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Daily Quiz : UPSC Prelims Marathon – March 17
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3 of 5 questions answered correctly
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5 of 5 questions answered correctlyYour time: 00:04:25
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Hello,
I think the difference here lies with the start-ups and well established firms like Safoni.
We cannot see the issue of commercialisation in isolation with other government objectives like unutilised startup funds,employment generation etc on which various schemes are working.In
case of startups share of resources as well and license is provided by the centre, so it can later turn to revenue sharing.(The first deal in TVF Pitchers which Naveen rejects :P)
But a well established firm like Safoni,won’t make a deal of revenue sharing in return of resources. They just need license. And the profit will follow. So its the nature of startups which are pivotal to commercialise the unutilised patents.
Second, research and commercialisation of the research are two different things which needs whole lot of resources. Once the research is done,it cannot create a sustainable commercialisation model unless the public is charged,not exorbitantly( root cause of sick PSUs)P.S Thats how I see it and I don’t hold any expertise in the subject.
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Dear wayne . I have a doubt. Since you solved my last article related doubt. I am again asking you. 😛
The fate of CSIR-Tech is proof that the current model of commercialisation does not work with respect to publicly-funded research. So, how do we ensure that public-funded research reaches the masses and check the excessive filing of patents without due diligence? A possible solution to preserve the objective of publicly funded research is to devise an IPR policy wherein patents are initially offered on an open royalty-free licence to start-ups. Once start-ups commercialise the inventions successfully, the royalty-free licence could be converted into a revenue-sharing model.
It is predominantly taxpayers’ money that goes into public-funded research. When research is commercialised by private entities, it tends to be sold back to the public at a price. America is in the midst of such a conundrum, where talks are going on of granting French pharmaceutical company Sanofi exclusive licence for the drug against the Zika virus — a drug which has already cost the American exchequer $43 million in R&D. Granting Sanofi this would defeat the purpose of public funds expended on research as the company would charge the American public again for the life-saving drug.
Putting granted patents on an open licence can be testimony to the commercial viability of the things we are patenting using public money. Not only would it bring a sense of accountability to the managers who run the system but it would also open up publicly-funded research to a whole lot of people, especially start-ups, who can now test, verify, work and put the patented technology into the market.
According to me, in the second para they are saying – publically funded research should not be sold to private companies. Then in first para it says – Once start-ups commercialism the inventions successfully, the royalty-free licence could be converted into a revenue-sharing model. Would it not defeat the purpose of the research as, the fee would be charged to public only. Aren’t the two things contradictory.
PS: Please dont change your profile name.
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im sure about upsc answer key
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nodi………tera selection kabhi nahi hoga…..tera profile hi batata hai…jis din ho jaye us din 9654366856 pe call de dena main preparation chor dunga
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do you have a source you can post here? My book maybe wrong.
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Are you sure? In my book it says UPSC answer key is B.
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I am always against ‘ratta’, I’m stubborn enough to mark a question wrong if it is against my logic. 😛
But you see, in the long run that will not affect Ocean Currents. Just like how a sustained potential difference is required to set up an Electrical current, temporary differences only create Sparks. This is why Lightnings are called sparks and not considered as current. The situation is analogous. -
Mutinder,
Revolution>> changes in temp>> seasonal … Considering ocean waters nd thermohaline factors.. seasonal changes may not create strong effect on ocean current..may be thats why it’s not in textbooks
…i strongly feel there could be some neutralising effects thus it’s not included.
… Yet el nino is one kind of seasonal and thus revolution needs attention..
But I too approached in the text book driven way..!
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It’s not true
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It is undoubtedly wrong
A place even below sea level at the interior will experience temperature variation
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Nothing alien as such. Just keep it simple and beware of the MCQs which is either you optional or a subject which you have command on. It leads to extreme linkages in concept unless the ques is very objective in nature.
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I am commenting on Prelims Marathon thread,can’t you figure out kya hua hoga..:/
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5 of 5 questions answered correctlyYour time: 00:02:11
🙂 🙂 🙂
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Q2 – statement 2 – UPSC 2013 question
http://mrunal.org/2013/06/answerkey-csat-2013-gs-geography-physical-indian-world-geography-questions-solved-with-explanation-reference-all-four-sets-abcd.html
Have a look
Mrunal says – official answer key has given ASNWER as A -
bhai annual range of temp delhi ki zyada hogi.altitude ki wajah se shimla cold hi rhega .delhi me zyada thand and zyada garmi=larger annual variation in temp.kuch galat ho to point out kre ya kahi ncert me diya h about shimla ka variation being more..?
upsc ne bhi a only dia tha.
http://mrunal.org/2013/06/answerkey-csat-2013-gs-geography-physical-indian-world-geography-questions-solved-with-explanation-reference-all-four-sets-abcd.html -
Revolution causes temp changes and hence shd be a reason of warm and cold current movement.Why isnt it a reason for q1?..Rotation creates centrifugal force and thus helps wave formation…isnt it?Anyone pls clear this doubt!..
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Yes. Answer is only option A.
