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5, Dreamland Apartments, 

Bandra West 

Mumbai-4 

March 2018 

The Editor The Times of India 

Mumbai 

Subject: Global Warming 

Sir, 

I was quite perturbed after reading an article on 'Global Warming‘ in the Sunday edition (March 6) of your esteemed paper. The report clearly held human activities responsible for this new threat to the existence of human beings on earth. The frequency of El Ninos on earthrise stronger, according to the writer, and Earth is near its warmest point in a million years. And all because of the release of greenhouses in the atmosphere. It is shocking to learn that human activities like burning of fossil fuel and deforestation, have caused the concentration of greenhouse gases. We have been warned that there will be a further rise in temperature in the 21st century which will lead to rise in sea levels, and expansion of sub-tropical deserts. There will be frequent and intense extreme weather conditions, extinction of species and changes in agricultural yields. It is encouraging to note that on November 2009, 187 states signed and ratified an agreement to reduce global warming. Strong warning was given to reduce emissions, adaptation to the effects of global warming and use of geo-engineering to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. I sincerely hope, your paper will take a leading part in informing the public of their role in reducing global warming. 

Yours faithfully, 

SuchetaMenon

25th July 2015 

10:00 PM

Friday

How violent and annoying group rivalries can become! I watched a group of boys rushing towards the main gate. They were shouting loudly and waving sticks. They surrounded the students of the other group and began to hit them mercilessly. I went near them to pacify them but to no avail. On inquiring I found that the fight was on a very trivial matter. It pained to realise that how little tolerant we are. Some of us just don‘t see reasons and get violent for nothing, in the process harm others. Meanwhile a teacher passing by intervened and put a stop to the quarrel. I was thankful that it all got over.

Once upon a time there lived three friends. Their names were Punit, Samarth and Pawan. They were exemplary neighbours. Difficult days gripped them. They left their town in search of livelihood. They reached a dense forest and by that they were dog-tired. When they were settling to retire they found a purse full of gold coins. Their happiness knew no bounds.They decided to divide it into three equal parts.

Being hungry they decided to satisfy their hunger first. Punit and Samarth sent Pawan to fetch food from the roadside eatery that was on the outskirts of the forest.A terrible idea flashed in the mind of Pawan.He said to himself, ‖Why to share the booty. If I poison the food , they will die and I will be sole master of the treasure.‖ Accordingly he mixed poison in the food meant for Punit and Samarth. Punit and Samarth also thought to kill Pawan and divide the treasure between them on the fifty-fifty norm. When Pawan came back they killed him. Before dividing the booty they settled down to have food. Eating the poisonous food they fell down dead. Thus purse of gold coins stared at them and grinned loudly.

Title: Three friends and a purse of gold coins

(a) – Amensalism

(b) – Predation 

Justifications-

•  Nature’s way of transferring energy fixed by plants to higher trophic levels/conduits for energy transfer.

•  Keep prey population under control

•  Predators help in maintaining species diversity in a community, by reducing the intensity of competition among competing prey species.

Paul Berg, Herbert Boyer, Annie Chang and Stanley Cohen. 

Properties for thermal and pH stability/ solvent tolerance and solubility/ catalytic potency etc. 

By the production of stress-related osmolytes like sugars (e.g. trihalose and fructans)/ sugar alcohols (e.g. mannitol) / amino acids (e.g. proline), glycine betaine/ certain proteins (e.g. antifreeze proteins). 

(c) Hyder Ali.

(a) The intensity of scattered light varies inversely as fourth power of wavelength (i. e., I∝ 1/λ⁴). In visible light blue colour has minimum wavelength, so it is scattered most, that is why bluish colour predominates in a clear sky. 

(b) While light consists of infinite wavelengths starting from 400nm (violet) to 750nm (red). The refractive index of proton is maximum for violet and minimum for red; so prism separates constituent colours of white light and causes maximum deviation for violet colour. That is why violet colour is seen at the bottom of spectrum when white light is dispersed through a prism

(i) Mirror

(iii) Magnet

a. Camouflage-inspired prints

b. Large utility pockets.

Haute couture

Unbalanced hemline would make the skirt swing forward or backward, towards the side that is smaller.

(a)  the bird has no freedom, its feet are tied, wings are clipped, its dreams are unachievable, it has given up on the dream of flying freely, its dreams are now ‘dead’…hence, it stands on its dead dreams now.

(b)  tight cage, with bars, heavily guarded, can hardly view the outside of the cage, due to its anger and frustration at being imprisoned, it doesn’t see beyond the cage.

(c)  free bird - free individual, free to live life on own terms caged bird – oppressed, subjugated individuals, deprived of freedom

(d)  yes, victims of political and social injustice, women not allowed full freedom to pursue dreams and ambitions, people ill treated based on social class and ethnicity

symbol of beauty, energy and permanence, also remind the poet of the pains of getting old and the inevitability of death.

(a) The book I am reading at the moment is very interesting. 

(b) He sounded the fire alarm.

(c)  The teacher asked angrily what did he mean by those words. 

(d)  He was powerful, but he was lonely.

(e)  The teacher insists on the students writing neatly.

(f)  Would you please open the window.

(g)  The victorious soldiers were honoured by the President.

(h)  She was too tired to finish the task.

An impartial Judgement.

(a) Unlike human travellers, animals do not have maps.

