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Physical Geography Success Tip
l In ‘annular’ pattern, rivers flow like a ring The fourth colour band indicates the resistor’s tol-
l Ports of the Baltic Sea remain open for trade even erance. Tolerance is the percentage of error in the
during winter because North Atlantic Drift, a resistor’s resistance, or how much more or less you
warm ocean current flows in the region can expect a resistor’s actual measured resistance
l The climatic zones are classified on the basis of to be from its stated resistance. A gold tolerance
rainfall band is 5% tolerance, silver is 10%, and no band at
l Major South-West Asian oil fields are located in all would mean a 20% tolerance.
Shore regions of Persian Gulf
l In Astrophysics, White hole is a hypothetical
l Europa, Ganymede and Callisto are Galilean
hole in outer space from which stars and energy
Satellite of Jupiter
emerge
l The increased incidence of floods in recent times
in North India is due to increased deforesta- Success Tip
tion in the catchment area In general relativity, a white hole is a hypothetical
Polity and Constitution region of space time which cannot be entered from
the outside, although matter and light can escape
l Habeas Corpus is issued by the court in case of
from it. In this sense, it is the reverse of a black hole,
an illegal detention of a person
which can only be entered from the outside and from
l True about Pressure Groups:
which matter and light cannot escape.
ä Pressure Groups aim at influencing the poli-
cies of the government l Light scattering takes place in Colloidal solutions
ä Pressure Groups articulates the interest of its Chemistry
group
l Neutrons are slowed down in a nuclear reactor
ä Pressure Group is characterised by homoge-
neity of interests by Moderator
l Under Article 323A of the Indian Constitution, Success Tip
the decision of the Central Administrative Tri- In nuclear engineering, a neutron moder-ator is a
bunal can be challenged in the Supreme Court medium that reduces the speed of fast neutrons,
l Switzerland is the example for Plural Executive thereby turning them into thermal neutrons capa-
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The office of the President does not depend upon l An element of atomic no. 29 belongs to d-block
Congress. He is popularly elected for a term of four l H2SO4 is used as a catalyst in the production
years. In Switzerland, there is a plural executive. of high octane fuels
Though the Swiss constitution provi-des for a Pres- l The term reactor referred to in waste water treat-
ident, he is not like the head of the state of a pres- ment is Aeration tank
idential form of government l The effect or response produced by two or more
l The Concept of “Directive Principles of State chemicals are less than the sum of the effects
Policy” incorporated in the Constitution of In- or response that the chemical would produce
dia was borrowed from the Constitution of Ire- individually is known as Antagonism
land l Threshold limit value of copper in the atmospher-
Economy ic air is 1.0 mg/m3
l Investment multiplier shows the effect of invest- Success Tip
ment on Income The threshold limit value (TLV) of a chemical
l Buffer stock, Imports and Support price are substance is a level to which it is believed a worker
related to the Agricultural Price Policy can be exposed day after day for a working lifetime
l If a good has negative income elasticity and pos- without adverse effects
itive price elasticity of demand, it is a giffen good
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Biology
A giffen good occurs when a rise in price causes high- l Membrane lipids of chill-sensitive plants contain
er demand because the income effect outweighs the high proportion of unsaturated fatty acids
substitution effect l Respiration is regarded as a Catabolic Process
l The opportunity cost of a factor of production is Success Tip
what it can earn in some other use Respiration involves the oxidation carbohydrates,
l Gold, SDRs and Foreign currency assets form proteins and fats etc to release energy. Since bonds
parts of the foreign exchange reserves of India in these substances are broken down to release ener-
Physics gy, respiration is considered as a catabolic process
l The structure which helps in the nutrition of
l In the resistance colour code, the fourth band
signifies tolerance level the Embryo is Yolk sac
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