These MCQs are based on Today’s Targets given here
Q.1) Consider the following statements about National Human Rights Commission (NHRC):
1. NHRC is a statutory body
2. Chairman of NHRC should be a retired Chief Justice of India
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans. C
Explanation:
- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India is an autonomous public body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993.
- It was given a statutory basis by the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (TPHRA).
- The NHRC is the national human rights institution, responsible for the protection and promotion of human rights, defined by the Act as “rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants”.
- Composition:
- It consists of a Chairman and 4 members.
- Chairman should be a retired Chief Justice of India.
- Members should be either sitting or retired judges of the Supreme Court or a serving or retired Chief Justice of a High Court and 2 persons having practical knowledge in this field.
- Ex officio members are the chairmen of National Commission for Scheduled Caste, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, National Commission for Minorities and National Commission for Women.
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Q.2) Consider the following statements about Rohingya:
1. Rohinyas are ethnic minorities in Myanmar
2. Rohinyas follow Buddhist religion
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans. A
Explanation:
Rohinyas are ethnic minorities in Myanmar. They follow Muslim Religion
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Q.3) Which of the following rivers is not originated in Tibet:
a) Indus
b) Chenab
c) Irrawaddy
d) Salween
Ans. B
Q.4) Which of the following illustrate multiple reflection of sound?
1) Megaphones or loudhailers, horns
2) musical instruments such as trumpets and shehanais.
3) Stethoscopes, the medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body by doctors.
4) Curved ceilings of concert halls, conference halls and cinema halls
b) 2 and 3
c) 3 and 4
d) All of the above
Ans. D
Explanation: USES OF MULTIPLE REFLECTION OF SOUND: Megaphones or loudhailers, horns, musical instruments such as trumpets and shehanais, are all designed to send sound in a particular direction without spreading it in all directions. In these instruments, a tube followed by a conical opening reflects sound successively to guide most of the sound waves from the source in the forward direction towards the audience. Stethoscope is a medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body, chiefly in the heart or lungs. In stethoscopes the sound of the patient’s heartbeat reaches the doctor’s ears by multiple reflection of sound. Generally, the ceilings of concert halls, conference halls and cinema halls are curved so that sound after reflection reaches all corners of the hall.
Source: Ncert Class 9th Science Chapter 12
2) In a high jump athletic event, the athletes are made to fall either on a cushioned bed or on a sand bed.
3) A sailor jumping out of a rowing boat.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3
d) All of the above
Ans. A
Explanation: The second law of motion is often seen in action in our everyday life. Have you noticed that while catching a fast moving cricket ball, a fielder in the ground gradually pulls his hands backwards with the moving ball? In doing so, the fielder increases the time during which the high velocity of the moving ball decreases to zero. Thus, the acceleration of the ball is decreased and therefore the impact of catching the fast moving ball. In a high jump athletic event, the athletes are made to fall either on a cushioned bed or on a sand bed. This is to increase the time of the athlete’s fall to stop after making the jump. This decreases the rate of change of momentum and hence the force. The third law of motion can also be illustrated when a sailor jumps out of a rowing boat. As the sailor jumps forward, the force on the boat moves it backwards
Source: NCERT Class 9th Science Chapter 9