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ANSWER KEYS WITH EXPLANATION FOR G.S. TEST-7 held on 1st May 2016
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Explanation
Article 340 of the Constitution deals with the recognition of OBC category.
In 1915, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves in his
General Theory of Relativity. Recently, in September 2015, Laser
Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected the
gravitational waves.
India is being criticised by the developed countries for giving higher subsidies
related to Public Stockholding like MSP which is claimed to be distorting
trade.
Minimata Bay in Japan is famous for ill-effects relating to mercury
biomagnifications. The disastrous Minamata disease, also known as dancing
cat fever, led to signing of Minamata Convention in 2013.
NAM proposes to remove middlemen, but not by opening more markets or by
guaranteed price but by linking all regulated markets in the country through a
common electronic platform.

Lord Barlow (1805-07)

Lord Minto (1807-13)
Lord Hasting (1813-23)
Lord Amherst (1823-28)
CRISPR Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
Cas CRISPR associated genes.
CRISR-Cas9 is a gene editing technique which can be used as a weapon
against virus attacks. It can also be used to treat genetic diseases like sickle
cell anaemia and Beta thalassemia.
ECBs are loans taken, generally by Indian Companies from the overseas
banks while equity instruments should be like shares.
Preference shares, more commonly referred to as preferred stock, are shares
of a companys stock with dividends that are paid out to shareholders before
common stock dividends are issued.
Strike-slip earthquakes seldom generate tsunamis because they do not
displace much water. Generally, not always, there is an unusual recession of
shore-line before the arrival of a tsunami to a coast.
Article 170(3) of Constitution: Upon the completion of each census, the total
number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of each State and the division of
each State into territorial constituencies shall be readjusted by such authority
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and in such manner as the Parliament may by law determine.
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The current quota formula is a weighted average of GDP (weight of 50

percent), openness (30 percent), economic variability (15 percent), and
international reserves (5 percent).
Kalbelia dance is performed by the Kalbelia tribe of Rajasthan.
The tropical rainforests are the most complex biome on earth in terms of both
structure and species diversity. Selvas are the tropical evergreen rainforest of
Brazil. The boreal forest (also known as the taiga) is found in a nearly
continuous belt across North America and Eurasia.

The KennellyHeaviside layer is also known as the E region of Earth's

ionosphere. The Aurora light is present in this region. The Appleton layer is
also known as F region of the ionosphere. It is usually absent in day time.

The Act provides for setting up of a 3-tier consumer dispute redressal

machinery - Consumer Redressal Forum in every district, a commission at
the state level and the National Commission at the Centre. This Act is
applicable to all the areas whether private, public or cooperative.
Endangered Species: Gangetic Dolphin and Snow Leopard
Critically Endangered: Great Indian Bustard
El Nino, the unusual warming of sea-surface Pacific waters off the South
American coast, is a stationary system. The MJO, on the other hand, is a
moving system of wind, cloud and pressure that brings rain as it circles
around the equator.
National treatment is an important principle of WTO which requires no
discrimination between the imported and domestically produced goods once
these complete with each other in the domestic market.
Article 197 deals with power of Legislative Council w.r.t Ordinary Bill. The
Legislative Council acts merely as an advisory or dilatory chamber.
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a lowpressure centre, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms
that produce heavy rain. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical
cyclone is referred to by names such as hurricane in USA, typhoon in China,
typhoo in Japan etc.
The weak force is responsible for the production of neutrinos and range of
weak force is infinite.
Zero-Coupon Bonds are similar to a standard non-convertible bond except
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that its redemption value is pre-decided and bonds are issued at a discount.
The Supreme Court on many occasions had said that Aadhaar is not
mandatory.

The program was inaugurated on 12 March 2015 by Telangana Chief Minister

Chandrashekar Rao.
The Sindh River is a tributary of the Yamuna.
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is comprised of the worlds largest vacuum
system.
Dadu Panth was founded by Dadu in the 16th Century.
Special Status is guaranteed by Constitution through an Act passed by the
two-third majority in both houses of the Parliament (example Article 370 for
J&K). The power to grant Special Category Status lies with the Executive, i.e.,
Government of India.
Ibrahim Adil Shah was a great connoisseur of music and a keen singer of
Dhrupad.
The name is taken from the coast of Dalmatia, Yugoslavia, along the Adriatic
Sea, where the submergence of the coastline produces long, narrow inlets
with a chain of islands parallel to the coast.
Hemis national park is a high altitude national park in Ladakh region. The
Keibul Lamjao, located in Manipur, is characterized by many floating
decomposed plant materials locally called phumdis. It acts as a natural refuge
of the endangered brow-antlered deer or sangai (also called the dancing
deer).
The book was written by Mahatma Gandhi during his journey on a ship back
from Britain to South Africa.
The present management cost of each insurance policy is Rs.120, which will
come down to Rs.25 once repositories start functioning. The IRDA has
licensed five firms to function as repositories (Karvy Insurance Repositories,
NSDL Database Management Ltd., Central Insurance Repositories Ltd.,
SHCIL Project Ltd. and CAMS Repositories Service Ltd). Out of the total 52
insurance firms in the country only 20 per cent are ready with sufficient
infrastructure for repositories.

