What is food security and the measures taken to ensure it?
Food security is a measure of the availability of food and individuals’ accessibility to it, where accessibility includes affordability. Based on the 1996 World Food Summit, food…
How poverty among employed, underscores the need for a new strategy on job creation?
In India, we often wonder why the hard-working employed population lives in poverty. This is more pronounced among daily wage labourers and those employed in the informal…
Why cyclones hit the east coast of India often in October?
India has been hit by a number of cyclones since ages . Tropical cyclones originate over the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean. These…
What is a private member Bill?How they are introduced and discussed?
What is a private member Bill? Any MP who is not a Minister is referred to as a private member. Parliament’s key role is to debate and…
PTM HISTORY & CULTURE TEST – 3
Q 1 . Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: List-I List-II A. Vishakhadatta 1. Medicine B. Varahamihira 2. Drama C. Charaka 3. Astronomy D….
PTM HISTORY & CULTURE TEST – 2
Q 1 . Which one of the following was a corporation of merchants in ancient India? (a) Chaturvedimangalam (b) Parishad (c) Ashtadikgaja (d) Manigrama Show Answer (d)…
How was World War I different from previous wars in history ?
In 1914, a war began in Europe which soon engulfed almost the entire world. Except for Spain, the Netherlands, the three Scandinavian countries and Switzerland, all the…
PTM GEOGRAPHY TEST – 5
Q 1 . The waterfall ‘Victoria’ is associated with the river: (a) Amazon (b) Missouri (c) St. Lawrence (d) Zambezi Show Answer (d) EXPLANATION : Victoria waterfalls…
PTM GEOGRAPHY TEST – 4
Q 1 . Consider the following statements: Assertion (A) : Unlike temperate forests, the tropical rain forests, if cleared, can yield productive farmland that can support intensive…
PTM GEOGRAPHY TEST – 3
Q 1 . Consider the following statements: 1 . Tides are of great help in navigation and fishing. 2 . High tide enables big ships to enter…