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The correct answer is Jammu & Kashmir.

• Pashmina is a fine type of wool which were first woven in Jammu & Kashmir.

• Pashmina is a Persian word Pašmina which means “Made from Wool”. 
• Pashmina was first encountered by the Europeans in Kashmir.
• Later it came to be known as the 'Cashmere'.
• The Iranians, who came to Kashmir through the Ladakh route, gave the fabric its name, ‘Pashmina’.
• The wool comes from a Changthangi goat or a Pashmina goat which are a special breed of goats found in the high altitude regions of Nepal and India. 
• The Changpa tribe, from the Changthang region of Ladakh, are the traditional producers of Pashmina Wool.

The correct answer is Muhammad Iqbal.

• Muhammad Iqbal was the president of the Muslim League in 1930.

•  Formation of the Muslim League:
  • Set up in 1906 AD, under the leadership of Aga Khan, Nawab Salimullah of Dhaka and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk.
  • Vakar-ul-Mulk was the first president of the Muslim League.
  • It supported the partition of Bengal, opposed the Swadeshi Movement, and demanded special safeguards for its community and a separate electorate for the Muslims.

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• The Ali Brothers–Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali launched an anti-British movement in 1920 AD the movement for the restoration of the Caliphet was known as the Khilafat Movement. 
•  Syed Ahmed Khan started the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College (later, the Aligarh Muslim University) at Aligarh in 1875.

"Though quite expensive, television is not a luxury item, as one can learn many things through television."

i) All expensive things are regarded as luxury. → False (as no relation is given between expensive things and luxury items).

ii) All essential things for learning are not luxury. → False (as no relation is given about essential things, luxury and learning). 

iii) Television is essential for learning. → False (as one can learn many things through television but no information about essentiality is given).

iv) Television is not a luxury item. → True (as it is a direct statement given in the question).

Hence, "Television is not a luxury item." is the correct answer.

The correct answer is Trilokpur.

​Bala Sundari Temple:

• Trilokpur is a Hindu temple site in Himachal Pradesh, India.
• The place is famous for its temple of renowned goddess Bala Sundri.
• The name Trilok Pur implies there is a triangle of three Shakti Temples in the area.
• Each depicts different faces of Goddess Durga.
• The temple was built by Raja Dip Parkash in 1573.
• The temple was renovated by Maharaja Fateh Prakash in 1823 and by Maharaja Raghubir Prakash in 1851.
• The temple is an example of exquisite workmanship and is an amalgam of Indo-Persian styles of architecture.
• Every year over 32 lacs of devotees visit the shrine of Bhagwati Bala Sundri.
• At present, the temple is run by a Temple trust headed by Deputy Commissioner Sirmour.

Mona Lisa:

• This is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.
• The Mona Lisa is a painting related to the Italian renaissance.
• It was described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written, the most performed, the most parodied piece of art in the world."
• This masterpiece is likely of the Italian noblewoman Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, and is in oil on the white poplar panel of Lombardy.
• It retains the Guinness World Record for the best-known insurance price in history at the US $100 million in 1962.

Leonardo da Vinci:

• Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 - 1519) was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance.
• He epitomized the word 'Renaissance Man'.
• The two most famous and admired paintings in the world - Mona Lisa and The Last Supper was painted by him.
• He was ambidextrous.

​Thus, Leonardo da Vinci made the world-famous painting Monalisa.

El Greco:

• El Greco was a master of Spanish painting.
• He also worked as a sculptor and as an architect.

Michelangelo:

• Italian sculptor, painter, and architect who carved “David” and painted the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

Tintoretto:

• Tintoretto, byname of Jacopo Robusti was a great Italian Mannerist painter of the Venetian school.
• He is one of the most important artists of the late Renaissance.
• His paintings include Vulcan Surprising Venus and Mars, the Mannerist Christ and the Adulteress, and his masterpiece the Last Supper of San Giorgio Maggiore. 

Gaiety Theatre:

• It was designed by the renowned architect Henry Irwin, who also designed the ‘Viceregal Lodge’ of Shimla.
• It became functional on 30th May 1887. 
• It designed ‘Gaiety Theatre Shimla’ in typical Gothic Style which represents a renaissance in Europe, with its arches, ribbed vaults and flying buttresses.
• This complex has come up as the vibrant centre of all types of creative and performing arts; as for example – painting, photography, dance, drama, theatrics, elocution, sculpture and classical and folk music. 

Thus, 'the Gaiety Theatre' of Shimla was dedicated to the general public on 1887.

The correct answer is 22nd April.

World Earth Day:

• World earth day is celebrated every year on 22nd April.
• The day aims to demonstrate support for environmental protection.
• World earth day was first celebrated in 1970.
• Earth Day was first proposed by the UNESCO Conference in San Francisco.
• The famous Paris agreement was signed by the United States, China, and some 120 other countries during earth day 2016.
• The theme of earth day 2019 was "Protect Our Species".
• The year 2021 marks the 51st anniversary of the annual celebration of World Earth Day.
• This year’s theme for Earth Day is ‘Restore Our Earth’.

