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This passage presents accountability as a central issue in governance and public administration, posing the core question of whether civil servants should answer to the political executive of the day or to society at large -- in other words, how internal and external accountability should be reconciled. Internal accountability is currently pursued through performance monitoring, oversight by bodies such as the Central Vigilance Commission and the Comptroller and Auditor General, and judicial review of executive decisions. Articles 311 and 312 of the Constitution give civil servants, especially the All India Services, job security and safeguards so that they are not wholly subservient to politicians and can act in the larger public interest; the need to balance both forms of accountability is thus built into the Constitution. Over time, however, the emphasis has tilted toward internal accountability, and the system for securing accountability to society has not worked, producing adverse consequences for governance. To improve matters the passage proposes reviewing Articles 311 and 312 to build external accountability, pursuing the proposed Civil Services Bill, clearly defining the respective roles of the professional civil services and the political executive so that management of the services is depoliticised, creating statutory civil service boards at the Centre and in the states, and using decentralisation and devolution to bring government closer to the people.
According to the passage, which of the following factor⟋factors led to the adverse consequences for governance⟋public administration?
1Inability of civil services to strike a balance between internal and external accountabilities
2Lack of sufficient professional training to the officers of All India Services
3Lack of proper service benefits in civil services
4Lack of Constitutional provisions to define the respective roles of professional civil services vis-a-vis political executive in this context
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This passage presents accountability as a central issue in governance and public administration, posing the core question of whether civil servants should answer to the political executive of the day or to society at large -- in other words, how internal and external accountability should be reconciled. Internal accountability is currently pursued through performance monitoring, oversight by bodies such as the Central Vigilance Commission and the Comptroller and Auditor General, and judicial review of executive decisions. Articles 311 and 312 of the Constitution give civil servants, especially the All India Services, job security and safeguards so that they are not wholly subservient to politicians and can act in the larger public interest; the need to balance both forms of accountability is thus built into the Constitution. Over time, however, the emphasis has tilted toward internal accountability, and the system for securing accountability to society has not worked, producing adverse consequences for governance. To improve matters the passage proposes reviewing Articles 311 and 312 to build external accountability, pursuing the proposed Civil Services Bill, clearly defining the respective roles of the professional civil services and the political executive so that management of the services is depoliticised, creating statutory civil service boards at the Centre and in the states, and using decentralisation and devolution to bring government closer to the people.
With reference to the passage, the following assumptions have been made :
1Political executive is an obstacle to the accountability of the civil services to the society
2In the present framework of Indian polity, the political executive is no longer accountable to the society Which of these assumptions is⟋are valid?
This passage presents accountability as a central issue in governance and public administration, posing the core question of whether civil servants should answer to the political executive of the day or to society at large -- in other words, how internal and external accountability should be reconciled. Internal accountability is currently pursued through performance monitoring, oversight by bodies such as the Central Vigilance Commission and the Comptroller and Auditor General, and judicial review of executive decisions. Articles 311 and 312 of the Constitution give civil servants, especially the All India Services, job security and safeguards so that they are not wholly subservient to politicians and can act in the larger public interest; the need to balance both forms of accountability is thus built into the Constitution. Over time, however, the emphasis has tilted toward internal accountability, and the system for securing accountability to society has not worked, producing adverse consequences for governance. To improve matters the passage proposes reviewing Articles 311 and 312 to build external accountability, pursuing the proposed Civil Services Bill, clearly defining the respective roles of the professional civil services and the political executive so that management of the services is depoliticised, creating statutory civil service boards at the Centre and in the states, and using decentralisation and devolution to bring government closer to the people.
Which one of the following is the essential message implied by this passage?
This passage presents accountability as a central issue in governance and public administration, posing the core question of whether civil servants should answer to the political executive of the day or to society at large -- in other words, how internal and external accountability should be reconciled. Internal accountability is currently pursued through performance monitoring, oversight by bodies such as the Central Vigilance Commission and the Comptroller and Auditor General, and judicial review of executive decisions. Articles 311 and 312 of the Constitution give civil servants, especially the All India Services, job security and safeguards so that they are not wholly subservient to politicians and can act in the larger public interest; the need to balance both forms of accountability is thus built into the Constitution. Over time, however, the emphasis has tilted toward internal accountability, and the system for securing accountability to society has not worked, producing adverse consequences for governance. To improve matters the passage proposes reviewing Articles 311 and 312 to build external accountability, pursuing the proposed Civil Services Bill, clearly defining the respective roles of the professional civil services and the political executive so that management of the services is depoliticised, creating statutory civil service boards at the Centre and in the states, and using decentralisation and devolution to bring government closer to the people.
