Analyst Questions

World Radio Day is observed on 13th February every year. The Day is organised by UNESCO. This Day is celebrated for 1st time in 2012.

World Radio Day 2019 theme is "Dialogue, Tolerance & Peace".

Vitamin D also known as Sunshine vitamin is produced in the body when our skin is exposed to sunlight. Its deficiency leads to a disease in which bone tissue doesn't properly mineralize leading to soft bones. The vitamin D deficiency disease in adults is known as Hypovitaminosis D.

Cost variance is nothing but the difference between the actual incurred cost and the estimated standard cost. This can be occured due to any changes in the volume of goods or services ordered. 

A favorable cost variance occurs when the actual incurred cost is less than the standard cost estimated before the production.

According to a survey, Bengaluru has emerged as the world's most dynamic city among 20 cities. Hyderabad bagged second position.

A cold front is defined as the transition zone where a cold air mass is replacing a warmer air mass. A cold front usually bring the temperature down by more than 15 deg and heavy rainfall with thundering and lighting.

C. Rangrajan has written the book Growth & Finance.

Active transport is a method of transport of ions or molecules along the cell membrane in the cell from lower to higher concentration region and which needs cellular energy.

There are three main types of Active Transport. They are:

1. The Sodium-Potassium pump,
2. Exocytosis, and
3. Endocytosis.

Samuel Gompers was a leading proponent of workers' rights. He was the first president of the American Federation of Labor, an organization that represented skilled workers from many different industries. Gompers advocated using collective bargaining or negotiations and strikes to gain greater rights for workers.