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Q:

The new agricultural strategy in india was introduced in

A) 1956 B) 1966
C) 1976 D) 1986
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1966

Explanation:

The Green Revolution in India refers to a period of time when agriculture in India changed to an industrial system due to the adoption of modern methods and technology such as high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, tractors, pump sets, etc. Green revolution was started by Dr.M.S. Swaminathan.

 

The new agricultural strategy was adopted in India during the Third Plan, i.e., during 1960s. As suggested by the team of experts of the Ford Foundation in its report "India’s Crisis of Food and Steps to Meet it" in 1959 the Government decided to shift the strategy followed in agricultural sector of the country.

 

During the period of mid-1960s, Prof. Norman Borlaug of Mexico developed new high yielding varieties of wheat and accordingly various countries started to apply this new variety with much promise.

Similarly, in the kharif season in 1966, India adopted High Yielding Varieties Programme (HYVP) for the first time.

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Q:

A report generator is used to

A) print files on paper B) data entry
C) update files D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) print files on paper

Explanation:

A report generator is a computer program whose purpose is to take data from a source such as a database, XML stream or a spreadsheet, and use it to produce a document in a format which satisfies a particular human readership.

 

Hence, A report generator is used to print files on paper.

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Q:

Chief component of first generation computer was

A) Vacuum tubes B) integrated circuits
C) transisters D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vacuum tubes

Explanation:

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The chief component in the first generation computers are  Vacuum tubes.

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Q:

How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters LGEU using each letter only once in each word ?

A) Zero B) One
C) Two D) Four
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) One

Explanation:

'GLUE' is the only meaningful word that can be formed using the letters given.

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Q:

Ice is to water as rock is to

A) Lava B) Oil
C) Sand D) Mud
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Lava

Explanation:

When ice melts it changes its physical state to water. Similarly, when rock melts it changes into lava or magma.

 

Hence, ice is to water as rock is to lava.

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Q:

Find x if 

log1218 = log24x + 1. log24x+1 + 4

A) 0 B) 1
C) 2 D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 0

Explanation:

By trial and error method, when we substitute 

x = 0

Both LHS and RHS are equal.

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Q:

If the given two numbers are respectively 7% and 28% of a third number, then what percentage is the first of the second ?

A) 24% B) 29%
C) 34% D) 25%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 25%

Explanation:

Here, k = 7 and l = 28
Therefore, first number = klx100 % of second number = 7/28 x 100% of second number = 25% of second number.

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Q:

Third proportion of 10 and 20 is

A) 30 B) 40
C) 25 D) 20
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 40

Explanation:

The third proportional of two numbers p and q is defined to be that number r such that

p : q = q : r.

 

Here, required third proportional of 10 & 20, and let it be 'a'

=> 10 : 20 = 20 : a

10a = 20 x 20

=> a = 40

 

Hence, third proportional of 10 & 20 is 40.

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