Question Discussion & Solution

Today most countries in the world have a Constitution. While all democratic countries are likely to have a Constitution, it is not necessary that all countries that have a Constitution are democratic.

Important Points

Key features of the Indian Constitution:

• Federalism:
  • This refers to the existence of more than one level of government in the country.
  • In India, we have governments at the state level, at the centre and Panchayati Raj at the village level.
  • The Constitution contains lists that detail the issues that each tier of government can make laws on.
  • In addition, the Constitution also specifies where each tier of government can get the money from, for the work that it does.
  • All persons in India are governed by laws and policies made by each of these levels of government.
• Parliamentary form of government:
  • The people of India have a direct role in electing their representatives. Also, every citizen of the country, irrespective of his/her social background, can contest in elections.
• Separation of powers:
  • There are 3 organs of government:
    • The legislature: refers to elected representatives by the people.
    • The executive: is a smaller group of people who are responsible for implementing laws and running the government.
    • The judiciary: refers to the system of courts in India.
  • Each organ mentioned above acts as a check on the other organs of government. This ensures the balance of power between all three.
• Fundamental rights:
  • The constitution guarantees the rights of individuals against the State as well as against other individuals. It also guarantees the rights of minorities against the majority.
  • The Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution include:
    • Right to Equality
    • Right to Freedom
    • Right against Exploitation
    • Right to Freedom of Religion
    • Cultural and Educational Rights
    • Right to Constitutional Remedies

From the above, we can conclude that the Presidential form of government is not a feature of the Indian constitution.

• A mistake is essentially any programmer action that later shows up as an incorrect result during program execution
• A programmer may commit a mistake in almost any development activity; For example, during coding a programmer might commit the mistake of not initializing a certain variable or might overlook the errors that might arise in some exceptional situations such as division by zero in an arithmetic operation, both these mistakes can lead to an incorrect result

The correct answer is Football.

Key Points

• 'Bandodkar Gold Trophy' is associated with the sports of Football. 
• The Bandodkar Gold Cup was made of pure gold weighing several kilos.
• The trophy was instituted in 1970, by then Chief Minister, the late Dayanand Bandodkar.
• The Bandodkar Gold Cup was one of the top football tournaments in business in that era.
• The tournament was disbanded in 1994, only to be revived some years back by the Association.

 Additional Information

Given series: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, 65, 82, _________

The logic is:

2 + 3 = 5

5 + 5 = 10

10 + 7 = 17

17 + 9 = 26

26 + 11 = 37

37 + 13 = 50

50 + 15 = 65

65 + 17 = 82

82 + 19 = 101

Explanation:

BOSS (BHARAT OPERATING SYSTEM SOLUTIONS)

• National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software (NRCFOSS) of India developed a free and Open Source operating system called Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS).
• The latest variant of BOSS called GNU/Linux or simply BOSS Linux Version 5.0 is developed by C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing).
• Linux Foundation has certified BOSS GNU/Linux for compliance with the Linux Standard Base standard.
• EduBOSS, another variant of BOSS GNU Did you know Linux, has educational applications for school students.
• The latest PC version learning packages that contain education of BOSS GNU/Linux is games, paint and graphic tools, typing tutor, available in eighteen and many other such tools.
• It also contains Indian languages. teaching tools for subjects like Math, Science, Social Studies among others.
• Another main component is the e-learning editor that enables teachers to develop and publish web-based learning and teaching materials and design online quizzes, tests, and self-evaluation procedures.

Important Points

•  The latest PC version of BOSS GNU/Linux is available in 18 Indian languages.