Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is 6 years.

Key Points

• The  Council of States or Rajya Sabha is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India.
• Rajya Sabha is a permanent body and it can never dissolve.
• There is no tenure of Rajya Sabha whereas the member of Rajya Sahba has a tenure of 6 years.
• One-third of members of the Rajya Sabha retire every second year in a cyclic manner.
• Rajya Sabha-
  • As of 2021, the Rajya Sabha has a maximum membership of 245.
  • Out of 245, 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using single transferable votes through Open Ballot and the President can appoint 12 members for their contributions to literature, art, science, and social services.
  • The potential seating capacity of the house (Rajya Sabha) is 250 (238 elected, 12 Nominated by the President of India), according to article 80 of the Constitution of India.
  • The Vice President of India is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

Important Points

• The Indian Parliament is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India.
• The Parliament is a bicameral legislature composed of the President of India and 2 houses: the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
• The term of office of a Lok Sabha member is 5 years.
• The Indian Constitution provides that the maximum strength of Lok Sabha be 550 members.

S.I. Unit of Pressure is Pascal,

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S.I. Unit of Current is Ampere.

The image is flipped horizontally.

Hence, option 4 is the mirror image of the given image.

The correct answer is Only I.

Key Points

• In asexual reproduction, only one parent is involved and sex cells are not involved. 
• It is observed in both multicellular and unicellular organisms.
• Types of asexual reproduction are:
  • Binary Fission
  • Budding
  • Fragmentation
  • Vegetative Propagation
  • Sporogenesis
• Spore formation comes under sporogenesis. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
• Spore formation is a kind of reproduction process in plants by produces tiny spores and propagates through them.
• Spore Formation is a method of asexual reproduction. 
• Spore formation can be seen in the bread mould / Rhizopus.
• The airborne spores land on bread under favourable conditions and they germinate and produce new bread mould plants.
• Each spore is covered with a protective coat to withstand unfavourable conditions.
• Plants like ferns, mucor, and mosses are also reproduced through spore formation
• Spores are present in a sac called sporangia.
• Fragmentation is a type of asexual reproduction. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.

Additional Information

• Pollination is a method of Sexual Reproduction.
• Self-pollination:
  • The transfer of pollen grains from another to the stigma of the same flower is called self-pollination.
• ​Cross-pollination:
  • The transfer of pollen grains from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower is called cross-pollination.
• Vegetative propagation:
  • It is a form of asexual reproduction of a plant wherein a new plant grows from a fragment of the parent plant.

Windows is NOT correct.

Key Points 

• Among the options, only Windows is NOT an open-source operating system.
• Windows is a closed source operating system marketed by Microsoft.
• Microsoft first introduced the Windows operating system on 20 November 1985.
• Closed Operating Systems are built with numerous codes and complex programming and that is called source code. 
• An Open-source Operating System is the Operating System in which source code is visible publically and editable.
• The operating system is a collection of programs that controls the overall operations of the computer.
• Operating system is a System software in computers.
• It works as an interface between user and computer hardware components.
• Examples of operating systems are:
  • Linux.
  • Unix.
  • DOS.
  • Windows.
  • Ubuntu.
  • Embedded operating system.
  • OpenBSD.
  • Mac OS.