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October 13, 2020 - Daily Quiz

1. Four horses are tethered at four corners of a square plot of side 63m so that they just can not reach one another. Find the area left Un-grazed (a) 900.50 Sq.m (b) 860.50 Sq.m (c) 850.50 Sq.m (d) 800.50 Sq.m 2. Which species is responsible for the Black Fungus disease? (a) Mucormycetes (b) Mucor mucedo (c) Aspergillus (d) Alternaria
3. Green Revolution in India was characterized by:
  1. Use of Chemical Fertilizers
  2. Mechanized irrigation
  3. Use of sprinklers or drip irrigation
  Select the correct option from codes given below: (a) 1 & 2 Only (b) 2 Only (c) 1 Only (d) 1, 2 & 3 4. Who among the following was Commander-in-Chief, India, between 1902 and 1909 noted for large-scale reforms, the greatest of which was the merger of the three armies of the Presidencies into a unified force? (a) Sir Charles Monro (b) Lord Kitchener (c) Beauchamp Duff (d) Canning  5.  Hypotonic solution is a solution: (a) whose osmotic pressure is less than that of another (b) which can dissolve maximum amount of solute at given temperature (c) of solid in gas (d) of solid in solid ANSWERS 1. (c) 2. (a) Black Fungus is a disease that is a serious and rare fungal infection caused by molds named mucormycetes. Mucormycosis or Black Fungus can infect people with diabetes, especially with diabetic ketoacidosis or cancer, or organ transplant or hemochromatosis (excess of iron) or skin injury due to surgery, burns, or wounds etc. It does not affect people with eye flu 3. (d) Green Revolution in India was characterized by Use of high yielding varieties (HYVs) of seeds or hybrid seeds; Use of Chemical Fertilizers; Mechanized irrigation; Use of sprinklers or drip irrigation etc 4. (b) Lord Kitchener, also known for Reconstruction of the disorganized Indian Army against the wishes of the viceroy Lord Curzon. 5. (a) 


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