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(a) Bond energy

(a) A particular plane of a unit cell

(a)Women played an important role in agricultural production. They worked shoulder to shoulder with men in the fields. The men tilled and ploughed the lands whilethe women sowed, weeded and threshed the harvest. Agricultural production at the time was carried out with the labour and resources of the entire. 

(b) The women performed important tasks such as spinning yarn, kneading clay for pottery and embroidery. Thus, the peasant women who were skilled artisans worked not only in the fields but even went to their employer’s houses and even to the markets, if necessary. 

(c)Among the landed gentry class women had the right to inherit property. Women, including widows participated in the rural land market. Selling property which they had inherited especially in Punjab. 

(d)Both Hindu and Muslim women inherited zamindaris. They were free to sell or mortgage their zamidari rights. In eighteenth century, Bengal had many women- zamindars. In fact, the Rajshah zamindari which was one of the most famous of the time was headed by a woman.

Harappa, Mohenjodaro, Chanhudaro, Dholvira Lothal, and others.

The correct answer is Odisha.

• Udayagiri and Khandagiri are Located in Bhuvneshvar, Odisha.
• Built by King Kharavela of the Meghavahana dynasty, widely regarded as the most powerful king in the annals of the history of Odisha. 
• These ancient rocks cut caves were first discovered by a young British Officer Andrew Sterling in the 19th century AD.
• Eighteen caves are located in the Udaygiri hill and fifteen in the Khandagiri hill.
• The major Udaygiri caves are:-
  • Hathigumpha.
  • The Rani Gumpha.
  • The Ganesh Gumpha.
  • The VyagharaGumpha.

• Important Caves
  • Ajanta and Ellora Caves, Maharashtra.
  • Badami, Karnataka.
  • Tabo, Himachal Pradesh.
  • Krem Liat Prah, Meghalaya.
  • The Mystery Of Patal Bhuvaneshwar Cave Temple Uttarakhand.

(c) Chapchar kut is a festival celebrated in the state of Mizoram.

The correct option is: (b) 2 only

The correct answer is August 1952.

• National Development Council
  • National Development Council (NDC) or the Rashtriya Vikas Parishad is the apex body for decision making and deliberations on development matters in India presided over by the Prime Minister.
  • National Development Council was set up on August 6, 1952, to strengthen and mobilize the effort and resources of the nation in support of the Plan, to promote common economic policies in all vital spheres, and to ensure the balanced and rapid development of all parts of the country. Hence, Option 3 is correct.
  • It is Non-constitutional and non-statutory.
  • It is Also known as Rashtriya Vikas Parishad.
  • NDC’s objective is to strengthen and mobilize the effort and resources of the nation in support of the Plan.
  • The National Development Council is presided over by the Prime Minister of India and includes all Union Ministers, Chief Ministers of all the States, and Administrators of Union Territories and Members of the Planning Commission. Ministers of State with independent charge are also invited to the deliberations of the Council.

The correct answer is Bidar and Kalaburagi.

• The varying geographic and physiographic conditions of the State are responsible for the climatic variation in the State from arid to semi-arid in the plateau region, subhumid to humid tropical in the Ghats, and humid tropical monsoon type in the west coast plains. For meteorological purposes, the State has been divided into three sub-divisions:-
• Coastal Karnataka consisting of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Uttara Kannada districts.
• North interior Karnataka consisting of Belgaum, Bidar, Bagalkote, Bijapur, Dharwad, haveri, Gadag, Gulbarga, Koppal, and Raichur districts.
• South interior Karnataka consisting of Bangalore Rural, Bangalore Urban, Bellary, Chikmagalur, Chitradurga, Kodagu, Hassan, Kolar, Mysore, Chamrajnagar, Shimoga, and Tumkur districts.
• Stations(Zones): Districts
• North East Transition Zone(Bidar): Bidar
• Northeastern Dry Zone(Raichur): Kalaburgi, Raichur, Bellary, Yadgir, Koppala
• Hence, Option 2 is correct.
• Northern Dry Zone(Vijapur): Vijayapura,Gadag,Bagalakot
• Central Dry Zone(Tumkur): Tumkur,Chitradurga, Davanagere
• Eastern Dry Zone(Bengaluru): Bangalore Rural, Bangalore Urban•, Kolar, Ramnagar, Chickballapur
• Southern Dry Zone(Mysuru): Mysore, Kodagu, Chamarajanagar, Mandya
• Southern Transition Zone(Shivamogga ): Hassan, Shimoga, Chickmagalur
• North Transition Zone(Dharwad): Dharwad, Belgaum, Haveri
• Hill Zone(Uttara Kannada ): Uttara Kannada
• Coastal Zone(Dakshin Kannada): Dakshina Kannada, Udupi

The correct answer is A, B, C, and D.

