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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
Consider the following statements about Tactical Nuclear Weapons
- They are intended to devastate enemy targets in a specific area without causing widespread destruction and radioactive fallout.
- These warheads can be delivered only via ballistic missiles.
- India does not possess any Tactical Nuclear Weapons.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Correct
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis
Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Correct Incorrect Incorrect · Strategic Nuclear Weapons: They refer to nuclear weapons that have bigger objectives, such as destroying cities or larger targets, with larger war-waging objectives in mind. · Tactical Nuclear Weapons (TNWs):
· They are nuclear weapons used for specific tactical gains on the battlefield.
· They are intended to devastate enemy targets in a specific area without causing widespread destruction and radioactive fallout.
· These are designed for use in battle as part of an attack with conventional weapon forces.
· These warheads can be delivered via a variety of missiles, torpedoes, and gravity bombs from naval, air, or ground forces. They could even be simply driven into an area and detonated. · The explosive yield of tactical nuclear weapons can range from under one kiloton to about 100 kilotons, whereas strategic nuclear weapons can have a yield of up to one thousand kilotons.
· Delivery systems for tactical nuclear weapons also tend to have shorter ranges, typically under 310 miles (500 kilometres), compared with strategic nuclear weapons, which are typically designed to cross continents.
Countries possessing TNWs: · Nine countries have tactical nuclear weapons, according to the Federation of American Scientists.
· They are Russia, the United States, China, France, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel, and North Korea.
· Russia has a stockpile of an estimated 2,000 tactical nuclear missiles.
· The U.S. has an estimated 200 tactical nuclear bombs, half of which are at bases in Europe.
Context: Western officials recently confirmed that Russia has moved tactical nuclear weapons from its own borders into neighboring Belarus, several hundred miles closer to NATO territory.
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Solution (a)
Statement Analysis
Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Correct Incorrect Incorrect · Strategic Nuclear Weapons: They refer to nuclear weapons that have bigger objectives, such as destroying cities or larger targets, with larger war-waging objectives in mind. · Tactical Nuclear Weapons (TNWs):
· They are nuclear weapons used for specific tactical gains on the battlefield.
· They are intended to devastate enemy targets in a specific area without causing widespread destruction and radioactive fallout.
· These are designed for use in battle as part of an attack with conventional weapon forces.
· These warheads can be delivered via a variety of missiles, torpedoes, and gravity bombs from naval, air, or ground forces. They could even be simply driven into an area and detonated. · The explosive yield of tactical nuclear weapons can range from under one kiloton to about 100 kilotons, whereas strategic nuclear weapons can have a yield of up to one thousand kilotons.
· Delivery systems for tactical nuclear weapons also tend to have shorter ranges, typically under 310 miles (500 kilometres), compared with strategic nuclear weapons, which are typically designed to cross continents.
Countries possessing TNWs: · Nine countries have tactical nuclear weapons, according to the Federation of American Scientists.
· They are Russia, the United States, China, France, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel, and North Korea.
· Russia has a stockpile of an estimated 2,000 tactical nuclear missiles.
· The U.S. has an estimated 200 tactical nuclear bombs, half of which are at bases in Europe.
Context: Western officials recently confirmed that Russia has moved tactical nuclear weapons from its own borders into neighboring Belarus, several hundred miles closer to NATO territory.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
Consider the following statements about White Dwarf
- It is the stellar core left behind after a dying star has exhausted its nuclear fuel
- White dwarfs are one of the densest collections of matter, surpassed only by neutron stars.
Choose the correct statement:
Correct
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
Statement 1 Statement 2 Correct Correct · A white dwarf is the stellar core left behind after a dying star has exhausted its nuclear fuel and expelled its outer layers to form a planetary nebula. · It is what stars like the Sun become after they have exhausted their nuclear fuel.
· White dwarfs no longer support nuclear fusion reactions that generate energy, but they are still extremely hot.
· A typical white dwarf is half as massive as the Sun, yet only slightly bigger than Earth. · This makes white dwarfs one of the densest collections of matter, surpassed only by neutron stars.
· A newly born white dwarf consists of helium, carbon, and oxygen nuclei, swimming in a sea of highly energetic electrons.
· The luminosity of white dwarfs can therefore be used by astronomers to measure how long-ago star formation began in a particular region.
· Many nearby, young white dwarfs have been detected as sources of soft, or lower-energy, X-rays.
· By providing important ‘fossil’ records of the stars that they formed from, white dwarfs are an important cosmological tool.
Context: Astronomers report the detection of four white dwarf stars of a recently discovered rare DAQ spectral subclass.