According to the passage, which one of the following is not a means of enhancing internal accountability of civil services?
This passage observes that religious traditions generally ground human duty in duty toward God or some universal ethical principle, with our duties to one another derived from that primary duty. Likewise, the religious concept of rights flows mainly from our relationship to that divinity or principle and from what it implies for our other relationships. The correspondence between rights and duties is presented as critical to any understanding of justice. Yet the passage insists that for justice to be practised, rights and duties cannot remain abstract formalities; they must be grounded in a community -- a common unity held together by a sense of common union, or communion. Even as a personal virtue, this solidarity is essential to the practice and understanding of justice.
With reference to the passage, the following assumptions have been made :
1Human relationships are derived from their religious traditions
2Human beings can be duty bound only if they believe in god
3Religious traditions are essential to practice and understand justice Which of these assumption (s) is⟋are valid?
This passage observes that religious traditions generally ground human duty in duty toward God or some universal ethical principle, with our duties to one another derived from that primary duty. Likewise, the religious concept of rights flows mainly from our relationship to that divinity or principle and from what it implies for our other relationships. The correspondence between rights and duties is presented as critical to any understanding of justice. Yet the passage insists that for justice to be practised, rights and duties cannot remain abstract formalities; they must be grounded in a community -- a common unity held together by a sense of common union, or communion. Even as a personal virtue, this solidarity is essential to the practice and understanding of justice.
Which one of the following is the crux of this passage?
A ate grapes and pineapple; B ate grapes and oranges; C ate oranges, pineapple and apple; D ate grapes, apple and pineapple. After taking fruits, B and C fell sick.In the light of the above facts, it can be said that the cause of sickness was:
With reference to the cultural history of India, the memorising of chronicles, dynasty histories, and epic tales was the profession of who of the following?
A person X was driving in a place where all roads ran either north-south or east-west, forming a grid. Roads are at a distance of 1 km from each other in a parallel. He started at the intersection of two roads, drove 3 km north, 3 km west and 4 km south. Which further route could bring him back to his starting point, if the same route is not repeated?
There were 50 faculty member comprising 30 males and the rest females. No male faculty member knew music, but many of the female faculty members did. The Head of Visit doorsteptutor.com (entrance exams) for best PYQs, lectures, and study material. Visit exampyq.com (Govt. job exams) for best PYQs, lectures, and study material. the institution invited six faculty members to a tea party by draw of lots. At the party it was discovered that no members knew music. The conclusion is that:
Five people A, B, C, D and E are seated about a round table. Every chair is spaced equidistant from adjacent chairs. (i) C is seated next to A (ii) A is seated two seats from D (iii) B is not seated next to A On the basis of above information, which of the following must be true?
1D is seated next to B
2E is seated next to A
3D and C are separated by two seats
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There are five hobby clubs in a college — photography, yachting, chess, electronics and gardening. The gardening group meets every second day, the electronics group meets every third day, the chess group meets every fourth day, the yachting group meets every fifth day and the photography group meets every sixth day. How many times do all the five groups meet on the same day within 180 days?
There are some nectar-filled flowers on a tree and some bees are hovering on it. If one bee lands on each flower, one bee will be left out. If two bees land on each flower, one flower Visit doorsteptutor.com (entrance exams) for best PYQs, lectures, and study material. Visit exampyq.com (Govt. job exams) for best PYQs, lectures, and study material. will be left out. The number of flowers and bees respectively are:
There is an order of 19000 quantity of a particular product from a customer. The firm produces 1000 quantity of that product per day out of which 5% are unfit for sale.In how many days will the order be completed?
