CAT Questions

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Ajit Laxman Wadekar was an Indian international cricketer who played for the Indian national team between 1966 and 1974. He is from Mumbai.

3712 = 752

Required number =  75218 = 75 x 4 = 300

The Tropic of Cancer is 23.5 degrees north latitude. It passes through 16 countries across 3 continents. They are

1. In North America,

Mexico and Bahamas(Archipelago).

2. In Africa,

Niger, Algeria, Mauritania, Egypt, Libya, Mali and Western Sahara.

3. In Asia,

Myanmar, Omen, Bangladesh, India, Saudi Arabia, China, United Arab Emirates and Taiwan.

The Tropic of Cancer also passes through 6 Water Bodies on the whole. They are

1. Indian Ocean,

2. Atlantic Ocean,

3. Pacific Ocean,

4. Taiwan Strait,

5. Red Sea (and) 

6. Gulf of Mexico.

Hence, The Tropic of cancer does not pass through Pakistan.

RADAR stands for Radio Detection and Ranging.

Radar is a detecting system that uses radio waves to determine the range, angle, or velocity of objects. It operates in the ultra-high-frequency of the radio-frequency (RF) spectrum.

Uses ::

To detect

aircraft,

ships,

spacecraft,

guided missiles,

motor vehicles,

weather formations, and

terrain.

Two sub groups of Himalayan Rivers are Trans Himalayan Rivers and Himalayan Rivers.

• Trans Himalayan Rivers :

These rivers originate beyond the Himalayas. They are The Indus, The Sutlej and The Brahmaputra Rivers.

• Himalayan Rivers :

These are the rivers originate from Himalayas. They are The Ganga, The Yamuna and their tributaries.

Arunachal Pradesh is the eastern most state of India.

An idea for a Constituent Assembly of India was proposed in 1934 by M. N. Roy, a pioneer of the Communist movement in India and an advocate of radical democracy. It became an official demand of the Indian National Congress in 1935, C. Rajagopalachari voiced the demand for a constituent Assembly on 15 November 1939 based on adult franchise, and was accepted by the British in August 1940.

Under the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946, elections were held for the first time for the Constituent Assembly. The Constitution of India was drafted by the Constituent Assembly, and it was implemented under the Cabinet Mission Plan on 16 May 1946.

The Constituent Assembly appointed a total of 22 committees to deal with different tasks of constitution-making. Out of these, eight were major committees and the others were minor committees.

The Major Committees and its Chairman's:: 

1. Drafting Committee – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

2. Union Powers Committee – Jawaharlal Nehru

3. Union Constitution Committee – Jawaharlal Nehru

4. Provincial Constitution Committee – Sardar Patel

5. Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas – Sardar Patel. This committee had the following subcommittees:
                   * Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee – J.B. Kripalani
                   * Minorities Sub-Committee – Harendra Coomar Mookerjee,
                   * North-East Frontier Tribal Areas and Assam Excluded & Partially Excluded Areas Sub-Committee – Gopinath Bardoloi
                   * Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (Other than those in Assam) Sub-Committee – A V Thakkar

6. Rules of Procedure Committee – Dr. Rajendra Prasad

7. States Committee (Committee for Negotiating with States) – Jawaharlal Nehru

8. Steering Committee – Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, chairman of the Drafting Committee of Constituent Assembly of India.

The Indus Valley Civilization was Non-Aryan because it was Urban.

Harappan Civilization is also known as The Indus Valley Civilisation. It was a Bronze Age civilisation mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia, extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India.