Which of the following conditions prevails/prevail during the summer season in India?
1. The Westerly Jet Stream withdraws itself, while the Easterly Jet Stream sets in over the Peninsular India.
2. The majority of tropical cyclones affect the eastern coast of India.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
• The Western Cyclonic Disturbances are temperate cyclones and not tropical cyclones. Further, the tropical cyclones get dissipated, when they enter land surface. However western disturbances travel mainly over the land surface only.
• The Western Cyclonic Disturbances, which enter the Indian sub-continent from the west and the north-west during the winter months originate over the Mediterranean Sea and are brought into India by the Westerly Jet Streams. An increase in the prevailing night temperature generally indicates an advance in the arrival of these cyclonic disturbances.
Nine litres are drawn from a cask full of water and it is then filled with milk, Nine litres of mixture are drawn and the cask is again filled with milk, The quantity of water now left in the cask to that of the milk in it is 16 : 9. How much does the cask hold?
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Sustainable development requires which of the following? 1. Preservation of ecological resources and greater use of renewable resources. 2. Encouragement to the use of environmentally-safe technologies for development purposes. 3. Formulation and implementation of policy framework for people-security and human justice, including ecological and economic security. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Consider the following statements about the Cabinet Mission: 1. Stafford Cripps was the Chairman of the Mission. 2. It supported the cause of Pakistan’s independence. 3. It recommended that provinces will have residuary powers. Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?
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The identity platform 'Aadhaar' provides open "Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)". What does it imply ? 1. It can be integrated into any electronic device. 2. Online authentication using iris is possible. Which of the statements given above is/ are correct ?
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