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Name the veteran Agriculture Scientist who was recently awarded the 1st World Agriculture Prize for 2018.
A
Dr. Deepak Kumar
B
Prof. Rakesh Agnihotri
C
Prof. MS Swaminathan
D
None of the above
Correct Answer:
Prof. MS Swaminathan
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Which of the following statements with regard to the Mediterraneam agriculture is/are correct? 1.The Mediterranean agriculture is highly specialized commercial agriculture. 2.It is intensive subsistence agriculture dominated by wet paddy cultivation. 3.It is a primitive subsistence agriculture.4.Viticulture is a speciality of the Mediterranean region. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
A
1 only
B
2 and 3
C
1 and 4 only
D
1, 3 and 4
X' on 1
st
July, 2018 agrees to sell his house to 'Y' for a price of Rs. 1 crore, if the entire price is paid on or before 31
st
July, 2018 and for the price of Rs. 1,25,00,000/- after 31
st
July, 2018 but before 30
th
September, 2018. It was further agreed that if the entire price is not paid by 30
th
September, 2018, 'Y' shall not be entitled to purchase the house and the earnest money paid by 'Y' to 'X' shall stand forfeited. Such an agreement:
A
Is void for uncertainty
B
Is void because the meaning of it is not certain on account of being by way of wager
C
Is enforceable in law
D
None of the above
Railway fares of 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes between two stations were in the ratio of 8 : 6 : 3. The fares of 1st and 2nd class were subsequently reduced by $$\frac{1}{6}$$ and $$\frac{1}{12}$$ respectively. If during a year the ratio between the passengers of 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes was 9 : 12 : 26 and the total amount collected by the sale of tickets was Rs. 1088, then find the collection from the passengers of 1st class.
A
Rs. 260
B
Rs. 280
C
Rs. 300
D
Rs. 320
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
Eight north Indian Ocean countries, namely, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand, were asked to contribute names so that a combined list could be compiled. Each country gave eight names and a combined list of 64 names was prepared. This list is currently in use, and all cyclones arising in the north Indian Ocean are named from this list, with one name from each country being used in turn. Almost 38 or 39 names from the list have been used up, but since many cyclones dissipate long before they hit land, their names rarely figure in the papers or other media. The names that people do know about, and remember are, naturally, those that were most destructive ones, or very recent. Aila, in 2009 is remembered with a shudder for the enormous destruction it caused in West Bengal and Bangladesh; Phaillin, also for the damage it caused when it hit the Odisha coast in 2013. Two harmless cyclones, which also might remain in peoples memory, are the more recent ones of 2014 — Hudhud, which threatened the east coast of India and Nilofar, which was expected to, but did not, devastate the western coast. The names in the cyclone list are usually words one associates with storms; words which mean water or wind or lightning in various national languages. Sometimes they are names of other things — birds or flowers or precious stones. The name Aila, contributed by the Maldives means fire, the name Phaillin from Thailand means sapphire, the name Hudhud from Oman is the name of a bird, probably the hoopoe, and the name Nilofar, given by Pakistan, is the Urdu name of the lotus or water lily. The eight names suggested by India, and which are in the list of 64, are Agni, Akaash, Bijli, Jal, Leher, Megh, Sagar and Vayu, meaning in that order, fire, sky, lightning, water, wave, cloud, sea and wind. Five of these names (that is, up to Leher) have been used so far.
For the next cyclone if it is the turn of an Indian name to be chosen, then what will be that name?
A
Agni
B
Megh
C
Leher
D
Vayu
Dr. Krishan Jakhar of Rajasthan has been awarded the Sahitya Akadami Prize for Rajasthani translation 2017. She is awarded this prize for which of her work of translation?
A
Gatha Tista Par Ri
B
Bhint
C
Aadane Dharyodi Ankhanya
D
Toba Tek Singh
Paul Romer, one of the joint recipients of the 2018 Nobel Prize on Economics , was awarded the prize for integrating into macroeconomic analysis issues relating to
A
cliamate change
B
technological innovations
C
poverty alleviation
D
woman empowerment
Each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1 :The Nobel Prize for Economics in 2018 was awarded to Paul Romer and William Nordhaus for their work in two separate areas : economic growth and environmental economics respectively.
S6 :Among recent winners of Nobel Prize in Economics, its hard to think of one issue which is more topical and relevant to India.
P :But there is a common thread in their work.
Q : In economic jargon its termed as externality.
R : Productive activity often has spillovers, meaning that it can impact an unrelated party.
S :Romer and Nordhaus both studied the impact of externalities and came up with profound insights and economic models.
The correct sequence should be
A
P Q R S
B
P R Q S
C
Q S P R
D
Q S R P
নিচের ক্ষেত্রগুলোর মধ্যে কোনটির বিরুদ্ধে কাজ করার জন্য ডেনিস ম্যুকউইগি এবং নাদিয়া মুরাদকে ২০১৮ সালের নোবেল শান্তি পুরস্কার দেয়া হয়েছিল? [The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Denis Murad Mukwege and Nadia Murad for their efforts to work against----]
A
দাস প্রথা [Slavery]
B
শিশু নির্যাতন ( Child abuse)
C
মানব পাচার ( Human trafficking)
D
যুদ্ধাস্ত্র হিসেবে যৌন সহিংতা (Sexual violence as a weapon of war)
২০১৮ সালে শান্তিতে নোবেল পুরস্কার পেয়েছেন নাদিয়া মুরাদ এবং- ( In 2018, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nadia Murad and-)
A
ডেনিস মুকওয়েগি (Denis Mukwege)
B
ডোনা স্টিকল্যান্ড (Donna Strickland)
C
জুয়ান সানটোস ( Juan Santos)
D
লিউ জিয়াবো (Liu Xiaobo)
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
Eight north Indian Ocean countries, namely, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand, were asked to contribute names so that a combined list could be compiled. Each country gave eight names and a combined list of 64 names was prepared. This list is currently in use, and all cyclones arising in the north Indian Ocean are named from this list, with one name from each country being used in turn. Almost 38 or 39 names from the list have been used up, but since many cyclones dissipate long before they hit land, their names rarely figure in the papers or other media. The names that people do know about, and remember are, naturally, those that were most destructive ones, or very recent. Aila, in 2009 is remembered with a shudder for the enormous destruction it caused in West Bengal and Bangladesh; Phaillin, also for the damage it caused when it hit the Odisha coast in 2013. Two harmless cyclones, which also might remain in peoples memory, are the more recent ones of 2014 — Hudhud, which threatened the east coast of India and Nilofar, which was expected to, but did not, devastate the western coast. The names in the cyclone list are usually words one associates with storms; words which mean water or wind or lightning in various national languages. Sometimes they are names of other things — birds or flowers or precious stones. The name Aila, contributed by the Maldives means fire, the name Phaillin from Thailand means sapphire, the name Hudhud from Oman is the name of a bird, probably the hoopoe, and the name Nilofar, given by Pakistan, is the Urdu name of the lotus or water lily. The eight names suggested by India, and which are in the list of 64, are Agni, Akaash, Bijli, Jal, Leher, Megh, Sagar and Vayu, meaning in that order, fire, sky, lightning, water, wave, cloud, sea and wind. Five of these names (that is, up to Leher) have been used so far.
Which name suggested by India has not been used so far?
A
Leher
B
Agni
C
Bijli
D
Vayu