(a) Launched with an estimated cost of around Rs 62,000 crore, Swachh Bharat Mission aims to achieve the elimination of open defecation in the  country.

(b) Sanitation has emerged as a key issue since the 2011 Census highlighted the glaring data on lack of toilets in the country by stating that over 26 million people in India defecate in the open.

(c) Among its other objectives are conversion of insanitary toilets to pour flush toilets, putting an end to the inhuman practice of manual scavenging and carrying out Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM).

(d) The ambitious programme aims to make the streets, roads and infrastructure across the country clean by October 02nd, 2019

(e) None of the above

 

 

 

(a) Contemporary researchers are now exploring whether a consistent meditation practice yields long-term benefits, and noting positive effects on brain and immune function among meditators. Yet it’s worth repeating that the purpose of meditation is not to achieve benefits.

(b) Concentration meditation involves focusing on a single point. This could entail following the breath, repeating a single word or mantra, staring at a candle flame, listening to a repetitive gong, or counting beads on a mala.

(c) Mindfulness meditation encourages the practitioner to observe wandering thoughts as they drift through the mind. The intention is not to get involved with the thoughts or to judge them, but simply to be aware of each mental note as it arises.

(d) Meditation is an approach to training the mind, similar to the way that fitness is an approach to training the body. But many meditation techniques exist — so how do you learn how to meditate?

(e) None of the above

(a) Any criminal activity that uses a computer either as an instrumentality, target or a means for perpetuating further crimes comes within the ambit of cyber crime.

(b) Cyber crime is rapidly evolving from simple e-mail mischief where offenders send obscene e-mail, to more serious offences like theft of information, e-mail bombing to crashing servers etc.

(c) Capacity of human mind is unfathomable. It is not possible to eliminate cyber crime from the cyber space. However, it is quite possible to check them.

(d) Cyber crime is different and more heinous than conventional crime as in cyber crime; the crime is committed in an electronic medium and here means read is not a requirement but is rather a general rule under the penal provisions of the Information Technology Act.

(e) None of the above

 

(a) Environment is the sole factor for existence of life on earth. Without it, there can be no life on earth.

(b) To have a healthy life one needs fresh air (free of pollution), clean water supply and tidy surroundings.

(c) Food materials are obtained from plants, animals and natural sources. We obtain carbohydrates, fats, proteins from plants.

(d) We obtain many medicines from nature like from medicinal plants, animals (cod liver oil) etc.

(e) None of the above

 

 

(a) Romantic love is not an archaic relict but an invention of the modern world. Most historical societies did not know or experience love as we do today. Marriage and family formation followed other rules.

(b) People were not allowed to choose their partners and were denied romantic adventures. Marriages were arranged by the parents and were based on mutual sympathy at best.

(c) Romance refers to the actions and feelings of people who are in love, especially behaviour which is very caring or affectionate.

(d) It was not until 1800 that the concept of romantic love as we know it today started to establish itself across societies. With it came the perception that falling in love is an uncontrollable process and that getting married doesn’t have to follow economic calculations but can be based on emotional or sexual attraction.

(e) None of the above

 

(a) Freewriting is an amazing way of brainstorming as when you freewrite, you let your thoughts flow as they will, putting pen to paper and writing down whatever comes into your mind. You don’t judge the quality of what you write and you don’t worry about style or any surface-level issues, like spelling, grammar, or punctuation. If you can’t think of what to say, you write that down—really.

(b) If you consciously take advantage of your natural thinking processes by gathering your brain’s energies into a “storm,” you can transform these energies into written words or diagrams that will lead to lively, vibrant writing.

(c) Whether you are starting with too much information or not enough, brainstorming can help you to put a new writing task in motion or revive a project that hasn’t reached completion.

(d) You might need a storm to approach when you feel “blank” about the topic, devoid of inspiration, full of anxiety about the topic, or just too tired to craft an orderly outline.

(e) None of the above