Know Your World - 7


1. Name the Granary of Northern India

Punjab

2. The subject which deals with the functioning of the economy as a whole is known as ____

macroeconomics

3. What is Micro Economics?

the part of economics concerned with single factors and the effects of individual decisions.

4. What is Macro Economics?

the branch of economics concerned with large-scale or general economic factors, such as interest rates and national productivity.

5. What is Capitalist economy?

an economic system where private individuals and businesses own and control the means of production and distribution of goods and services

6. What are the different names of Capitalist Economy?

free market economy, free enterprise economy, or market economy

7. Who said "Socialism refers to the government ownership of the means of production, planning by the government and income distribution"?

Samuelson

8. What is Socialist economy?

an economic system where the means of production, such as land, factories, and machinery, are owned and controlled by the state or the community as a whole, rather than by private individuals or corporations

9. Which type of economy is Indian economy?

mixed economy

10. Who said "Economics is what economists do"?

Jacob Viner

11. For each degree celsius rise in temperature, the velocity of sound increases by __

0.61 m/s

12. Two sources of sound are said to be in resonance, if they are in ___

same frequency

13. The velocity of sound is greatest in which material?

solids

14. When a ray of sound enters in water, it undergoes a change in ___

velocity and wavelength change, while its frequency remains constant

15. In Doppler's effect which quantity (physical) changes?

the observed frequency (or wavelength) of a wave changes

16. The unit of frequency in SI system is ___

hertz (Hz)

17. Who proposed Electromagnetic wave theory?

James Clerk Maxwell

18. If the fundamental frequency of sound source is 300 Hz, the frequency of second harmonic is ___

600 Hz

19. What is the velocity of sound in air at zero degree celsius?

331 meters per second

20. Light is an example of ___ wave

transverse

21. What is Reserpine used for?

to treat high blood pressure

22. The spice Clove is obtained from which part of the plant?

flower buds

23. Bee wax is secreted by the wax gland of ___

worker bees' abdomens

24. Edible part of Apple is ___

the Thalamus

25. Who is the father of computer?

Charles Babbage

26. Who is called the mother of computer?

Ada Lovelace

27. What is the normal body temperature of humans?

98.6°F (37°C)

28. What is gestation period?

the time between conception and birth during which a developing embryo or fetus grows inside the mother's womb

29. Velocity of sound is maximum in which medium?

solids

30. What is absolute zero?

the theoretical lowest possible temperature at which all molecular motion stops