Which article if the Indian Constitution abolishes untouchability?
- Article 30
- Article 17
- Article 19
- Article 21
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Abolition of Untouchability. To make an untouchability law further strong, parliament passed an Untouchability Offenses Act in 1955. However, this act was further amended and also renamed in the year of 1976 as Protection of the Civil Rights Act, 1955.
Where in the sky would the Pole Star appear to an observer situated on the North Pole?
- At a fixed point on the horizon
- Perpetually below the horizon and invisible
- It depends on the time of the year
- At the zenith (exactly overhead)
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The North Star or Pole Star is famous for holding nearly still in our sky while the entire northern sky moves around it. That's because it's located nearly at the north celestial pole
Who proposed the theory of the expanding universe?
- Georges Lemaitre
- Galileo Galilei
- Edwin Hubble
- Claudius Ptolemy
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American astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered in the 1920s that the Universe is expanding by showing that most galaxies are receding from the Milky Way and the farther away they are, the faster they are receding.
Who introduced the term state for the first time?
- Karl Marx
- Machiavelli
- Rousseau
- Jean Bodin
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The term ‘State’ in its modern sense was first used by Machiavelli. The State consists of four elements. These are (a) the people; (b) the territory; (c) the government and (d) sovereignty.
What type of economy is followed in India?
- Traditional Economy: Economic system based on goods, services, and work, all of which follow certain established trends.
- Command Economy: A dominant centralized authority – usually the government – that controls a significant portion of the economic structure.
- Market Economy: Economic system based on the concept of free markets.
- Mixed Economy: Economic system that combine the characteristics of the market and command economic systems.
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A mixed economic system is a system that combines aspects of both capitalism and socialism. This means that some industries are controlled by private businesses and individuals, while other industries are controlled by the government.
