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Consider the following statements about Dara Shikoh
Choose the correct statements:
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Correct | Incorrect |
| · Dara (1615-59) was the eldest son of Shah Jahan and and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
· Dara was designated with the title Padshahzada-i-Buzurg Martaba (Prince of High Rank) and was favored as a successor by his father and his older sister, Princess Jahanara Begum. |
· He is described as a “liberal Muslim” who tried to find commonalities between Hindu and Islamic traditions.
· He is known as a pioneer of the academic movement for interfaith understanding in India. He had a deep understanding and knowledge of major religions, particularly Islam and Hinduism. |
· His most important works, Majma-ul-Bahrain (Mingling of Two Oceans) and Sirr-i-Akbar (Great Mystery), are devoted to the cause of establishing connections between Hinduism and Islam. |
Context: Vice President calls Dara Shikoh as torchbearer of social harmony.
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Correct | Incorrect |
| · Dara (1615-59) was the eldest son of Shah Jahan and and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
· Dara was designated with the title Padshahzada-i-Buzurg Martaba (Prince of High Rank) and was favored as a successor by his father and his older sister, Princess Jahanara Begum. |
· He is described as a “liberal Muslim” who tried to find commonalities between Hindu and Islamic traditions.
· He is known as a pioneer of the academic movement for interfaith understanding in India. He had a deep understanding and knowledge of major religions, particularly Islam and Hinduism. |
· His most important works, Majma-ul-Bahrain (Mingling of Two Oceans) and Sirr-i-Akbar (Great Mystery), are devoted to the cause of establishing connections between Hinduism and Islam. |
Context: Vice President calls Dara Shikoh as torchbearer of social harmony.
Consider the following statements about Human Development Index (HDI)
Choose the correct statements:
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Correct | Incorrect |
| · A report on the 2021 Human Development Index (HDI) is part of the Human Development Report 2021-2022 released by the United Nations Development Programme. |  |
· India’s latest HDI value of 0.633 places the country in the medium human development category, lower than its value of 0.645 in the 2020 report. The report attributes the drop in HDI from 0.645 in 2019 to 0.633 in 2021 to India’s falling life expectancy — from 69.7 years to 67.2 years during the survey period. |
Context: A report on the 2021 Human Development Index (HDI) is part of the Human Development Report 2021-2022 released by the United Nations Development Programme.
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Correct | Incorrect |
| · A report on the 2021 Human Development Index (HDI) is part of the Human Development Report 2021-2022 released by the United Nations Development Programme. | |
· India’s latest HDI value of 0.633 places the country in the medium human development category, lower than its value of 0.645 in the 2020 report. The report attributes the drop in HDI from 0.645 in 2019 to 0.633 in 2021 to India’s falling life expectancy — from 69.7 years to 67.2 years during the survey period. |
Context: A report on the 2021 Human Development Index (HDI) is part of the Human Development Report 2021-2022 released by the United Nations Development Programme.
Consider the following statements about Moxie experiment
Choose the correct statements:
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Incorrect |
| · NASA is preparing for human exploration of Mars, and MOXIE will demonstrate a way that future explorers might produce oxygen from the Martian atmosphere for propellant and for breathing.
· The experiment aims to produce oxygen from the Martian carbon-dioxide atmosphere. |
· It was launched as part of NASA’s Perseverance rover mission and has been successfully making oxygen from the planet’s carbon-dioxide-rich atmosphere since it landed there in 2021. |
Context: The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilisation Experiment, or MOXIE, designed by researchers at MIT can produce oxygen at the rate of up to 10 grams per hour.
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Incorrect |
| · NASA is preparing for human exploration of Mars, and MOXIE will demonstrate a way that future explorers might produce oxygen from the Martian atmosphere for propellant and for breathing.
· The experiment aims to produce oxygen from the Martian carbon-dioxide atmosphere. |
· It was launched as part of NASA’s Perseverance rover mission and has been successfully making oxygen from the planet’s carbon-dioxide-rich atmosphere since it landed there in 2021. |
Context: The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilisation Experiment, or MOXIE, designed by researchers at MIT can produce oxygen at the rate of up to 10 grams per hour.
Consider the following statements
Choose the incorrect statements:
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Correct |
| · Hilsa is a species of fish related to the herring, in the family Clupeidae.
· It is a very popular and sought-after food fish in the Indian Subcontinent, and is the national fish of Bangladesh and the state fish of West Bengal. · The fish is found in 11 countries: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Bangladesh is the top hilsa-producing country in the world, followed by Myanmar and then India. |
· The fish is marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; anadromous.
· Bangladesh had imposed a ban on export of Hilsa to India in 2012, but since 2019 has allowed relaxations on the export, particularly in the festival season. |
Context: Delay in Teesta pact holding up Hilsa fish supply to India.
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Correct |
| · Hilsa is a species of fish related to the herring, in the family Clupeidae.
· It is a very popular and sought-after food fish in the Indian Subcontinent, and is the national fish of Bangladesh and the state fish of West Bengal. · The fish is found in 11 countries: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Bangladesh is the top hilsa-producing country in the world, followed by Myanmar and then India. |
· The fish is marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; anadromous.
· Bangladesh had imposed a ban on export of Hilsa to India in 2012, but since 2019 has allowed relaxations on the export, particularly in the festival season. |
Context: Delay in Teesta pact holding up Hilsa fish supply to India.
Arrange the following from south to north
Choose the correct code:
Solution (a)
| Option a |
| Correct |
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Context: India and China announced that their Armies have begun to disengage from Patrolling Point-15 in the Gogra-Hotsprings area of eastern Ladakh, marking a step forward towards ending the stand-off ongoing since May 2020.
Solution (a)
| Option a |
| Correct |
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Context: India and China announced that their Armies have begun to disengage from Patrolling Point-15 in the Gogra-Hotsprings area of eastern Ladakh, marking a step forward towards ending the stand-off ongoing since May 2020.
