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Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

List-I (Principle of Extension)	List-II (Description)
A. Principle of democratic approach	I. Extension helps people to help themselves. Good extension work is directed towards assisting people to work out their own problems, rather than giving them ready-made solutions
B. The grassroots principle of organization	II. People, groups and their conditions differ from place to place. Therefore, extension programmes should be flexible, so that necessary changes can be made whenever needed to meet varying conditions
C. Principle of adaptability	III. Participation of people in extension activities is voluntary and development interventions are carried out based on the perceived needs of the people
D. Principle of participation	IV. Any development programme should fit in with the local conditions

……… is the time in minutes at a specific temperature required to destroy 90% of the organisms in a given population.

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

List-I (Fabric Finishes)	List-II (Descriptions)
A. Calendering	I. Fabric is applied with caustic soda to give cotton fabric a silky luster and beautiful surface
B. Schreinerizing	II. Design on the surface of the fabric is created through engraved rollers
C. Mercerising	III. It is an ironing process
D. Embossing	IV. The fabric is pressed between the steel rollers engraved with fine lines

Which of the following is not a floating weave?

Arrange the sequence of operations carried out on a loom:
A. Cloth is wound on the beam in a loom
B. Passing through the shed, the shuttle throws the filling yarn between the warp yarns
C. Harness raises a certain number of warp threads
D. Filling yarn is pushed back by reed

In which year, the government of India announced the National Adult Education Programme (NAEP)?

Ardil, a cream coloured fiber with moderate luster and closely resembles wool, is manufactured from

Identify the type of window given in the image below:

Which of the following is a fancy weave that requires a special loom attachment and produces small, geometric, textured, repeated woven-in designs, such as seen in bird's-eye pique?

Identify the work simplification tool for boiling potatoes given in the image below:

Which of the following is NOT a correct option to be kept in mind while getting the children's clothes tailored?

Worsted fabrics are woven from the yarn whose fibers are:
A. Short
B. Long
C. More tightly woven than woollens
D. Aligned parallel to each other

Arrange the stages of Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalytical theory in correct sequence:
A. Latency Stage
B. Anal Stage
C. Phallic Stage
D. Oral Stage
E. Genital Stage

The language rule system that involves the way words are combined to form acceptable phrases and sentences is known as

Which among the following means shifting of color to the surrounding area or to the adjacent surface?

During the Vedic age, in the history of costumes, the word "Nivi" was used to describe

Put the following adult literacy programmes in ascending correct order according to their date of implementation.
A. Scheme of Non-formal Education for Youth
B. Social Education Programme
C. National Adult Education Programme (NAEP)
D. Farmers' Functional Literacy Project (FFLP)

Arrange the following in the order of occurrence in which classical conditioning takes place:
A. Neutral stimulus
B. Unconditional stimulus
C. Conditioned response
D. Acquisition

Name the sign of severe vitamin 'A' deficiency, in which the cornea loses its normal smooth and glistening appearance and becomes dry and rough.

Iron is stored in the body in the following except:

The history of Indian garments from ancient to modern times passed through which of the following period, when women found herself enveloped in a veil of the 'Purdah system'?

In which year, government of India launched the community development programme?

Arrange the steps involved in preparing a budget in correct order of implementation.
A. Balancing expected income and expenditure
B. Estimating the cost of each item accurately
C. Listing all desired items
D. Estimating the expected income
E. Checking plan for realism

Identify the examples of Dominant and Recessive diseases.
A. Sickle Cell Anaemia
B. Tay-Sachs Disease
C. Klinefelter Syndrome
D. Turner's Syndrome
E. Marfan Syndrome