General awareness/studies Q & A - Nov 02, 2014
1. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is NOT the President of which of the following Parliamentary forums?a. Parliamentary Forum on Youth.
b. Parliamentary Forum on Children.
c. Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health.
d. Parliamentary Forum on Global Warming and Climate change.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health.
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the President of all the Parliamentary Forums except Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health .For this ,the Chairman will be the President.
i. Each Forum has 31 members, with 21 from Rajya Sabha and 10 from Lok Sabha.
ii. Members are nominated by the Speaker/Chairman.
a. Only (i).
b. Only (ii).
c. Both (i) and (ii).
d. Neither (i) nor (ii).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Only (ii).
Each Parliamentary Forum consists of 31 members excluding President and Vice-President, out of which 21 members are from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha. These members are nominated by the presiding officers of the house.
i. India has integrated judicial system, with Supreme Court at the top.
ii. The system of courts was adopted from the Government of India Act of 1935.
a. Only (i).
b. Only (ii).
c. Both (i) and (ii).
d. Neither (i) nor (ii).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Neither (i) nor (ii).
The Indian Constitution has integrated judicial system with Supreme courts at the top and High courts below it and series of other courts. The system of courts was adopted from the Government of India Act of 1935.
a. 31 judges.
b. 25 judges.
c. 21 judges.
d. 15 judges.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 31 judges.
The total number of judges of the Supreme Court at present is 31. Originally it had 8 judges and it is increased by the Parliament accordingly whenever its necessary.
a. Kinfolk.
b. Families.
c. Lineage.
d. None of these.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Families.
The Sanskrit term “Kula” is designated to Families, Janti is designated to larger network of Kinfolk and Vamsha is designated to the Lineage.
a. Four.
b. Five.
c. Seven.
d. Eight.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Eight.
Manusmriti is the text which is referred as oldest Hindu legal text and it has various norms listed which had to be followed. It mentions eight forms of marriages .
i. The term Crest refers to the lowest part of the wave.
ii. Time Period is the time taken to complete one full oscillation by the wave.
a. Only (i).
b. Only (ii).
c. Both (i) and (ii).
d. Neither (i) nor (ii).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Only (ii).
The crest in the wave refers to the highest part of the wave and trough refers to the lowest part of the wave. Time period is the time take for one oscillation. Frequency refers to the number of waves passing through a point in one second.
a. Kolkata.
b. Mumbai.
c. Hyderabad.
d. Mysore.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Hyderabad.
The centre for the DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics is located at Hyderabad. In Mumbai, there is Indian Cancer Research Centre and in Kolkata there is Central Jute Technological Research Institute.
i. India follows fixed exchange rate system.
ii. If Exchange rate is lower, it helps the exporters and higher Exchange rate help the importers.
a. Only (i).
b. Only (ii).
c. Both (i) and (ii).
d. Neither (i) nor (ii).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Neither (i) nor (ii).
India follows managed floating exchange rate which is market driven with partial control of Central bank. Higher exchange rate will help the importers and lower exchange rate will help exporters.
i. Major portion of black soil is found in the Deccan plateau.
ii. The main reason for Black colour is the Volcanoes.
a. Only (i).
b. Only (ii).
c. Both (i) and (ii).
d. Neither (i) nor (ii).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Both (i) and (ii).
The majority portion of black soil in India is found in the Deccan plateau and one of the main reasons for the black soil is the series of volcanoes which has taken place in this place millions of years ago.
