UPSC PRELIMINARY MOCK TEST 45

Pentavalent vaccine- The pentavalent vaccine is a combination of DPT (diphtheria, Pertussis/whooping cough and tetanus), Hepatitis B and Hib vaccines. DPT and Hepatitis B vaccines are already a part of the immunisation programme. They are being replaced by pentavalent vaccine in a phased manner in the country.

What is the Collegium system?

• The Collegium of judges does not figure in the Constitution. It is the Supreme Court's invention.
• Constitution says judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts are appointed by the President and speaks of a process of consultation.
• Therefore, Collegium is a system under which judges are appointed by an institution comprising judges.
• Collegium also recommends the transfer of Chief Justices and other judges.

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SENSEX is a sensitive index belonging to Bombay stock Exchange (BSE) and is based on 30 of the most important stock available on BSE. A rise reflects positive about the growth of the Indian Economy to the investors it is only changes a price of shares of group of companies registered with BSE.

Due to non-availability of the data, no single method can solely be used in India. Our country uses a mixture of all the three methods. More learning: IncomeMethod By this National Income is calculated compiling income of factors of production viz., land, labour, capital and entrepreneur. ProductionMethod It is used by economists to calculate GDP at market prices, which are the total values of outputs produced at different stages of production. ExpenditureMethod It measures all spending on currently-produced final goods and services only in an economy.

Nanga Parbat forms the western anchor of the Himalayan Range and is the westernmost eight-thousander. It lies just south of the Indus River in the Diamer District of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. Not far to the north is the western end of the Karakoram range.

Nanga Parbat, also called Diamir, one of the world's tallest mountains, 26,660 feet (8,126 metres) high, situated in the western Himalayas 17 miles (27 km) west-southwest of Astor, in the Pakistani-administered sector of the Kashmir region. The mountain's steep south wall rises nearly 15,000 feet (4,600 metres) above the valley immediately below, and the north side drops about 23,000 feet (7,000 metres) to the Indus River. "