Answer: A) Autotrophs Explanation: Plants make their own food through the process of photosynthesis. Plants are self-sufficient. Green plants have the ability to prepare their own food and this is the reason why they are called autotrophs.                                          They make their own food through the process of photosynthesis using light energy to make sugars from carbon dioxide (C02) and water (H20). The chlorophyll which is present in the leaves is the main reason for the production of food in the plants and it is the reason for the greenery of the leaves too.

Answer: D) All the above Explanation: The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.   In brief, Study of both quantitative and qualitative aspects of human population. 1. Quantitative aspects include composition, density, distribution, growth, movement, size, and structure of the population. 2. Qualitative aspects are the sociological factors such as education quality, crime, diet, development, nutrition, wealth and well being.

Answer: B) China Explanation: China has been by far the biggest coal producing country over the last three decades. The country produced about 3.6 billion tonnes (Bt) of coal in 2012 accounting for over 47% of the world's total coal output.

Answer: D) ICICI Bank Explanation: ICICI Bank topped the list of banks that witnessed the most number of frauds during April-December period of 2016 with state-owned SBI taking the second spot, RBI data said.

Answer: B) Dry Ice Explanation: Dry ice or Cardice is the solid form of Carbon dioxide.   1. It has an advantage of lower temperature than the water ice and doesn't leave any residue.   2. The reason why it is called as Dry ice is because unlike the normal ice, it won't melt into liquid form. It directly evaporates into the air as gas. That is Solid to gas form passing through liquid state is a phenomenon called as Sublimation.   3. The primary use of dry ice is as cooling agent.

Answer: B) Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi Explanation:

Answer: A) Hooghly River Explanation: The boring of India’s first underwater rail tunnel under the Hooghly River for establishing metro link between Howrah and Kolkata has completed before its scheduled deadline of July 2017. The tunnel is 16.6 km long, out of which 10.8 km runs under the ground. Of this 10.8 km, 502 metres is under the water and the whole thing connects Howrah to the west and Salt lake to the east. It will have 12 stations and six will be underground. Estimated cost of the entire project is $750 million or about Rs 5,000 crores. The final commissioning of the project is expected by December 2019, following which it will be operational. The project is built by Afcons Transtonnelstroy and implemented by Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation Ltd (KMRCL).

Answer: B) Hyderabad Explanation: According to the Mercer’s 19th annual Quality of Living survey released Hyderabad emerged as the best city in terms of living standards among Indian cities for the third year in a row.