(b) Instead, they navigate by using many different clues.

(c) Birds use rivers and mountains.

(d) They also use the sun and stars as a compass

(a) ‘I’ stands for the rain.

(b) The seeds remain latent and unborn till the rain falls.

(c) The word ‘latent’ means ‘hidden’.

(a) ‘Silence surrounds us’ mean that there is no communication between father and son. 

(b) Tut poet wants his son to became prodigal so that he may came back after all his money is spent. 

(c) Prodigal

Crocker Harris was a strict disciplinarian. He taught Greek to the lower fifth form. He was devoted to teaching and judged a student by his merit as he didn’t like to be flattered. He believed in following rules set by the institution. Students liked him despite his reputation of being a strict teacher.

King Tut was a young pharaoh of Egypt. He was the last heir to his powerful dynasty. He died while he was still a teenager.

Mr. Dorling was an old acquaintance of the narrator’s mother whom she had not seen for years. She had recently renewed her contact with the narrator’s mother. The narrator’s mother told her daughter that Mrs. Darling had been visiting their house regularly and every time she left, she took same belongings with her. She suggested to the narrator’s mother that she was storing them at a safer place otherwise they would lose everything.

Error               Correction 

(a) decide       decided 

(b) was           had 

(c) you            her 

(d) will            would

North west Airlines started their operations from India to various parts of the country in the year 2015. The company had been successful in it’s operations as more people preferred to travel by air due to change in the lifestyle and attitude towards work and leisure. It is Social factor as per PESTEL model. 

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

a. Securities and Exchange Board of India 

b. For the discharge of its functions efficiently, SEBI has been vested with the following powers: 

• To approve by-laws of stock exchanges, SEBI 
• To enquire the stock exchange to amend their by-laws. 
• Inspect the books of accounts and call for periodical returns from recognized stock exchanges. 
• Inspect the books of accounts of financial intermediaries. 
• Compel certain companies to list their shares in one or more stocks exchanges. 
• Levy fees and other charges on the intermediaries for performing its functions. 
• Grant license to any person for the purpose of dealing in certain areas. 
• Delegate powers exercisable by it. 
• Prosecute and judge directly the violation of certain provisions of the Companies Act. 
• Power to impose monetary penalties.

(c) Discipline; Honesty 

Advantages: 

a. Product acceptance : The franchisee usually enters into a business that has an accepted name, product or service. The franchisee does not have to spend resources trying to establish the credibility of the business. That credibility already exists based on the years the franchise has existed. 

2. Management expertise: Another important advantage to the franchisee is the managerial assistance provided by the franchisor. Each new franchisee is often required to take a training program on all aspects of operating the franchise. This training could include classes in accounting, personnel management marketing and production. 

3. Capital requirements: Starting a new venture can be costly in terms of both time and money. The franchise offers an opportunity to start a new venture with up-front support that could save the entrepreneur's significant time and possibly capital. 

4. Knowledge of the market: Any established franchise business offers the entrepreneur years of experience offered to the franchisee that details the profile of the target customer and the strategies that should be implemented once the operation has begun. This is particularly important because of regional and local differences in markets. 

5. Operating and structural controls: Two problems that many entrepreneurs have in starting a new venture are maintaining quality control of products and services and establishing effective managerial controls. And this can be overcome with the help of franchising. 

Disadvantages: 

1. Right and the only way of doing things: Entering into a franchise contract limits the degree of freedom for the franchise. As such, one gets an over-guided and overinfluenced degree of control exerted by the franchisor. This results in losing the freedom to innovate to some extent. 

2. Continuing cost implication: Over and above the original franchise fee and royalties, a percentage of revenue gets shared perpetually with the franchisor. The franchisor may also charge additional amounts towards sharing the cost for services provided such as advertising and training. 

3. Risk of franchisor getting bought: The franchisee faces serious problems and difficulties when the franchisor either fails or gets bought out by another company. 

4. Inability to provide services: The disadvantages to the franchisee usually centre around the inability of the franchisor to provide services advertising and location. When promises made in the franchise agreement are not kept, the franchisee may be left without any support in important areas. 

The value of sin 60°  cos 30°  + sin 30°  cos 60°  is 1.

The Correct option is (b) 5 units

If the quadratic equation x² – 2x + k = 0 has equal roots, then value of k  is 1.

The Correct option is (b) (- 3, 5)

The pair of lines represented by the equations 2x +y+3 = 0 and 4x +ky+6 = 0 will be parallel if value of k is 2.

The financial management is the process of procurement, allocation and control of financial resources of a concern.

The point which divides the line segment joining the points A (0, 5) and B (5, 0) internally in the ratio 2:3 is (2, 3)

 The work of a book keeper is  Clerical in nature.

Depreciation is a Non cash operating expenditure

d)  $580,000.

b) Internal Financing 

d) All of these 

a) Dividend per share 

e) Both a and c

d) Miller and Modigliani 

d) Rs.(-)18000 

c) Creditors

b) Rs.40,000 

Two mutually exclusive investment proposals have "scale differences" (i.e., the cost of the projects differ). Ranking these projects on the basis of IRR, NPV, and PI methods may give contradictory results. 

Preferred shareholders' claims on assets and income of a firm come after; but before hose of creditors those of common shareholders. 

Current ratio of a concern is 1,its net working capital will be Nil