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ISRO built India's first satellite known as _____.

A) Aryabhata B) Bhaskara
C) Rohini D) Insat 1A
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Aryabhata

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In which way the President can assign any of the functions of the Union Government to the State Government ?

A) In his discretion B) In consultation with the Chief Justice of India
C) In consultation with the Government of the State D) In consultation with the State Governor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) In consultation with the Government of the State

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A person is disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a Member of either House of the Parliament if the person

1. holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State other than an office declared by the Parliament by law not to disqualify its holder

2. is an undischarged insolvent

3. is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India

4. is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent Court

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

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Disqualification of MP's and MLA's on the ground of holding office of profit is a controversial topic of nation-wide debate. It began with the disqualification of Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan from Rajya Sabha on March 17, 2006 with retrospective effect from July 14, 2004.There are separate provisions of disqualification for the Members of Parliament and MLAs. Our constitution clearly mentions that the Parliament has the power to make a law in respect to the issue of qualification and disqualification of the membership in case:

(i) He holds any office of profit under the Government of India or of any state, other than an office declared by a law of Parliament not to disqualify its holder.

(ii) He is of unsound mind and stand so declared by a competent court.

(iii) He is an undischarged insolvent.

(iv) He is not a citizen of India or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign state, or is under any acknowledgement or allegiance or adherence to a foreign state, and

(v) It is he so disqualified by or under any law of Parliament. It applies to the case of 'defection' as prescribed in tenth schedule.

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Which of the following is called 'Queen of the Adriatic'?

A) Venice B) Rome
C) Flanders D) Lisbon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Venice

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According to Malthusian theory of population

A) Population increases in geometric ratio, food supply B) Population increases in arithmetic ratio, food supply increases in geometric ratio
C) Population increases in a harmonic mean, food supply increases in geometric ratio D) Population increases in a harmonic ratio, food supply increases in a arithmetic ratio
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Population increases in geometric ratio, food supply

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The rate of change of linear momentum of a body is proportional to the ___________ acting on it.

A) impulse B) torque
C) force D) kinetic energy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) force

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

Photography is the _____________ we can get to stopping time. The camera is our pause button, the cork we use to stop time from running out. And the photo album is the most potent time machine ever ____________, one that transports you to a curated past where everything exists ________ you choose to remember it,one that lets you revisit ________ just people and places and ages, but the hidden crannies of ________ own memory and the strange landscape of emotions that lies beyond.

 

everything exists ________ you choose to

A) so B) to
C) at D) as
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) at

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One of the following is 'Labour' in Economics.

A) A Musician performing for a benefit fund B) A Painter working for his own pleasure
C) Reading a book as a hobby D) A Mother teaching her own son
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A Musician performing for a benefit fund

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