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Extensive planting of trees to increase forest cover is called

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A) Agroforestry B) Social forestry
C) Afforestation D) Deforestation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Afforestation

Explanation:

The process of extensive planting of trees or seeds in barren lands to increase forest cover is called as Afforestation.

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Q:

Light - year measures which of the following ?

A) Intensity of Light B) Mass
C) Distance D) Time
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Distance

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India’s first-ever Rural LED Street Lighting Project will be set up in which state  ?

A) Telangana B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Gujarat D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Andhra Pradesh

Explanation:

India’s first-ever Rural LED Street Lighting Project will be implemented by the Government of India (GoI) in Andhra Pradesh (AP). The Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) under the Ministry of Power will retrofit10 lakh conventional street lights with LED lights in Gram Panchayats of 7 districts in AP. This is the first project for rural LED street lighting in the country under the GoI’s Street Lighting National Project (SLNP). In the first phase, the replacement will be undertaken in gram panchayats of the districts of Guntur, Prakasham, Nellore, Kurnool, Kadapa, Ananthapur and Chittoor. This replacement drive in rural areas will help the gram panchayats to cumulatively save approximately 147 million units of electricity annually and lead to reduction of 12 crore tonnes of CO2. The entire upfront capital cost of this project is being funded by French Development Agency Agence Française de Développement (AFD).

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Q:

The National institute of Oceangraphy is located at

A) Goa B) Mumbai
C) Cochin D) Kandla
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Goa

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A 16th Century Indian Jurist has stated that 'land is the property of its owner, and kings have only the right to tax it'. His Name?

A) Yajnavalkya B) Nilakantha
C) Hemadri D) Vijnaneswara
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nilakantha

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Q:

The great law given of ancient times was

A) Manu B) Vatsyayana
C) Ashoka D) Aryabhatta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Manu

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Q:

A DVD is an example of

A) Optical Disc B) Hard Disc
C) Output Device D) Solid state storage device
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Optical Disc

Explanation:

A DVD is an example of Optical Disc.

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Which computer memory is essentially empty?

A) EPROM B) PROM
C) EROM D) ROM
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) ROM

Explanation:

Computer memory - ROM is essentially empty. ROM is a Read Only Memory which cannot be retrieve.

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