Fascinating Facts and Knowledge Nuggets: A Quick Read
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Quiz 1. Which two words were added to the preamble of the Indian constitution by the 42nd amendment?
Ans. Socialist and Secular.
Quiz 2. What aspect of the Indian Constitution is a world record?
Ans. It’s the World’s longest written constitution.
Quiz 3. The two copies of the Constitution are preserved in a display case, which was constructed in collaboration with the Getty Conservation Institute, USA, The National Physical Laboratory and the Parliament library. What inert gas is inside the case to ensure the paper doesn’t get affected?
Ans. Nitrogen
Quiz 4. What does the Gini coefficient measure?
Ans. The Gini coefficient is a statistical measure of how unequally income is distributed in a population. It’s a number between 0 and 1, where 0 means perfect equality and 1 means perfect inequality.
Economists and policymakers use the Gini coefficient to determine if a country has an income inequality problem. Italian statistician Corrado Gini developed the Gini coefficient and published it in 1912.
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Quiz 5. This place located in the South Pacific, is considered the most remote location on Earth, it is situated approximately 2,688 kilometres from the nearest landmass. What is the name of the place ?
Ans . Point Nemo
Quiz 6. What is the 30×30 biodiversity target?
Ans. Known commonly as the ’30×30 target’, Target 3 of the Global Biodiversity Framework contains an ambitious commitment to conserve 30% of terrestrial, inland water, coastal and marine areas by 2030, “through ecologically representative, well-connected and equitably governed systems of protected areas and others.
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