Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is 10.4%.

• Rajasthan is spread over approximately 10.4%  .
  • The state covers an area of 342,239 square kilometres.

​Additional Information

• Geography of Rajasthan
  • It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh-largest by population.
  • Rajasthan is located on the northwestern side of India, where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert (also known as the "Great Indian Desert") and shares a border with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab to the northwest and Sindh to the west, along the Sutlej-Indus river valley.
  • It is bordered by five other Indian states: Punjab to the north; Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to the northeast; Madhya Pradesh to the southeast; and Gujarat to the southwest.
  • Its geographical location is 23.3 to 30.12 North latitude and 69.30 to 78.17 East longitude.
  • The Tropic of Cancer passes through the southernmost tip of the state.

The correct answer is Parasite.

Key Points

• Cuscuta: 
  • ​It is a stem parasite. Hence, Option 2 is correct.
  • It is also known as Amarbel in India.
  • A parasitic plant is a plant that obtains all or part of its nutrition from another plant (the host) without contributing to the benefit of the host and, in some cases, causing extreme damage to the host.
  • The defining structural feature of a parasitic plant is the haustorium, a specialized organ that penetrates the host and forms a vascular union between the plants.

Additional Information

• Saprophytes are living organisms that live and feed on dead and decaying organisms.
• An autotroph is an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals. 
• Host plants are plants that an organism lives on and lives off of.

The correct answer is OMR.

Important Points

• Optical mark recognition
  • It is the input device used to scan a marked answer book of a multiple choice question paper.
  • An optical answer sheet or bubble sheet is a special type of form used in multiple-choice question examinations. 
  • Optical mark recognition is used to detect answers.

Additional Information

• OCR
  • ​OCR (Optical Character Recognition) recognizes all the characters from the paper document.
  • It collects and stores them into an editable document.
• ​MICR
  • ​The term magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) refers to the line of numbers that appears at the bottom of a check.
  • The MICR line is a group of three numbers, which are the check number, account number, and bank routing number.
• Card reader
  • A card reader is a data input device that reads data from a card-shaped storage medium.

Systems software are programs that manage the resources of the computer system and simplify applications programming.

 Key PointsSystems software includes software such as the operating system, database management systems, networking software, translators, and software utilities.

Systems software can be categorized under the following:

• Operating system: Harnesses communication between hardware, system programs, and other applications.
• Device driver: Enables device communication with the OS and other programs.
• Firmware: Enables device control and identification.
  • Firmware is the operational software embedded within a flash, ROM, or EPROM memory chip for the OS to identify it.
  • It directly manages and controls all activities of any single hardware.
• Translator: Translates high-level languages to low-level machine codes.
  • A compiler is a computer program that translates computer code written in one programming language into another language.
  • The name "compiler" is primarily used for programs that translate source code from a high-level programming language to a lower-level language to create an executable
• software utility: Ensures optimum functionality of devices and applications.

Additional Information

• Word processor is a computer program used to write and revise documents, compose the layout of the text, and preview on a computer monitor how the printed copy will appear. For example, google docs, Microsoft word.

Hence word processor is not system software.

The correct answer is Teja Ji.

• Tejaji got injured in Sursura village to save the cows of Lachha Gurjari and died due to a snake bite.
  • The snake is worshiped as the protector deity.
  • Tejaji is called the deity of 'Kala Bala'.

Key Points

• Teja Ji:
  • He was born in 1074 AD in Kharnal, Nagaur.
  • His father's name was Tahad.
  • His mother's name was Raj Kunwari.
  • His wife's name was Pamel de.
  • He is also known as snake's god/ Kala-Bala's god/ dholya veer.
  • His horse's name was leelan (singari).
  • Tejaji’s major Thaan is located at Sursura, Beawar, Saindaria & Bhanwata in the Ajmer district.
  • His song is tejater.
  • His favourite devotee is known as ghodla.
  • Parbatsar, Nagaur cattle fair is organized from Bhadra Shukla Dashmi to Poornima.

Additional Information

• Ramdev Ji-
  • He was contemporary to Mallinath Ji.
  • He killed demon Bhairav in his childhood.
  • He is also known as Communal harmony's folk god/ Peer's peer/ Runecha ra Dhani/ Ramsapeer.
  • His temple is situated in Runecha, Jaisalmer
• Pabu Ji-
  • He is known as camels god/ plague protector god/ incarnate of Laxman Ji.
  • He is the adorable god of the Raika/ Raibari caste.
  • His temple is situated in kolumand, Jodhpur.
• Goga Ji-
  • He is also known as Jaharpeer.
  • Sheershmedi is related to him, where his Head Fall after his death.
    • It is situated in Dadreva, Churu.
  • Gogamedi is also known as Dhurmedi.
    • It is situated in Nohar, Hanumangarh.