List of practice Questions

Malgudi is a fictional town conceived by ____ .

In which of Mulk Raj Anand's Novels does Bakha appear as the central character?

Anandmath, a famous novel, is written by:

Tomb of Sand is a novel written by :

Kalidas Meghdoot is a :

Which Indian woman writer was awarded Booker Prize for literature in translation in the year 2022?

Which of the following is not a novel written by Chetan Bhagat?

Which genre includes stories of characters who try to solve a crime or unexplained event?

Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Telling is a way of characterization in which the author intervenes in order to describe and evaluate the motives and disposition of the character.
Statement II: Showing is a way of characterization in which the author merely presents the characters talking and interacting, leaving the reader to draw his/her own inferences.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R:
Assertion A: The term 'victorian' or 'Victorianism' is frequently used in a derogatory way to connote narrow- mindedness, sexual prizzishness and an emphasis on social respectability.
Reason R: The attitude and values expressed by many members of the expanding middle class with its roots in puritanism have given rise to the negative views about victorian period.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Match List I with List II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

According to Addison, all the ideas and pleasures of the imagination are pleasures of one sense. What is that sense?

Which Union Ministry of India launched 'Temple 360' portal?

April is the cruellest month, breeding / lilacs out of the dead land ____ Which path - breaking poem in English Literature begins with these lines?

Who is the central protagonist as well as the narrator in Raja Rao's, "The serpent and the Rope"?

Aziz is the central character in E.M. Forester's

When even parity ASCII text is transmitted asynchronously at a rate of 10 characters per sec. over a 110-bps line, what percentage of the received bits actually contain data

Read the paragraph given below and answer the following questions.
Shastri was the country's Prime Minister from 1964-1966. During Shastri's brief Prime Ministership, the country faced two major challenges. While India was still recovering from the economic implications of the war with China, failed monsoons, drought and serious food crisis presented a grave challenge. The country also faced a war with Pakistan in 1965. Shastri's famous slogan 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan', symbolised the country's resolve to face both these challenges.
Shastri's Prime Ministership came to an abrupt end on 10 January 1966, when he suddenly expired in Tashkent, then in USSR and currently the capital of Uzbekistan. He was there to discuss and sign an agreement with Muhammad Ayub Khan, the then President of Pakistan, to end the war.

The Indian Government is already participating in global efforts through a number of programmes. For example, India's National Auto-fuel Policy mandates cleaner fuels for vehicles. The energy Conservation Act. passed in 2001, outlines initiative to improve energy efficiency. Similarly, the Electricity Act of 2003 encourages the use of renewable energy. Recent trends in importing natural gas and encouraging the adoption of clean coal technologies show that India has been making real efforts. the Government is also keen to launch a National Mission on Biodiesel, using about 11 million hectares of land to produce biodiesel by 2011-2012. India ratified the Paris Climate Agreement on 2 October 2016. And India has one of the largest renewable energy programmes in the world.
A review of the implementation of the agreements at the Earth Summit in Rio was undertaken by India in 1997.
India feels this contravenes very spirit of UNFCCC. Neither does it seem fair to impose restrictions on India when the country's rise in per capita carbon emissions by 2030 is likely to still represent less than half the world average of 3.8 tonnes in 2000. Indian emissions are predicted to rise from 0.9 tonnes per capita in 2000 to 1.6 tonnes per capita in 2030

What is the full form of ELISA ?

Observe the diagram and answer the following question:

Diagrammatic representation of Lymphatic system

Read the paragraph and answer the question.
Broadly, genetic disorders may be grouped into two categories - Mendelian disorders and Chromosomal disorders. Mendelian disorders are mainly determined by alteration or mutation in the single gene. These disorders are transmitted to the offspring on the same lines as we have studied in the principle of inheritance. The trait may also be linked to the sex chromosome as in case of haemophilia. It is evident that this X-linked recessive trait shows transmission from carrier female of male progeny

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Special feeds are the substances which are added in the roughage component of the diet to enrich its nutritive value. Low quality dry roughages like wheat straw, paddy straw, jawar kadbi and even crop residues are poor in their nutritive value and palatability. However, all these fodders form the major proportion of staple diets of the nutrients. Hence the enrichment of these fodders with suitable low-cost energy and protein sources make them not only palatable but they can be efficiently and completely utilized by the ruminants. Ruminants can efficiently digest fertilizer grade urea with the help of micro organisms in to quality proteins, hence urea is used to enrich such low quality roughages. Feed urea provides 2900 g crude protein/kg. When urea is heated, biuret is obtained. Both are useful in ruminants feeding. Biuret provides 2550g crude protein/kg. Use of urea molasses for increasing nutritive value and palatability of wheat straw, jawar kadbi, etc. is now a day practiced for their efficient utilization in the livestock farms.

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The agriculture and allied activities sector significantly contributed to the country's overall growth and development by ensuring food security. The Indian agriculture sector has been growing at an average annual growth rate of 4-6 percent during last six years. It grew by 3,0 percent in 2021-22 compared to 3.3 percent in 2020-21. In recent years, India has also rapidly emerged as the net exporter of agricultural products in 2020-21, exports of agriculture and allied products from India grew by 18 percent over the previous year. During 2021-22, agricultural exports reached an all-time high of USD 50.2 billion. This period of buoyant performance could be ascribed to the measures taken by the Government to promote farmer-producer organisations, encourage crop diversification and improve productivity in agriculture through support provided for mechanisation and the creation of the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund. Income support to farmers through the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) and the promotion of allied activities has bed to diversification in sources of farmer's income, improving their resilience to weather shocks. The production of food grains and Oil seeds has been increasing Year-one Year (YOY). Production of pulses has also been notably higher than the average of 23.8 million tonnes in the last five years. Changing climate has been impacting agriculture adversely. The year 2022 witnessed an early heat wave during the wheat-harvesting season, adversely affecting its production. The year experienced a decline in the sown area for paddy cultivation too the Kharif season due to delayed monsoons and deficient rainfall.

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There are four types of food service systems -
Conventional food service system : Food is prepared in a kitchen on the premises where the food is to be served E.g. in cafeterias, restaurants, dining areas of hostels or it may be carried on trays and served to patients in hospitals. This system is more adaptable to individual preferences and there is a greater flexibility in meal planning, distribution costs are minimal.
Commissary food service system : Food is prepared carefully at one place but is distributed to several remote areas for final preparation and service. E.g - there are chains of outlets like Cafe Coffee Day, Barista etc. In this system, all ingredients can be purchased in bulk, no need for seperate equipment and personnel to cook the food in each unit, thus, ensuring product quality and cost - effectiveness.
Ready - prepared food service system : Foods are prepared well in advance before the serving time and are frozen until used. (E.g. frozen parathas, samosas, French fries etc). There is a need for special equipment for freezing and storing the frozen food.
Assembly service system : Fully prepared foods are purchased from manufactures and only finishing processes like seasoning, thawing, reheating is done at the place of service. These operations require minimal cooking at the point of service (e.g. panipuri or bhelpuri) but the number of items prepared may not be large. Management in food service includes management of human and non - human resources generally known as 6M's - money, material, man (human resource), machines, minutes (time) and markets.
Management in food service includes several functions - planning, organising, delegating, motivating, directing, reporting, budgeting and coordinating the entire process.