Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Bundi.

• 'Navlakha' lake is located in Bundi.

Key Points

• Other lakes in Bundi
  • Kanak Sagar
    • ​Several migratory birds can be seen here.
  • Naval Sagar
    • ​Nawal Sagar Lake is an artificial lake that is a major tourist attraction.
  • Jait Sagar
    • ​It is located close to the Taragarh Fort.

​Additional Information

• Naulakha Bawdi:
  • Naulakha Bawdi was built in 1586 AD.
  • It was built by Patrani Premal Devi of Maharawal Assochan.
  • This step-well is located in the Dungarpur district of Rajasthan.​​​​​​​
  • Facts related to the Naulakha 
    • Naulakha Mahal - Udaipur 
    • Naulakha Lake - Bundi 
    • Naulakha Burj - Chittorgarh 
    • Naulakha Bawdi - Dungarpur 
    • Naulakha Gate - Ranthambore 
    • Naulakha Temple - Pali

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The correct answer is Jhulan Goswami.

Key Points

• To promote women’s empowerment, Legends League Cricket (LLC) has appointed cricketer Jhulan Goswami as an ambassador.
• LLC also announced an ‘All Women Match Official Team’ for the League that includes ICC empanelled female umpires and match referees from all across the world.
• Shandre Frtiz from South Africa will be the match referee for the entire League.

Additional Information 

• Important Current Affairs related to Cricket in 2021:
  • India has won the U-19 Asia Cricket Cup 2021 held in Dubai, UAE in December 2021.
  • South African wicket-keeper Quinton de Kock announced retirement from Test cricket on 30 December 2021.
  • India has become the first Asian team to win a Test match at Centurion after beating South Africa by 113-run.
  • Rishabh Pant has become the fastest Indian wicket-keeper to reach 100 dismissals in Test cricket.
  • He achieved this feat against South Africa in Centurion on Dec 28, 2021.​
  • Mohammed Shami has become the fifth Indian pacer to take 200 Test wickets.
  • In December 2021, Rishabh Pant has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Uttarakhand.
  • The International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed Geoff Allardice as the permanent CEO of the International Cricket governing body in November 2021.
    • ICC Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    • ICC Founded: 15 June 1909
    • ICC Deputy Chairman: Imran Khwaja
    • ICC Chairman: Greg Barclay
  • In December 2021, the Board of Control for Cricket in India ( BCCI) has formed a committee for the differently-abled cricketers of the country.
  • Harbhajan Singh has announced retirement from all forms of cricket in December 2021.
  • He was the 1st Indian Cricketer to take Hat-trick wickets in Test Cricket.

The correct answer is Leaves.

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Food is stored in the leaves. Onion as a whole is a modified stem

Key Points

• Different parts of plants like roots, shoots, leaves, flowers, fruits, etc perform the function of storage of food 
• The fleshy leaves of onion are its consumable part.
• As a whole, the onion is a bulb, which is a short modified form of a stem that is surrounded by these fleshy leaves that store food for the onion shoots.

Important Points

• The stored food in onion leaves is Sugar.

Additional Information

• In plants like carrot, reddish, beetroot, sweet potato, turnip, etc. roots perform the function of food storage.
• Some plants store their food in the form of fruit. Ex- apple, guava, grapes mango, etc.
• Plants like potato, ginger, garlic, sugarcane, etc. store their food in stems.​

The correct answer is A thin layer of silicon.

Key Points

• In computers, the chip is made up of a thin layer of silicon.
  • Computer chips are made of silicon, which is a semiconductor, and in order to make the most efficient use of it, chip manufacturers use sand that contains as much silicon as possible.
  • The mineral quartz is ideal for this purpose because its two main components are silicon and oxygen.
  • Silicon is used because it can be used as either an insulator (doesn't allow electricity to flow) or a semiconductor (allows a little flow of electricity).
  • This is important for making chips.
  • It is very, very cheap.
• Hence, option 2 is correct. 

Additional Information

• Silicon is used for electronic devices because it is an element with very special properties.
  • One of its most important properties is that it is a semiconductor.
  • This means that it conducts electricity under some conditions and acts as an insulator under others.
  • It is even the most common element in the Earth's crust. 
• Lady Ada Lovelace invented looping in computer programming​.
  • Lady Ada Lovelace wrote a complete plan describing the algorithm needed to calculate the Bernoulli numbers using two loops, demonstrating the bifurcation capabilities of the analytical machine, describing how to perform trigonometric operations that made use of variables.