Who proposed the steady-state theory?
- Hermann Bondi
- Thomas Gold
- Sir James Jeans
- Fred Hoyle
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The steady-state theory was first proposed by Sir James Jeans in the 1920s, but it was reformulated by Fred Hoyle, Thomas Gold, and Hermann Bondi in 1948.
When was Jana Gana Mana adopted as our national anthem?
- 25 January 1950
- 24 January 1950
- 26 January 1950
- 26 November 1949
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On 24 January 1950, ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was adopted as the national anthem.
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.
Indian constitutional amendment procedure is:
- Rigid
- Flexible
- Rigid as well as Flexible
- None
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Indian constitution is more flexible than rigid. For example, most of its provisions can be amended by a two-thirds majority in the parliament. However, in order to amend some of the provisions like the election of the president, powers and functions, the extent of Centre-State relations, etc. apart from two-thirds majority in both houses of the parliament, the bill must be passed by at least half of the total state legislatures.
People who regularly move in and out of poverty (for example small farmers and seasonal workers). The occasionally poor are rich most of the time but may sometimes have a patch of bad luck are called ______
- Chronic poor
- Churning poor
- Transient poor
- Non-poor
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The churning poor are the people who go in and out of poverty (for example, small farmers and seasonal workers).