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Q:

Which one of the following statements about the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is not correct?

A) It is a placement-linked skill training programme exclusively for rural girls. B) It aims to convert India’s demographic surplus into a demographic dividend.
C) The scheme aims to benefit more thain 55 million poor rural folk. D) It is a generational poverty alleviation programme.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) It is a placement-linked skill training programme exclusively for rural girls.

Explanation:

The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) announced the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) Antyodaya Diwas, on 25th September 2014. DDU-GKY is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity to the incomes of rural poor families and cater to the career aspirations of rural youth.

DDU-GKY is uniquely focused on rural youth between the ages of 15 and 35 years from poor families. Over 180 million or 69% of the country’s youth population between the ages of 18 and 34 years, live in its rural areas. Of these, the bottom of the pyramid youth from poor families with no or marginal employment number about 55 million.

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Q:

Alliteration is an example of what?

A) Assonance B) Consonance
C) Tongue twisters D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Consonance

Explanation:

Alliteration is an example of Consonance. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another in a piece of text.

Example is "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

Whereas

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds, sometimes creating end rhymes.

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Q:

Who attended all the three-round table conferences?

A) M K Gandhi B) M M Malviya
C) B R Ambedkar D) Annie Besant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) B R Ambedkar

Explanation:

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar attended all the three-round table conferences.

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Q:

The main excretory organs of insects and spiders are

A) Malphigian tubues B) Maxillary glands
C) Coxal glands D) Antennal glands
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Malphigian tubues

Explanation:

The main excretory organs of insects and spiders are Malpighian tubules.

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Q:

What are cathode rays made of?

Answer

Cathode rays made of beams of electrons.

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Q:

The study of trees is called

A) Histology B) Andreology
C) Sistology D) Dendrology
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Dendrology

Explanation:

The study of trees is called Dendrology.

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Q:

Which is the following is not an effect of volcanoes

A) Africa B) Australia
C) North America D) South America
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Australia

Explanation:
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Q:

The brightest color emitted by the sun is

A) yellow-green B) red-green
C) green-blue D) red-blue
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) yellow-green

Explanation:

The Sun is essentially all colors mixed together, which appear to our eyes as white. The brightest color emitted by the sun is yellow-green.

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