Indian and Global Environment Test - 7

Total utility is the total satisfaction received from consuming a given total quantity of a good or service, while the marginal utility is the satisfaction gained from consuming another quantity of a good or service. Negative marginal utility is when the consumption of an additional item decreases the total utility.

Indian Councils Act 1909 -

• It was also called Morley-Minto Reforms.Therefore, statement 2 is incorrect.
• It considerably increased the size of the legislative councils, both Central and provincial.
• It retained anofficial majorityin the Central Legislative Council but allowed the provincial legislative councils to have a non-official majority.
• It provided for the first time for theassociation of Indians with the executive councilsof the Viceroy and Governors.Therefore, statement 1 is correct.
• Satyendra Prasad Sinha became the first Indian to join the Viceroy’s Executive Council. He was appointed as the law member.
• Itintroduced a system of communal representation for Muslimsby accepting the concept of a separate electorate. Some constituencies were earmarked for Muslims and only Muslims could vote their representatives.Therefore, statement 3 is correct.

Auxins are a class of plant hormones with some morphogen-like characteristics. Auxin is basically a weak organic acid and It is produced in the stem tip that promotes the elongation in the cells.

Cricket My Style is mostly old Sarson ka sag in a new dish. Moreover, Kapil concentrates on the high points in his career and blissfully ignores the lows.

Five-year plans :

Therefore, pairs 1 and 3 are correctly matched and pair 2 is incorrectly matched.

Reynold Number has no units. The Reynolds number is the ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces. It is used for predicting if a flow condition will be laminar or turbulent.

• The latitudinal extension of Haryana is from 27º39' to 30º55'.
• Haryana is extremely hot in summers and is very hot there with the temperature reaching around 45 °C. However, winters are mild.
• It is an arid or semi-arid region and receives rainfall of around 350 mm on average. 
• The Yamuna also passes through this state. This state is rich in flora and fauna and has two national parks and eight wildlife sanctuaries.

Vijayanagara school of temple architecture -

• ​The rulers ofVijayanagara were great patrons of art and architecture.
• They combined the features ofChola, Hoysala, Pandyas, Chalukyasarchitectural styles.
• Under them, the architectural style started to be influenced by theIndo-Islamic style of Bijapur,which was reflected in the temples built during this period.Therefore, statement 3 is correct.

Some of the features of the temple were -

• The walls of the temples were highly decorated withcarvingsandgeometrical patterns.Therefore, statement 1 is correct.
• Gopuramswere built on all sides,
• Monolithicrock pillars.
• A mythical creatureYali (Horse)was engraved on pillars.
• Enclosing walls were larger.
• More than one mandap was built in each temple.
• The central mandap came to be known as theKalyan mandap.
• The Temple complex wasenclosed by boundaries.

Hoysala school of architecture -

• It developed in the region ofKarnataka near Mysoreunder the patronage ofHoysala rulers.
• It developed in the period from1050 AD to 1300 AD. Some of the features of this architecture are-

1. Multiple shrines were built around acentral pillared hall.
2. Temples had a Stellate or star-shaped ground plan.Therefore, statement 2 is incorrect.

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on 14 December 2021 launched the book — Rewinding of the first 25 years of MeitY.It has been authored by S S Oberoi, a former adviser at MeitY.

Leelawati, a treatise on Mathematics, was written byBhaskaracharya.

Leelawati is Indian mathematician Bhaskaracharya's treatise on mathematics, written in 1150, it is the first volume of his main work. He has been called the greatest mathematician of medieval India. His main work Siddhanta-Siromani, is divided into four parts called Leelawati, Bijagaṇita, Grahagaṇita and Goladhyaya. These four sections deal with arithmetic, algebra, mathematics of the planets, and spheres respectively.

Bhaskara II also known as Bhaskaracharya, was an Indian mathematician and astronomer.His book on arithmetic is the source of interesting legends that assert that it was written for his daughter, Leelawati.