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Updated List of Cabinet Ministers of India in September 2017 ?

Answer

Sr. No             Minister                         Portfolio


 1.           Shri Narendra Modi         Prime Minister and also in-charge of:


                                                           – Ministry of Personnel
                                                            – Public Grievances and Pensions
                                                            – Department of Atomic Energy
                                                            – Department of Space


  All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.


  2.           Shri Raj Nath Singh         Minister of Home Affairs


  3.           Smt. Sushma Swaraj       Minister of External Affairs


  4.           Shri Arun Jaitley            -  Minister of Finance


                                                    – Minister of Corporate Affair


 5.           Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari   – Minister of Road Transport & Highway


                                                      – Minister of shipping 


                                                      – Minister of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation


 6.           Suresh Prabhu                     Minister of Commerce & Industry


 7.           D.V Sadananda Gowda        Minister of Statistics & Programme Implementation


 8.           Sushri Uma Bharati             Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation


 9.           Nirmala Sitharaman            Minister of Defence


 10.         Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi          Minister of Minority Affairs


 11.         Shri Ramvilas Paswan         Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution


 12.         Maneka Sanjay Gandhi       Minister of Women & Child Development


 13.         Shri Ananth Kumar          – Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers
                                                    – Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs


 14.         Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad    – Minister of Law & Justice                                                                                                    – Minister of Electronics & Information Technology         


 15.         Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda      Minister of Health & Family Welfare


16.         Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati     Minister of Civil Aviation


17.         Shri. Anant Geete                      Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises     


18.         Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal         Minister of Food Processing Industries


19.         Shri Narendra Singh Tomar         – Minister of Rural Development
                                                             – Minister of Panchayati Raj
                                                            – Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation


20.         Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh      Minister of Steel


21.         Shri Jual Oram                              Minister of Tribal Affairs


22.         Shri Radha Mohan Singh                Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare          


23.         Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot              Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment


24.         Smt. Smriti Irani                           – Minister of Textiles
                                                                – Minister of Information & Broadcasting            


25.         Dr Harsh Vardhan                         – Minister of Science & Technology
                                                                – Minister of Earth Sciences
                                                               – Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change


26.          Prakash Javadekar                        Human Resource Development


27.          Piyush Goyal                                 – Minister of Railways


                                                                – Minster of Coal


28.         Dharmendra Pradhan                     – Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas


                                                               – Minister of Skill Development & Enterprise

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Q:

A restrictive clause is one that

A) usually occurs at the beginning of a sentence B) should be set off by commas
C) limits the meaning of the word it describes D) functions as an adverb
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) limits the meaning of the word it describes

Explanation:

A restrictive clause is one that limits the meaning of the word it describes.

For example :: 

The girl who lives next door is beautiful.

This restrictive clause limits "the girl" to say it's specifically the one next door.

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Q:

Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?

A) Covered in fluffiness, the couple played with the kitten. B) While playing, Lancaster jumped on the feathers.
C) While eating a croissant, Latha waved to the crowd. D) Having eaten lunch, the girl turned on the laptop.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Covered in fluffiness, the couple played with the kitten.

Explanation:

When modifiers are misplaced or put in the wrong place, things can get quite confusing. A modifier adds detail or limits or changes the meaning of another word or phrase. 

 

Here Option A) "Covered in fluffiness, the couple played with the kitten" is the ony sentence contains a misplaced modifier. In the sentence, it gives the meaning that the couple are fluffy not the kitten.

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A container contains 165 litres of milk. Some quantity of milk is taken out and half of that quantity of milk, water is added in the container. Now ratio of milk to water in the container becomes 5:3. What is the quantity of water added in it?

A) 40 litre B) 45 litre
C) 60 litre D) 30 litre
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 45 litre

Explanation:

Let amount of milk removed = 2x litre
So, amount of water added = x litre
Now → (165 − 2x)/x = 5/3
x = 45 lit

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Q:

What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

A) State governments B) Every 4 years of President election
C) Members of congress D) Checks and Balances
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Checks and Balances

Explanation:

A procedure or method called Checks and Balances stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

  • In the United States, there are three branches of government: The Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.

 

  • Each has its own responsibilities and at the same time they work together to make the country run smoothly and to assure that the rights of citizens are not ignored or disallowed.

 

  • There is a clear separation of powers between them.

 

  • Checks and Balances limit the power within each branch.

 

  • Each branch can stop and/or override processes within other branches in manners that are outlined in federal laws, regulations, and the constitution.

 

  • This way, their powers are balanced because the branches of government have the responsibility to check each other.
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Q:

Which must be true for metamorphism to occur?

A) The parent rock must be in solid form. B) Tons of pressure must be applied.
C) The process must take place underground. D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

Metamorphism is the change of minerals or geologic texture in pre-existing rocks, without the protolith melting into liquid magma. The change occurs primarily due to heat, pressure, and the introduction of chemically active fluids.

 

The parent rock must be in solid form. Tons of pressure must be applied for metamorphism to happen. The process must take place underground.

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Q:

Is steel a compound?

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) FALSE

Explanation:

Steel is not a compound or element. Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon and other elements and hence it is a mixture. Because of its high tensile strength and low cost, it is a major component used in buildings, infrastructure, tools, ships, automobiles, machines, appliances, and weapons.

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Q:

What is a zombie?

Answer

When a program forks and the child finishes before the parent, the kernel still keeps some of its information about the child in case the parent might need it – for example, the parent may need to check the child’s exit status. To be able to get this information, the parent calls `wait()’; In the interval between the child terminating and the parent calling `wait()’, the child is said to be a `zombie’ (If you do `ps’, the child will have a `Z’ in its status field to indicate this.)

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