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Tamil Nadu state has maximum recognized regional or state parties.

Changing party allegiance from the party on which a person got elected to a different party Defection.

Untouchability was abolished by Article-17 of the Constitution  .

The Correct Answer is 2007.

• In 2007 Viswanathan Anand was awarded the Padma Vibhushan award.
• He is the first sportsperson to receive the award.

• Viswanathan Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster and former world chess champion.
• He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988.
• Anand was the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 1991–92.

Padma Vibhushan is one of the Padma Awards, awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.

The correct answer is 2008.

• Viswanathan Anand was awarded the Padma Vibushan award in the year 2008.

• Viswanathan Anand was the first sportsperson to receive the award in Indian history.
• Viswanathan Anand is the only person in Chess history to have won a World Championship title in all formats, match, knock and tournament.
• In April 2006, V.Anand became the fourth player in chess history to pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE rating list, after Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov.

• Viswanathan Anand is the first Asian to win the World Championship in 2000.
  • Viswanathan Anand received Arjuna Award for Outstanding Indian Sportsman in Chess in 1985.
  • He received Padma Shri which is the Fourth highest civilian award awarded by the Government of India in 1987.
  • He is the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 1991–1992.
  • He was awarded the Padma Bhushan award by the Government of India in 2000.

The correct answer is 2017.

• Kaushalya Scheme was launched on 18^th April 2017.

• In April 2017 for skill enhancement, the Madhya Pradesh state government launched Kaushalya Scheme.
  • 2 lakh women will be trained under this scheme per year.
  • This scheme will be applicable in 48 districts of Madhya Pradesh.
  • Candidates will be trained for 15 days to 9 months and this training will be certified by the National Council of Vocational Training.

• In April 2014 Madhya Pradesh government launched a Self-certification scheme to ease the industries.
  • Those industries which provide self-certificate will be benefitted under Act 16.
• On 11^th may 2015 CM of Madhya Pradesh launched the e-Ladli Laxmi scheme.
  • He provided a printed certificate of Rs. 118000 to baby girl Aishwarya.
  • Around 20 Lakh girls are enrolled in the E-Ladli Laxmi scheme.
  • Apart from Madhya Pradesh, 7 other states have followed a similar scheme.
• On 25^th September 2014, Deendyal Samarth Yojna was started.
  • This scheme is aimed to provide free study material to disabled children.
  • Under this scheme, 1 percentage of reservations in a commercial complex and 6 percentage of reservation in jobs will be provided.

Disposition phase provides information what buyers do with the product once it is being consumed fully.

(a) Nagarjunasagar

Aim of a good salesman should be to increase sales volume on one hand and customer satisfaction on the other.

The correct answer is Arunachal Pradesh.

 Sunrise first appears in Arunachal Pradesh.

• A small town of Dong in the Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh first witnesses the sunrise in India.
• At 1,240 meters above sea-level, Dong is located at the confluence of the rivers Lohit, a tributary of the Brahmaputra, and Sati, and is strategically sandwiched between China and Myanmar.

• However, The East Cape, in the north of Gisborne on the North Island (New Zealand), is the first place on Earth to witness the sunrise each day.

Marketers can create public awareness by advertising and promotion.

Punjab is the best irrigated State in India.

The correct answer is Sitaram Yechury.

• The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) is a communist national political party in India.
• The CPI(M) was formed in Calcutta in 1964.
• General Secretary: Sitaram Yechury
• Lok Sabha leader: P.R. Natarajan
• Rajya Sabha leader: Elamaram Kareem
• the party was often referred to by different names such as 'Left Communist Party' or 'Communist Party of India (Left)'.
• Kerala is the communist state in India.

• Ram Madhav is the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
  • His written book is 'Uneasy Neighbours: India and China After 50 Years of the War'.
• Yogi Adityanath is Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
• Viplav dev is Chief Minister of Tripura.

(a) Laterite soils

(b) Cotton fibre

(A) Remote sensing

Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object. In modern usage, the term generally refers to the use of aerial sensor technologies to detect and classify objects on Earth by means propagated signals (e.g. electromagnetic radiation emitted from aircraft or satellites).

(c) Fermenting

First two steps of order processing are - 

• Verification 
• Picking 

½ mark for each

The correct answer is Goa Shipyard Limited.

• The Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) has recently launched “Shaurya”, an Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) at Vasco, Goa.
• The vessel is capable of cruising at a speed of 23 knots and has a range of 6,000 nautical miles.
• It will be fitted with state-of-the-art machinery like the integrated machinery control system and integrated bridge system.
• The ICGS Shaurya will be commissioned into service in 2017.

The correct answer is Mazagon.

• Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) is a shipyard situated in Mazagaon, Bombay.
• It manufactures warships and submarines for the Indian Navy and offshore platforms and associated support vessels for offshore oil drilling.
• It also builds tankers, cargo bulk carriers, passenger ships, and ferries.
• The Konkan coast is the rugged part of the western coastline and extends to the north in the Gulf of Cambay and extends to the southern side to lands of Maharashtra and the Goa and meets the Canarias coast at Karwar of Karnataka.

