Match the descriptions in List-I with the appropriate words in List-I…

Match the descriptions in List-I with the appropriate words in List-II.

List-I (Descriptions)	List-II (Words)
(A) The science of managing soil and growing field crops such as wheat and rice for better harvests	(I) Lichenology
(B) The study of the crust-like growths, formed by a fungus and an alga living together, that cover rocks and tree bark	(II) Semiotics
(C) The study of signs and symbols, such as a red traffic light or a thumbs-up, and what they mean	(III) Econometrics
(D) The use of statistics and mathematics to test ideas in economics and to forecast things such as prices	(IV) Agronomy

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) The science of managing soil and growing field crops such as wheat and rice for better harvests	(IV) Agronomy	Agronomy is the science of soil care and growing field crops.	Gurpreet studied agronomy and now advises farmers in Punjab on when to sow wheat.
(B) The study of the crust-like growths, formed by a fungus and an alga living together, that cover rocks and tree bark	(I) Lichenology	Lichenology is the study of lichens.	A student of lichenology scraped the grey patches off a stone wall in Shimla for her research.
(C) The study of signs and symbols, such as a red traffic light or a thumbs-up, and what they mean	(II) Semiotics	Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols and how people read their meaning.	In our media studies class, we used semiotics to explain why so many brands use the colour red.
(D) The use of statistics and mathematics to test ideas in economics and to forecast things such as prices	(III) Econometrics	Econometrics uses statistics and maths to study and forecast economic figures.	Raghav used econometrics to predict how the price of tomatoes would change after the monsoon.

Match the descriptions in List-I with the appropriate words in List-II.

List-I (Descriptions)	List-II (Words)
(A) The science of managing soil and growing field crops such as wheat and rice for better harvests	(I) Lichenology
(B) The study of the crust-like growths, formed by a fungus and an alga living together, that cover rocks and tree bark	(II) Semiotics
(C) The study of signs and symbols, such as a red traffic light or a thumbs-up, and what they mean	(III) Econometrics
(D) The use of statistics and mathematics to test ideas in economics and to forecast things such as prices	(IV) Agronomy

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) The science of managing soil and growing field crops such as wheat and rice for better harvests	(IV) Agronomy	Agronomy is the science of soil care and growing field crops.	Gurpreet studied agronomy and now advises farmers in Punjab on when to sow wheat.
(B) The study of the crust-like growths, formed by a fungus and an alga living together, that cover rocks and tree bark	(I) Lichenology	Lichenology is the study of lichens.	A student of lichenology scraped the grey patches off a stone wall in Shimla for her research.
(C) The study of signs and symbols, such as a red traffic light or a thumbs-up, and what they mean	(II) Semiotics	Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols and how people read their meaning.	In our media studies class, we used semiotics to explain why so many brands use the colour red.
(D) The use of statistics and mathematics to test ideas in economics and to forecast things such as prices	(III) Econometrics	Econometrics uses statistics and maths to study and forecast economic figures.	Raghav used econometrics to predict how the price of tomatoes would change after the monsoon.