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The correct answer is Section 100.

Key Points

• Section 100 of the Government of India Act 1935 was the provision that gave the Dominion Legislature of India the power to make laws.
• This power was subject to certain restrictions, such as the requirement that the Governor-General's assent be obtained for certain types of legislation.
• With the passing of the Indian Independence Act 1947 India became a Dominion and the Dominion Legislature made laws from 1947 to 1949 under the provisions of section 100 of the Government of India Act 1935 as adapted by the India (Provisional Constitution) Order 1947.

Additional Information

• Section 101 of the Government of India Act 1935 dealt with the power of the Governor-General to make ordinances.
• Section 135 of the Government of India Act 1935 dealt with the power of the Governor-General to veto legislation passed by the Dominion Legislature.
• Section 130 of the Government of India Act 1935 dealt with the power of the Governor-General to dissolve the Dominion Legislature.

The correct answer is 6 month.

Key Points

• A person who is not a member of any House of the Parliament can become a Prime Minister or Minister for a time period of 6 months.
• In 1997, the Supreme Court of India held that a person who is not a member of either house of Parliament can be appointed as Prime Minister or Minister for six months but he will need to gain the membership of any house within six months of the oath-taking otherwise, he ceases to be the Prime minister or minister.
• Constitutionally, The Prime Minister may be a member of any of the two Houses of the Parliament.
• For example, three Prime Ministers, Indira Gandhi, Deve Gowda, and Manmohan Singh were members of the Rajya Sabha.
• In Britain, the Prime Minister should be a member of the Lower House not a member of the Upper House.

The Correct Answer is: The Calcutta High Court 

Key Points

• Calcutta High Court was established on 1^st July 1862. It is the oldest high court in India.
• It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• The seat of the Kolkata high court is located in Kolkata (bench at Port Blair).
• There are a total of 25 High Courts in India. The latest High Court of India is Amravati HC of Andhra Pradesh.

Additional Information 

The correct answer is December, 1992.

Key Points

• The Constitution 73^rd and 74^th Amendment Act was passed in December,1992.
• The Act gave state governments the authority to take the required actions to formalise Panchayati Raj Institutions and enable them to function as self-governing entities.

Additional Information

• According to Article 40 of the Directive Principles of State Policy in the Indian Constitution, the government must make it easier for Gram Panchayats to get started and run efficiently.
• The central government of India passed the 73^rd Amendment Act in 1992 to solve these problems and enhance local self-governments.
• The Constitution now contains a new chapter called "Part IX: The Panchayats" as a result of this Act.

The correct answer is Bill of rights.

Key Points

• The Motilal Nehru Committee, also known as the All Parties Conference Committee, was a committee appointed by the All Parties Conference in 1928 to draft a constitution for India.
• The committee was chaired by Motilal Nehru and included other prominent Indian leaders such as Jawaharlal Nehru, Ali Imam, and Tej Bahadur Sapru.
• The committee submitted its report in 1928, which is known as the Nehru Report.
• The Nehru Report proposed a dominion status for India and a federal system of government.
• It also proposed a number of other reforms, including-
• A bill of rights
• Abolition of the Criminal Tribes Act
• Repeal of the Sindh Land Alienation Bill
• Of the options you have given, only the Bill of rights was proposed by the Motilal Nehru Committee in the year 1928.

 Additional Information

• The Ilbert Bill was a bill introduced in the British Indian Legislative Council in 1883.
• It proposed to give Indian judges the same jurisdiction over Europeans as European judges had over Indians.
• The bill was ultimately defeated, but it was a significant step in the Indian independence movement.
• The Criminal Tribes Act was a British law that was used to designate certain communities as criminal.
• This gave the police the power to arrest and detain members of these communities without charge.
• The act was widely criticized by Indian nationalists and was eventually repealed in 1952.
• The Sindh Land Aviation Bill was a bill introduced in the Sindh Legislative Assembly in 1926.
• It proposed to give the government the power to acquire land for aviation purposes. The bill was opposed by landowners and was eventually withdrawn.

The correct answer is It houses the vocal cords.

Key Points

• The larynx is part of your respiratory system.
• It’s a hollow tube that’s about 4 to 5 centimeters (cm) in length and width.
• The larynx is divided into three parts:
• The upper part (supraglottis).
• The middle part (glottis).
• The lower part (subglottis).

The correct answer is Sol.

Key Points

• Milk of magnesia is an example of Solid in liquid type colloid (sol) type of colloid.
• Milk of magnesia is a suspension of Mg(OH)2 in water.
• Milk of magnesia is a sol which means that the dispersed phase is in the solid state and the dispersion medium is in the liquid state.

Additional Information

• Aerosol is defined as a suspension system of solid or liquid particles in a gas.
• A solid sol is a colloidal solution in which both the dispersion medium (solvent) and the dispersed phase (solute) are solid.
• An emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids that are normally immiscible (unmixable or unblendable) owing to liquid-liquid phase separation.

The correct answer is Methanal. 

Key Points

• The term 'Protoplasm' is given by Purkinje in 1839.
• It is the living Content of a Cell that is Surrounded by a Plasma Membrane.
• It is basically Composed of a Mixture of Small Molecules such as Nucleic Acids, Proteins, and Lipids.
• Coagulation of protoplasm is the precipitation of cytoplasm and other cell organelles.
• This happens when we consume methanol.
• The methanol is oxidised to form methanal by our liver and this methanal causes coagulation of protoplasm

The correct answer is Ceres.

Key Points

• Dwarf planet Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and it's the only dwarf planet located in the inner solar system. It was the first member of the asteroid belt to be discovered when Giuseppe Piazzi spotted it in 1801.
• Called an asteroid for many years, Ceres is so much bigger and so different from its rocky neighbors that scientists classified it as a dwarf planet in 2006. Even though Ceres comprises 25% of the asteroid belt's total mass, Pluto is still 14 times more massive.
• Ceres is named for the Roman goddess of corn and harvests. The word cereal comes from the same name.

The correct answer is Methanoic Acid.

Key Points 

• Nettle sting and bee-sting have methanoic acid commonly called formic acid (HCOOH).
• The leaves and young stems of this herbaceous plant are fitted with stinging hairs tipped with formic acid and other irritants.
• If touched, these needle-like hairs inject the stinging acid into the skin, triggering a burning, tingling sensation and an itchy rash.

So, the nettle leaves contains methanoic acid that causes pain and irritation