സിവില്‍ സര്‍വ്വീസ് പരീക്ഷ: വോട്ടർ വെരിഫൈഡ് പേപ്പർ ഓഡിറ്റ് ട്രയൽ (വിവിപിഎടി) എന്നാലെന്ത് ?

Answer (d)

Statement 1 is not correct. VVPAT allows the voter to verify his/her choice. After being visible to the voter from a glass case in the VVPAT for seven seconds, the ballot slip will be cut and dropped into the drop box in the VVPAT machine and a beep will be heard.

Statement 2 is not correct. After being visible to the voter from a glass case in the VVPAT for seven seconds, the ballot slip will be cut and dropped into the drop box in the VVPAT machine and a beep will be heard. Hence it will not be used for a recount usually. The Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) is a method of providing feedback to voters using a ballot less voting system.

Answer (a)

Statement 1 is correct. During this one hour, Members of Parliament (MPs) ask questions to ministers and hold them accountable for the functioning of their ministries.

Statement 2 is not correct. The questions can also be asked to the private members (MPs who are not ministers).

Statement 3 is not correct. Question Hour in both Houses is held on all days of the session. But there are two days when an exception is made. When the President addresses MPs from both Houses of Parliament and the day on which, Finance Minister presents the Budget.

Answer (d)

All the statements are correct.
    It aims to bring down the cost of production to nearly zero and return to a pre-green revolution style of farming.
    It claims that there is no need for expensive inputs such as fertilisers, pesticides and intensive irrigation
    At a time when chemical-intensive farming is resulting in soil and environmental degradation, a zero-cost environmentally-friendly farming method is definitely a timely initiative.
    The ZBNF method promotes soil aeration, minimal watering, intercropping, bunds and topsoil mulching and discourages intensive irrigation and deep ploughing.
    It suits all crops in all agro-climatic zones.

Answer (a)

    The Serengeti National Park is a Tanzanian national park in the Serengeti ecosystem in the Mara and Simiyu regions.
    It is well-known for its annual migration of over 1.5 million white-bearded (or brindled) wildebeest and 250,000 zebra and for its numerous Nile crocodile and honey badger. That migration is the largest remaining unaltered animal migration.
    Since 1974, the population of herbivorous in Gir forest has been on the rise. In 2013, the population of ungulates was estimated to be 1,26,893 or 76.49 animals per square kilometres. That translates to 8000 kg of biomass available to carnivorous, very close to the levels in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.

Answer (a)

    They are niche banks that focus and serve the needs of a certain demographic segment of the population.
    Small Finance Banks can Sell forex to customers, sell mutual funds, insurance and pensions, and can convert into a full-fledged bank.
    However, it cannot extend large loans, cannot float subsidiaries and deal in sophisticated products.

Answer (b)

    Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20 provides a framework for increasing exports of goods and services as well as generation of employment and increasing value addition in the country, in line with the ‘Make in India’ programme.
    FTP 2015-20 introduces two new schemes, namely ‘Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS)’ for export of specified goods to specified markets and ‘Services Exports from India Scheme (SEIS)’ for increasing exports of notified services.
    Duty credit scrips issued under MEIS and SEIS and the goods imported against these scrips are fully transferable.

Answer (a)

    The Ten Degree channel separates the Andaman Islands from the Nicobar Islands. 
    It is so named as it lies on the 10-degree line of latitude to the North of equator.
 

Answer (b)

    Astronomers have recently found that the funneling of matter in to a forming star happens at different rates over time, as per the rotating disc of gas and dust theory.
    Sometimes the forming star swallows up a huge amount of matter, resulting in a burst of activities in the massive star. This is called an accretion burst event.
    It is an incredibly rare event. Astronomers not yet fully understand how massive stars in our galaxy are formed. So, rotating disc helps in understanding these events.
 

Answer (c)

Statement 1 is not correct. This is Formed by EACOA (East Asian Core Observatories Association) for the purpose of pursuing joint projects in astronomy within the East Asian region.
Statement 2 is not correct. India is in preliminary discussions to be a part of the East Asian Observatories ConsortiumIt consists of China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea as full members and Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia as observers.
Statement 3 is correct. This is a non-profit Hawaii corporation intended to build and operate facilities, which will enhance and leverage existing and planned regional facilities. Its first task is to assume the operation of the James Clerk Maxwell Submillimeter Telescope (JCMT) on thesummit of Maunakea, Hawai`i.
 

Answer (c)

Vedic literature is primarily of two types, shruti and Smriti. The Veda is called Shruti and is the highest authority. Other texts are called smritis.
Statement 1 is correct.Shruti is Apaurusheya (eternal and authorless), and smritis are the words of seers.
Statement 2 is not correct.Smriti derives authority from the Shruti.
Statement 3 is correct.Shruti describes the sacred texts comprising the central canon of Hinduism viz. Vedas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, & Upanishads. Smriti literally means ―that which is remembered,and it is the entire body of the post Vedic Classical Sanskrit literature.