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Which of the following statements about Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar, as a drafting member of the Constitution of India, are correct?1. He favoured the role of the Supreme Court in taking important decisions related to the interpretation of the Constitution of India.2. He felt that the Supreme Court had to draw the line between liberty and social control.3. He believed in the dominance of the executive over the judiciary.4. He favoured a dictatorial form of governance.Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

Explanation:

The doctrine of independence is not to be raised to the level of a dogma so as to enable the judiciary to function as a kind of super-legislature or super-executive. The judiciary is there to interpret the Constitution or adjudicate upon the rights...” Hence, 1 is correct.

It is the great tribunal which has to draw the line between liberty and social control. Hence statement 2 is also correct.

 

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Which Arab scientist could be given the credit of christening the mathematical discipline of algorithm?

A) Al-Khwarizmi B) Ibn al -Haytham
C) Ibn Rushd D) Ibn Sina
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Al-Khwarizmi

Explanation:

Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, formerly Latinized as Algorithmi,was a Persianscholar who produced works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography under the patronage of the Caliph Al-Ma'mun of the Abbasid Caliphate.

He also developed the concept of the algorithm in mathematics, which is why some have called him the "grandfather of computer science".

His name gave rise to the terms algorism and algorithm.

 

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Which European traveller had observed,"A Hindu woman can go anywhere alone, even in the most crowded places, and she need never fear the impertinent looks and jokes of idle loungers"?

A) Francois Bernier B) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
C) Thomas Roe D) Abbe J.A. Dubois
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Abbe J.A. Dubois

Explanation:

A European traveler, Abbe J.A. Dubois, commented, at the beginning of the 19th century: "A Hindu woman can go anywhere alone, even in the most crowded places, and she need never fear the impertinent looks and jokes of idle loungers....A house inhabited solely by women is a sanctuary which the most shameless libertine would not dream of violating.' The women of the time possessed title individuality of their own. This does not mean that there were no exceptions to this rule.

 

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When some goods or productive factors are completely fixed in amount, regardless of price, the supply curve is

A) horizontal B) downward sloping to the right
C) vertical D) upward sloping to the right
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) upward sloping to the right

Explanation:

Although demand curves are typically downward sloping to reflect that consumers’ utility for a good diminishes with increased consumption, firm supply curves are generally upward sloping.The upward sloping character reflects that firms will be willing to increase production in response to a higher market price because the higher price may make additional production profitable.

 

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When some goods or productive factors are completely fixed in amount, regardless of price, the supply curve is

A) horizontal B) downward sloping to the right
C) vertical D) upward sloping to the right
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) upward sloping to the right

Explanation:

Although demand curves are typically downward sloping to reflect that consumers’ utility for a good diminishes with increased consumption, firm supply curves are generally upward sloping.The upward sloping character reflects that firms will be willing to increase production in response to a higher market price because the higher price may make additional production profitable.

 

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The Damin-i-Koh was created by the British Government to settle which one of the following communities?

A) Santals B) Mundas
C) Oraons D) Saoras
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Santals

Explanation:

Damini-i-Koh was the land allocated to the Santhals. The Santhals could live on the land and practise plough agriculture, thus helping them to carry out settled agriculture.

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Recently the Government of India cleared the proposal for the production of 18 indigenous ‘Dhanush’ artillery guns to be produced in India by

 

A) Indian Army B) US Army
C) Indian Ordnance factory Board D) Indian and US Army jointly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Indian Ordnance factory Board

Explanation:

The Dhanush is a 155 mm towed howitzer used by the Indian Army.The gun has been developed by the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), Kolkata, after going through design documents running into over 12,000 pages. These documents were given to India as part of the first phase of “Transfer of Technology” (ToT) under the Bofors gun deal.

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A citizen of India will lose his or her citizenship if he or she

1.renounces Indian citizenship

2.voluntarily acquires the citizenship of another country

3.marries a citizen of another country

4.criticizes the Government

 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

Explanation:

The Citizenship Act, 1955, prescribes three ways of losing citizenship whether acquired under the Act or prior to it under the Constitution, viz. renunciation, termination and deprivation:

1. By Renunciation: Any citizen of India of full age and capacity can make adeclaration renouncing his Indian citizenship.

2. By Termination: When an Indian citizen voluntarily (consciously, knowingly and without duress, undue influence or compulsion) acquires the citizenship of another country.

3. By Deprivation:It is a compulsory termination of Indian citizenship by the Central government, if:

●the citizen has obtained the citizenship by fraud:●the citizen has shown disloyalty to the Constitution of India:

●the citizen has unlawfully traded or communicated with the enemy during a war;

●the citizen has, within five years after registration or naturalisation, been imprisoned in any country for two years; and

●the citizen has been ordinarily resident out of India for seven years continuously

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