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Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Ad hoc judges’
Choose the correct answer using the code given below
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Incorrect | Incorrect |
| The appointment of ad-hoc judges has been provided in the Constitution under Article 224A (appointment of retired Judges at sittings of High Courts). | Under Article 224A, the Chief Justice of a High Court for any State can request a person to act as a judge of the High Court. For this, the prior consent of the president is required. The person should have held the office of judge of that court or of any other High Court. | The Chief Justice of a High Court may start the procedure of recommending a name if:
· The number of vacancies is more than 20% of the sanctioned strength. · Cases in a particular class are pending for over five years. · More than 10 % of pending cases are over five years old. · Percentage of the rate of disposal is beneath the institution of the cases either in a particular subject matter or in the court. |
Context – The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of a retired district judge as a judge of the Madhya Pradesh HC, citing legitimate expectation and delay in the selection process
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Incorrect | Incorrect |
| The appointment of ad-hoc judges has been provided in the Constitution under Article 224A (appointment of retired Judges at sittings of High Courts). | Under Article 224A, the Chief Justice of a High Court for any State can request a person to act as a judge of the High Court. For this, the prior consent of the president is required. The person should have held the office of judge of that court or of any other High Court. | The Chief Justice of a High Court may start the procedure of recommending a name if:
· The number of vacancies is more than 20% of the sanctioned strength. · Cases in a particular class are pending for over five years. · More than 10 % of pending cases are over five years old. · Percentage of the rate of disposal is beneath the institution of the cases either in a particular subject matter or in the court. |
Context – The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of a retired district judge as a judge of the Madhya Pradesh HC, citing legitimate expectation and delay in the selection process
With reference to ‘Magnetoresistance’, consider the following statements
Select the correct statement(s)
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Correct |
| Magnetoresistance is the tendency of a material (often ferromagnetic) to change the value of its electrical resistance in an externally-applied magnetic field. The magnetoresistance observed in the graphene-based device was “almost 100 times higher than that observed in other known semimetals in this magnetic field range.” | It is used in hard disk drives and magneto resistive RAM in computers, biosensors, automotive sensors, microelectromechanical systems, and medical imagers etc. |
Context – Researchers in the UK, led by Nobel laureate Andre Geim, have discovered that graphene displays an anomalous giant magnetoresistance (GMR) at room temperature.
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Correct |
| Magnetoresistance is the tendency of a material (often ferromagnetic) to change the value of its electrical resistance in an externally-applied magnetic field. The magnetoresistance observed in the graphene-based device was “almost 100 times higher than that observed in other known semimetals in this magnetic field range.” | It is used in hard disk drives and magneto resistive RAM in computers, biosensors, automotive sensors, microelectromechanical systems, and medical imagers etc. |
Context – Researchers in the UK, led by Nobel laureate Andre Geim, have discovered that graphene displays an anomalous giant magnetoresistance (GMR) at room temperature.
Consider the following statements about ‘Energy Charter Treaty’
Choose the correct answer using the code given below
Solution (b)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Incorrect | Correct | Correct |
| The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is an international agreement that establishes a multilateral framework for cross-border cooperation in the energy industry, principally the fossil fuel industry. It is designed to promote energy security through the operation of more open and competitive energy markets while respecting the principles of sustainable development and sovereignty over energy resources. | The treaty covers all aspects of commercial energy activities including trade, transit, investments and energy efficiency. The treaty contains dispute resolution procedures both for States Parties to the Treaty (vis-à-vis other States) and as between States and the investors of other States, who have made investments in the territory of the former | The Treaty established the Energy Charter Conference, an inter-governmental organisation which meets on a regular basis to discuss issues affecting energy cooperation. There are currently 53 signatories and contracting parties to the ECT, including both the European Union and Euratom. |
Context – Denmark energy ministry recently said that the country is working towards exiting the Energy Charter Treaty.
Solution (b)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Incorrect | Correct | Correct |
| The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is an international agreement that establishes a multilateral framework for cross-border cooperation in the energy industry, principally the fossil fuel industry. It is designed to promote energy security through the operation of more open and competitive energy markets while respecting the principles of sustainable development and sovereignty over energy resources. | The treaty covers all aspects of commercial energy activities including trade, transit, investments and energy efficiency. The treaty contains dispute resolution procedures both for States Parties to the Treaty (vis-à-vis other States) and as between States and the investors of other States, who have made investments in the territory of the former | The Treaty established the Energy Charter Conference, an inter-governmental organisation which meets on a regular basis to discuss issues affecting energy cooperation. There are currently 53 signatories and contracting parties to the ECT, including both the European Union and Euratom. |
Context – Denmark energy ministry recently said that the country is working towards exiting the Energy Charter Treaty.
Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Gond Painting’
Select the correct statement(s)
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Incorrect |
| Gond painting is a famous folk art of the Gond tribal community of central India. It is done to preserve and communicate the culture of the Gond tribal community. The present-day Gond paintings have evolved from Digna and Bhittichitra. | The Gonds paint Digna, a traditional geometric pattern on the walls and floors of the houses. Bhittichitra is painted on the walls of houses, and these paintings include images of animals, plants, and trees. Women use natural colors to paint the walls and floors of their homes. |
Context – Madhya Pradesh’s Gond painting gets GI tag
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Incorrect |
| Gond painting is a famous folk art of the Gond tribal community of central India. It is done to preserve and communicate the culture of the Gond tribal community. The present-day Gond paintings have evolved from Digna and Bhittichitra. | The Gonds paint Digna, a traditional geometric pattern on the walls and floors of the houses. Bhittichitra is painted on the walls of houses, and these paintings include images of animals, plants, and trees. Women use natural colors to paint the walls and floors of their homes. |
Context – Madhya Pradesh’s Gond painting gets GI tag
‘Bioluminescence’ a natural phenomenon occurs due to the presence of
Solution (d)
Bioluminescence occurs due to the presence of some marine planktons called dinoflagellates that produce light when the water is disturbed. These planktons emit light on the ocean surface at night. Bioluminescent is widespread among deep sea animals in general. Many marine creatures like sponges, jellyfish, worms, species of fish, anthropods, echinoderms and unicellular alga exhibit bioluminescence to either evade predators, attract prey or during mating. In Visakhapanam, this phenomenon is most likely the result of an algal bloom of the dinoflagellate species of noctiluca and ceratium.
Context – Visakhapatnam beaches are glowing due to a phenomenon called bioluminescence
Solution (d)
Bioluminescence occurs due to the presence of some marine planktons called dinoflagellates that produce light when the water is disturbed. These planktons emit light on the ocean surface at night. Bioluminescent is widespread among deep sea animals in general. Many marine creatures like sponges, jellyfish, worms, species of fish, anthropods, echinoderms and unicellular alga exhibit bioluminescence to either evade predators, attract prey or during mating. In Visakhapanam, this phenomenon is most likely the result of an algal bloom of the dinoflagellate species of noctiluca and ceratium.
Context – Visakhapatnam beaches are glowing due to a phenomenon called bioluminescence