• Visakhapatnam and Haldia are natural ports.
• Except these two ports all are artificial ports on the eastern coast.
• Deepest port - Visakhapatnam
• Most Ancient port - Chennai
• Riverine port - Kolkata
• Perl port of India - Tuticorin 

(A) Four

The human heart has four chambers, two superior atria and two inferior ventricles. The atria are the receiving chambers and the ventricles are the discharging chambers.

(C) Geneva

Headquarters of World Health Organisation are situated at Geneva. Regional offices: Alexandria, Brazzaville, Copenhagen, Manila, New Delhi and Washington.

• To free Indian painting from western style. 
• To promote oriental painting based on Indian culture and tradition.

The correct answer is Balshastri Jambhekar.

• Darpan was the first Marathi language newspaper and was first published on 6 January 1832 by Balshastri Jambhekar.
• Balshastri Jambhekar is known as the 'father of Marathi Journalism'.
• He used the Darpan as a platform to awaken people to social reforms.
• He started 'Digdarshan' in 1840.
• He also led the foundation of the Bombay Native General Library.
• He was the first professor of Hindi at Elphinston College. 

The correct answer is Hitechchhu.

• The Journal 'Bandi Jivan' was started by Sachindranath Sanyal.
• The journal 'Talvar' was started by Virendranath Chattopadhyay in Berlin.
• Langal was a Bengali journal published from Calcutta and was edited by Kazi Nazrul Islam. 
• Gopal Hari Deshmukh, also known as 'Lokhitwadi' was an Indian social reformer and writer.
• He started his career as a translator employed by the British.
• Later he was appointed as small cause judge in Ahmedabad and was conferred with the title of Rao Bahadur.
• He promoted the education of women and campaigned against child marriage, dowry and Polygamy. He started a weekly titled 'Hitechchhu' in Gujarati and English.

कवि का तात्पर्य है कि उसकी कविता में लोगों के प्रति जो प्रेम और मस्ती के भाव व्यक्त हुए हैं, वे संसार के लिए उसकी अपूर्व भेंट है। उसके पास भौतिक वस्तुओं के उपहार नहीं है। वह अपने मनोभावों को समर्पित करके लोगों के प्रति अपनी कृतज्ञता व्यक्त किया करता है।

(i) Prabhakar - Bhau Mahajan 

(iv) Ekach Pyala - Ram Ganesh Gadkari

The correct answer is Dadabhai Naoroji.

• Dadabhai Naoroji founded The East India Association in 1866.

• He founded it in collaboration with Indians members and retired British officials in London.
• It was supplanted to the London Indian Society. 
• The objective behind the association was:
  • to provide a platform for discussing matters and ideas about India,
  • and to provide representation for Indians to the Government.
• The first lecture was delivered by Dadabhai Naoroji at the Association on 2 May 1867.
• The first President of the East India Association was Lord Lyveden.

(i) He asked Ram whom he wanted. 

(ii) Moti told me that he would go to Patna the next day. 

(iii) The father forbade the son to go out. 

(iv) He told me that he had finished his work. 

(i) should 

(ii) must 

(iii) may 

(i) on 

(ii) with 

(iii) of 

(iv) in 

\(\frac{x^3+8}{x^2-2x-8}=(x+2)(x^2-2x-8)+\frac{12x+2x}{(x-2x-8)}\)

\(=(x+2)(x+2)(x-4)+\frac{12(x+2)}{(x+2)(x-4)}\)

\(=(x+2)(x-4)\)

\(=(x+2)^2(x-4)+\frac{12}{x-4}\)

1. Why did they sing songs?
2. Who was trembling?
3.  How did the king collect more revenue? 
4. Whose wife found it very strange? 
5. When was Dr. Zakir Hussain elected the President of India?
6. Why do we become prejudiced against others? 
7. What is the most astonishing invention of man?
8. What was a policeman doing?

9. When is World Heart Day celebrated?
10. How do you learn to write? 
11. What shows how things really work?

12. Where did they go to yesterday

The flight of the written word 

In Abu’l Fazl’s words: 

1 (i) According to him the spirit for rational thinking comes from the words.

2 (i) Words have the power to shape and articulate ideas which in turn helps in enhancing knowledge.

3 (i) Learned ones can put down their ideas in distinctive forms 

(ii) Learned ones observes things minutely and with vast vision and can express the same with the power of words.

(iii) Any other relevant point

“There cannot be any divided loyalty” 

1 (i) According to Pant one should care less for himself and more for nation to make it strong and unified

2 (ii) According to him, for making nation successful, Individual should care less for personal gain and focus more on collective benefit and for the development of nation in all perspectives.

2 (i) He suggested that nothing should be done for personal gain which can harm the interest of other person or large section of people 

(ii) This philosophy promotes people centric benefits instead of individual centric. 

(iii) Any other relevant point

Developments which led to the launching of Non - Cooperation movement:

a) Mahatma Gandhi successfully organized Satyagraha movements in various places.

b) In 1916, he travelled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire the peasent to struggle against the oppresive plantation system.

c) Then in 1917, he organized a Satyagraha to support the peasents of the Kheda district of Gujarat.

d) In 1918, he went to Ahmedabad to organize a Satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill workers.

e) Rallies were organized in various places.