Teaching and Research Aptitude - 1

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) is a scheme launched in July 2004, for setting up residential schools at upper primary level for girls belonging predominantly to the SC, ST, OBC and minority communities.

Transpersonal communication is a type of communication that occurs between a person and spirits, ancestors, or other divine entities. Transpersonal communication is an important part of many different religions, and many Indian tribes and other types of groups also participate in this type of communication.

Biomagnification is the increase in concentration of a pollutant from one link in a food chain to another.Biomagnification is the bioaccumulation of a substance up the food chain by transfer of residues of the substance in smaller organisms that are food for larger organisms in the chain. It generally refers to the sequence of processes that results in higher concentrations in organisms at higher levels in the food chain (at higher trophic levels).

In 1952, the first incidents of mercury poisoning appear in the population of Minimata Bay in Japan, caused by consumption of fish polluted with mercury, bringing over 500 fatalities. Since then Japan has had the strictest environmental laws in the industrialised world.Minamata disease is an encephalopathy and peripheral neuropathy caused by daily intake of fish and shellfish highly contaminated by methylmercury.

Bioremediation is the branch of biotechnology that uses biological process to overcome environmental problems.

The ecological footprint is a measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems. It is a standardized measure of demand for natural capital that may be contrasted with the planet's ecological capacity to regenerate

S and P waves are a type of Seismic waves. Seismic waves are waves of energy that travel through the Earth's layers, and are a result of an earthquake, explosion, or a volcano that imparts low-frequency acoustic energy.

Dissolved Oxygen is not a cause of water pollution rather it is a measure of the quality of water.

Ecocentrism is a term used in ecological political philosophy to denote a nature-centered, as opposed to human-centered, system of values.

A monitor's screen is its projection surface. They are typically measured in inches, diagonally from one corner to the other. CRT monitors include the outside edge of the display case in their measurements, while an LCD monitor is measured from the edge of the screen itself.

BASIC is not an object oriented programming language.

As envisaged in section 20 of the NCTE Act, there are four regional committees of the NCTE, looking after its statutory responsibilities in respect of teacher education institutions in the eastern, western, northern and southern regions. These are located at Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Jaipur and Bangalore respectively, headed by a Regional Director.