• Indo-Roman trade during the early centuries of the Current Era
  • The regional ports of Barbaricum (modern Karachi), Sounagoura (central Bangladesh), Barygaza (Bharuch in Gujarat), Muziris (present-day Kodungallur), Korkai, Kaveripattinam, and Arikamedu (Tamil Nadu) on the southern tip of present-day India were the main centers of this trade, along with Kodumanal, an inland city. In Bengal, the port of Tāmralipti or Tamluk was the chief trade center since very early times and was known for its exports of good-quality muslin cloth and tortoise shells. Hence, Option 4 is correct.
  • Although the volume of trade between India and Rome seems to have been large, it was not carried on its articles of daily use for the commerce people there was brisk commerce in luxury goods.                                
  • The Romans mainly imported spices for which south India was famous.
  • They imported muslin, pearls, jewels, and precious stones from central and south India.
  • Iron goods, especially cutlery, formed an important item of export to the Roman empire.
  • Silk was directly sent from China to the Roman Empire through north Afghanistan in Iran. But the establishment of the Parthian rule in Iran and the neighboring are created difficulties 
  • Therefore silk had to be diverted to the western Indian ports through the northwest part of the subcontinent.                               
  • Sometimes it also found its way from China to India via the east coast of India.
  • From there was considerable transit trade in silk between India and the Roman empire.
  • The Romans exported to India wine, wine-amphorae, and various other types of pottery.
  • Roman writer Pliny, who wrote his account called Natural History in Latin in A.D. 77, believed that Rome was being drained of gold on account of her trade with India.
  • Since the Westerners were very much fond of Indian pepper, it is called yavanpriyai                                
  • The concept of the balance of trade may not have been known to the people.
  • But numerous finds of Roman coins and pottery in the peninsula leave no doubt that India was a gainer in its trade with the Roman Empire.               
  • The loss of Roman money was felt so much that eventually, steps had to be taken Rome to ban its trade with India in pepper and steel goods.
  • Although Roman traders resided in south India, there is little evidence for Indians residing in the Roman empire.

Correct Answer is:(d) ρg(V + πR² h)

Net upward buoyancy force on the cylinder

= weight of liquid displaced by it

= ρgV

= (upward force on the bottom) – (downward force on the top)

∴ the force on the bottom is ρgV + (hρg)πR² = ρg(V + πR² h).

The correct answer is Tamluk.

• The foremost Indo-Roman trading station in Eastern India was Tamulk.
• Archaeological excavation at Tamralipti by the ASI in 1954 found many objects from different parts of the world. 
• Roman amphorae and Greco-Roman gold coins were excavated from the port site indicating good trade contacts of this region with the Roman Empire.
• Tamulk kingdom was bounded by the Bay of Bengal in the south, river Rupnarayana in the east and Subarnarekha in the west.
• In ancient India, Tamulk, also known as Tamralipta, was a thriving business port, functioning as the exit point for the Mauryan trade routes for the south and south-east.
• The port was the gateway for sailors, traders and missionaries of ancient kingdoms on the east coast.
• Please note that Tamralipta means copper which was mined nearby at Ghatsila in Singhbum and exported through Tamulk port.

Correct Answer is: (c) E₂ = 4E₁ 

A stationary wave has the equation of the form 

y = A sin kx sin ωt.

Here, for y₁, we have k₁ = π/L, ω₁ = ω.

∴ v₁ = ω₁/k₁ = ωL/π.

For y₂, we have k₂ = 2π/L, ω₂ = 2ω.

∴ v₂ = ω₂/k₂ = ωL/π = v₁.

Thus, the wave velocities are the same in both cases. Also, they have the same amplitude. The frequency for y₂ is twice the frequency for y₁.

Now, B ∵ energy ∝ (frequency)² ,

∴ E₂ = 4E₁.

The correct answer is Vakpati.

• Gaudavaho- the slaying of the king of Gauda.
• It is known to be a Prakrit Epic composed by Vakpati, a poet living in the court of Yasovarman, king of Kannauj.
• It gives us a detailed description of Digvijay of Yasovarman.

• Banabhatta was the court poet of King Harsha Vardhana.
• Bilhana was an 11th-century Kashmiri poet. 
  • He is known for his love poem- Caurapancasika.
• Sandhyakar Nandi was a poet from the Pala Empire. 
  • He became famous for his ramacharitam, a biographical history in verse; written in sanskrit.

Correct Answer is: (b) purely kinetic

After 2 s, the pulses will overlap completely. The string becomes straight and therefore does not have any potential energy. Its entire energy must be kinetic.

The correct answer is Varanasi.

• The capital of Kashi (Mahajanapada) was Varanasi.
• This city got its name from rivers Varuna and Asi as cited in the Matsya Purana.
• Kingdoms that rose to fame from the 6th Century BC onward were called Mahajanapdas.
• The Mahajanapadas signify the tribes that came together to form different groups and later gave rise to a permanent area of settlements called ‘states’ or ‘Janapadas.’

Correct Answer is Goa 

The correct answer is 7.

• There are seven regional offices of the Mandi Board in Madhya Pradesh. 
• These offices are in Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, Jabalpur, and Rewa.  
• The State Government of Madhya Pradesh set-up the Mandi Board to keep the interests of productive farmers paramount in the marketing of agricultural produce.
• The provision of Madhya Pradesh State Agricultural Marketing Board has been made in the Mandi Act in the year 1973 based on the recommendation of the National Agricultural Commission for regular and all-round development of agricultural production.
• Since the year 1973, the Mandi Board is constantly working for the development of agricultural produce markets of the state.

