Which among the following is major source of Salt in India?
- Salt Pan
- Salt Lake
- Salt Rocks
- None of them
- Uttar Pradesh
- Haryana
- West Bengal
- Rajasthan
Explanation:
The Haryana government has launched an online system “Sex Ratio Monitoring Dashboard” for Panipat to monitor the sex-ratio in the district as part of the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ programme. The dashboard had been developed in association with National Informatics Centre (NIC) as a pilot project. The online system will have the data of child sex-ratio collected from all villages by the Health and Women and Child Welfare Departments every month. It will also have the data on critical villages where more attention was required towards skewed child sex-ratio and steps needed to taken to set up the efforts accordingly.
- Ramdas
- Arjundev
- Teg Bahadur
- Govind Singh
Which city is hosting the 2017 India Disaster Response Summit?
- New Delhi
- Pune
- Varanasi
- Kochi
Explanation:
The India Disaster Response Summit has inaugurated by Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, in New Delhi on November 9, 2017. The summit is jointly organised by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Facebook to leverage social media platforms to ‘prepare, respond and recover’ for, during and after natural disasters in India. Facebook will now share its disaster maps, developed using aggregated, de-identified data, with NDMA. These maps can aid swift disaster response by providing real-time, actionable information. The Disaster Information Volunteers (DIV) programme, which is being executed by SEEDS, will establish a network of volunteers to provide real-time, first-hand information on disasters in their local communities. The programme will be piloted in two disaster prone states — Assam and Uttarakhand.
Which among the following types of clouds are associated with structure resembling the piles of “Cauliflower”?
- Stratus
- Nimbus
- Cumulus
- None of the above
- Lord Lytton
- Lord Ripon
- Lord Dufferin
- Lord Lansdowne
Which of the following is the most commonly used chemical for ripening of mangoes in India?
- Potassium Iodide
- Silver Iodide
- Ammonium Nitrate
- Calcium Carbide
Explanation:
Calcium Carbide is the most commonly used chemical for ripening of mangoes in India. It reacts with the moisture emanated by the respiration of the fruit. It liberates a gas called acetylene which helps in ripening the fruit.
Which among the following scientists was known as ‘Wizard of Menlo Park’ ?
- Thomas Alva Edison
- F. A. Davis
- Michael Faraday
- Joseph Henry
A hybrid computer exhibits the features of ______?
- analog computer
- digital computer
- both analog and digital computer
- mainframe computer
Explanation:
both analog and digital computer
- Husain Shah
- Zainul Abidin
- Ibrahim Adil Shah II
- Mahmud II