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In India, Which type of forest among the following occupies the largest area?

A) Montane Wet Temporate Forest B) Sub - tropical Dry Evergreen Forest
C) Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest D) Tropical Wet Evergreen Forest
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest

Explanation:

In India, Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest occupies the largest area. The tropical monsoon deciduous forests are found in areas receiving annual rainfall of 100 to 200 cms in India, with a distinct dry and rainy seasons and a small range of temperature. They occur on the wetter western side of the Deccan Plateau, the north-eastern part of the Deccan Plateau and the lower slopes of the Himalayas, on the Siwalik Hills from Jammu in the west to West Bengal in the east.

 

They cover parts of Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkand, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

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74th Constitutional Amendment Act gave Constitutional recognition to municipalities by adding ______.

 

A) Part IX A B) Part X
C) Part XI D) Part XIV
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Part IX A

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Eastern ghats and Western ghats meet at the

A) Annamalai hills B) Palani hills
C) Nilgiri hills D) Cardamom hills
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Nilgiri hills

Explanation:

The Eastern Ghats are a discontinuous range of mountains along India's eastern coast whereas Western Ghats also known as Sahyadri is a mountain range that runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula.

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Eastern ghats and Western ghats meet at the Nilgiri hills in Tamilnadu.

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For how much duration members of municipalities are elected?

 

 

A) Two years B) Three years
C) Five years D) Six years
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Five years

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In October 2017, ‘PFMS’ was made mandatory. It will help to ______

 

 

A) provide security to schemes B) Monitor fund flow to schemes
C) To describe benefit of schemes D) No option is correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Monitor fund flow to schemes

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Which amendments are the bill of rights?

 

A) Amendments 2 to 5 B) Amendments 1 to 8
C) Amendments 1 to 10 D) Amendments 8 to 10
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Amendments 1 to 10

Explanation:

The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. 

And it specifies that "the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

 

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The basic structure doctrine with regard to the Constitution of India relates to

1.the power of judicial review

2.the judgment in Kesavananda Bharati case (1973)

3.the constraints on Article 368 of the Constitution of India

4.the judgment in Golaknath case (1967)

 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1, 2 and 3 only B) 1, 2, 3 and 4
C) 1 and 3 only D) 2 and 4 only
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1, 2 and 3 only

Explanation:

The Golaknath Case of 1967 relates to the power of the Parliament to curtail the Fundamental Rights provided in the Constitution.In 1967, the Supreme Court reversed its earlier decisions in Golaknath v. State of Punjab. It held that Fundamental Rights included in Part III of the Constitution are given a "transcendental position" and arebeyond the reach of Parliament. It also declared any amendment that "takes away or abridges" a Fundamental Right conferred by Part III as unconstitutional. By 1973, the basic structure doctrine triumphed in Justice Hans Raj Khanna's judgment in the landmark decision of Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala.

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What is Abell 370, whose picture was recently shared by the NASA?

 

A) Black hole B) Exoplanet
C) Galaxy Cluster D) Meteor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Galaxy Cluster

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