General Knowledge Questions

When moon's orbit is closest to earth is called as Perigee.

The distance between the Moon and Earth varies throughout the month and the year since the moon's orbit around the earth is elliptical. The distance is about 382,900 kilometers from the Moon's center to the center of Earth.

Hence, the point on the Moon's orbit closest to Earth is called the perigee.

The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha presides over the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha in the absence of the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. The Deputy Chairman is elected internally by the Rajya Sabha.

NDA's Harivansh Narayan Singh becomes Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson on the opponent Hari Prasad.

The brain has three main parts the cerebrum, cerebellum and brainstem. As cerebrum is the largest part of the brain it is divided into two hemispheres i.e, right and left. It performs many functions like vision, hearing, touch, learning, consciousness, emotions, etc...

The purpose of the Preamble is to clarify

1. who has made the Constitution,

2. what is the ultimate sanction behind it,

3. what are its goals and objectives,

4. what is its source (and)

5. what is the nature of the polity which is sought to be established by the Constitution.

Actually, the preamble is the opening statement to the United States Constitution.

The words in the Preamble ::

 'We the people of India, in our Constituent Assembly, do hereby adopt, enact and give to ourselves this Constitution'.

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