Questions

A vector quantity is a quantity which has both magnitude and direction. Here in the given options, speed is a scalar quantity but not the vector quantity.

The Commission performs the following functions, namely:Inquire, Suo motu or on apetition presented to it by a victim or any person on his behalf, into complaint of

a) violation of human rights –this is extremely obvious

b) negligence in the prevention of such violation, by a public servant.

c) intervene in any proceeding involving any allegation of violation of human rights pending before a court with the approval of such court.

d) visit, under intimation to the State Government, any jail or any other institution under the control of the State Government, where persons are detained or lodged for purposes of treatment, reformation or protection to study the living conditions of the inmates and make recommendations.

e) review the safeguards provided by or under the Constitution or any law for the time being in force for the protection of human rights and recommend measures for their effective implementation.

f) review the factors, including acts of terrorism that inhibit the enjoyment of human rights and recommend appropriate remedial measures.

g) study treaties and other international instruments on human rights and make recommendations for their effective implementation.

h) undertake and promote research in the field of human rights.

i) spread human rights literacy among various sections of society and promote awareness of the safeguards available for the protection of these rights through publications, the media, seminars and other available means.

j) encourage the efforts of non-governmental organisations and institutions working in the field of human rights.

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.

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

Communication by touch is called Haptics communication and the study of this is called as Haptics.

Epicentre of Earthquakes can be over both oceanic and continental surface. Epicentres above oceanic surface are cause of tsunamisof large intensity. Anearthquake's hypocentreis the position where the strain energy stored in the rockis first released, marking thepointwhere the fault begins to rupture.