List of top Questions asked in National Institute of Fashion Technology Entrance Test

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Under the colonial regime, basic infrastructure such as railways, ports, water transport. posts and telegraphs did develop. However. the real motive behind this development was not to provide basic amenities to the people but to subserve various colonial interests. Roads constructed in India prior to the advent of the British rule were not fit for modern transport. The roads that were built primarily served the purposes of mobilising the army within India and drawing out raw materials from the countryside to the nearest railway station or the port to send these to far away England or other lucrative foreign destinations. There always remained an acute shortage of all-weather roads to reach out to the rural areas during the rainy season. 
Naturally. therefore, people mostly living in these areas suffered grievously during natural calamities and famines. The British introduced the railways in India in 1850 and it is considered as one of their most important contributions. The railways affected the structure of the Indian economy in two important ways. On the one hand it enabled people to undertake long distance travel and thereby break geographical and cultural barriers while. on the other hand. it fostered commercialisation of Indian agriculture which adversely affected the self-sufficiency of the village economies in India. The volume of India’s exports undoubtedly expanded, but its benefits rarely accrued to the Indians. The social benefits. which the Indians gained owing to the introduction of the railways, were thus outweighed by the country’s huge economic loss. 
Along with the development of roads and railways, the colonial dispensation also took measures for developing the inland trade and sea lanes. However, these measures were far from satisfactory. The inland waterways. at times. also proved uneconomical as in the case of the canal on the Odisha coast. Though the canal was built at a huge cost to the government exchequer. yet, it failed to compete with the region running parallel to the canal. and had to be ultimately abandoned. The introduction of the expensive system of electric telegraph in India. similarly. served the purpose of maintaining law and order. The postal services, on the other hand. despite serving a useful public purpose. remained all through inadequate.

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Chola temples often became the nuclei of settlements which grew around them. These were centers of craft production. Temples were also endowed with land by rulers as well as by others. The produce of this land went into maintaining all the specialists who worked at the temple and very often lived near it - priests, garland makers. cooks, sweepers. musicians, dancers, etc. In other words. temples were not only places of worship: they were the centers of economic. social and cultural life. 
Amongst the crafts associated with temples. the making of bronze images was the most distinctive. Chola bronze images are considered amongst the finest in the world. While  most images were of deities. sometimes images were made of devotees as well.

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38 Box 5.5: Organically Produced Cotton in Maharashtra 
In 1955, when Kisan Mehta of Prakruti (an NGO) first suggested that cotton, the biggest user of chemical pesticides, could be grown organically, the then Director of the Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, famously remarked,” Do you want India to go naked?” At present, as many as 130 farmers have committed 1,200 hectares of land to grow cotton organically on the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement’s standards. The produce was later tested by the German Accredited Agency, AGRECO, and found to be of high quality. Kisan Mehta feels that about 78 percent of Indian farmers are marginal farmers owning at best less than 0.8 hectares but accounting for 20 percent of India’s cultivable land. For such farmers, organic agriculture is more profitable in terms of money and soil conservation in the long run.

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Organic agriculture offers a means to substitute costlier agricultural inputs (such as HYV seeds. chemical fertilisers, pesticides etc.) with locally produced organic inputs that are cheaper and thereby generate good returns on investment. Organic agriculture also generates income through exports as the demand for organically grown crops is on a rise. Studies across countries have shown that organically grown food has more nutritional value than chemical farming thus providing us with healthy foods. Since organic farming requires more labour input than conventional farming, India will find organic farming an attractive proposition. Finally. the produce is pesticide-free and produced in an environmentally sustainable way.
Popularising organic farming requires awareness and willingness on the part of farmers to adapt to new technology. Inadequate infrastructure and the problem of marketing the products are major concerns which need to be addressed apart from an appropriate agriculture policy to promote organic farming. It has been observed that the yields from organic farming are less than modern agricultural farming in the initial years. Therefore, small and marginal farmers may find it difficult to adapt to large-scale production. Organic produce may also have more blemishes and a shorter shelf life than sprayed produce. Moreover, choice in production of off-season crops is quite limited in organic farming. Nevertheless, organic farming helps in sustainable development of agriculture and India has a clear advantage in producing organic products for both domestic and international markets. Do you think food and non-food items cultivated using organic farming methods will be cheaper?

If the numerator of a rational number is decreased by 20% and the denominator is increased by 150%, the resultant number becomes \( \frac{1}{2} \). What is the original number?

If \( \frac{1}{7.247} = 0.138 \), then the value of \(\frac{1}{0.0007247}\) is:

If each symbol is first converted into numeral and then all the numerals are converted into English letters in the following arrangement: \[ F6G \, @ \, 7N \, S2 \, T \, Y \, 5O \, G \, \# \, Q8M \, * \, 9Z \, % \, BA4 \]\( \text{Then how many converted English letters will there be in the above arrangement of elements?}\)

In the question given below, there are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). 
Assertion (A): Bats can fly in the night. 
Reason (R): Bats emit ultrasonics. Make your answer as per the codes provided below:

In the following letter series, some of the letters are missing, which are given in that order as one of the alternatives below it. Choose the correct alternative. 
abc ddaccdbee __ ab

Match List I with List II with reference to Nobel Prize 2023: 

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Statement-A: The G20 was founded in 1999 after the Asian Financial crisis as a forum for the finance ministers and Central Bank Governors to discuss global economic and financial issues.
Statement-B: It is held biannually under the leadership of a rotating presidency.
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Match Column I with Column II. 

Match the items given in Column I with those in Column II. 

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Statement A: In 1236, Sultan Iltutmish's daughter, Raziyya, became Sultan.
Statement B: The chronicler of the age, Minhaj-i-Siraj, and other Nobles were happy at her attempts to rule independently. She ruled for at least two decades. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: