Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Kannauj.

Important Points

Harshavardhana was an Indian Emperor, who ruled over the northern parts of India from 606 A.D to 647 A.D.

• His earliest capital was Thaneswar, present-day Haryana.
• After his accession, King Harshavardhan united the two kingdoms of Thanesar and Kannauj.
• He also shifted his capital from Thanesar to Kannauj.

Additional Information

In the 7th Century CE, the capital of Harshavardhana's Empire was Kannauj.

• In general, there was prosperity within the empire.
• Agriculture, industries and trade, both internal and external, were in a flourishing condition.
• Cities like- Peshawar and Taxila in the North-West were, of course, destroyed by the invasions of the Hunas and Mathura and Pataliputra had lost their previous significance, but Prayag (Allahabad), Banaras and Kannauj were prosperous cities within the empire.
• In the 7th century CE, the capital city, Kannauj was an extensive, prosperous and well-protected city. 
  • It had large buildings, beautiful gardens and swimming-pools. It was inhabited by the rich, cultured and highly learned people.

The correct answer is 60 : 40.

• In Rajasthan, the funding pattern of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) between centre and state is 60 : 40.

Additional Information

• Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY)
  • ​Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana is a national mission to improve farm productivity and ensure better utilization of the resources in the country.
  • A budget of ₹53 billion in a time span of one the year 2015-2016 has been allocated to this scheme.
• The major objective of PMKSY
  • The major objective of PMKSY is to achieve convergence of investments in irrigation at the field level, expand cultivable area under assured irrigation, improve on-farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage of water, enhance the adoption of precision-irrigation and other water saving technologies (More crop per drop), enhance recharge of aquifers and introduce sustainable water conservation practices by exploring the feasibility of reusing treated municipal wastewater for peri-urban agriculture and attract greater private investment in the precision irrigation system.​

The correct answer is Amir Khusro.

• Amir Khusro was a poet of the fourteenth century.

Key Points

• Amir Khusro (1253 AD-1325 AD):
  • He was a Persian associated with royal courts of more than seven rulers of the Delhi Sultanate.
  • He innovated Khayal (a style of singing).
  • In his book Tarikh-i-Alai, he gave an account of the conquest of Alauddin Khilji.
  • He also lived in the court of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq and wrote Tughlaqnamah.
  • Khusro is also known as Tuti-i-Hind or ‘Parrot of India’.
• Amir Khusro introduced many Persian Arabic ragas.
• He also invented the Sitar.

Additional Information

• Sarala Dasa was a poet of 15th-century.
  • He was also a scholar of Odia literature.
• Dhurjati was a poet of 15th and 16th centuries.
  • He was a Telugu poet in the court of the king Krishnadevaraya
  • And was one of the astadiggajalu ( "Eight Mighty Elephants "). 
• Pitambar Dvija was 15 and 16th-century poet from Assam.

Given: Victory ∶ Encouragement ∶∶ Failure ∶ ?

Logic:

Victory leads to Encouragement.

Similarly,

Failure leads to Frustration.

Hence, frustration is the correct answer.

The correct answer is Hard Disk.

• In a typical desktop computer,  Hard disk memory sizes would be the largest.
• had a capacity of 1 to 8 terabytes, with the largest-capacity drives reaching 20 terabytes (single-disk drives, "dual" drives are available up to 24 TB).
• Smaller, laptop internal 2.5-inch drives, are available up to 5 TB.
  • Register> RAM> Cache> Hard disk.

​​Key Points

• RAM 
  • RAM is a hardware element where the data being currently used is stored.
  • It is a volatile memory.
  • Two types of RAM are
    • Static RAM, or (SRAM) and
    • Dynamic RAM, or (DRAM).
• Register
  • A register holds instructions or data that the processor is working on or will be working on shortly.
  • They form part of the processor and are capable of holding only one item at a time.
• Cache 
  • Cache memory is an area in the computer where codes and instructions are stored.
• Hard disk
  • A hard disk drive is an electromechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage.

Additional Information

• There are four major storage levels on the computer:
  • Internal – 
    • Processor registers and cache.
  • Main –
    • The system RAM and controller cards.
  • On-line mass storage –
    • Secondary storage.
  • Off-line bulk storage –
    • Tertiary and Off-line storage.