Question Discussion & Solution

16 = 4²

100 = 10²

196 = 14²

216 = 6³

16, 100 and 196 are the perfect squares whereas 216 is a perfect cube.

The correct answer is MICR.

Key Points

•  MICR- Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
  • It is a technology used primarily to identify and process checks.
  • The MICR on a check is the string of characters that appears at the bottom left of the check.
  • It consists of three groups of numbers, including the bank routing number, the account number, and the check number.

Additional Information

•  OCR- Optical Character Recognition
  • It is a widespread technology to recognize text inside images, such as scanned documents and photos.
  • It is used to convert virtually any kind of image containing written text (typed, handwritten, or printed) into machine-readable text data.
• OMR- Optical Mark Recognition
  • It is the process of reading information that people mark on surveys, tests, and other paper documents.
• IFSC- Indian Financial System Code
  • It represents the 11 digit character on our bank’s cheque leaves, or other bank-sponsored material.
  • This 11 character code helps identify the individual bank branches that participate in the various online money transfer options like NEFT and RTGS.

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.

The set of given words are Almonds, Cashew, Walnuts all are dry-fruits. 

Apricot is the most similar to that set of word. Remaining Banana, Apple and Watermelon different from Apricot.

Hence, "Apricot" is the correct answer.

The correct answer is Soap solution is alkaline.

Concept:

• Indicators are the substances that are used to identify whether the given substance is an acid or a base.
• There are two types of indicators:
  • Natural: These indicators are obtained from natural sources like plants. 
  • Turmeric, litmus, china rose petals, etc., are some of the naturally occurring indicators.
  • The most commonly used natural indicator is litmus.
  • It is extracted from lichens.
  • It is available in the form of a solution, or in the form of strips of paper, known as litmus paper.
  • Generally, it is available as red and blue litmus paper.
  • Man-made: Phenolphthalein, Methyl orange are some of the man-made indicators.

Explanation:

• • The indicators change their colour when added to a solution containing an acidic or a basic substance.
  • Turmeric is a natural indicator. It contains the substance

curcumin which changes colour with pH.

• When a substance is basic, the colour is red, whereas when the substance is acidic, the colour of turmeric turns yellow to brown

• Turmeric stains on the shirt turn red when washed with soap because the soap solution is basic in nature which changes the yellow colour of Turmeric into red colour.
• It is because turmeric contains tartaric acid, while the soap contains a sodium hydroxide base. When an acid reacts with a base, a neutralization reaction takes place and the stain becomes neutral.

Neutralization Reaction

• A neutralization reaction can be defined as a chemical reaction in which an acid and base quantitatively react together to form salt and water as products.

Saponification

• Saponification is the hydrolysis of an ester with NaOH or KOH to give alcohol and sodium or potassium salt of the acid.