This passage notes that biomass -- from agricultural and forest residues as well as energy crops -- has the highest mitigation potential of all renewable sources for power, heat and transport. The biggest challenge in using biomass residues is securing a reliable long-term supply delivered to power plants at reasonable cost, with logistics and fuel-collection costs as the key problems. Energy crops, if not managed properly, compete with food production and can push up food prices, and biomass production is itself sensitive to the physical impacts of a changing climate. Projections of biomass's future role are probably overstated: climate-energy models see biomass use rising nearly fourfold to around 150-200 exajoules -- almost a quarter of world primary energy -- by 2050, but the maximum sustainable technical potential without disrupting food and forest resources is only 80-170 exajoules a year by 2050, and only part of that is realistically and economically feasible. Some climate models also rely on biomass-based carbon capture and storage -- an unproven technology -- to achieve negative emissions. Certain liquid biofuels, such as corn-based ethanol for transport, may worsen carbon emissions on a life-cycle basis rather than reduce them. Second-generation biofuels from ligno-cellulosic feedstocks such as straw, bagasse, grass and wood promise high-yielding, low-greenhouse-gas sustainable production, but they remain at the research and development stage.
What is⟋are the present constraint⟋constraints in using biomass as fuel for power generation?
1Lack of sustainable supply of biomass
2Biomass production competes with food production
3Bio-energy may not always be low carbon on a life-cycle basis
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This passage notes that biomass -- from agricultural and forest residues as well as energy crops -- has the highest mitigation potential of all renewable sources for power, heat and transport. The biggest challenge in using biomass residues is securing a reliable long-term supply delivered to power plants at reasonable cost, with logistics and fuel-collection costs as the key problems. Energy crops, if not managed properly, compete with food production and can push up food prices, and biomass production is itself sensitive to the physical impacts of a changing climate. Projections of biomass's future role are probably overstated: climate-energy models see biomass use rising nearly fourfold to around 150-200 exajoules -- almost a quarter of world primary energy -- by 2050, but the maximum sustainable technical potential without disrupting food and forest resources is only 80-170 exajoules a year by 2050, and only part of that is realistically and economically feasible. Some climate models also rely on biomass-based carbon capture and storage -- an unproven technology -- to achieve negative emissions. Certain liquid biofuels, such as corn-based ethanol for transport, may worsen carbon emissions on a life-cycle basis rather than reduce them. Second-generation biofuels from ligno-cellulosic feedstocks such as straw, bagasse, grass and wood promise high-yielding, low-greenhouse-gas sustainable production, but they remain at the research and development stage.
Which of the following can lead to food security problem?
1Using agricultural and forest residues as feedstock for power generation
2Using biomass for carbon capture and storage
3Promoting the cultivation of energy crops
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This passage notes that biomass -- from agricultural and forest residues as well as energy crops -- has the highest mitigation potential of all renewable sources for power, heat and transport. The biggest challenge in using biomass residues is securing a reliable long-term supply delivered to power plants at reasonable cost, with logistics and fuel-collection costs as the key problems. Energy crops, if not managed properly, compete with food production and can push up food prices, and biomass production is itself sensitive to the physical impacts of a changing climate. Projections of biomass's future role are probably overstated: climate-energy models see biomass use rising nearly fourfold to around 150-200 exajoules -- almost a quarter of world primary energy -- by 2050, but the maximum sustainable technical potential without disrupting food and forest resources is only 80-170 exajoules a year by 2050, and only part of that is realistically and economically feasible. Some climate models also rely on biomass-based carbon capture and storage -- an unproven technology -- to achieve negative emissions. Certain liquid biofuels, such as corn-based ethanol for transport, may worsen carbon emissions on a life-cycle basis rather than reduce them. Second-generation biofuels from ligno-cellulosic feedstocks such as straw, bagasse, grass and wood promise high-yielding, low-greenhouse-gas sustainable production, but they remain at the research and development stage.
In the context of using biomass, which of the following is⟋are the characteristic⟋characteristics of the sustainable production of biofuel?
1Biomass as a fuel for power generation could meet all the primary energy requirements of the world by 2050
2Biomass as a fuel for power generation does not necessarily disrupt food and forest resources
3Biomass as a fuel for power generation could help in achieving negative emissions, given certain nascent technologies
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The FAO accords the status of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) to traditional agricultural systems. What is the overall goal of this initiative?
