Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Vitamin C.

Important Points

• Scurvy is a nutritional disorder of humankind.
  • Scurvy is caused by the deficiency of Vitamin C
  • Ascorbic acid is the chemical name of vitamin C.
  • Vitamin C is the first artificially synthesized vitamin.
  • Vitamin C is essential for the healing of wounds, repair, and maintenance of cartilage, bone, and teeth.
  • Vitamin C deteriorated through cooking and canning of food.

Additional Information 

• Xerophthalmia and night blindness are the deficiency diseases of Vitamin A.
• Rickets is the deficiency diseases of Vitamin D.
• Hemorrhage is the deficiency diseases of Vitamin K.

The correct answer is 2012.

Key Points

• POCSO Act: 
  • The POCSO Act was enacted on 19^th June 2012.
  • The full form of POCSO is The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
  • Nodal Agency: Ministry of Women and Child Development.
• Objectives: 
  • It protects children below the age of 18 years from sexual violence.
  • It provides relief and rehabilitation as soon as the complaint is made to the Special Juvenile Police.
  • It demands special courts to do speedy disposal of cases committed against the children.
  • It deals with the safeguarding of the interest of the child.

Additional Information

• The POCSO Act is amended in the year 2019.
• According to it, the use of children for pornography can lead to punishment for a minimum of 20 years and maximum life imprisonment.

Important Points

• The Commission for the Protection of Child Rights was established on 5^th March 2007 under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005.
• Headquarter: New Delhi
• Objective: The main objective of the Commission is to ensure that all laws, policies, programs, and administrative mechanisms are compatible with child rights as defined in the Constitution of India as well as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
• It works under the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
• Appointed by the Central Government.
• Composition: 7 member commission comprises of Chairman and 6 members( 2 women are compulsory).
• The first Chairman of the Commission for Protection of Child Rights was Shanta Sinha (2007-2010).
• The present Chairman of the Commission for Protection of Child Rights is Priyanka Kanoongo (2018).

The correct answer is 16%.

• The Tourism sector contributes about 16% to the total economy of Rajasthan.

Key Points

• Tourism in Rajasthan:
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The correct answer is Banded Column.

• Banded Column is used in Ms-Word to make the formatting of even columns different from subject columns.

Key Points

• Banded Column 
  • ​Adding colour to alternate columns.
  • Banded columns are available in the Design tab.
  • Excel’s Conditional Formatting feature allows us to apply cell shading to every other row in a worksheet.
• • By selecting the range we want to apply banded columns, and then click Conditional Formatting > New Rule under Home tab.
  • For applying banded columns, we can use this formula =MOD(COLUMN(),2)=0.

​Additional Information

• Banding
  • Adding colour to alternate rows or columns called banding.
  • It can make the data in our worksheet easier to scan. 
• Banded rows
  • The term banded rows are referring to the shading of alternating rows in a worksheet.
  • Excel’s Conditional Formatting feature allows us to apply cell shading to every other row in a worksheet.

The correct answer is Femur.

Key Points

• The largest bone in the human body is the femur, the thighbone.
• It is the largest, longest, and strongest bone in the human body.
• The femur runs from the keen to the hip.
• The Femur or thigh bone is the largest and heaviest bone in the human body.
• At the proximal end of the Femur, there is a rounded prominence which is called the Head of the Femur.
• The femur runs from the keen to the hip.
• It carries all the upper body weight.
• The other parts of the leg are the tibia, femur, fibula, and keep cap also known as patella.

Additional Information

• The human skeleton is made up of 206 bones, including bones of the
  • Skull:  including the jaw bone (mandible, maxilla)
  • Spine: cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, sacrum and tailbone (coccyx)
  • Chest: ribs and breastbone (sternum)
  • Arms: the shoulder blade (scapula), collar bone (clavicle), radius, humerus and ulna
  • Hands: wrist bones (carpals), metacarpals and phalanges
  • Pelvis: hip bones
  • Legs: the thigh bone (femur), the kneecap (patella), shin bone (tibia) and fibula
  • Feet: tarsals, metatarsals, and phalanges.