Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is To adjourn the Legislative Assembly.

• Article 174, a governor shall summon the House at a time and place, as she or he thinks fit.
• Article 174 (2) (a) says a governor may from “time to time” prorogue the House.
• Article 174 (2) (b) allows her or him to dissolve the Legislative Assembly.
• The speaker of the Legislative assembly has the right to adjourn the Legislative Assembly.

Key Points

• According to Article 153, each state in the country will have a governor.
• Also, a person can be appointed as the Governor of two or more states.
• According to Article 155, the Governor is appointed by the President.
• The powers of Governor :
  • The governor has the right to call the state assembly in any emergency and dissolve it at any time.
  • He also has the right to call a joint sitting of the two houses.
  • He has the right to repeal any bill to be passed in the State Legislative Assembly, sent back for review and sent to the President.
  • This means that no bill in the state assembly can be passed without the consent of the governor.
  • The Governor also has the task of issuing any ordinance during emergencies in the state.

The correct answer is Shark — Tortoise — Otter.

Key Points

• Shark - Scientists believe that sharks came into existence around 400 million years ago. It is believed that they descended from a small leaf-shaped fish that had no eyes, bones on fins.
  • These fish then evolved into two main groups of fish that are found today.
  • Bony fish and cartilaginous fish which include shark and Chimaira.
  • Sharks are on the top of the marine food chain and are the only huge marine reptiles that exist today.
• Tortoise is believed to have existed for 250 million years.
  • They belong to the reptile species of the family Testudinidae.
  • Tortoise has a hard shell to protect from the outside environment. They are believed to have evolved from very large body sizes of around 100 kgs. They are among the longest-living land animals in the world.
• Otters are believed to have existed on earth for the past 23 million years.
  • They have evolved significantly and have gone through many adaptations to survive till this time.

Additional Information

• They have the ability to move both on water and land except sea otters. The rest of the otters have webbed feet which help them to move in the water.
• They have five toes which help them to move on land as well. It is believed that they were once land animals only but they ended up going in the water to be safe from predators.
• It is also believed that the food sources were available in limited quantities on land so they started hunting in water to survive.

All except Wheat are cash crops whereas wheat is a food crop.

Cash crops mainly used for direct sale in the market rather than for family consumption. Food crops are used for family consumption.

An animal walked 29 m south.

From here it turned right and walked 14 m.

Now it again turned right and walked 18 m.

Now it turned left and walked 27 m.

Animal facing West now.

Hence, option 2 is the correct answer.

The correct answer is First.

• As of June 2015, First place does Rajasthan have in solar power generation between Indian states.

• Solar power capacity of Rajasthan
  • ​According to data released by the Union ministry of new and renewable energy on June 4, 2015, Rajasthan has grabbed the number one position in the country with an installed capacity of 1,167 megawatts against Gujarat's 1,000 MW.

Additional Information

Solar power capacity of India: ​Top 5 states