1To provide modern technology, training in modern farming methods and financial support to local communities of identified GIAHS so as to greatly enhance their agricultural productivity.
2To identify and safeguard eco-friendly traditional farm practices and their associated landscapes, agricultural biodiversity, and knowledge systems of the local communities.
3To provide Geographical Indication status to all the varieties of agricultural produce in such identifies GIAHS.
This passage notes that biomass -- from agricultural and forest residues as well as energy crops -- has the highest mitigation potential of all renewable sources for power, heat and transport. The biggest challenge in using biomass residues is securing a reliable long-term supply delivered to power plants at reasonable cost, with logistics and fuel-collection costs as the key problems. Energy crops, if not managed properly, compete with food production and can push up food prices, and biomass production is itself sensitive to the physical impacts of a changing climate. Projections of biomass's future role are probably overstated: climate-energy models see biomass use rising nearly fourfold to around 150-200 exajoules -- almost a quarter of world primary energy -- by 2050, but the maximum sustainable technical potential without disrupting food and forest resources is only 80-170 exajoules a year by 2050, and only part of that is realistically and economically feasible. Some climate models also rely on biomass-based carbon capture and storage -- an unproven technology -- to achieve negative emissions. Certain liquid biofuels, such as corn-based ethanol for transport, may worsen carbon emissions on a life-cycle basis rather than reduce them. Second-generation biofuels from ligno-cellulosic feedstocks such as straw, bagasse, grass and wood promise high-yielding, low-greenhouse-gas sustainable production, but they remain at the research and development stage.
With reference to the passage, following assumptions have been made:
1Some climate-energy models suggest that the use of biomass as a fuel for power generation helps in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions
2It is not possible to use biomass as a fuel for power generation without disrupting food and forest resources Which of these assumptions is⟋are valid?
This passage warns of a dangerous dwindling of biodiversity in our food supply, calling the green revolution a mixed blessing. Over time farmers have come to depend heavily on broadly adapted, high-yield crops at the expense of varieties suited to local conditions. Monocropping vast fields with genetically uniform seeds has boosted yields and met immediate hunger needs, yet these high-yield varieties are genetically weaker crops that demand expensive chemical fertilisers and toxic pesticides. In concentrating on increasing today's food output, we have inadvertently exposed ourselves to the risk of food shortages in the future.
Which among the following is the most logical and critical inference that can be made from the above passage?
A class starts at 11: 00 am and lasts till 2: 27 pm. Four periods of equal duration are held during this interval. After every period, a rest of 5 minutes is given to the students. The exact duration of each period is: Visit doorsteptutor.com (entrance exams) for best PYQs, lectures, and study material. Visit exampyq.com (Govt. job exams) for best PYQs, lectures, and study material.
What is/are the importance/importances of the 'United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification'?
1It aims to promote effective action through innovative national programmes and supportive international partnerships.
2It has a special/particular focus on South Asia and North Africa regions, and its Secretariat facilitates the allocation of major portions of financial resources to these regions.
3It is committed to a bottom-up approach, encouraging the participation of local people in combating desertification.
Four friends A, B, C and D need to cross a bridge. A maximum of two persons can cross it at a time. It is night and they just have one lamp. Persons that cross the bridge must carry the lamp to find the way. A pair must walk together at the speed of slower person. After crossing the bridge, the person having faster speed in the pair will return with the lamp each time to accompany another person in the group. Finally, the lamp has to be returned at the original place and the person who returns the lamp has to cross the bridge again without lamp. To cross the bridge, the time taken by them is as follows: A: 1 minute, B: 2 minutes, C: 7 minutes and D: 10 minutes. What is the total minimum time required by all the friends to cross the bridge?
30g of sugar was mixed in 180 ml water in a vessel A, 40 g of sugar Was mixed in 280 ml of water in vessel B and 20 g of sugar was mixed in 100 ml of water in vessel C. The solution in vessel B is
In aid of charity, every student in a class contributes as many rupees as the number of students in that class. With the additional contribution of ₹ 2 by one student only, the total collection is ₹ 443. Then how many students are there in the class?
