General Awareness Questions

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) to help develop low-cost lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.

Achal Kumar Jyoti (64), a retired 1975 IAS Officer batch of Gujarat Cadre, is the newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), who took over as the head of the Election Commission in New Delhi on today. He succeeded Dr Nasim Zaidi. Jyoti will continue as the Chief Election Commissioner till January 17, 2018. Prior to this appointment, he was Election Commissioner of India. A CEC or an EC can have a tenure of six years or hold office till the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.

Consciousness is the state or quality of awareness, or, of being aware of an external object or something within oneself.

Day dreaming, Meditation, Intoxication, Sleep and Hypnosis are all types of altered states of consciousness . In al these states, a person's state of conscious is altered but he has consciousness.

The gold prices in India are determined according to the international market in the following way:

- The price of gold in USD is taken as a base price. Depending on the value of indian rupee as compared to USD (eg- 1 USD= ₹63), the price of gold is converted into rupees.

- The import duties on gold are added to obtain the final price of gold.

• Gold is a global commodity. In the international market, the price of gold is determined by the forces of demand and supply. Higher demand leads to higher price and vice versa. Higher supply leads to lower price and vice versa.

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