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The method of soil conservation in which stones, grass, soil are used to build barriers along contours and trenches are made in front of the barriers to collect water is called?

A) Mulching B) Contour barriers
C) Rock dam D) Terrace farming
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Contour barriers

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Which of the following are constitutional provisions and laws for the protection of the rights of the Scheduled Castes in India?

1.Article 17 of the Constitution of India

2.The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955

3.The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989

 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

 

A) 1 and 3 only B) 1 and 2 only
C) 1, 2 and 3  D) 2 and 3 only
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1, 2 and 3 

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Protective arrangements: Such measures as are required to enforce equality, to provide punitive measures for transgressions, to eliminate established practices that perpetuate inequities, etc.A number of laws were enacted to implement the provisions in the Constitution. Examples of such laws include The Untouchability Practices Act, 1955, Scheduled Casteand Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993, etc. Despite legislation, social discrimination and atrocities against the backward castes continued topersist

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"Population control and family planning" is listed in the __________ list given in the Seventh Schedule in the Constitution of India.

A) Union B) State
C) Global D) Concurrent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Concurrent

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Rajya Sabha is assisted by the Secretary­General, who holds the rank equivalent to?

A) Cabinet Minister of the Government of India B) Member of Parliament
C) Member of Legislature D) Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India

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Article 31B of the Indian Constitution "Validation of certain Acts and Regulations" deals with the

A) State Government B) Union Government
C) Directive principles of state policy D) Fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

A brain and nervous system that are poorly developed or insufficiently nourished means low grade of ______________ in our mental processes, just as a poorly constructed or wrongly adjusted motor means loss of power in applying the electric current to its work. We will, __________, look upon the mind and the brain as counterparts of ___________ other, each performing activities which correspond to activities in the other, ________ inextricably bound together at least so far as this life is concerned, and each getting its _______________ by its union with the other. This view will lend interest to a brief study of the brain and nervous system.

 

We will, __________, look upon the mind

 

A) than B) so
C) if D) then
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) then

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

 

Echelon

 

A) Era B) Year
C) Echo D) Rank
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rank

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

In its _______________ phase, the big telco monopolies tried to levy a "tax" on all Internet content __________________. The Internet companies were then the new kids on the _________________. They and the Internet user community fought back such attempts. This was the first net neutrality war, and it ______________ the principle of ________________ on the Internet between different types of content or sites.

 

the principle of ________________ on the Internet between different types of content or sites.

 

A) suffarage B) quota
C) non­-alignment D) non­-discrimination
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) non­-discrimination

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