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November 11, 2020 - Daily Quiz

1. What kind of defect(s) appear in AgBr crystal? (a) Schottky and Frenkel (b) Frenkel only (c) Schottky only (d) Metal excess defect 2. Which of the following statements is false? (a) Chief Minister's tenure is not fixed (with some conditions). (b) If the Chief Minister resigns from his post then the entire Council of Ministers has to resign. (c) The Governor is the President of the Inter-state Council. (d) The collective responsibility of the Council of Ministers is to the State legislature.
3. A pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours and another pipe can empty the tank in 12 hours. If both the pipes are opened at the same time, the tank can be filled in (a) 10 hours (b) 12 hours (c) 14 hours (d) 16 hours 4. Considered the following statements about Green Muffler?
  1. It’s a technique of reducing noise pollution in populated areas or noisy places like along roadsides, industrial areas, societies near highways, etc.
  2. Device for decreasing the amount of noise emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine.
  3. Under this scheme Ashoka and Neem plants are planted to reduce noise pollution.
 Select the correct answer using the code given below  (a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 only (c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) None of the above statements is correct  5. Who among the following Prime Minister was appointed by President using his discretionary powers for the first time: (a)  Charan Singh (b)  P. Singh (c)  H.D. Deve Gowda (d)  P.V. Narasimha Rao ANSWERS 1. (a)  2. (c) The Inter-State-Council was set up under Article 263 of the Constitution of India vide Presidential Order dated 28.5.1990. The present composition of the Council is as follows: Prime Minister - Chairman Chief Ministers of all States Members Chief Ministers of Union Territories having a Legislative Assembly and Administrators of UTs not having a Legislative Assembly and Governors of States under President’s Rule(Governor’s Rule in the case of J&K) Members Six Ministers of Cabinet rank in the Union Council of Ministers to be nominated by the Prime Minister Members Four Ministers of Cabinet rank as Permanent invitees Members 3. (b)  4. (c) According to USDA National Agro forestry Center a properly designed buffer of trees and shrubs can reduce noise by about 10 decibels or about 50% as perceived by the human ear. 5. (a) When no party has a clear majority in the Lok Sabha, then the President may exercise his personal discretion in the selection and appointment of the Prime Minister. In such a situation, the President usually appoints the leader of the largest party or coalition in the Lok Sabha as the Prime Minister and asks him to seek a vote of confidence in the House within a month. This discretion was exercised by the President, for the first time in 1979, when Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (the then President) appointed Charan Singh (the coalition leader) as the Prime Minister after the fall of the Janata Party government headed by Morarji Desai.  


POSTED ON 11-11-2020 BY ADMIN
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