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Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
Statement 1 Statement 2 Correct Correct · A white dwarf is the stellar core left behind after a dying star has exhausted its nuclear fuel and expelled its outer layers to form a planetary nebula. · It is what stars like the Sun become after they have exhausted their nuclear fuel.
· White dwarfs no longer support nuclear fusion reactions that generate energy, but they are still extremely hot.
· A typical white dwarf is half as massive as the Sun, yet only slightly bigger than Earth. · This makes white dwarfs one of the densest collections of matter, surpassed only by neutron stars.
· A newly born white dwarf consists of helium, carbon, and oxygen nuclei, swimming in a sea of highly energetic electrons.
· The luminosity of white dwarfs can therefore be used by astronomers to measure how long-ago star formation began in a particular region.
· Many nearby, young white dwarfs have been detected as sources of soft, or lower-energy, X-rays.
· By providing important ‘fossil’ records of the stars that they formed from, white dwarfs are an important cosmological tool.
Context: Astronomers report the detection of four white dwarf stars of a recently discovered rare DAQ spectral subclass.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Consider the following statements about Kashmir Hangul
- It is endemic to the hills of Kashmir and restricted to the Dachigam National Park.
- It is listed as critically endangered in IUCN Red List.
- It is the State animal of Jammu and Kashmir.
Which of the above statements are correct?
Correct
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Correct Correct Correct Kashmir’s Hangul (Cervus hanglu hangul) · It is also known as the Kashmir stag or Kashmiri red stag which is highly shy and sensitive animal.
· It is the only Asiatic survivor or sub-species of the European red deer.
· Distribution –It is endemic to the hills of Kashmir and restricted to the Dachigam National Park.
Conservation Status · IUCN – Critically endangered
· CITES – Appendix I
· Threats – Habitat loss, poaching.
· State animal – It is the State animal of Jammu and Kashmir. Dachigam National Park
· Dachigam National Park is located in Jammu and Kashmir.
· It is in the Zabarwan Range of the western Himalayas and was established in 1981.
· A protected area since 1910, it was declared as a national park in 1981.
Context: Despite conservation efforts, Kashmir’s hangul deer risk is facing extinction.
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Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Correct Correct Correct Kashmir’s Hangul (Cervus hanglu hangul) · It is also known as the Kashmir stag or Kashmiri red stag which is highly shy and sensitive animal.
· It is the only Asiatic survivor or sub-species of the European red deer.
· Distribution –It is endemic to the hills of Kashmir and restricted to the Dachigam National Park.
Conservation Status · IUCN – Critically endangered
· CITES – Appendix I
· Threats – Habitat loss, poaching.
· State animal – It is the State animal of Jammu and Kashmir. Dachigam National Park
· Dachigam National Park is located in Jammu and Kashmir.
· It is in the Zabarwan Range of the western Himalayas and was established in 1981.
· A protected area since 1910, it was declared as a national park in 1981.
Context: Despite conservation efforts, Kashmir’s hangul deer risk is facing extinction.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
She was a true Gandhian at heart, at the age of eight in 1928, she participated in a protest march against the Simon Commission. On 14 August 1942, she and her associates established the Secret Congress Radio during the Quit India Movement.
The above characteristics correspond to which of the following Freedom Fighter?
Correct
Solution (b)
Option b Correct Usha Mehta · Usha Mehta was born in a village named Saras, near Surat in Gujarat in 1920.
· She was a true Gandhian at heart and was popularly known as Ushaben.
· At the age of eight in 1928, she participated in a protest march against the Simon Commission.
· On 14 August 1942, she and her associates established the Secret Congress Radio during the Quit India Movement, a covert radio station that went on air on 27 August.
· It played a crucial role in keeping the freedom movement leaders connected with the public.
Setting up an underground station
· Background: At the advent of the War in 1939, the British had suspended all amateur radio licences across the Empire. Operators were supposed to turn in all equipment to the authorities, with severe punishment for those who failed to do so.
· Alongside Mehta, Babubhai Khakar, Vithalbhai Jhaveri, and Chandrakant Jhaveri were key figures in organising Congress Radio.
Congress Radio case
· The trial of the five accused in the— Mehta, Babubhai Khakar, Vithalbhai Jhaveri, Chandrakant Jhaveri, and Nanak Gainchand Motwane (who sold key pieces of equipment to the team) — generated a lot of excitement in Bombay.
· Vithalbhai and Motwane were acquitted, Mehta, Babubhai, and Chandrakant received stern sentences.
