Question Discussion & Solution

According to given conditions,

Clearly, the man is now facing West.

Hence, ‘West’ is the correct answer.

The correct answer is 1948.

• Gram Panchayat Raj Ordinance was promulgated in 1948 in Rajasthan.

Key Points

• Gram Panchayat Raj Ordinance, 1948 was one of his very first acts in the field of Panchayati Raj governance in Rajasthan.
• Elected Panchayats based on the Universal Adult franchise came into being in various villages of the former feudatories in
  • Udaipur
  • Kota
  • Partapgarh
  • Kushalgarh
  • Banswara
  • Dungarpur and others
• Thus, 790 Panchayats came into existence in 13,656 Villages of formers Rajasthan.

Additional Information

• Rajasthan Panchayat Act, 1953 was passed and enforced in 1954, after the inauguration of Unified Rajasthan and the formation of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.

As the total distance between A and G is equal to E and D i.e. 20 km. So BD = 20 – (10 + 1) = 9 Km.

Hence, the distance between B and D is 9 km 

A 2007 survey by the Ministry of Women and Child Development showed that 53% of children in India had been sexually abused. 

Important Points The Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) was passed by both houses of Parliament on May 22, 2012.  

• It came into effect on Children’s Day, November 14, 2012.
• Salient Feature of POCSO- 
  • It is gender-neutral.
  • It makes the reporting of abuse mandatory.
  • It makes the recording of sexual abuse mandatory.
  • It lists all known types of sexual offences towards minors.
  • It provides for the protection of minors during the judicial process.

From the above, it is clear that the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) came into effect on Children’s Day, November 14, 2012.

The correct answer is Transpiration.

• Transpiration is the loss of water from a plant in the form of water vapour.

 Additional Information

• The amount of water that plants transpire varies greatly geographically and over time.
• The transpiration depends upon
  • Temperature,
  • Relative humidity,
  • Wind and air movement,
  • Soil moisture availability and
  • Type of plant.

Guttation

• Guttation is the loss of water in the form of water droplets from hydathodes (small pores) on the leaf margin of some vascular plants.

Evaporation

• Evaporation is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapour.

Translocation

• The movement of sucrose and other substances like amino acids around a plant is called translocation.