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Some Indian territory was transferred in 2015 to Bangladesh by following which procedure?

A) By an agreement between the Government of India and the Government of Bangladesh	B) By a legislation passed by the Parliament amending Schedule 1 to the Constitution of India
C) By amending Schedule 1 to the constitution of India by exercising amending power of the Parliament	D) By amending Schedule 1 to the constitution of India by exercising amending power of the Parliament and ratification by sixteen State Legislatures

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) By amending Schedule 1 to the constitution of India by exercising amending power of the Parliament

Explanation:

The 119th constitutional amendment bill 2013 sought to ratify the land boundary agreement between the two countries. This amendment needed special majority in the parliament to get passed. The bill proposed to amend the 1st schedule of the constitution to exchange the disputed territories occupied by both the nations in accordance with the 1974 bilateral LBA. Since, the law is not related to federal matters, only the approval of the Parliament is needed.

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Which of the following names is NOT associated with the insurance business in India?

A) Bajaj Allianz	B) LIC
C) GIC	D) GE Money

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) GE Money

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Which one of the following is correct?

A) Infantry Regiment is also known as the Mechanized Infantry Regiment.	B) Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is subsumed in the corps of Engineers.
C) Army Medical Corps and ArmyDental Corps are two divisions of the Army Service Corps.	D) Army has its own Corps of Air Defence.

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is subsumed in the corps of Engineers.

Explanation:

The Infantry Regiment is also known as the Mechanised Infantry Regiment of the Indian Army. Though its aggregate size, it is closer to that or a full mechanised division with 26 mechanised battalions.

Indian Army Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers are an arms and service branch of Indian Army having varied responsibilities of design, development, trial, inspection and refit of weapon systems and equipment. They also provide technical advice to units on systems and recovery operations in peace and war.

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Which amongst the following states/UTs has Not identified tribal community

A) Chhattisgarh	B) Haryana
C) Maharashtra	D) Karnataka

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Haryana

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How is the nitrogen taken up by the plants?

I. In the form of inorganic nitrates or nitrites
II. In the form of organic compounds
III. Directly taken up from the atmosphere

A) Only I and II	B) Only I and III
C) Only II and III	D) All I, II and III

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Only I and II

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A bucket of water is hung from a spring balance. A piece of iron is suspended in the water without touching the sides or touching the bottom of the bucket. The reading of the spring balance

A) will increase	B) will decrease
C) does not change	D) varies with the increase of depth of the immersion of the iron piece

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) will increase

Explanation:

When the piece of iron is lowered into the water, the water level in the bucket increases. And so the pressure at the bottom of bucket also increases. Thus the total thrust at the botto also increases. Therefore the spring balance reading increases.

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Who put up the most stiff resistance against the British in India?

A) The Rajputs	B) The Marathas
C) The Moghals	D) The Sikhs

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Marathas

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

P: In the least-developed countries, if agricultural productivity were drastically reduced by climate change, the cost of living would rise by one or two percent, and at a time when per capita income will likely have doubled.
Q: It may still be vulnerable to climate change for many years to come.
R: In developing countries, in contrast, as much as a third of GNP and half the population currently depends on agriculture.
S: Agriculture is practically the only sector of the economy affected by climate.

A) PQRS	B) RQPS
C) RPSQ	D) none

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