GATE Questions

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Common properties of Minerals are :

1. All minerals are formed in a natural process.

2. Minerals are inorganic

3. Minerals are crystalline solids.

4. Every mineral is an element or compound with a definite chemical composition.

1) G.V. Mavalankar (1952-56)

2) M.A. Ayyangar (1956-57 & 1957-62)

3) Hukam Singh (1962-67)

4) N. Sanjiva Reddy (1967-69)

5) Gurdial Singh Dhillon (1969-1971 & 1971-1975)

6) Bali Ram Bhagat (19976-77)

7) K.S. Hegde (1977-80)

8) Balram Jakhar (1980-1984 & 1984-1989)

9) Rabi Ray (1989-91)

10) Shivraj Patil (1991-96)

11) P.A. Sangma (1996-98)

12) G.M.C. Balayogi (1998-99 & 1999-2002)

 13) Manohar Joshi (2002-04)

14) Somnath Chatterjee (2004-09)

15) Meira Kumar (2009-14)

16) Sumitra Mahajan (2014-19)

17) Om Birla (2019 -)

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act or Right to Education Act (RTE) which describes the importance of free and compulsory education for children between 6 and 14 in India is enacted under Article 21A of the Indian Constitution.

Milk is not a pure substance since it has so many constituents that can be separated physically.

Compounds are pure substances formed from elements unlike mixtures.

Based on conventionality in deriving energy, energy sources could be classified as

Conventional ::

coal, oil, hydro, nuclear, etc... sources which can be used up or exhaustible.

(and)

Non - conventional ::

solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, biogas, etc... sources which are not exhausted.

Among the given options, Geothermal energy is the alternative energy source among all the choices that are given in the question, that is exhaustible.

Chloroplasts use energy from light to transform carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen.

A green pigment located in membranes within the chloroplasts of plants and algae and in the membranes of certain prokaryotes.

15% of 32 is 

15 x 32/100 = 4.8.

Many types of renewable energy resources such as wind and solar energy are constantly replenished and will never run out.