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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
Anti-defection law was passed through which amendment?
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Solution (b)
- The Anti-Defection Law was passed in 1985 through the 52nd amendment to the Constitution. It added the Tenth Schedule to the Indian Constitution. The main intent of the law was to combat “the evil of political defections”.
- According to it, a member of a House belonging to any political party becomes disqualified for being a member of the House, if:
- he voluntarily gives up his membership of such political party; or
- he votes or abstains from voting in such House contrary to any direction issued by his political party without obtaining prior permission of such party and such act has not been condoned by the party within 15 days.
Exceptions to the Disqualification on the Ground of Defection
- If a member goes out of his party as a result of a merger of the party with another party. A merger takes place when two-thirds of the members of the party have agreed to such merger.
- If a member, after being elected as the presiding officer of the House, voluntarily gives up the membership of his party or rejoins it after he ceases to hold that office. This exemption has been provided in view of the dignity and impartiality of the office.
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Solution (b)
- The Anti-Defection Law was passed in 1985 through the 52nd amendment to the Constitution. It added the Tenth Schedule to the Indian Constitution. The main intent of the law was to combat “the evil of political defections”.
- According to it, a member of a House belonging to any political party becomes disqualified for being a member of the House, if:
- he voluntarily gives up his membership of such political party; or
- he votes or abstains from voting in such House contrary to any direction issued by his political party without obtaining prior permission of such party and such act has not been condoned by the party within 15 days.
Exceptions to the Disqualification on the Ground of Defection
- If a member goes out of his party as a result of a merger of the party with another party. A merger takes place when two-thirds of the members of the party have agreed to such merger.
- If a member, after being elected as the presiding officer of the House, voluntarily gives up the membership of his party or rejoins it after he ceases to hold that office. This exemption has been provided in view of the dignity and impartiality of the office.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
Consider the following statements with respect to Ghar tak Fiber Project:
- In this project all District head quarters are connect through Optical Fibre Internet Service.
- This project will be executed jointly by Department of Telecom Common Service Centres (CSC).
Which of the above is/are correct?
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Solution (b)
- Ghar Tak Fibre project provide all the 45,945 villages of Bihar with Optical Fibre Internet Service.
- This project will be executed by combined efforts of Department of Telecom, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and Common Service Centres (CSC).
- The Project would entail implementation of 1 wi-fi and 5 free of cost connections to Government Institutions like Primary Schools, Anganwadi Centres, Aasha Workers, Jeevika Didi etc.
- This project will lead digital services like e-Education, e-Agriculture, Tele-Medicine, Tele-law and other social security schemes to be easily available to all citizens of Bihar.
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Solution (b)
- Ghar Tak Fibre project provide all the 45,945 villages of Bihar with Optical Fibre Internet Service.
- This project will be executed by combined efforts of Department of Telecom, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and Common Service Centres (CSC).
- The Project would entail implementation of 1 wi-fi and 5 free of cost connections to Government Institutions like Primary Schools, Anganwadi Centres, Aasha Workers, Jeevika Didi etc.
- This project will lead digital services like e-Education, e-Agriculture, Tele-Medicine, Tele-law and other social security schemes to be easily available to all citizens of Bihar.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Consider the following statements with respect to Komodo dragon:
- It is the largest extant species of lizard
- They are listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.
Which of the above is/are correct?
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Solution (c)
- The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is also known as the Komodo monitor.
- It is a species of lizard.
- It is found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, and Gili Motang.
- It is the largest extant species of lizard, growing to a maximum length of 3 metres (10 ft) in rare cases and weighing up to approximately 70 kilograms (150 lb).
- A member of the monitor lizard family Varanidae.
- Komodo dragons hunt and ambush prey including invertebrates, birds, and mammals.
- It has been claimed that they have a venomous bite.
- The biological significance of these proteins is disputed, but the glands have been shown to secrete an anticoagulant.
- Komodo dragons were first recorded by Western scientists in 1910.
- They are listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.
- They are protected under Indonesian Law, and Komodo National Park was founded in 1980 to aid protection efforts.
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Solution (c)
- The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is also known as the Komodo monitor.
- It is a species of lizard.
- It is found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, and Gili Motang.
- It is the largest extant species of lizard, growing to a maximum length of 3 metres (10 ft) in rare cases and weighing up to approximately 70 kilograms (150 lb).
- A member of the monitor lizard family Varanidae.
- Komodo dragons hunt and ambush prey including invertebrates, birds, and mammals.
- It has been claimed that they have a venomous bite.
- The biological significance of these proteins is disputed, but the glands have been shown to secrete an anticoagulant.
- Komodo dragons were first recorded by Western scientists in 1910.
- They are listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.
- They are protected under Indonesian Law, and Komodo National Park was founded in 1980 to aid protection efforts.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
Consider the following statements:
- This zoo is built right inside the forest and set in a completely natural environment.
- It is the first zoo in the world to breed White tiger
- It is the only conservation breeding centre of Indian Pangolins in the world
The above statements best describes which of the following Zoological park?
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Solution (c)
- Nandankanan Zoological Park is a premier large zoo of India located near Odisha’s capital Bhubaneswar.
- The zoo is built right inside the forest and set in a completely natural environment.
- It is the first zoo in the world to breed White tiger and Melanistic tiger.
- It is the only conservation breeding centre of Indian Pangolins in the world.
- It is the only zoological park in India to become an institutional member of World Association of Zoos and Aquarium (WAZA).
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Solution (c)
- Nandankanan Zoological Park is a premier large zoo of India located near Odisha’s capital Bhubaneswar.
- The zoo is built right inside the forest and set in a completely natural environment.
- It is the first zoo in the world to breed White tiger and Melanistic tiger.
- It is the only conservation breeding centre of Indian Pangolins in the world.
- It is the only zoological park in India to become an institutional member of World Association of Zoos and Aquarium (WAZA).
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
Consider the following statements:
- CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is a gene editing technology
- CRISPR-Cas9 technology behaves like a cut-and-paste mechanism
Which of the above is/are correct?
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Solution (c)
- Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) is a gene editing technology, which replicates natural defence mechanism in bacteria to fight virus attacks, using a special protein called Cas9.
- CRISPR-Cas9 technology behaves like a cut-and-paste mechanism on DNA strands that contain genetic information. The specific location of the genetic codes that need to be changed, or edited, is identified on the DNA strand, and then, using the Cas9 protein, which acts like a pair of scissors, that location is cut off from the strand.
- A DNA strand, when broken, has a natural tendency to repair itself. Scientists intervene during this auto-repair process, supplying the desired sequence of genetic codes that binds itself with the broken DNA strand.
- CRISPR-Cas9 is a simple, effective, and incredibly precise technology with potential to revolutionise human existence in future.
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Solution (c)
- Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) is a gene editing technology, which replicates natural defence mechanism in bacteria to fight virus attacks, using a special protein called Cas9.
- CRISPR-Cas9 technology behaves like a cut-and-paste mechanism on DNA strands that contain genetic information. The specific location of the genetic codes that need to be changed, or edited, is identified on the DNA strand, and then, using the Cas9 protein, which acts like a pair of scissors, that location is cut off from the strand.
- A DNA strand, when broken, has a natural tendency to repair itself. Scientists intervene during this auto-repair process, supplying the desired sequence of genetic codes that binds itself with the broken DNA strand.
- CRISPR-Cas9 is a simple, effective, and incredibly precise technology with potential to revolutionise human existence in future.
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