annexed by the British. He spent the rest of his life there with a good allowance. Wajid Ali Shah ruled from 1847-1856 and the was the last Nawab of Awadh.

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Solution: The least populous district of Bihar is Sheikhpura.

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Solution: Gopalganj has registered the highest sex ratio with 1015 females against 1000 males in 2011, this is highest in Bihar. On the other hand, Bhagalpur and Munger districts have recorded the lowest sex ratio at 879 females per 1000 males.

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Solution: The Inter-state council is not a permanent constitutional body for coordination between the states and Central government. Rather, President can establish it at any time if it appears to him that the public interests would be served by the establishment of such a council.

The governor of the State is not a part of it.

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Solution: Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy. During photosynthesis in green plants, light energy is captured and used to convert water, carbon dioxide, and minerals into oxygen and energy-rich organic compounds.

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Solution: A geostationary satellite is an earth-orbiting satellite, placed at an altitude of approximately 35,800 kilometers directly over the equator, that revolves in the same direction the earth rotates (west to east).

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Solution: The Indian state of Assam is home to the largest population of greater-one horned rhinos, with more than 90% in Kaziranga National Park.

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Solution: Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first held on April 22, 1970.

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Solution: A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms and ending at an apex predator species, detritivores, or decomposer species.

A food chain also shows how organisms are related to each other by the food they eat. Each level of a food chain represents a different trophic level.

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Solution: A gene is a discrete linear sequence of DNA which corresponds to a heritable trait. In more general terms, one can think of genes as the smallest unit of heredity.

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Solution:

Bangladesh — 4096.7 km

China —       3488 km

Pakistan —-   3323 km

Nepal —-   1751 km

Mayanmar — 1643 km

Bhutan —- 699 km

Afganishtan —- 106 km

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Solution: Anamudi is a mountain located in the Ernakulam and Idukki districts of the Indian state of Kerala.It is the highest peak in the Western Ghats and in South India also. It lies in kerala.

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Solution: The valley is bounded on the southwest by the Pir Panjal Range and on the northeast by the main Himalayas range. It is approximately 135 km (84 mi) long and 32 km (20 mi) wide, and drained by the Jhelum River.

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Solution: Barren Island, one of the most easterly of the Andaman Islands, is the only confirmed active volcano in India.

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Solution: Blue revolution refers to the intense growth of the aquaculture industry (fish and marine products).

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Solution: Rana Pratap Sagar. Oldest dam over Chambal River in Madhya Pradesh.

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Solution: It connects the four major metro cities of India, viz., Delhi (north), Kolkata (East), Mumbai (west), and Chennai (south).

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Solution: The potato is a starchy tuber of the plant Solanum tuberosum.

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Solution: Nobel gas is gases of group 18 of the periodic table .The elements helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon are the members of this group.

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Solution: Liver, the largest gland in the body, a spongy mass of wedge-shaped lobes,

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Solution: All mammals have lungs that are the main organs for breathing. During inhalation, the lungs expand with air, and oxygen diffuses across the lung’s surface and enters the bloodstream. During exhalation, the lungs expel air and lung volume decreases.

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Solution: Acetic acid (CH₃COOH), also called ethanoic acid, the most important of the carboxylic acids is a dilute (approximately 5 percent by volume) solution of acetic acid produced by fermentation and oxidation of natural carbohydrates is called vinegar; a salt, ester, or acylal of acetic acid is called acetate.

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Solution: Myopia is an eye disorder also known as Nearsightedness.

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Solution: Alexander Cunningham was a British Army engineer who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India. He is regarded as the father of Indian archaeology.

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Solution: Akbar II gave the title of Raja to Raja Rammohan Roy. He was known for his efforts to abolish the practices of sati and child marriage.

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Solution: Government of India Act 1909 is associated with the Separate electorate to Muslims.

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Solution: The Battle of Chandawar (year: 1193 was fought between Muhammad of Ghori and Jaichand of Kannauj of the Gahadavala dynasty. It took place at Chandawar (modern Chandawal near Ferozabad), on the Yamuna River close to Agra, giving Muhammad control of much of northern India.

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Solution: The Delhi Sultanate was an Islamic empire based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years (1206–1526). Five dynasties ruled over the Delhi Sultanate sequentially: the Mamluk dynasty (1206–1290), the Khalji dynasty (1290–1320), the Tughlaq dynasty (1320–1414), the Sayyid dynasty (1414–1451), and the Lodi dynasty (1451–1526).

The shortest period was of Khilji.

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Solution: The Indian National congress was found in the year 1885. The British ICS offices A O Hume was the founder of congress.

Lord Dufferin was the viceroy of India during the formation of Congress.

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Solution: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad became the youngest person to serve as the President of the Indian National Congress in 1923, at an age of 35.

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Solution: The first synchronous census in India was held in 1881.

