UPSC Civil Services Prelims Mock Questions (GS) – Test 8

Basholi, Jammu, Guler and Kangra comes under Pahari school of Painting.

Xylem : Water and soluble minerals from roots to other parts. Phloem : Prepared food from leaves to rest of the parts.

In India non profit / public charitable organisations can be registered as trusts, societies, or a private limited non profit company, under section-25 companies. Non-profit organisations in India (a) exist independently of the state; (b) are self-governed by a board of trustees or ‘managing committee’/ governing council, comprising individuals who generally serve in a fiduciary capacity; (c) produce benefits for others, generally outside the membership of the organisation; and (d), are ‘nonprofit- making’, in as much as they are prohibited from distributing a monetary residual to their own members.

Short selling is motivated by the belief that a security's price will decline, enabling it to be bought back at a lower price to make a profit.

Majority of the food processing factories in India are concentrated in the coastal India. The upstream stage of the production process involves searching for and extracting raw materials