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The correct answer is Delhi.

• The Central Soil and Materials Research Station (CSMRS) is located in New Delhi an attached office of the Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti was established in 1954.
• CSMRS is a certified organization which deals with field and laboratory investigations, basic and applied research, and problems in geotechnical engineering, concrete technology, construction materials, and associated environmental issues.
  • It having a direct bearing on the development of irrigation and power in the country and functions as an adviser and consultant in the above fields to various projects and organizations in India and abroad. 

• CSMRS is to create world-class testing facilities and to provide geotechnical and other services of international standards and support for the planning, design, construction, maintenance, and safety of hydraulic and other civil engineering structures to meet the requirements of clients and stakeholders.
• CSMRS assists with the projects for setting up of the quality control laboratories at the project site and renders its expertise for the quality assurance of the projects. 
• CSMRS activities cover the following: 
  • Soil Mechanics, Soil Dynamics, Rockfill Technology, Geosynthetics for the water resources sector, Chemistry of Impervious Core Materials, Safety, Evaluation of Existing Hydraulic Structures, Subsurface Exploration

The word ‘Sufi’ is derived from the word ‘Safo’ which means wool as the Sufi saints wone woollen clothes.

The correct answer is Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Limited.

• Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited, also known as IFFCO.
  • IFFCO is one of India's biggest cooperative society which is wholly owned by Indian Cooperatives. 
    • It is a Multi-state cooperative society engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing of fertilizers headquartered in New Delhi, India.
    • It was set up on 3 November 1967 with 57 member cooperatives.
    • It is today the biggest co-op in the world by turnover on GDP per capita with around 35,000 member cooperatives reaching over 50 million Indian farmers.
    • Objective:
      • To enable Indian farmers to prosper through timely supply of reliable, high-quality agricultural inputs and services in an environmentally sustainable manner and to undertake other activities to improve their welfare.

• The cooperative was ranked 66th on the Fortune India 500 list of India's biggest corporations as of 2017 with a net worth of $2.3 billion as of March 2018.
• Recently, the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) introduced the world's first Nano Urea Liquid for farmers across the world.
  • It is a nutrient (liquid) to provide nitrogen to plants as an alternative to conventional urea.
  • It is developed to replace conventional urea and it can curtail the requirement of the same by at least 50%.
  • It contains 40,000 mg/L of nitrogen in a 500 ml bottle which is equivalent to the impact of nitrogen nutrients provided by one bag of conventional urea.
  • Conventional urea is effective 30-40% in delivering nitrogen to plants, while the effectiveness of the Nano Urea Liquid is over 80%.
    • Its effectiveness has been tested in over 11,000 farmers’ fields for 94 crops like rice and wheat.
    • An average 8% increase in yield has been witnessed.

• Sustained collective action over time 
• Collective action marked by some degree of organisation 
• Leadership and structure in the organisation 
• Shared objectives and ideologies 
• Aim of bringing about a change on a public issue

Disparities between the upper OBCs who are largely landed castes and enjoy dominance in rural society in many regions of India and the lower OBCs who were poor and disadvantaged makes this a difficult political category to work with.

Adigrantha or Gurugranth Sahib.

Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan.

• Numerical characteristics that refer to a large collectivity consisting millions of people, offer a concrete and strong argument for the existence of social phenomena. 
• Durkheim’s study on Suicide rates across different countries show that they had to be explained using social causes apart from individual reasons.

(d) Assimilation and integration

Correct option is: D. It passes neither through our liver nor pancreas.

(i) a) Inclusion and democracy

(ii) a) Constitution

(iii) b) Humanism

(iv) b) Superiority

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(d) A communalist is always a devout person.

C. It converts the large molecules to small molecules that can pass through the cell membrane.

Correct option is: D. less reactive than potassium

Correct option is: C. only Q and R

a) Antiport – When both the molecules cross the membrane in the same direction. 

b) Plasmolysis – Shrinkage of protoplast due to exosmosis. 

c) Imbibition – A specialized type diffusion when water is absorbed by solids -colloids causing them to increase in volume.

Veins have thin walls because the blood there is no longer under pressure and they have valves to ensure blood flow in one direction.

Enzymes are the bio catalyst that catalyzes biochemical reactions in the cells. 

•  Oxido-reductases 
•  Transferases 
•  Isomerases 
•  Ligases 
•  Lyases 
•  Hydrolases

Peptic or chief cells – pepsinogen 

Parietal or oxyntic cells – HCl 

Mucus neck cells – mucus

Gastric glands are present in the wall of the stomach which secrete gastric juice containing the digestive enzyme like pepsin, rennin, mucus and HCl. 

The function of these enzymes are as follows: 

a) Production of pepsin enzyme that digests proteins, 

b) Secretion of mucus for the protection of inner lining of the stomach, 

c) Secretion of HCl, which kills the bacteria and foreign harmful organisms in the food.

c. Flow of activities

Employee Training is not an element of physical evidence.

Select name of the country having maximum percent of GDP attributed to services United States.

c. Investment Management

Finished Parts are the basic materials which have not undergone any conversion since their receipt from suppliers.

b. Direct Material 

e. Speculative Buying

The first activity of Purchasing cycle is Recognizing the need for procurement.

Purchasing responsibilities can be divided into Buying, Clerical and  Traffic division. 

e. None of the above

Correct option is C) He is wealthy

Purchasing is the task of buying goods of right quality, in the right quantities, at the right time and at the right price.

Replenishment time is the time that elapses between issuing replenishment order and receiving the material in stores.

MRP is the scientic technique for planning the ordering and usage of materials at various levels of production and for monitoring the stocks during these transaction. 

Business cycle, price trends, National Economy are Macro Factors.