Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Tsitsi Dangarembga.

Key Points

• Zimbabwean writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga has won the prestigious German Peace Prize.
• She is the first Black woman to win the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, which is endowed with $29,100 and has been awarded since 1950.
• Dangarembga is known for her works including the bestselling novel, “Nervous Conditions” and its sequel, “This Mournable Body.”

Important Points

• In 1988, her debut novel Nervous Conditions was the first to be published in English by a Black woman from Zimbabwe.
• In 2020, her novel This Mournable Body was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
• In addition to the Peace Prize, Dangarembga has also been awarded the PEN Pinter Prize and the PEN International Award for Freedom of Expression in 2021.

Additional Information

• The Peace Prize of the German Book Trade is an international peace prize that is awarded annually by the German Publishers and Booksellers Association.
• The prize has been awarded since 1950 traditionally on the Sunday of the Frankfurt Book Fair which usually takes place in October.
• The prize includes 25,000 euros.

• The Peace Prize acknowledges individuals who have been committed and contributed towards the realization of peace and humanity through their work especially in the field of literature, art, and science.

Etymology is the study of origin of words; similarly Cosmology is study of origin of Universe.

Windows is NOT correct.

Key Points 

• Among the options, only Windows is NOT an open-source operating system.
• Windows is a closed source operating system marketed by Microsoft.
• Microsoft first introduced the Windows operating system on 20 November 1985.
• Closed Operating Systems are built with numerous codes and complex programming and that is called source code. 
• An Open-source Operating System is the Operating System in which source code is visible publically and editable.
• The operating system is a collection of programs that controls the overall operations of the computer.
• Operating system is a System software in computers.
• It works as an interface between user and computer hardware components.
• Examples of operating systems are:
  • Linux.
  • Unix.
  • DOS.
  • Windows.
  • Ubuntu.
  • Embedded operating system.
  • OpenBSD.
  • Mac OS.

The correct answer is 10.4%.

• Rajasthan is spread over approximately 10.4%  .
  • The state covers an area of 342,239 square kilometres.

​Additional Information

• Geography of Rajasthan
  • It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh-largest by population.
  • Rajasthan is located on the northwestern side of India, where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert (also known as the "Great Indian Desert") and shares a border with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab to the northwest and Sindh to the west, along the Sutlej-Indus river valley.
  • It is bordered by five other Indian states: Punjab to the north; Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to the northeast; Madhya Pradesh to the southeast; and Gujarat to the southwest.
  • Its geographical location is 23.3 to 30.12 North latitude and 69.30 to 78.17 East longitude.
  • The Tropic of Cancer passes through the southernmost tip of the state.

The correct answer is Desert Climate.

Key Points

• According to Tharnwet, Rajasthan has four climate region-
  •  CA'w-
    • This climate region is similar to the subhumid/arid and wet-dry region.
    • Rajasthan's Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara, Kota, Baran, Jhalawar districts come in this region.
    • Sawana and Monsoon type flora is found in this region.
  • DA'w-
    • This climate region is similar to the semi-arid/tropical-wet climate region.
    • Rajasthan's  Barmer, Jodhpur, Churu, Jalore, Pali, Ajmer, Bundi, Sawai Madhopur districts come in this region.
    • Semi-desert flora is found in this region.
  • DB'w-
    • This climate region is similar to the mid thermal semi-dry/mixed climate region.
    • Rajasthan's Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Bikaner, Churu districts come in this region.
    • Thorny bushes and semi-desert flora is found in this region.
  • EA'd-
    • This climate region is similar to the Desert climate region.
    • Rajasthan's Jaisalmer, Western Jodhpur, South-West Bikaner, North-West Barmer come in this region.
    • Desert flora is found in this region