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Answer is B. Tipitaka

Plastic bags are the bags made of thin flexible, plastic material especially to handle supplies from a nearby grocery store or a vegetable shop. Plastic bags have become an integral part of our life finding its way into our houses, offices, hospitals and every other places of human habitation. Plastic bags pose a threat to the environment as well as life on the planet Earth.

Plastic bags are bags made up of thin, flexible plastic material which is non bio degradable, meaning that it does not get dissolved by natural process and can remain in its present state for thousands of years. Being non bio degradable it poses a threat to the environment, marine life and health of humans and animals and also result in depletion of natural resources. 

Harmful Effects of Plastic Bags 

According to a study, every year around 1 Trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide, out of which Billions end up as litter and only 1 out of 20 used is recycled. Below is a point wise narration of the harmful effects of Plastic Bags on various factors-

Plastic bags are non-degradable meaning it is not broken down by natural processes. Dumped out of our houses and other places of activity, plastic bags slowly find their way into the environment and pollute as well as deplete our natural resources. Mounts of garbage consisting mainly of disposed plastic bags of various sizes can be seen in any city and pose a threat to the environment as well as health of the living beings. Such plastic bags get mixed with the soil, badly affecting the yield of farm produces and result in the premature decay of plants and other organisms affecting the environment.

Usage of plastic bags in our everyday life apart from being a threat to the environment, it is also a threat to the health and life of Humans and animals. We must restrain from the use of plastic bags for the sake of planet and instead use paper bags or bags made of bio degradable material. Steps must be taken for proper segregation and disposal of plastic bags and their recycling.

C. Gotami-puta Siri-Satakarn

Harmful Effect Of Polythene

Have you ever seen a rubbish dump where animals, especially cows are eating garbage? In the process of eating food waste, they swallow materials like polythene bags and wrappers of food. The plastic material chokes the respiratory system of these animals and can cause their death. The polybags carelessly are thrown here and there are responsible for clogging the drains, too. Sometimes, we are very careless and throw the wrappers of chips, biscuits etc., here and there.
So,

• Do not throw plastic bags in the drains or on the road.
• Take a cotton carry-bag or a jute bag while going for shopping.
• Use a steel lunch-box instead of a plastic one.

We should follow the example of Kannor village of Kerala where cloth-bags or jute-bags are used in place of plastic bags according to a report published in ‘Hindustan’ newspaper of 29-4-2017.

क्या आपने कोई ऐसा कचरे का ढेर देखा है जहाँ पशु, विशेष रूप से गायें कचरा खा रही हों? खाद्य अपशिष्ट खाने के प्रक्रम में ये पशु पॉलिथीन की थैलियाँ और खाद्य पदार्थों के रैपर भी निगल लेते हैं। प्लास्टिक पदार्थ इन पशुओं के श्वसन तंत्र में अवरोध उत्पन्न करते हैं और अन्ततः यह उनकी मृत्यु का कारण बन सकते हैं। लापरवाही से इधर-उधर फेंकी गयी पॉलिथीन की थैलियाँ नालियों को भी रोक देती हैं। कभी-कभी हम बहुत अधिक लापरवाही दिखाते हैं और चिप्स, बिस्कुट आदि के रैपर इधर-उधर फेंक देते हैं।
इसलिए –

• प्लास्टिक की थैलियाँ नालियों में अथवा सड़क पर मत फेंकिए।
• खरीददारी के लिए जाते समय एक सूती कपड़े का या जूट का थैला लेकर जाइये।
• प्लास्टिक के स्थान पर स्टील से बने भोजन रखने के डिब्बे को प्रयोग में लाइये।

‘हिन्दुस्तान’ अखबार में 29.4.2017 को छपी रिपोर्ट के अनुसार हमें केरल के गाँव कन्नूर के उदाहरण का अनुसरण करना चाहिए जहाँ प्लास्टिक बैग के स्थान पर कपड़े या जूट के बने थैलों का प्रयोग होता है।

D. Its script remains undeciphered till date

Malik Muhammad Jayasi has written an epic, Padmavat, relating to king Ratan Singh and his queen Padmini of Marwar.

Answer is D- I &I

A cash flow statement is a statement showing inflows (receipts) and outflows (payments) of cash during a particular period.

B. Archaeo- Zoologist

Role of Youth Organisation in Nazi Germany :

Youth in Nazi Germany were subjected to intense Nazi ideology (hatred, aggression, violence, etc.) both in and out of school and in youth organisations which they were forced to join.

1. The 10-year-olds had to join ‘Jungvolk’ and 14-year-olds ‘Hitler Youth’.
2. Children were segregated from ‘undesirables’, school textbooks were rewritten and racial science introduced to justify Nazi ideas on race.
3. Children were taught to be loyal, submissive, hate Jews and worship Hitler. Stereotypes about Jews were popularised through various subjects and deceptive use of propaganda.
4. In youth organisations, youth learned to glorify aggression, worship war, condemn democracy, and hate the ‘undesirables’.
5. At 18 years, they had to join compulsory military service, were recruited into labour service and required to enroll in one of the Nazi organisations.
6. The Nazi hold on the youth was total and fanatical in its makeup.

