getting 96
considering
mitocondria (c) wrong
virus (a) wrong
state (b) wrong
concentration of wealth (d) wrong
sutlej (d) wrong
1935 act (d) wrong
all your answers except one are wrong and your score is set to increase by 2.66 if everything else goes well. Viruses cant be cultured synthetially. synthetic medium means non living things like chemicals. Culturing virus at lab doesnt mean we are culturing them synthetially becoz even there they are cultured in living cells. india being able to culture uk strain is shown left and right by worshippers of option D. Actually if we read it well they also cultured it in living cells. So its a. fyi I marked D but after researching and studying about it I am convinced A is correct option.
@Asmita_101 whats correct is correct. upsc also doesnt expect us to go visit chandraketu garh and see if there is teracotta or not. mitochondrial diseases are transmitted by nuclear dna mutations too. while fathers cannot transmit mitochondrial dna, they sure can transmit nuclear dna. your reasoning that upsc doesnt expect us to read biology is pretty much irrational and unnaturally flawed . Going along your argument upsc should have not asked about structural details of retroviruses and adenoviruses in such depth which may have saved 2.66 marks of mine :)btw have a look at this govt. website Mitochondrial diseases - PubMed (nih.gov) thats not research but medically accepted definition of mitochondrial diseases
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/three-parents-one-baby-human-fertilisation-and-embryology-authority-uk-4434171/lite/
And kindly refer to this article from where both the statements of the question are lifted. And next time before calling others irrational and flawed get your facts straight.
my respected sister you told me to not tag you and i wont, but then you again gave some misleading material in your fragile defence. If my constructive criticisms hurt you i apologize but your article only talks about statement 1. upsc did pick statement 1 but not statement 2regarding mitochondrial diseases from the article. Dear sister , the term disease is mentioned 7 times and no where it is mentioned that mitochondrial diseases are entirely inherited from mothers only. In pursuit of constructively criticising you i may have called your argument irrational but that was to throw open the truth to you not to demean you. Madam, the reason option 2. is wrong is because we are talking about mito. disease and not mito. dna. Even mito. disease are caused by nuclear dna which Fathers can share. its shame you didnt read my suggested scientific link and if you retaliated after reading that link its disgrace.
I am not interested in tagging you but as a staunch follower of gandhiji i cannot let truth subside. If i feel someone is wrong its my dharma to correct them. If you dont approve of that, you dont have to reply further, but if you do, its my right to correct you in case you err scientifically or technically or conceptually whatsoever as much as my capabilities allow me to.
With due respect madam, i hope you clear this exam with flying colors. btw the world would be better if all of us talked kindly to all of us despite disagreements.
