CAT Questions

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Cast iron is a group of iron-carbon alloys with a carbon content greater than 2% and is a brittle material.

Its usefulness derives from its relatively low melting temperature.

Repo Rate is the rate at which the commercial banks borrows money from the central bank of a country i.e, RBI in India.

Reverse Repo Rate is the rate at which the central bank of a country, in case of India it is RBI borrows money from the commercial banks in the country.

The Reserve Bank of India has appointed Smt. Malvika Sinha as Executive Director (ED).

As Executive Director Smt. Sinha will look after Foreign Exchange Department, Department of Government and Bank Accounts and Internal Debt Management Department.

Smt. Malvika Sinha holds a Masters Degree from University of Bombay and has done her Masters in Public Administration. She is also a Certificated Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers.

Smt. Sinha joined Reserve Bank in 1982 and as a career central banker served in the areas of regulation and supervision, foreign exchange and Government and Bank Accounts in the Bank. Prior to being promoted as ED, Smt. Sinha was Principal Chief General Manager, Department of Co-operative Banking Supervision in the Reserve Bank.

Hypnosis is a state of human consciousness involving focused attention, reduced peripheral awareness, and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion.

Economic resources are those goods and services that can be converted into valuable products for individual and business purposes.

There are four major types of economic resources:

1. land,

2. labor,

3. capital and

4. entrepreneurship.

Land and labor are natural and human resources, while capital means physical resources or money.

Entrepreneurship converts these resources into usable goods.

However, resources have finite values, and proper utilization depends on economic systems and economic decisions.

Sound intensity or level is measured by a unit called a decibel. An 85 decibel noise level is not a safe standard for the public.

Hence, Acceptable noise level for human ear is less than 85 db.

Microsoft has acquired Flipgrid, an education start-up with an app that lets students record and share videos on specific topics with their classmates.

Microsoft is making Flipgrid free of charge.

The headquarters of Tea Board of India is in Kolkata, West Bengal.