Question Discussion & Solution

Important Points

Email bomb

It is an attack on your inbox that involves sending massive amounts of emails to your address. Sometimes these messages are complete gibberish, but more often they’ll be confirmation emails for newsletters and subscriptions.

Additional Information

Spoofing 

It is the act of disguising a communication from an unknown source as being from a known, trusted source. Spoofing can apply to emails, phone calls, and websites, or can be more technical, such as a computer spoofing an IP address, Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), or Domain Name System (DNS) server.

Smurf Attack

It is a form of a DDoS attack that causes packet flood on the victim by exploiting/abusing ICMP protocol. When deployed, large packets are created using a technique called “spoofing”. The phony source address that is now attached to these packets becomes the victim, as their IP is flooded with traffic. The small ICMP packet generated by the tool causes big trouble for a victim, hence the name Smurf.

Ping storm

It is a condition in which the Internet ping program is used to send a flood of packets to a server to  test its ability to handle a high amount of traffic or, maliciously, to make the server inoperable

Hence Option 1 is correct

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.

The correct answer is In 1829.

• In order to prevent the practice of Sati, in 1829 it was first banned under the "Bengal Sati Regulation".

Key Points

• The Bengal Sati Regulation
  • ​The Bengal Sati Regulation was passed on December 4, 1829, here is all you should definitely know about the practice of Sati.
  • The Bengal Sati Regulation which banned the Sati practice in all jurisdictions of British India was passed on December 4, 1829, by the then Governor-General Lord William Bentinck.

Additional Information

• About Sati practice
  • Sati was a historical Hindu practice, in which a widow sacrifices herself by sitting atop her deceased husband's funeral pyre.
  • The extent to which sati was practised in history is not known with clarity.
  • However, during the early modern Mughal period, it was notably associated with the elite Hindu Rajput clan.

The Correct Answer is Cytokinin.

Key Points

• Cytokinins are a class of plant growth substances (phytohormones) that promote cell division or cytokinesis in plant roots and shoots.
• There are two types of Cytokinins: Adenine-type Cytokinins represented by Zeatin, Kinetin and 6-Benzylaminopurine and Phenylurea-type Cytokinins like Diphenylurea and Thidiazuron (TDZ).

Key Points 

• Auxins are a class of plant hormones with some morphogen-like characteristics. Auxins play a cardinal role in the coordination of many growths and behavioural processes in plant life cycles and are essential for plant body development.
• Abscisic acid is a plant hormone. ABA functions in many plant developmental processes, including seed and bud dormancy, the control of organ size and stomatal closure.
• Gibberellins are plant hormones that regulate various developmental processes, including stem elongation, dormancy, germination, flowering, flower development and leaf and fruit senescence.

 Additional Information 

Concept:

• People eat different types of fruits and vegetables.
• Different parts or all parts of various plants can be eaten as food.
• In different places, different parts of a plant are eaten.
• Flowers can be used in different ways.
• Flowers can be eaten as well.
• Many flowers are cooked as vegetables.

Explanation:

T hus, the correct match is Flower: Drumsticks.

Additional Information

• In Uttar Pradesh, people enjoy eating a vegetable made of kachnar flowers.
• In Kerala and West Bengal, people cook a vegetable made of banana flowers.
• People who are from Maharashtra love pakoras made of drumsticks (sahjan) flowers.