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Explanation: The independent review Committee headed by Dr.P. Rama Rao was set up to review the functioning of Defence Research and Development organisation ( DRDO). The following recommendations of the Committee were accepted by the government:(i) nomination of nodal officers for structured interaction between DRDO and Service; (ii) Integrated Financial Advice Scheme for financial Advice Scheme for financial decentralization; etc.

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Explanation: The Ist Administrative Reforms Commission of India (1966 – 1970), headed by Morarji Desai, recommended the setting up of ‘ Lokpal’ and ‘ Lokayukta’ for the redressal of citizens grievances. These institutions were to be set up on the pattern of the institution of Ombudsman in Scandinavian countries and the parliamentary commissioner for investigation in the New Zealand.

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Explanations: Glycolate is the major substrate for Photorespiration, The enzymes of Glycolate oxidase and catalase, are present in substantial quantities in leaf extracts from both high and low capacity plants. Glycolate has been detected in leaves of both types of plants.

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Explanations: The Attorney General is the first Law Officer of India. He is the Chief Legal Advisor to the Central Government and also acts as a lawyer in the Supreme Court on behalf of it.

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Q6. The Survey of India is head quartered at Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand. It is Indian’s central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying. Set up in 1767 to help consolidate the territories of the British East India Company. It is one of the oldest Engineering Departments of the Government of India.  

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Explanations: Denitrifying bacteria are microorganism whose action results in the conversation of nitrates in soil to free atmospheric nitrogen, thus depleting soil fertility and reducing agricultural productivity. Thiobacillus denitrificans, Micrococcus denitrificans, and some species of Serratia, Pseudomonas, and Achromobacter are implicated as denitrifiers.

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Explanations: The Ozone layer (ozonosphere) refers to a region of Earth’s stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation. It contains high concentrations of ozone (O3) relative to other parts of the atmosphere.

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Explanations: The non –  cooperation movement was withdrawn because of the Chauri Chaura incident that occurred at Chauri Chaura the Gorakhpur district of the United Province on 5 February 1922. The incident involved killing of 23 policemen as retaliation to police fire: a development that was against the philosophy of non -violence.

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Explanations: The Internet protocol suite is the set of communication protocols used for the Internet and similar networks, and generally the most popular protocol stack for wide area networks. It is commonly known as TCP/IP, because of its most important protocols : Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP), which were the first networking protocols defined in this standard.