Altitude difference is not the reason, although it also affects. Even if you have a leveled flat continent, the interior will have more temperature range than the margins. You need to distinguish between the cause and empirical evidences in such statements. -
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can you please elaborate this approach. I am a fresher 🙂
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4 of 5 questions answered correctlyYour time: 00:02:35
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PYQ zindabaad 😛
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i just checked about this question ; this question has been asked in previous year upsc prelim 2013 ; and upsc answer key shows that ans is A
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mains ka kya hua bhai??
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5/5 geography optional ?
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Tide does not effect occean current
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First time got all right 5/5
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Hummm… then may my assertion prove to be the final verdict to award the decree…:)
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Bhai ispe puri Mahabharat ho gayi hai mere comment peih. Please scroll
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Slop is the only factor to determine the direction of water. Although the UPSC answer shows reason – only rift valley but it is mere a fact only, not a reason.
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kyu , continents ka altitue high hota hai ocean keih coast seih. I mean there are exceptions like in Assam where there are parts below sea level. But in general altitude will play a part.
“Variation” in altitude between continents and oceans
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In first question, revolution may have a role. When the earth will shift from one Solistic to other, its hemisphere will heat more or less in compare to other and consequently, the more heated ocean wave will change the direction as per local temperature difference in other sea water.
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dekho tum sab bol rahe ho toh meih ratta mar hi lunga. But Here question asks about the factors that “influence” ocean currents. Even in the long run it will affect, the water which is flowing from North to south will go South to north after sometime let it be a year.And 4 months(during which one pole remains hot) is very large time period And the term influence is very generic , as far as I consider it. Anyways thanks. ATB. 🙂
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Bhai,actually I was in a similar dilemma some months back. As my geography is my optional I can totally understand your sentiments behind the question.:P I can be wrong but I made came to this conclusion after answering many geography MCQs wrong. And that is,you have to be a bit generalist and follow a linear 1=1 approach while solving mcqs. This helped me to get through with 2016 prelims.Your optional might trouble you while solving MCQs unless its very objective.
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kya baat hai..aaj ki second century..5/5 😉
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4 of 5 questions answered correctlyYour time: 00:02:57
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Ques 2. Whats that?Variation in altitude?How that makes difference over annual range?
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ForumIAS Ji ,
If you don’t provide explanation, it okay ( for me ) . Here aspirants can discuss the explanation. But please try to give correct answer key , it motivates when score is 5/5 and hits hard when score is 0/5 ( but actually due wrong key ) . -
Altitude creates wide temperature differences. The base of Everest is like 78C warmer than the top, and the base also heats much more than the tip at summer. Therefore the average temperature of an area of land that includes the Everest has much drastic temp range than an equivalent area of the ocean.
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First time 5/5.
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Wrong. Here’s why, the temperature differences created by revolution are not sustained, if Arctic is at -25C at winter, so is Antarctic at northern summer. For such an ocean current to be generated, the Antarctic should have to permanently stay at a temperature much colder than the Arctic or vice versa.
Temporary temperature differences are not strong enough to invoke global ocean currents.
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koi 2nd question ka answer justify karva do please
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but i dont think you can apply the same logic for coastal areas
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Why is it that the ocean current flow in a definite direction the whole year around?
Because Revolution has no effect on them.
Besides, a whole revolution is too long a period to cause an effect on the currents.
Hope it helps. 🙂
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My logic was like, If you Take Delhi and Shimla , both at interior and far from sea, you can see temp variation is much more in Shimla as compared to Delhi. So the higher you go the more chances of Temp variation.
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3 of 5 questions answered correctlyYour time: 00:05:47
I would consider this as 100%, you know the reason why.
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bilkul nahi,,,,bas revise karo….retain ho jayega,,,,,revolution is big phenomena for longr period ,,,nd ocean current is evryday phenomena,,,
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arey to or kya,,,,map me yhi dikhana chahti ho na ki narmada flows between satpura and vindhya
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Bhai , thanks
But what I am asking is that agar option meih all of the above diya hai toh hume wahi select karna chaiye ya nahi. Aapke hisab seih. -
Why does not revolution causes ocean currents. If the earth revolves it will create temperature difference between North and South poles which will create ocean currents. I think answer should be all of the above in the first question.
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no!
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option nhi diya na 1 nd 2 ka,,,,
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Can you clear my doubt regarding 1st question.
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thats ok!!
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Lol sorry.
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i don’t have any doubt :p i just provided it for extra info
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The Narmada river flows to the west, while most other large peninsular rivers flow to the east. “Why?”
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4 of 5 questions answered correctlyYour time: 00:03:30
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I never said that this is the reason!!
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Density affects salinity,salinity affects movement of ocean current (acc to my knowledge)
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But that is not the reason due to which it flows from east to west. Just being in between two mountain ranges does not mean it will from east to west. It can flow in any direction of the two. Hope it clears.
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3/5 in second question answer should be 1 only, as per me.
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Why does not revolution causes ocean currents. If the earth revovlves it will create tempreature difference between North and South poles which will create ocean. currents. I think answer should be all of the above in the first question
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Narmada and Tapi flow through rift valleys caused due to the upheaval of Himalayas.
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4 of 5 questions answered correctlyYour time: 00:03:18
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Ha…mujhe bhi justified reason nhi lga
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wrong hai second statement
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5 of 5 questions answered correctlyYour time: 00:03:48
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4 of 5 questions answered correctlyYour time: 00:01:51
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Need explanation for question 2…..especially reason 2
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