Anita՚s mathematics test had 70 problems carrying equal marks i.e.. , 10 arithmetic, 30 algebra and 30 geometry. Although she answered 70% of the arithmetic, 40% of the algebra and 60% of the geometry problems correctly, she did not pass the test because she got less than 60% marks. The number of more questions she would have to answer correctly to earn a 60% passing marks is:
In a class, there are 18 very tall boys. If these constitute three-fourths of the boys and the total number of boys is two-thirds of the total number of students in the class, what is the number of girls in the class?
The monthly average salary paid to all the employees of a company was ₹ 5000. The monthly average salary paid to male and female employees was ₹ 5200 and ₹ 4200 respectively. Then the percentage of males employed in the company is
With reference to the agreement at the UNFCCC Meeting in Paris in 2015, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1The agreement was signed by all the member countries of the UN, and it will go into effect in 2017.
2The agreement aims to limit greenhouse gas emissions so that the rise in average global temperature by the end of this century does not exceed 2°C or even 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
3Developed countries acknowledged their historical responsibility in global warming and committed to donate $ 1000 billion a year from 2020 to help developing countries to cope with climate change.
The Parliament of India acquires the powers to legislate on any items in the State List in the national interest if the resolution to that effect has been passed by the
A daily train is to be introduced between station A and station B starting from each at 6 AM and the journey is to be completed in 42 hours. What is the number of trains needed in order to maintain the Shuttle Service?
In a. question paper there are five questions to be attempted and answer to each question has two choices - True (T) or False (F). It is given that no two candidates have given the answers to the five questions in an identical sequence. For this to happen the maximum number of candidates is:
This passage argues that crony capitalism -- which kills transparency and competition -- is harmful to free enterprise, opportunity and economic growth. It describes a system in which the rich and influential are alleged to have received land, natural resources and various licences in return for payoffs to venal politicians, and calls it a major issue that must now be tackled. For developing economies like India, one of the gravest dangers to growth is the middle-income trap, where crony capitalism creates oligarchies that slow down growth.
Which among the following is the most logical corollary to the above passage?
This passage cautions that climate adaptation may prove ineffective unless policies are designed in the context of other development concerns. As an example, it describes a comprehensive food-security strategy under climate change as a coordinated set of measures spanning agricultural extension, crop diversification, integrated water and pest management, and agricultural information services. Some of these measures relate to climate change and others to economic development, so adaptation must be pursued together with broader development goals.
What is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage?
The Term 'Core Banking Solutions' is sometimes seen in the news. Which of the following statements best describes/describe this term?
1It is the networking of a bank's branches which enable customers to operate their accounts from any branch of the bank on its network regardless of where they open their accounts.
2It is an effort to increase RBI's control over commercial banks through computerization.
3It is a detailed procedure by which a bank with huge non-performing assets is taken over by another bank.
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This passage argues that understanding biodiversity's role in the hydrological cycle leads to better policy-making, defining biodiversity as the variety of plants, animals and microorganisms and the ecosystems they inhabit. Water and biodiversity are interdependent: the hydrological cycle determines how biodiversity functions, while vegetation and soil drive the movement of water. Every glass of water we drink has at least partly passed through fish, trees, bacteria, soil and other organisms, being cleansed and made fit for consumption along the way. The supply of water, the passage concludes, is a critical service that the environment provides.
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This passage observes that over the last decade the banking sector has been restructured with a high degree of automation, and that its products mainly serve middle-class and upper middle-class society. Against this background, it calls for a new agenda for banking and non-banking financial services -- one that does not exclude the common man. The implied message is that financial inclusion, rather than more automation for the already served, should now be the priority.
Which one of the following is the message that is essentially implied in the above passage?
This passage states that safe and sustainable sanitation in slums brings immeasurable benefits to women and girls in terms of health, safety, privacy and dignity, yet women hardly feature in most urban sanitation schemes and policies. The continued existence of manual scavenging shows that not enough has been done to promote pour-flush toilets and discontinue dry latrines. It calls for a sustained, rigorous, very large-scale campaign toward the right to sanitation, focused primarily on abolishing manual scavenging.
