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[#431] Under which article in 1968, the number of votes required in the Security Council to convene a general conference to review the charter was increased from seven to nine?
Correct Answer

(C) Article 109

Explanation

Solution: Under Article 109 in 1968, the number of votes required in the Security Council to convene a general conference to review the charter was increased from seven to nine.

[#432] The term Ground Stroke is associated with which of the following games?
Correct Answer

(C) Tennis

Explanation

Solution: The term Ground Stroke is associated with Tennis. A groundstroke or ground stroke in tennis is a forehand or backhand shot that is executed after the ball bounces once on the court. It is usually hit from the back of the tennis court, around the baseline.

[#433] The type of root system of all of the following is tap root system, except that of
Correct Answer

(D) maize plant

Explanation

Solution: The type of root system of all of the following is tap root system, except that of maize plant. The root system of maize can be divided into an embryonic root system (Abbe and Stein, 1954) consisting of a single primary root and a variable number of seminal roots, and a post‐embryonic root system which is made up by shoot‐borne roots.

[#434] To which of the following countries does the news agency Cetreko belong?
Correct Answer

(A) Czechoslovakia

Explanation

Solution: The news agency Cetreko belongs to Czechoslovakia.

[#435] Who amongst the following had called Rabindranath Tagore as THE GREAT SENTINEL?
Correct Answer

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

Explanation

Solution: Mahatma Gandhi amongst the following had called Rabindranath Tagore as THE GREAT SENTINEL. Rabindranath Tagore was a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance. He started writing at an early age and by the turn of the century had become a household name in Bengal as a poet, a songwriter, a playwright, an essayist, a short story writer and a novelist. In 1913 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and his verse collection Gitanjali came to be known internationally. At about the same time he founded Visva-Bharati, a university located in Santiniketan, near Kolkata. Called the ‘Great Sentinel’ of modern India by Mahatma Gandhi, Tagore steered clear of active politics but is famous for returning his knighthood as a gesture of protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919.