1. What are ‘orans’, ‘malvan’, ‘devara kadu, and ‘baugh’?
(a) Indigenous water harvesting systems.
(b) Sacred groves.
(c) PVTGs with little outside contact.
(d) Local tribal dialects.
2. We live in an era of machine learning. How many of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Expert systems: models capable of complex reasoning as a series of if-then problems.
2. Connectionist models: use pattern recognition techniques to achieve their primary goals
3. Meta learning: applying the methodology where just as humans can learn the structure underlying a task and generalise it to quickly solve new tasks — that is, they can learn to learn- to machines.
4. Unlike machines, which are built for repeatability and can perform the same task again with consistent precision, humans contend with fatigue, emotional decision-making, and distractions.
(a) One only (b) Two only (c) Three only (d) All four
3. How many of the following statements about Micrometeorites is/are correct?
1. Tiny rocks, known as space or cosmic dust, speckle the otherwise empty space between planets and stars.
2. Some float to Earth from hundreds of millions of miles away, falling to the ground as micrometeorites.
3. Antarctica is the most bountiful site of micrometeorites on the planet.
4. From each speck of space dust, we can glean information about its cosmic origins.
(a) One only (b) Two only (c) Three only (d) All four
4. Which of the following statements is/are true regarding “Blood Falls”?
1. It is a crimson-stained waterfall located in the Taylor Valley, USA.
2. It completely lacks microbial ecosystem due to its hyper-salinity and high hydrous ferric oxide content.
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both (d)None
ANSWERS
1 (b) 2. (d) 3. (d) 4. (d)
