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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
- The UN Charter established ECOSOC as one of the six main organs of the United Nations.
- It is the principal international body dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and women empowerment.
- It coordinates the work of UN specialised agencies and issues policy recommendations to the UN system and to member states.
- At present India is not a member of ECOSOC.
Which of the above statement sis/are correct?
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Solution: c)
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Solution: c)
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsBangladesh shares land boundary with which of the following Indian states.
- West Bengal
- Assam
- Tripura
- Nagaland
- Mizoram
Select the correct answer code:
Correct
Solution: b)
Bangladesh share its land border Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, and West Bengal.
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Solution: b)
Bangladesh share its land border Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, and West Bengal.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Marine Sponges.
- Sponges are among the most ancient and abundant animals on rocky reefs across the world.
- They provide habitat for a range of other species such as crabs, shrimps and starfish.
- Marine heatwaves leads to bleaching, tissue loss and decay in sponges.
- Unlike corals, sponges do not contain symbiotic organisms for their survival.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: a)
Sponges are among the most ancient and abundant animals on rocky reefs across the world. In New Zealand, they occupy up to 70% of the available seafloor, particularly in so-called mesophotic ecosystems at depths of 30-150m.
They serve a number of important ecological functions. They filter large quantities of water, capturing small food particles and moving carbon from the water column to the seafloor where it can be eaten by bottom-dwelling invertebrates.
These invertebrates in turn are consumed by organisms further up the food chain, including commercially and culturally important fish species.
Sponges also add three-dimensional complexity to the sea floor, which provides habitat for a range of other species such as crabs, shrimps and starfish.
Like corals, sponges contain symbiotic organisms thought to be critical to their survival. Cymbastella lamellata is unusual in that it hosts dense populations of diatoms, small single-celled photosynthetic plants that give the sponge its brown colour.
These diatoms live within the sponge tissue, exchanging food for protection. When the sponge bleaches, it expels the diatoms, leaving the sponge skeleton exposed.
Tissue loss occurs when sponges are stressed and either have to invest more energy into cell repair or when their food source is depleted and they reabsorb their own tissue to reduce body volume and reallocate resources.
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Solution: a)
Sponges are among the most ancient and abundant animals on rocky reefs across the world. In New Zealand, they occupy up to 70% of the available seafloor, particularly in so-called mesophotic ecosystems at depths of 30-150m.
They serve a number of important ecological functions. They filter large quantities of water, capturing small food particles and moving carbon from the water column to the seafloor where it can be eaten by bottom-dwelling invertebrates.
These invertebrates in turn are consumed by organisms further up the food chain, including commercially and culturally important fish species.
Sponges also add three-dimensional complexity to the sea floor, which provides habitat for a range of other species such as crabs, shrimps and starfish.
Like corals, sponges contain symbiotic organisms thought to be critical to their survival. Cymbastella lamellata is unusual in that it hosts dense populations of diatoms, small single-celled photosynthetic plants that give the sponge its brown colour.
These diatoms live within the sponge tissue, exchanging food for protection. When the sponge bleaches, it expels the diatoms, leaving the sponge skeleton exposed.
Tissue loss occurs when sponges are stressed and either have to invest more energy into cell repair or when their food source is depleted and they reabsorb their own tissue to reduce body volume and reallocate resources.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Krishi-Decision Support System (Krishi-DSS).
- Krishi-DSS is being developed on the lines of Gati Shakti, using RISAT-1A and VEDAS of the Department of Space.
- It will use geospatial technologies and related databases for enhancing evidence-based decision-making capability of all the stakeholders in the agriculture sector.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: c)
The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Department of Space signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop the Krishi-Decision Support System (Krishi-DSS) using geospatial technologies and related databases for enhancing evidence-based decision making capability of all the stakeholders in the agriculture sector.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is developing Krishi-DSS, a decision support system, on the lines of Gati Shakti, using RISAT-1A and VEDAS of Department of Space. This will enhance the evidence-based decision-making capability of all the stakeholders in the agriculture sector by way of integration with MOSDAC and BHUVAN (Geo-platform) of ISRO and systems of ICAR.
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Solution: c)
The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Department of Space signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop the Krishi-Decision Support System (Krishi-DSS) using geospatial technologies and related databases for enhancing evidence-based decision making capability of all the stakeholders in the agriculture sector.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is developing Krishi-DSS, a decision support system, on the lines of Gati Shakti, using RISAT-1A and VEDAS of Department of Space. This will enhance the evidence-based decision-making capability of all the stakeholders in the agriculture sector by way of integration with MOSDAC and BHUVAN (Geo-platform) of ISRO and systems of ICAR.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements.
- Indian Constitution can be described as ‘federal in form but unitary in spirit’.
- Indian Federation is not the result of an agreement by the states and no state has the right to secede from the federation.
- The term ‘Federation’ has been used in Article 1 of the Constitution, where it describes India as a ‘Union of States’.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: b)
The term ‘Federation’ has nowhere been used in the Constitution.
Article 1, on the other, describes India as a ‘Union of States’ which implies two things: one, Indian Federation is not the result of an agreement by the states; and two, no state has the right to secede from the federation.
That’s why, Indian Constitution has been variously described as ‘federal in form but unitary in spirit’, ‘quasi-federal’ by K C Wheare.
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Solution: b)
The term ‘Federation’ has nowhere been used in the Constitution.
Article 1, on the other, describes India as a ‘Union of States’ which implies two things: one, Indian Federation is not the result of an agreement by the states; and two, no state has the right to secede from the federation.
That’s why, Indian Constitution has been variously described as ‘federal in form but unitary in spirit’, ‘quasi-federal’ by K C Wheare.
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