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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
2 points
Consider the following statements about the Central Council of Ministers:
1. The President, for once, may ask the Council of Ministers to reconsider their advice.
2. The advice so tendered shall not be inquired into any court.
3. According to the 91st Amendment Act, 2003, the total number of ministers including the Prime Minister shall not exceed 15% of the total strength of Lok Sabha but shall not be less than 12.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct
Ans b
91st amendment act 2003 limited the number of ministers in the government to be
not more than 15% of the strength of Lok sabha. The minimum strength provisions
applied only to the state legislatures.
Incorrect
Ans b
91st amendment act 2003 limited the number of ministers in the government to be
not more than 15% of the strength of Lok sabha. The minimum strength provisions
applied only to the state legislatures.
Question 2 of 5
2. Question
2 points
Which of the statements with respect to the Union Parliament is/are correct?
1. Only Parliament has the power to authorize expenditure for public services from the Consolidated Fund of India.
2. Parliament provides for the Union Council of Ministers.
3. Union Council of Ministers are collectively responsible to the Parliament.
Correct
Ans a
Union Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the House of People (Lok
Sabha)
Incorrect
Ans a
Union Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the House of People (Lok
Sabha)
Question 3 of 5
3. Question
2 points
With reference to the Indian National Satellite (INSAT) system, consider the following statements:
1. It is the Earth observatory satellite system of India under which satellites are placed in the Low Earth orbit.
2. Services of telecommunications, weather forecasting, disaster warning and search and rescue operations are provided by these satellites.
Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?
Correct
Correct Answer: A
Explanation
(a)1 only
The Indian National Satellite (INSAT) system is one of the largest domestic communication
satellite systems in the Asia:Pacific region with most of the operational communication satellites
placed in Geo:stationary orbit/Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. Established in 1983 with
commissioning of INSAT:1B, the latest satellite in this constellation was launched in January 2020
called the GSAT:30 in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). Thus statement 1 is incorrect.
The INSAT system with more than 200 transponders in the C, Extended C and Ku:bands provides
services to telecommunications, television broadcasting, satellite news gathering,societal
applications, weather forecasting, disaster warning and Search and Rescue operations. Thus
statement 2 is correct.
Incorrect
Correct Answer: A
Explanation
(a)1 only
The Indian National Satellite (INSAT) system is one of the largest domestic communication
satellite systems in the Asia:Pacific region with most of the operational communication satellites
placed in Geo:stationary orbit/Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. Established in 1983 with
commissioning of INSAT:1B, the latest satellite in this constellation was launched in January 2020
called the GSAT:30 in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). Thus statement 1 is incorrect.
The INSAT system with more than 200 transponders in the C, Extended C and Ku:bands provides
services to telecommunications, television broadcasting, satellite news gathering,societal
applications, weather forecasting, disaster warning and Search and Rescue operations. Thus
statement 2 is correct.
Question 4 of 5
4. Question
2 points
Scientists reported the discovery of ‘The Trapping Zone’ , it is
Correct
Correct Answer: C
Explanation
Ans: (c ) Newly discovered ecosystem beneath 500m from surface.
This Trapping Zone is a new ecosystem, discovered some 500 meters beneath the surface, is being
referred to as ‘as oasis of oceanic life’. Discovered in Maldives .
It was discovered by scientists under the Nekton Maldives Mission. Nektons are pelagic faunal
species (i.e. animals living in the open seas away from the shore) that are capable of swimming
independently of wind and water currents. Some examples include bony fishes and sharks (under
chordate nekton category), octopuses and squids (under molluscan nekton category) and shrimps
and lobsters (under arthropod nekton category). Thus option C is correct.
Incorrect
Correct Answer: C
Explanation
Ans: (c ) Newly discovered ecosystem beneath 500m from surface.
This Trapping Zone is a new ecosystem, discovered some 500 meters beneath the surface, is being
referred to as ‘as oasis of oceanic life’. Discovered in Maldives .
It was discovered by scientists under the Nekton Maldives Mission. Nektons are pelagic faunal
species (i.e. animals living in the open seas away from the shore) that are capable of swimming
independently of wind and water currents. Some examples include bony fishes and sharks (under
chordate nekton category), octopuses and squids (under molluscan nekton category) and shrimps
and lobsters (under arthropod nekton category). Thus option C is correct.
Question 5 of 5
5. Question
2 points
ISRO is going to launch its first solar mission- Aditya-L1 mission. Consider the following about
Lagrange points:
1. Lagrange Points are positions in space where the gravitational forces of a two-body system is
Zero.
2. There are 5 such Lagrange points between two-body.
3. L1 point has the major advantage of continuously viewing the Sun without any occultation.
4. L3 is considered as the most stable Lagrange point.
Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?
Correct
Correct Answer: C
Explanation
Ans: (c) 2 and 3 are correct only.
●Lagrange points are positions in space where objects sent there tend to stay put. At Lagrange points, the
gravitational pull of two large masses precisely equals the centripetal force required
for a small object to move with them. These points in space can be used by spacecraft to reduce
fuel consumption needed to remain in position. Thus its not zero. Hence statement 1 is incorrect.
●There are 5 lagrange points as shown in the picture below. Thus statement 2 is correct.
A satellite placed in the halo orbit around the L1 point has the major advantage of continuously
viewing the Sun without any occultation/eclipses. This will provide a greater advantage of
observing the solar activities and its effect on space weather in real time. Thus statement 3 is
correct.
●The stable Lagrange points – labeled L4 and L5 – form the apex of two equilateral triangles that
have the large masses at their vertices. L4 leads the orbit of earth and L5 follows. Thus statement
4 is incorrect.
Incorrect
Correct Answer: C
Explanation
Ans: (c) 2 and 3 are correct only.
●Lagrange points are positions in space where objects sent there tend to stay put. At Lagrange points, the
gravitational pull of two large masses precisely equals the centripetal force required
for a small object to move with them. These points in space can be used by spacecraft to reduce
fuel consumption needed to remain in position. Thus its not zero. Hence statement 1 is incorrect.
●There are 5 lagrange points as shown in the picture below. Thus statement 2 is correct.
A satellite placed in the halo orbit around the L1 point has the major advantage of continuously
viewing the Sun without any occultation/eclipses. This will provide a greater advantage of
observing the solar activities and its effect on space weather in real time. Thus statement 3 is
correct.
●The stable Lagrange points – labeled L4 and L5 – form the apex of two equilateral triangles that
have the large masses at their vertices. L4 leads the orbit of earth and L5 follows. Thus statement
4 is incorrect.