· Usha Mehta was released from Pune’s Yerawada Jail in March 1946, and hailed in the nationalist media as “Radio-ben”.
Context: Ae Watan Mere Watan movie was released recently which is based on the biography of Indian freedom fighter Usha Mehta.
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Solution (b)
Option b Correct Usha Mehta · Usha Mehta was born in a village named Saras, near Surat in Gujarat in 1920.
· She was a true Gandhian at heart and was popularly known as Ushaben.
· At the age of eight in 1928, she participated in a protest march against the Simon Commission.
· On 14 August 1942, she and her associates established the Secret Congress Radio during the Quit India Movement, a covert radio station that went on air on 27 August.
· It played a crucial role in keeping the freedom movement leaders connected with the public.
Setting up an underground station
· Background: At the advent of the War in 1939, the British had suspended all amateur radio licences across the Empire. Operators were supposed to turn in all equipment to the authorities, with severe punishment for those who failed to do so.
· Alongside Mehta, Babubhai Khakar, Vithalbhai Jhaveri, and Chandrakant Jhaveri were key figures in organising Congress Radio.
Congress Radio case
· The trial of the five accused in the— Mehta, Babubhai Khakar, Vithalbhai Jhaveri, Chandrakant Jhaveri, and Nanak Gainchand Motwane (who sold key pieces of equipment to the team) — generated a lot of excitement in Bombay.
· Vithalbhai and Motwane were acquitted, Mehta, Babubhai, and Chandrakant received stern sentences.
· Usha Mehta was released from Pune’s Yerawada Jail in March 1946, and hailed in the nationalist media as “Radio-ben”.
Context: Ae Watan Mere Watan movie was released recently which is based on the biography of Indian freedom fighter Usha Mehta.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
Consider the following statements about Nomination Procedure in Lok Sabha
- Any Indian citizen whose name is in the voter list can make nomination for the Lok Sabha seat.
- The nomination form can be submitted to the District Election Officer along with the prescribed amount as security deposit.
Choose the incorrect statement:
Correct
Solution (d)
Statement Analysis
Statement 1 Statement 2 Correct Correct · Nomination Process – The process of nomination starts with the release of the notification for the Lok Sabha elections. · Under this process, the candidates register their names with the Election Commission and claim that they are the right contenders to get public votes in the Lok Sabha election field.
· Eligibility – Any Indian citizen whose name is in the voter list can make nomination for the Lok Sabha seat.
· When a candidate is nominated by a political party, it is said that the candidates has got a ticket from the party.
· Independent candidates – Independent candidates file their nominations with their symbols, Election Commission examines their application for the symbol and allocates the party symbol after that.
· Submission authority – The nomination form can be submitted to the District Election Officer along with the prescribed amount as security deposit and submit an affidavit. · Document submission – The nominators have to submit their passport size photo, Aadhar card, PAN card, domicile, caste certificate.
· Property details – The candidate has to give the details of their movable and immovable properties, income, expenditure, and loans of their wife and dependent children.
· Cases against the candidate – If any criminal case is going on against the candidate, or a court case is registered or if punishment has been given in any case, they also have to inform the Election Commission about that.
· Withdrawal process – The candidate can withdraw their name after a few days of nomination.
Context: Filing of nominations for the 1st phase of the Lok Sabha polls began recently.
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Solution (d)
Statement Analysis
Statement 1 Statement 2 Correct Correct · Nomination Process – The process of nomination starts with the release of the notification for the Lok Sabha elections. · Under this process, the candidates register their names with the Election Commission and claim that they are the right contenders to get public votes in the Lok Sabha election field.
· Eligibility – Any Indian citizen whose name is in the voter list can make nomination for the Lok Sabha seat.
· When a candidate is nominated by a political party, it is said that the candidates has got a ticket from the party.
· Independent candidates – Independent candidates file their nominations with their symbols, Election Commission examines their application for the symbol and allocates the party symbol after that.
· Submission authority – The nomination form can be submitted to the District Election Officer along with the prescribed amount as security deposit and submit an affidavit. · Document submission – The nominators have to submit their passport size photo, Aadhar card, PAN card, domicile, caste certificate.
· Property details – The candidate has to give the details of their movable and immovable properties, income, expenditure, and loans of their wife and dependent children.
· Cases against the candidate – If any criminal case is going on against the candidate, or a court case is registered or if punishment has been given in any case, they also have to inform the Election Commission about that.
· Withdrawal process – The candidate can withdraw their name after a few days of nomination.
Context: Filing of nominations for the 1st phase of the Lok Sabha polls began recently.
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