With reference to the above passage, consider the following statements:
1Urban sanitation problems can be fully solved by the abolition of manual scavenging only
2There is a need to promote greater awareness on safe sanitation practices in urban areas.
Which of the statements given above is⟋are correct?
The establishment of 'Payment Banks' is being allowed in India to promote financial inclusion. Which of the following statements is/are correct in this context?
1Mobile telephone companies and supermarket chains that are owned and controlled by residents are eligible to be promoters of Payment Banks.
2Payment Banks can issue both credit cards and debit cards.
This passage, reflecting on what government is proper for man, says we must attend to his character: nature created him for social life and fitted him for the station she intended. In every case, she made his natural wants greater than his individual powers, so that no one person can supply his own wants without the aid of society. Those wants, acting upon every individual, impel the whole of them into society -- making social life man's natural condition rather than an artificial arrangement.
Which among the following is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage?
This passage reports that about 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions come from agricultural practices: nitrous oxide from fertilisers, methane from livestock, rice production and manure storage, and carbon dioxide from burning biomass -- excluding CO2 from soil management, savannah burning and deforestation. Forestry, land use and land-use change account for a further share of emissions each year, three-quarters of which comes from tropical deforestation. The remainder is largely from draining and burning tropical peatlands, which store about as much carbon as the Amazon rainforest.
Which among the following is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage?
A person climbs a hill in a straight path from point ‘O’ on the ground in the direction of north-east and reaches a point ‘A’ after travelling a distance of 5 km. Then, from the point ‘A’ he moves to point ‘B’ in the direction of north-west. Let the distance AB be 12 km. Now, how far is the person away from the starting point ‘O’?
An agricultural field is in the form of a rectangle having length X1 meters and breadth X2 meters (X1 and X2 are variable). If X1 + X2 = 40 meters, then the area of the agricultural field will not exceed which one of the following values?
The sum of the ages of 5 members comprising a family, 3 years ago was 80 years. The average age of the family today is the same as it was 3 years ago, because of an addition of a baby during the intervening period. How old is the baby?
The total emoluments of two persons are the same, but one gets allowances to the extent of 65% of his basic pay and the other gets allowances to the extent of 80% of his basic pay. The ratio of the basic pay of the former to the basic pay of the latter is:
A person is standing on the first step from the bottom of a ladder. If he has to climb 4 more steps to reach exactly the middle step, how many steps does the ladder have?
AB is a vertical trunk of a huge tree with A being the point where the base of the trunk touches the ground. Due to a cyclone, the trunk has been broken at C which is at a height of 12 meters, broken part is partially attached to the vertical portion of the trunk at C. If the end of the broken part B touches the ground at D which is at a distance of 5 meters from A, then the original height of the trunk is:
A cube has all its faces painted with different colours. It is cut into smaller cubes of equal sizes such that the side of the small cube is one-fourth the big cube. The number of small cubes with only one of the sides painted is:
Ram and Shyam work on a job together for four days and complete 60% of it. Ram takes leave then and Shyam works for eight more days to complete the job. How long would Ram take to complete the entire job alone?
This passage notes that by 2050 we will need to feed two billion more people, giving new urgency to the question of which diet is best. The food choices of the coming decades will have dramatic ramifications for the planet. Simply put, a diet centred on meat and dairy -- a pattern on the rise throughout the developing world -- will take a greater toll on the world's resources than one centred on unrefined grains, nuts, fruits and vegetables. The critical message is that rising demand for animal-sourced foods places a heavier burden on natural resources.
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This passage explains that all humans digest mother's milk as infants, but until cattle began to be domesticated about 10,000 years ago, children stopped needing to digest milk after weaning and so stopped producing lactase, the enzyme that breaks the sugar lactose into simple sugars. Once humans began herding cattle, being able to digest milk became tremendously advantageous, and lactose tolerance evolved independently among cattle herders in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Groups not dependent on cattle, such as the Chinese and Thai, remain lactose intolerant -- showing how a lasting change in a community's food habits can bring about a genetic change in its members.
Which among the following is the most logical assumption that can be made from the above passage?