• Basic Information about Madhya Pradesh:
  • State Foundation Day: November 1, 1956
  • Capital: Bhopal
  • Chief Minister
  • Governor: Smt. Anandiben Patel
  • State Animal: Barasingha
  • State Bird: Indian Paradise Flycatcher 
  • State Tree: Banyan Tree
  • National Parks: Kanha National Park, Bandhavgarh National Park, Panna National Park, Satpura National Park, Madhav National Park, Sanjay National Park, Pench National Park, Van Vihar National Park, Fossil National Park.

Union Bank of India

Indian Institute of Science-Bangalore

The correct answer is 13.

• Barman is a city on the banks of the Narmada River. It is located in the Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
• The Barman fair is organized at Retghat every year in January.
• The Barman fair usually goes for 13 days. 

• Barman is a holy place due to the presence of two main ghats

1. The brahman ghat
2. Retghat. 

• In this fair thousands of people come from all over India.
• The ghat is situated at the junction of the Narmada and Warahi rivers at Barman. 
• The most important day of the festival is on Til Sankrant also known as maker Sankranti.
• On this day the largest number of people visit the place.

Guru Hargobind-sixth guru

The correct answer is Cochin Shipyard.

• India’s largest commercial shipbuilder is Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL).
• It is the largest shipbuilding and maintenance facility in India.
• It is located in the port-city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India.

• Cochin Shipyard was incorporated in 1972 as a Government of India company. 
• MV Rani Padmini in 1981 was the first ship to roll out of this shipyard.
• Currently, the yard is building the warship INS Vikrant the first aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy to be designed and built in India.

Kochi one among the following has the largest shipyard In India.

(c) Wind deposition 

(b) Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan

The thermal power plant of Bokaro is located in Jharkand.

Khetri project in Rajasthan has been set up for producing Copper.

The correct option: (a) 4 3 2 1

(d) Penicillin 

The commodity which accounts for the maximum volume of goods transported by the railways in India is coal.

(b)  Lucknow.

(c) its climatic conditions are favourable

Urea is fertilisers provides maximum amount of nitrogen.

Glucose sugar is obtained from grapes.

प्रस्तुत काव्याशं आलोक धधन्वा द्वारा रचित कविता ‘पतंग’ से अवतरित है। इस कविता में कवि पतंग के माध्यम से बाल मन की इच्छाओं का सुदंर चित्रण करता है। बालक आसमान में उड़ती पतंगों की ऊँचाइयों को छूना चाहता है।
व्याख्या: कवि बच्चों के सुकोमल शरीर का वर्णन करते हुए कहता है कि वे जन्म से ही कई के समान कोमल एवं नरम होते हैं पृथ्वी भी उनका कोमल स्पर्श करने के लिए लालायित रहती है। यह कविता धीरे- धीरे बिबों की एक ऐसी दुनिया में ले जाती है जहाँ शरद् ऋतु का चमकीला इशारा है, जहाँ तितलियों की रंगीन दुनिया है। जहाँ बच्चों के पैरों के पास पृथ्वी घूमती हुई प्रतीत होती है। बच्चे पतंग के पीछे नंगे पैर दौड़ते हैं और बेसुध से हो जाते हैं। वे छतों पर नंगे पैर भागकर छतों तक को नरम बना देते हैं। वे दिशाओं को भी मृदंग की तरह बजाते हैं अर्थात् उनकी दुनिया बड़ी रंगीन है जहाँ दिशाओं रूपी मृदंग बजते हैं। वे इस प्रकार बड़े चले आते हैं जैसे कोई पेड़ की डाल पर झूला झूलते समय शो बढ़ाता है। उनका साहस इतना बढ़ जाता है कि उनके पैर छतों के उन खतरनाक किनारों तक पहुँच जाते हैं जहाँ से गिरने का भय रहता है। उस समय उन्हें इस खतरे से उनके शरीर का संगीत ही बचाता है। इससे वे भय पर विजय पा जाते हैं। उन्हें थामने का काम केवल पतग कर लेती है और यह पतग स्वयं भी एक धागे कै सहारे उड़ती रहती है। इन पतंगों के सहारे बच्चे भी उड़ते प्रतीत होते हैं। पतंग उड़ाते बच्चे यदि कभी छत के खतरनाक किनारों से गिर भी जाते हैं तो भी वे साफ बच जाते हैं। इस अवस्था में उनकी हिम्मत और भी बढ़ जाती है। वे उस समय सुनहले सूरज के सम्मुख आ खड़े होते हैं और उनके बेचैन पैरों के पास धरती घूमती हुई स्वयं चली आती है। पृथ्वी का हर कोना खुद --ब-खुदउनके पास चला आता है। वे फिर से नई पतंगों को उड़ाने का हौसला लिए आ खडे़ होते हैं।