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Solution: Second round conference was held in 1931, Gandhiji participated from the Congress side but Nehru ji was not a participant.

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Solution: Caspian Sea is situated above Iran. Iraq does not share boundary with Caspian Sea.

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Solution: Kayals are the shallow lagoons (coastal) lying parallel to the coastline.

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Solution: An inselberg or monadnock is an isolated ruins of hilly region eroded by the running water. This geomorphic feature is formed in the final stage of cycle or erosion.

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Solution: Factual Question

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Solution: The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act was enacted in 1974 to provide for the prevention and control of water pollution, and for the maintaining or restoring of wholesomeness of water in the country.

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Solution: The population density of India has gone up to 382 persons per square kilometre in 2011 from 325 persons per square kilometre in 2001.

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Solution: Nathu La is a mountain pass in the Sikkim and West Bengal.

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Solution: In geomorphology the peneplain is a low-relief plain formed by erosion. This is the ultimate final stage of cycle of erosion.

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Solution: Toda people are a Dravidian ethnic group who live in the Nilgiri Mountains of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Solution: Factual Question

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Solution: Factual Question

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Solution: In 1980, the World Health Assembly declared smallpox eradicated (eliminated), and no cases of naturally occurring smallpox have happened since.

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Solution: A bacteriophage is a type of virus that infects bacteria. In fact, the word “bacteriophage” literally means “bacteria eater,” because bacteriophages destroy their host cells.

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Solution: Factual Question

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Solution: The speed of sound in solid is 6000 m/s, sound moves 35 times faster in diamonds than in air.

Note: Diamond is much denser than air.

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Solution: The images are formed on Retina.

Additional Facts: Images formed in the eye are inverted but the brain inverts them to make them seem upright.

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Solution: Factual Question

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Solution: Malaria is caused by protozoa of the genus Plasmodium.

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease.

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Solution: Convection is the process by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water.

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Solution: Elmer McCollum discovered Vitamin A, Vitamin B and Vitamin D.

James Lind discovered Vitamin C.

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Solution: Power of Lens is measured in Dioptre. The Numerical Value of Power of the Lens (Dioptre) is equal to (1/f), where f is the Focal Length of the Lens. Positive Value of Dioptre shows Convex Lens and the Negative Value shows the Cancave Lens.

How will you calculate the Power of the Diode in case two Lences are joined together?

1/f = (1/f1) (1/f2), where f1 and f2 are the focal length.

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Solution: Graphite has been used for many years as lubricant. The lubricating mechanism of graphite is thought to be mechanical in nature.

Cuprite is an oxide mineral composed of copper(I) oxide Cu2O, and is a minor ore of copper.

Hematite is a common iron oxide compound with the formula, Fe₂O₃ and is the ore of Iron.

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Solution: Nitrous oxide is commonly known as laughing gas.

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Solution: Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electrically charged regions, both in the atmosphere or with one on the ground, temporarily neutralize themselves, causing the instantaneous release of energy.

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Solution: The Government of India Act, 1935 paved the way for the formation of Indian Federation with considerable degree of autonomy to the states.

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Solution: Factual Question

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Solution: Factual Question

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Solution: Factual Question

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Solution: Factual Question

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Solution: Factual Question

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Solution: A closed economy is one that has no trading activity with outside economies. The closed economy is therefore entirely self-sufficient, which means no imports come into the country and no exports leave the country.

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Solution: The Swarn Singh Committee recommended the inclusion of a separate chapter on fundamental duties in the Constitution.

The Congress Government at Centre accepted recommendations and enacted the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act in 1976.

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Solution: It is the constitution of India that empowers the State and Central government at the same time the constitution places certain limitation on these institutions.

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Solution: A pressure group is a group of people who are organised actively for promoting and defending their common interest, e.g. Trade Unions, Student Organization, Bar Council etc.

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Solution: Two new Ramsar sites were announced on the occasion of World Wetlands Day. They are: Khijadiya wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat and Bakhira wildlife sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh.

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Solution: Rohtas has highest Literacy Rate of and Sitamarhi has lowest Literacy in Bihar.

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Solution: It caused food poisoning in Kerala recently.  As per the district medical officer, the severe food poisoning was caused by a bacterium called ‘Shigella’.

This pathogen can cause intestinal infection which is contagious and can spread through contaminated food or water.

The primary symptoms for the infection is diarrhoea and can be accompanied by stomach pain, fever, vomiting.

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Solution: The Health Department of the Kerala state launched a comprehensive healthcare programme to improve the health of tribal women and prevent neonatal deaths and children born with genetic disorders.

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Solution: 

S.I. for 1 year = Rs. (854 – 815) = Rs. 39.

S.I. for 3 years = Rs.(39 x 3) = Rs. 117.

 Principal = Rs. (815 – 117) = Rs. 698.

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