This passage warns that rising human-made carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could set off a chain reaction between plants and microorganisms, unsettling the soil -- one of the largest carbon reservoirs on the planet. A study found that soil, which holds twice as much carbon as all plants and the Earth's atmosphere combined, could become increasingly volatile as people add more CO2 to the atmosphere, largely because of increased plant growth. Although carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas and a pollutant, it also nourishes plant growth; as trees and other vegetation flourish in a CO2-rich future, their roots could stimulate microbial activity in the soil, accelerating the decomposition of soil carbon and its release back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.
Which among the following is the most logical corollary to the above passage?
This passage identifies the balance between demand for and supply of food as historically the biggest challenge facing world agriculture. For individual countries the demand-supply balance can be critical for a closed, populous economy whose domestic agriculture is not growing fast enough, while an open, growing economy with adequate exchange surpluses to buy food abroad faces less of a constraint. For the world as a whole, supply-demand balance is an inescapable prerequisite for warding off hunger and starvation, yet global availability of adequate supply does not mean food automatically moves from surplus to deficit countries when the latter lack purchasing power. The uneven distribution of hunger, starvation and malnourishment at the world level thus stems from empty-pocket hungry mouths, overwhelmingly in underdeveloped economies. The issue of worldwide food supply has gained significance recently because both the quantum and composition of demand are changing rapidly and countries' ability to sustain food supplies is under strain. Food production, marketing and prices -- especially affordability for the poor in the developing world -- have become global issues requiring global thinking and global solutions.
According to the above passage, which of, the following are the fundamental solutions for the world food security problem?
1Setting up more agro-based industries
2Improving the price affordability by the poor
3Regulating the conditions of marketing
4Providing food subsidy to one and all
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This passage identifies the balance between demand for and supply of food as historically the biggest challenge facing world agriculture. For individual countries the demand-supply balance can be critical for a closed, populous economy whose domestic agriculture is not growing fast enough, while an open, growing economy with adequate exchange surpluses to buy food abroad faces less of a constraint. For the world as a whole, supply-demand balance is an inescapable prerequisite for warding off hunger and starvation, yet global availability of adequate supply does not mean food automatically moves from surplus to deficit countries when the latter lack purchasing power. The uneven distribution of hunger, starvation and malnourishment at the world level thus stems from empty-pocket hungry mouths, overwhelmingly in underdeveloped economies. The issue of worldwide food supply has gained significance recently because both the quantum and composition of demand are changing rapidly and countries' ability to sustain food supplies is under strain. Food production, marketing and prices -- especially affordability for the poor in the developing world -- have become global issues requiring global thinking and global solutions.
According to the above passage, the biggest challenge to world agriculture is:
India is an important member of the 'International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor'. If this experiment succeeds, what is the immediate advantage for India?
This passage identifies the balance between demand for and supply of food as historically the biggest challenge facing world agriculture. For individual countries the demand-supply balance can be critical for a closed, populous economy whose domestic agriculture is not growing fast enough, while an open, growing economy with adequate exchange surpluses to buy food abroad faces less of a constraint. For the world as a whole, supply-demand balance is an inescapable prerequisite for warding off hunger and starvation, yet global availability of adequate supply does not mean food automatically moves from surplus to deficit countries when the latter lack purchasing power. The uneven distribution of hunger, starvation and malnourishment at the world level thus stems from empty-pocket hungry mouths, overwhelmingly in underdeveloped economies. The issue of worldwide food supply has gained significance recently because both the quantum and composition of demand are changing rapidly and countries' ability to sustain food supplies is under strain. Food production, marketing and prices -- especially affordability for the poor in the developing world -- have become global issues requiring global thinking and global solutions.
According to the above passage, which of the following helps⟋help in reducing hunger and starvation in the developing economies?