It is a financial statement analysis method that determines the direction upwards or downwards and involves computation of percentage relationship that each statement items bear to the same item in the base year.

Or 

• It is a financial statement analysis technique that shows changes in the amounts of corresponding 
• financial statement items over a period of time.

C. Bodhi Tree- Birth of Buddha

Answer is B. II,III,IV

A - a- (ii) b- (i) c-(iv) d-(iii)

Two objectives of financial statements: 

1. To present a true and fair view of the financial performance, ie., profit / loss of the business 

2. To provide information about cash flows.

Answer is A. Ashoka

D. Guru Dronacharya

C-Auspicious symbol

Answer is A. Hidimba

(B) Sideroblastic anaemia

• Given sequence is 0, 6, 6, 20, 20,_,_
• Sequence can be 0, 0, 6, 6, 20, 20,_,_,_..
• First term = 0 = 0 × 1
• Second term = 0 = 1 × 0
• Third term = 6 = 2 × 3
• Fourth term = 6 = 3 × 2
• Fifth term = 20 = 4 × 5
• Sixth term = 20 = 5 × 4
• Following term = 42 = 6 × 7
• The next term = 42 = 7 × 6
• The sequence is 0, 6, 6, 20, 20, 42, 42…

C. Kushana Empire

D. Chanhudaro

(A) Brewer’s yease

A good source of iron is Spinach. 

(A) Organ meats

(B) Sideroblastic anemia

The correct answer is Balakot.

• Balakot is one of four known ancient coastal sites in Pakistan.
• These sites remained unexcavated until the opportunity arose in 1973 to launch a project at Balakot.
• Fishbones and shells dominate the faunal remains. 
• People engaged in the manufacturing of jewelry, especially bangles and perhaps inlays for wooden furniture, from shells. Hence it was a specialised centre for making shell objects.

• Lothal:
  • It was discovered by S.R. Rao in 1955.
  • It is located in Gujarat near the Bhogavo river.
  • It is considered a port city of Indus valley civilization, as a dock is present adjacent to the river.
• Kot Diji:
  • Kot Diji is located on the left bank of the Indus River in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
  • It was a pre-Harappan site and continued its presence during the Harappan period.
  • Storage jars, toy carts, terracotta figurines of animals and mother goddess, pottery with different designs, etc. were found.
• Amri:
  • It ​is an archaeological site dating back to 3600 BC with the remains of a pre-Harappan fortified town.
  • The site is located south of Mohenjo-Daro near Sindh, Pakistan.

• It is given that the total number of the items that each of them gets is the same.
• So each one will get 18/3 = 6 items.
• Then the number of items with each must be 1, 2, 3. tiffin boxes color boxes chocolate boxes. 

• Blood levels of HDL are inversely related to risk of coronary artery disease, and it was thought that low HDL levels represented an independent risk factor. 
• This led to a concerted effort to identify treatments that might prevent CAD by raising HDL concentrations. 
• This area has been very controversial, but recent evidence suggests that although low HDL is inversely correlated with risk of CAD, the relationship is not causal. 
• In other words, low HDL levels are a marker for other factors that cause progression of CAD. Several pieces of evidence suggest this.
• Genetic variants that are associated with high HDL levels are not consistently associated with a reduced risk of CAD. 
• In fact, the same study that found that SNPs associated with high LDL were consistently associated with increased risk failed to show that SNPs associated with HDL had any relationship to risk of CAD. 
• These authors also reported that a genetic variant that specifically and substantially increases plasma HDL cholesterol, did not reduce risk of myocardial infarction.
• Drugs that raise HDL levels do not reduce the risk of CAD.

Answer is D. I, II & II

Preference shares Equity shares.

The prime function of accounting is to record economic data.

Realisation account is an account prepared at the time of dissolution of a firm to ascertain the profit or loss on the realisation of assets and payment of liabilities.

Inventory turnover ratio.

Revaluation account is an account prepared in connected with recording of increase or decrease in the value of assets and liabilities and to find out the profit or loss on revaluation.

The water potential of pure water or a solution increases on the application of pressure values more than atmospheric pressure. For example: when water diffuses into a plant cell, it causes pressure to build up against the cell wall. This makes the cell wall turgid. This pressure is termed as pressure potential and has a positive value.

Cash payments to acquire fixed assets.

The economic activity highlighted in this case is profession. Profession means something which is more than a job. For the profession a special qualification is necessary. The income from the profession is professional fee. It may be different from one profession to another profession.

Features of receipts and payments account: 

1. it is a real account 

2. It is prepared on cash system of accounting.

The two activities classified as per AS – 3 are 

1. Operating Activities 

2. Investing activities.