General Knowledge Questions

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Which among the following statements about the power to change the basic structure of the Constitution of India is/are correct?1. It falls outside the scope of the amending powers of the Parliament.2. It can be exercised by the people though representatives in a Constituent Assembly.3. It falls within the constituent powers of the Parliament.Select the correct answer using the code given below.

 

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

Explanation:

The Parliament cannot amend those provisions which form the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution. This was ruled by the Supreme Court in the Kesavan and a Bharati Case. (1973)

Basic Structure of the Indian Constitution is not defined. But according to SC, the basic structure can be evolved but cannot be destroyed. Hence it falls within the constituent powers of the Parliament. Hence both 1 and 3 are correct.

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Filed Under: General Awareness
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0 1867
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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
Once you emerge as an individual, it is important to realise that your freedom has an impact (on) others.

A) at B) for
C) in D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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0 1867
Q:

If ___ is involved, even greater diversity will be generated.

A) sexual reproduction B) binary fission
C) asexual reproduction D) vegetative propagation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) sexual reproduction

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Filed Under: General Science
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Q:

Types of budget?

Answer

Types of Budget ::


 


1) General Budget
2) Performance Budget
3) Zero Based Budget
4) Outcome Budget
5) Gender Budget

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Subject: General Awareness Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT
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Q:

Afro-Asian solidarity as a central element of India's foreign policy was initiated by which of the following Prime Ministers?

A) Narendra Modi B) I.K. Gujral
C) J.L. Nehru D) Manmohan Singh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) J.L. Nehru

Explanation:

The tone for that 1955 conference on Afro-Asian solidarity was actually set by then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru almost a decade earlier.

The first large-scale Asian–African or Afro–Asian Conference—also known as the Bandung Conference was a meeting of Asian and African states, most of which were newly independent, which took place on 18-24 April 1955 in Bandung, Indonesia.

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Filed Under: Indian Politics
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0 1866
Q:

Which of the following never occurs singly in nature?

A) Inertia B) Momentum
C) Force D) Velocity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Force

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Filed Under: Physics
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2 1866
Q:

Of 1345 people who gave blood at a blood bank, 247 of them had high blood pressure. What is the probability that one of these people who gave blood did not have high blood pressure?

Probability and statistics

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Q:

Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty was signed in

Answer

1991 AD

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Subject: World History

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