1Balancing demand and supply of food
2Increasing imports of food
3Increasing purchasing power of the poor
4Changing the food consumption patterns and practices
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This passage identifies the balance between demand for and supply of food as historically the biggest challenge facing world agriculture. For individual countries the demand-supply balance can be critical for a closed, populous economy whose domestic agriculture is not growing fast enough, while an open, growing economy with adequate exchange surpluses to buy food abroad faces less of a constraint. For the world as a whole, supply-demand balance is an inescapable prerequisite for warding off hunger and starvation, yet global availability of adequate supply does not mean food automatically moves from surplus to deficit countries when the latter lack purchasing power. The uneven distribution of hunger, starvation and malnourishment at the world level thus stems from empty-pocket hungry mouths, overwhelmingly in underdeveloped economies. The issue of worldwide food supply has gained significance recently because both the quantum and composition of demand are changing rapidly and countries' ability to sustain food supplies is under strain. Food production, marketing and prices -- especially affordability for the poor in the developing world -- have become global issues requiring global thinking and global solutions.
The issue of worldwide supply of food has gained importance mainly because of:
1overgrowth of the population worldwide
2sharp decline in the area of food production Visit doorsteptutor.com (entrance exams) for best PYQs, lectures, and study material. Visit exampyq.com (Govt. job exams) for best PYQs, lectures, and study material.
3limitation in the capabilities for sustained supply of food
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Four-digit numbers are to be formed using the digits 1,2, 3 and 4; and none of these four digits are repeated in any manner. Further, 1.2 and 3 are not to immediately follow each other 2.1 is not to be immediately followed by 3 3.4 is not to appear at the last place 4.1 is not to appear at the first place How many different numbers can be formed?
A cylindrical overhead tank of radius 2 m and height 7 m is to be filled from an underground tank of size 5.5m x 4m x 6m. How much portion of the underground tank is still filled with water after filling the overhead tank completely?
In a class of 60 students, where the number of girls is twice that of boys, Kamal, a boy, ranked seventeenth from the top. If there are 9 girls ahead of Kamal, the number of boys in rank after him is:
A and B walk around a circular park. They start at 8 a. m. from the same point in the opposite directions. A and B walk at a speed of 2 rounds per hour and 3 rounds per hour respectively. How many times shall they cross each other after 8 00 a. m. and before 9.30. a. m. ?
W can do 25% of a work-in 30 days, X can do 1⟋4 of the work in 10 days, Y can do 40% of the work in 40 days and Z can do 1⟋3 of the work in 13 days. Who will complete the work first?
Recently, which of the following States has explored the possibility of constructing an artificial inland port to be connected to sea by a long navigational channel?
The average monthly income of a person in a certain family of 5 is ₹ 10,000. What will be the average monthly income of a person in the same family if the income of one person increased by ₹ 1,20, 000 per year?
In a race, a competitor has to collect 6 apples which are kept in a straight line On a track and a bucket is placed at the beginning of the track which is a starting point. The condition is that the competitor can pick only one apple at a time, run back with it and drop it in the bucket. If he has to drop all the apples in the bucket, how much total distance he has to run if the bucket is 5 meters from the first apple and all other apples are placed 3 meters apart?
A round archery target of diameter 1 m is marked with four scoring regions from the centre outwards as red, blue, yellow and white. The radius of the red band is 0.20 m. The width of all the remaining bands is equal. If archers throw arrows towards the target, what is the probability, that the arrows fall in the red region of the archery target?
A person allows 10% discount for cash payment from the marked price of a toy and still he makes a 10% gain. What is the cost price of the toy which is marked ₹ 770?
With reference to 'Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion', which of the following statements is/are correct?
1This initiative aims to demonstrate the improved production and post-harvest technologies, and to demonstrate value addition techniques, in an integrated manner, with cluster approach.
2Poor, small, marginal and tribal farmers have a larger stake in this scheme.
3An important objective of the scheme is to encourage farmers of commercial crops to shift to millet cultivation by offering them free kits of critical inputs of nutrients and micro irrigation equipment.
With reference to pre-packaged items in India, is it mandatory to the manufacturer to put the following information on the main label, as per the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011?
1List of ingredients including additives
2Nutrition information
3Recommendations, if any, made by the medical profession about the possibility of any allergic reactions
There has been a persistent deficit budget year after year. Which action/actions of the following can be taken by the Government to reduce the deficit?
1Reducing revenue expenditure
2Introducing new welfare schemes
3Rationalizing subsidies
4Reducing import duty
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Recently, our scientists have discovered a new and distinct species of banana plant which attains a height of about 11 metres and has orange-coloured fruit pulp. In which part of India has it been discovered?
