Current Affairs & General Knowledge Test - 7

Dependency Theory developed in the late 1950s under the guidance of the Director of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America.

Dependency can be defined as an explanation of the economic development of a state in terms of the external influences - political, economic, and cultural - on national development policies.

The 42^nd  constitutional amendment act of 1976 provided for the setting up of Administrative Tribunals in India.

The original constitution did not contain any provisions with respect to tribunals.

The 42^nd constitutional amendment added a new part XIV-A and article 323 A to the Indian constitution.

Article 323 A empowers the parliament to provide for the establishment of administrative tribunals.

Administrative Tribunals adjudicate the disputes and complaints relating to the recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to the public service and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union and the States.

The chairman of the central administrative tribunal shall be a sitting or retired judge of a high court.

The chairman, vice-chairman, and the members of the central administrative tribunals are appointed by the President.

Justice L Narasimha Reddy is the current chairman of the central administrative tribunal.

The Battle of Talikota (23 January 1565) was a watershed battle fought between the Empire and the Deccan sultanates. The treacherous defeat of the Vijayanagar Empire followed subsequent destruction and looting which became short-lived before the successors of Rama Raya.

Statement (a) Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other halogenated ozone-depleting substances (ODS) are mainly responsible for man-made chemical ozone depletion. The total amount of effective halogens (chlorine and bromine) in the stratosphere can be calculated and are known as the equivalent effective stratospheric chlorine (EESC).

Statement (b) ​Any gas that allows the radiation from the Sun to come to Earth, but absorbs the longitudinal radiation that comes back from the Earth, increases the temperature of the Earth, it is called Greenhouse Gas.

The increasing amount of greenhouse gases is a cause of global warming and climate change. Naturally found greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases.

Thus, the both statement (a) and (b) is correct.

GAIL has entered into its first long-term time charter agreement with Singapore-based "K" LINE for a new LNG ship, featuring a tank capacity of 1,74,000 cubic meters.

Rostow penned his classic Stages of Economic Growth in 1960, which presented five steps through which all countries must pass to become developed: 1) traditional society, 2) preconditions to take-off, 3) take-off, 4) drive to maturity and 5) age of high mass consumption. The model asserted that all countries exist somewhere on this linear spectrum, and climb upward through each stage in the development process.

The following statements regarding Lok Devta are true:

• Ramdev Ji started Kamadia Panth.
• Ramdev Ji composed 24 Vaniya.
• As Symbol, His pagaliya (Footprints) are worshipped.
• Terah Taali dance is presented by kamadias.
• The fair of Ramdev Ji was held in Runicha (Jaisalmer), Bhadrapada Shukla Dwitiya to Ekadashi.

Thus, only statement 1 is correct.

Bhopal, the administrative capital of Madhya Pradesh is not located on the bank of any river.

• Bhagalpur is located on the bank of Ganges.
• Agra is located on the bank of Yamuna.
• Kanpur is located on the bank of the Ganges.
• Mysore is also not located on the bank of any river. It is located between Kaveri and Kabini (a tributary of Kaveri) rivers.
• Tributaries of Ganges - Kosi, Gomati, Gandaki, Ghaghara, Damodar, Yamuna, Son.
• Tributaries of Yamuna - Chambal, Betwa, Sind, Ken, Hindon, Varuna.
• Tributaries of Kaveri - Shimsha, Hemavati, Arkavathi, Lakshmana Tirtha, Kabini, Bhavani.

The characteristics of the Mediterranean Climate includes dry and hot summer, with cold and rainy winters.

• The regions which are located in the Western Part of the Continent in the between 30-45 degrees North and South of the Equator.
• Pressure belts are anticyclonic, meaning they rotate clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, and anti-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Anti-cyclonic conditions are accompanied by a clearer sky.
• Rainfall isn't even but the regions with Mediterranean climate experience winter rainfalls.
• Places with Mediterranean Climate - Central Chile, California, Mediterranean Basin, Western Cape of South Africa, Western and South Australia.