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Correct option: (c) Africa

• For same output, the alternator is much smaller in size as compared to dynamo. 
• For same current output the alternator is lighter weight. 
• Alternator can produce more current output at low, engine speeds, even at idling. But dynamo can’t do that. 
• Alternator requires lesser maintenance 
• It is more reliable
• No cut-out unit is required in alternator. 
• Maximum driving speed of alternator is comparatively higher (20000 rpm) than dynamo (9000 rpm). 
•  Alternator requires smaller size of driving pulley as compared to dynamo.

The following are the functions of the rear axles: 

• They support the weight of the vehicle. 
• They drive the rear wheels via the final drive. 
• They rotate the power flow at the final drive by 900 on either side for driving the wheels. 
• The rear axle casing offers space for filling the lubricant for the final drive components. 
• The rear axle casing serves as protective guard for the complete mechanism of final drive and differential.

In product business, goods are exchanged between the seller and the buyer but in service business, businessman provide service to the customer.

Correct Answer is: (d)

The voltmeter must measure the potential difference across the coil only. This is satisfied in (b) and (d). However, in (b) the key is not correctly placed.

Correct Answer is: (a) (1) in all cases

Most of the sound emitted by a tuning fork is propagated in the plane in which the prongs lie. Here, the sound has to be directed into the tube.

The main drawbacks of Semi-Floating type rear axle are: 

i. The axle shaft has to bear the driving torque. 

ii. The axle shaft has to take the vehicle load. 

iii. The axle shaft has to take the cornering load when the vehicle is turning.

iv. In case of breakage, the axle shaft of the vehicle will fall to one side of the ground

Correct Answer is: (c) l₂ < 3l₁

λ = wavelength of sound, δ = end correction

l₁ = λ/4 + δ

l₂ = 3λ/4 + δ

or l₂ = (l₁ - δ) + δ = 3l₁ - 2d.

∴ l₂ < 3l₁.

Property management system software are :

 Micros, Amadeus, IDS fortune, Shawman

VTL is an accounting system usually used in small hotels. It is a loose large sheet in which the daily transactions of the guest with the hotel are recorded.

Skippers account is maintained to record the bills of guest who leaves the hotel without paying their bills.

a. Straight Grain line: For garments to be cut on straight grain, the grain line is drawn parallel to the centre front or back of the garment along the length of the piece. 

b. Crosswise Grain line: For garments to be cut on cross wise grain, the grain line is drawn at right angle to the centre front or back of the garment or across the garment width. 

c. Bias Grain line: For garments to be cut on the bias, grain line is drawn at an angle of 45o to the centre front or back of the garment.

Natality is defined as the number of births per unit time, per unit area, per 1000 individuals of a population.

City ledger is used to record all financial transactions that takes place between a non-resident guest and hotel.

Professionalism: Telephone operator must be professional when answering calls; use standard phrases such as Good morning, Afternoon, How may I help you etc. Answer telephone calls properly and cautiously, connect or transfer calls to other departments.

Active Listening:

• Listen to caller’s requests carefully.
• Give full attention to what callers are saying, asking appropriate questions.
• Able to provide correct and full information to the general public.
• Ability to understand and follow simple oral and written directions.

Customer and personal service: Knowledge o principles and processes or providing guest and personal services. This includes assessment, meeting quality standards or services, and evaluation o guest satisfaction.

Good Knowledge:

• Must have good knowledge about the hotel facilities.
• Possess information about the city, vicinity areas, fairs and festivals happening in the city.
• Working knowledge of office terminology, procedures and equipment.

Clerical Aptitude: Able to perform clerical duties as and when required such as typing, proof reading and sorting mails and messages. It is good to have knowledge o administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, and other office procedures and terminology.

Traveller’s cheque is a cheque for a sum in a specific currency which can be exchanged anywhere for local currency or goods.

1. Eli Whitney invented and patented an automatic Ginning machine which was a simple yet effective way of separating cottonseed from short staple cotton fibre. 

2. Joseph Jacquard invented Jacquard loom. This loom could automatically control the warp and weft threads on a silk loom by ‘recording’ patterns of holes on a string of cards. 

3. Issac Singer invented domestic sewing machine. The sewing machine brought the principle of assembly-line which led eventually to mass production, standardization of sizes and ready-to-wear clothing sold in departmental stores. 

4. Sir Isaac Newton had earlier isolated the principal colours of the spectrum -red, yellow and blue of which the other tones were only mixtures. 

5. Johan Tobias Mayer explained the principles of colour mixing thereby creating new possibilities of colour which provided textile manufacturers with numerous colour combinations. In 1856. 

6. Sir William Perkin invented the first synthetic dye.

Bag pull is a process to bring down guest luggage from group members room.