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Hepatitis B, not Hepatitis A, is covered under UIP.

Post-facto approval from Parliament is required in case of contingency fund.
Eye of the cyclone is the calm zone. Hurricane in USA is a tropical cyclone
that can have speed above 120 kmph.
The expert panel did not say anything on the disinvestment of public sector
banks. It has suggested a 2-6 per cent flexible target with a 4 per cent CPI
(N) based inflation in the long run (i.e. by 2016-17). The fiscal deficit target
of 3 per cent has been advised for the GOI, but to be done by fiscal 2016-17.
The panel did not give any suggestion on the autonomy aspect of the RBI.
The electorate was enlarged to include 5.5 million for the provinces and 1.5
million for the imperial legislature.
Tarangam or pot dance is a special feature of Kuchipudi dance. It is an act in
which the performer stands on the rim of a brass plate with pots on the head
and moves the plate forward and backward without letting the pots fall.
Standard Chartered Bank is the only company which has issued IDRs in
India. In May 2010 it raised Rs. 2500 crore through this route.

Inflation is directly seen covering into proportionate depreciation in the

domestic currency. In such situations, exports become cheaper for other
countries (which make it more competitive in the world market), besides
imports becoming costlier (as the domestic currency loses value in front of
the external currency). Real cost borrowing is calculated by deducting the
current rate of inflation (which is higher) from the nominal rate of interest/
borrowing (that is the rate of interest banks announce on a certain category
of loan). Bond-holder are basically lenders so they suffer interest income
sees dilution.
Shivaji campaigned in the region but was not able to defeat and displace the
Siddis of Janjira.

The Barabar Caves are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, mostly
dating from the Maurya Empire (322185 BCE). Karle caves are of
Satavahana period whereas Bagh caves belong to Gupta times.
India 2226
Russia 433
Indonesia 371
Malaysia 250
Nepal 198
Thailand 189
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Bangladesh 106
Section 126 of Representation of People Act 1951 deals with checks on
opinion polls as well as exit polls.
Malwa was annexed in 1561, Chittor in 1568, Sind in 1591 and Qandahar in
1595.
Sarnath Buddha belongs to Gupta period.
PM Modi was also conferred with the Gulf kingdom's highest civilian honour,
the King Abdulaziz Sash. The award is named after Abdulaziz Al Saud, the
founder of the modern Saudi state.
This is a negative consequence of large increase in a countrys income. This
disease is primarily associated with a natural resource discovery, but it can
result from any large increase in foreign currency, including FDI, foreign aid
or a substantial increase in natural resource prices. Economists often
describe resource-rich countries as suffering from Dutch Disease or
resource curse. The expression comes from the experience of the
Netherlands half a century back (in 1960s when the country discovered huge
natural gas in the North Sea), which brought in foreign revenue, but reduced
the competitiveness of the domestic economy (i.e. exports) on account of a
rising exchange rate (bloating of exchange rate). There are many other
examples of this phenomenon including countries as different as United
Kingdom, Australia and Nigeria.
Eichhornia crassipes is an invasive alien species which imbalances the
ecosystem dynamics of water body. DDT interferes in calcium metabolism
causing thinning of eggshell of birds and premature breaking.
Pichhawi paintings are important part of Krishna worship at Nathdwara
(Rajasthan). These paintings are cloth paintings hung behind the image of
the Hindu god Shrinathji.
Panch Siddhantika was the work of Varahamihira on mathematical
astronomy.
Mankautuhal is a text on North Indian classical music written by Man Singh of
Gwalior in the 15th Century.
The Sykes-Picot or the Asia Minor Agreement, was a secret agreement
between the UK and France. It defined their proposed spheres of influence
and control in South western Asia after defeating the Ottoman Empire during
World War-I. The Agreement is considered to have shaped the region,
defining the borders of Iraq and Syria. The Iraqi Kurdistan President claims
that the era of Sykes-Picot Pact is over and a new pact is needed for West
Asia.
The Conference of the Contracting Parties provides budgetary arrangements
to Ramsar Convention.
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Orion is a new manned spacecraft of NASA which will carry astronauts into
deep space. It will be able to travel to an asteroid or even Mars.
Increase in warfare in the 18th century gave rise to a growing labour market
and there was increasing demand for Indian soldiers and European
mercenaries. But the latter commanded high wages.

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