Questions

An invention that improved safety for railway passengers is Air brakes. With the use of air brakes using compressed air, become more effective by preventing many train accidents.

National Statistics day is celebrated annually 29th June, on the occasion of Birth anniversary of India’s eminent statistician Late Prof Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.

It also commemorates the contributions made by PC Mahalanobis in the fields of statistics and economic planning.

Every year on 18 April, ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) celebrates the International Day for Monuments and Sites (also called as World Heritage day), whose establishment was approved by the 22nd UNESCO General Conference in 1983.

All the three statements lead to either increase in demand of goods and services or decrease in the supply. This leads to increase in general level of prices.

India ranks 131 in the 2016 Human Development Index (HDI) among the 188 countries. It scored 0.624 and was placed in medium human development category.

The index was unveiled recently as part of the Human Development Report (HDR) 2016 titled Human Development for Everyone published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Egypt is called as the gift of the Nile river. It is called so because the nile river served as means for transport, help in irrigation for farming, made soil fertile for growing crops. It made the Egyptian civilization possible.