1. All phone calls should be answered by the third ring. 

2. Answer the call promptly. 

3. Polite and speak with a smile. 

4. Speak slowly and to enunciate clearly. 

5. Be polite, friendly and helpful

6. Courtesy. 

7. Speak directly into the mouthpiece. 

8. Do not eat or chew gum while talking on the telephone. 

9. Use hold button. 

10. Use standard phrases and courteous words. 

11. Avoid slangs. 

12. Listen carefully. 

13. Short and crisp 

14. Using guest’s name. 

15. Do not avoid calls. 

16. Taking message carefully. 

17. Take calls confidently.

Guest folio is considered as the master bill and it contain all transactions of both cash and credit occurred by each resident guest.

Correct option: b) A guest bill

The correct answer is Zohra Sehgal.

• Zohra Sehgal, a quintessential Bollywood diva who essayed character roles with aplomb in a career spanning over seven decades in both theatre and cinema, died here today at the age of 102.
  • ​Sehgal, a vivacious personality, started her career as a dancer with Uday Shankar in 1935.
    • She had appeared in many Bollywood films as a character actor as well as in English language films besides television series and plays.
    • Often called the grand old lady of Bollywood, she last appeared in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya in 2007.
    • A Padma Shri awardee, she also received the Padma Vibhshan in 2010. 
    • Sehgal called the "laadli" of entertainment and the doyenne of Indian theatre was part of many a film and stage production over the past seven decades.
    • She starred in films like "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam", "Dil Se" and "Cheeni Kum" (with Amitabh Bachchan).
• Hence, option 1 is correct.

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• Nargis Dutt was an Indian film actress, who starred in classic films of Bollywood.
  • Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Hindi cinema, she made her screen debut in a minor role at the age of 5 with Talash-E-Haq, but her acting career actually began with the film Tamanna.
• Suraiya Jamal Sheikh (15 June 1929 – 31 January 2004), popularly known by the mononym Suraiya, was a popular actress and playback singer in India's Hindi language films. She was active from 1936 to 1963.
  • In a career spanning from 1936 to 1963, Suraiya acted in 67 films and sang 338 songs.

The scale should be placed on hard floor surface so that the beam gets into balanced position. 

Procedure for weight measurement - 

1. The subject must wear light clothes. 

2. He should stand in the centre of the platform of the weighing machine with his body weight equally distributed on both the feet. 

3. Read the measurement in front of the needle and record it to the nearest 0.1kg.

The recommended paracetamol dosing for adults and children 12 years and over is 500 to 1000mg every four to six hours as necessary, with a maximum of 4000mg in any 24 hour period.

The child or adult should remove socks , shoes , jackets or any other heavy clothing.The floor surface should be plane and hard.The height should be measured using a stadiometer. 

Procedure for height measurement - 

1. The subject should stand with his feet flat and together on the floor.Arms should be by the sides and knees and back should be straight. The back of head, buttocks, calves, heels and shoulder blades should touch the measuring surface. 

2. After that the horizontal sliding part of the stadiometer is lowered gently so that hairs get pressed flat and subject should be asked to stand still. 

3. Height of the subject should be read to the nearest half in centimeter and recorded.

Procedure of measurement of arm length - The subject must stand with his arms hanging by the side of his body with his fingers outstretched.a measurement is made from the acromial i.e. the bony tip of the shoulder to the tip of the little finger.  

Procedure of measurement of upper arm length - The subject must stand upright with body weight distributed equally on both the feet.The right arm should bebe bent at 90 degree from the elbow with palm facing upwards.A measurement is made from acromial to the bony part of the mid elbow.Measurement must be taken to the nearest 0.1 cm. and recorded.

Leg length -
The leg length of a child or adult is measured with a flexible tape from the bottom to the upper edge of greater trochanter.
Upper leg length-
The subject is made to sit on a box with one of the knee bent at 90 degree angle with his back upstraight.measure the upper leg length from the inguinal crease to proximal borderof patella.Record the measurement to the nearest 0.1cm.

Nicotine is the addicting component found in tobacco.

BMI = Weight in kg/Height in m2
BMI = 80/ 1.6 × 1.6 = 80 × 100 / 16 × 16
BMI = 31.25 kg/m
The above person falls in class - I category.

1) Variable Costs- These change as per the number of pax in the package tour. The services that require variable cost include meals, accommodation, entrance fees and other costs charged at a rate per person. It includes the actual expenses (direct costs) of rooms, tickets, and other package components incurred with the sale of each package. 

2) Fixed Costs- These are incurred before acquiring the variable services for the package tour. These costs often include advertising, pamphlets, brochures, salary, interest on loan and advances. Thus, fixed costs also include hiring buses and guides or interpreters.

The correct answer is 2015-2022.

• 'Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana' is a scheme of Govt. of India, through which poor people living in cities will be provided houses to suit their purchasing power.

• The government has identified 309 towns in 6 states for this.
• The scheme was launched on 25 June 2015.
• The objective of this scheme is to provide houses to all by the year 2022.
• For this, the government will construct 20 lakh houses, out of which 18 lakh will be in slum areas and 2 lakhs in poor areas of the city.

Correct answer is (b) Healthy 

Correct answer is (a) Plan, Implement, Assessment, Report