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Question 1

Appeared in Year: 2015

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Critically compare nuclear energy with the nonconventional energy sourcing.

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  • Nuclear energy being a conventional energy since it is used to generate electricity is the energy that holds together the nucleus of atoms.
  • It is a non-renewable source of energy because its fuel (uranium and to a lesser extent plutonium) are crustal resources in limited supply.)
    The Nuclear Power Station
    Non-Conventional Energy sources are the renewa…

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Question 2

Appeared in Year: 2016

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Discuss the impact of Information Technology in the Industrial revolution Of India.

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  • The information Technology age is also known as the Computer, Digital age, or New Media age. The information age is associated with the Digital Revolution just as the Industrial Revolution is associated with the Industrial Age. The digital industry creates a knowledge-based society surrounded by a high-tech global economy so as to ensure that the m…

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Question 3

Appeared in Year: 2014

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Elucidate the significance and legal sanctity of DNA test/matching in determining the heredity.

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  • The significance and legal sanctity of DNA test/matching in determining the heredity:
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid (made up of nucleotides) , a self-replicating material, which is present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information.
  • Most genetic ancestry tests involve the analyses of small …

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Question 4

Appeared in Year: 2014

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How can genetic engineering help in India՚s struggle for Food Security?

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  • Genetic Engineering also known as Genetic modification or Genetic manipulation is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells.
  • Genetic Engineering can significantly help in India՚s struggle for Food Security:
    • India՚s Population is expected to reach 1.8 billion by 2050 according to a UN report.
    • In India farmers are losing around Rs…

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Question 5

Appeared in Year: 2012

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What are Support Vector Machines (SVMs) and what are their important applications?

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Support vector Machines are supervised machine learning algorithms, which can be, used for both classification and regression challenges.

  • Mostly used in classification problems.

    We perform classification by finding the hyper-plane that differentiates the two classes.

The No Separating Line for the Classes
The a Line Separating the Classes
    • In the first d…

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Question 6

Appeared in Year: 2012

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Comment on the recent milestones and the proposed initiatives of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) .

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The Indian Space Research Organization is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bengaluru formed on 15th August 1969.

To harness space technology for national development is the main objective of ISRO.

The Isro
  • Milestones and proposed initiatives

    Aryabhata, the first satellite built by ISO was launched by the Soviet U…

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Question 7

Appeared in Year: 2012

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Critically comment on the extent, scope and implications of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in India.

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  • Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) encompass a vast group of diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases.
    • NCDs mainly include
      • Cardiovascular diseases.
      • Stroke.
      • Diabetes Mellitus.
      • Cancer.
      • Chronic Lung diseases.
    • Globally around million) and to about

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Question 8

Appeared in Year: 2012

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What is the significance of qubits in computing? Mention any significant advances in this area?

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  • A qubit is a two-state quantum mechanical system.
    • One of the simplest quantum systems displaying the peculiarity of quantum mechanics.
    • Mostly silicon-based qubits have been made from the electron or the nucleus of a single phosphorus atom.
    • A qubit is the basic unit of information in a quantum computer.
    • In a quantum computer, a number of elemental parti…

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