If the social inequality is the most acutely felt social problem in India, insecurity, more than poverty, is the most acutely felt economic problem. Besides those below the official poverty line, even those just over the poverty line are subject to multiple economic insecurities of various kinds (due to wealth and/or health risks, market fluctuations, job-related uncertainties). Many Government policies are actually intended towards mitigating these insecurities.

If $7 * 24=25$ and $12 * 16=20$, then what is $16^* 63$ equal to?

If the social inequality is the most acutely felt social problem in India, insecurity, more than poverty, is the most acutely felt economic problem. Besides those below the official poverty line, even those just over the poverty line are subject to multiple economic insecurities of various kinds (due to wealth and/or health risks, market fluctuations, job-related uncertainties). Many Government policies are actually intended towards mitigating these insecurities.

Consider the following statements:

I. If $\mathrm{A} \leq \mathrm{B}>\mathrm{C}<\mathrm{D}>\mathrm{E}>\mathrm{F} \geq \mathrm{G}=\mathrm{H}$; then B is always greater than E .

II. If $\mathrm{P}>\mathrm{Q}=\mathrm{R} \geq \mathrm{S}=\mathrm{T} \leq \mathrm{U}=\mathrm{V}>\mathrm{W}$; then S is always less than V .

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

In our country, handlooms are equated with a culture that ensures a continuity of tradition. This idea has become part of the public policy-framing and provides a legitimate basis for the State to support the sector. But the notion of tradition as a single, linear entity is being strongly contested today. The narratives dominant in defining culture/tradition in a particular way are seen to have emerged as the identities and histories of large sections. The discounted and, at times, forcibly stifled identities are fighting for their rightful place in history. Against this backdrop, when we promote handloom as a traditional industry, it is not surprising that large sections of our population choose to ignore it.

Consider the sequence

AB_CC_A_BCCC_BBC_C that follows a certain pattern. Which one of the following completes the sequence?

If there is inequality in the pattern of population growth, there is greater inequality in food production and utilisation. As societies become wealthier, their consumption of animal products increases. This means that a greater proportion of such basic foodstuff as grains and legumes that could feed humans directly is instead being converted into feed for poultry and large farm animals. Yet this conversion of plant-based food into animal food for humans is far from efficient. Only $16 \%$ of the calories fed to chickens are recovered by us when we eat them. This conversion rate goes down to five to seven per cent in large animals that are fed grain to add fat and some protein before slaughter.

What is $\mathbf{X}$ in the sequence

$$ 24, X, 12,18,36,90 ? $$