Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Banas River.

• Banas River is known as "Forest's Hope".

Key Points

• Banas River
  • The Banas is a river that lies entirely within the state of Rajasthan.
  • It is a tributary of the Chambal River, itself a tributary of the Yamuna, which in turn merges into the Ganga.
  • Banas river originates in the Khamnor Hills of the Aravalli Range, near Kumbhalgarh in Rajsamand.
  • The name "Banaas" literally translates as "forest-hope" (Ban-aas) meaning "Hope-of-the-forest" or 'Van Ki Aasha.' 

Additional Information 

• Bedach River
  • The Berach River, a tributary of the Banas River.
• Bandi River
  • ​The Bandi is a tributary of the Luni River in the Pali district of Rajasthan state.
  • It merged in the Luni river in the Jodhpur district. 
• Arvari
  • ​The Arvari River is a small river flowing through the Alwar District of Rajasthan.

The correct answer is Kalology.

Key Points

• The study of human beauty is called Kalology.
  • Kalology is the study of beauty and the ways in which beauty influences society.
  • This study is focused primarily on human attractiveness, rather than the broader field of aesthetics, and was popularized during the 19th century when philosophers attempted to codify beauty and create a uniform system for evaluating it.
  • A scale was even proposed, probably jokingly, which rated beauty in terms of the theoretical beauty of Helen of Troy, who allegedly had a face to launch 1,000 ships.

Additional Information

Milk is measured in litres.

Similarly, Rope is measured in Meters

The correct answer is Calcium Carbonate.

Key Points

• The chief component of the nacre that constitutes the pearl is aragonite (CaCO₃).
• Nacre also contains a small amount of conchiolin, a hornlike organic substance (albuminoid) that is the main constituent of the mollusc's outer shell.
• Pearl also contains Magnesium Carbonate(MgCO₃) along with Calcium Carbonate.

Additional Information

• Calcium carbonate is a common substance found in rocks as the minerals calcite and aragonite and is the main component of eggshells, snail shells, seashells, and pearls. 
• The Molar Mass of Calcium Carbonate is 100.0869 g/mol.
• Melting point: 825 °C.

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.