Correct option: b) Both (A) and (R)are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation

Correct option: a. Tour Plan

Correct option: a) Descriptive

Identify the number of days you will have on ground. Include air travel days so everyone’s flight arrivals and departures can be included, and travelers know where to go on the first day.

Include the names, addresses, phone and fax numbers of hotels or private homes as well as time difference. Pay particular attention to potential days related to airport check in travel to and from airports or train stations, car rental distances between attractions.

Resist the impulse to over plan. Some destinations don’t confirm to schedules, so stay flexible and be open to spontaneous opportunities. Contact tourism boards at the destination for brochure coupons or referrals. Keep all pertinent trip information in one file.

Compile a list of flexible tasks to fill spare time and wait for connections.

Three types of tour itineraries: 

1. Skeletal: proposed and preliminary schedule of activities 

2. Technical: specifies the details, like the scheduled transportation, arrival and departure schedules, duration of sightseeing, land travel time, type of accommodation and so on. 

3. Descriptive: provides narrative of the planned activities and destinations visited. It is produced by marketing purposes.

Employees who work at airport for booking, reservations, weighing and checking luggage and issuing tickets are known as Ground Staff.

Correct option: (d) An itinerary includes only activities

Correct option: b) Travel passengers/guests

Correct option: a) Chandigarh

The correct answer is Shimla.

• Shimla shares its borders with the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to the north, Punjab to the west, Haryana to the southwest, and Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh to the south.

The correct answer is Abul Kalam Azad.

• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad authored the book 'India Wins Freedom’.

• The book 'India Wins Freedom’ describes the story of the Indian independence struggle, especially the Partition of India and Pakistan.
• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad includes in the book, his personal experiences when India became independent and his ideas on freedom and liberty.
• The book is in the shape of an autobiographical narrative and goes over the details of the Indian Independence movement.
• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was one of the foremost influential independence activists during India’s freedom struggle. He was also a writer, poet, and journalist.
• He was elected as Congress President in 1923 and 1940. Under Maulana Abul Kalam Azad "The Quit India Movement in 1942 was started.

The correct answer is Right.

• Article 175: Right of Governor to address and send messages to the House or Houses.

•  Article 175:
  • ​The Governor may:
    • Address the Legislative Assembly or a Legislative Council, or both Houses assembled together.
    • May send messages to the House of the State, with respect to a Bill.
  • Corresponding to article 86, article 175 provides for the right of the Governor to address the House of State Legislature and to send messages to the House in regard to a Bill or any other matter.
  • The Governor is within his rights to require the presence of members at his address and to expect early consideration of his message.

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• During the address of the governor in the legislative assembly proceedings and procedure of the House are to be regulated by the Speaker/Presiding Officer.
• The Constitution does not give to the Governor any authority to declare an act of the Speaker unconstitutional or to reverse the decision of the House on grounds of procedural irregularity etc. (Rule of separation of powers) 
• Article 151: 
  • Audit reports: The reports of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India relating to the accounts of a State shall be submitted to the Governor of the State, who shall cause them to be laid before the Legislature of the State.
• Article 166: 
  • Conduct of Business of the Government of a State: All executive action of the Government of a State shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the Governor.

The correct answer is Ram Naik.

• An acting governor is a person who acts in the role of governor.
• Ram Naik was the Acting Governor of Rajasthan from 08th Aug 2014 to 03rd Sep 2014.
• He took over the charge from Margaret Alva.

• Ram Naik was also the 27th Governor of Uttar Pradesh. 
• Kalyan Singh was the 21st Governor of Rajasthan.
• Kalyan Singh was also the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in June 1991.  

• O. P Kohli was the 19th Governor of Gujarat.
• Ram Naresh Yadav was the 10th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and 16th Governor of Madhya Pradesh.
• Margaret Alva has been the Governor of Goa, Gujarat, Uttrakhand, Rajasthan. The longest, she served in Uttrakhand and then in Rajasthan.

Keilis Borok learn the following lessons at the Geneva summit.

• he had similar people who think and interact like him all over the world.
• There is no need to feel lonely in abroad. 
• Where there is science, there is hope of survival and well being for all.

Taking up mountaineering was not a difficult decision for Dicky Dolma because from her childhood days she had an urge to climb Mount Everest. Daily she watched the beautiful, breath taking view of the mountain. She had firm determination, and hard work helped her. She practiced 4 hours a day. She had one track mind and ready to face hardships. Her desire grew when she came to know about the newly opened mountaineering institute in Manali. 

She was just 16 years at that time. She joined the institute and got ‘A’ grade and selected at all India level. She worked hard and succeeded in her task. Like this she reached the top of Mount Everest.

There was a cyclostyling machine in the mysterious parcel. The higher officer knew about the cyclostyle machine and number of copies of Mahatma’s speech were distributed in that town. They wanted to know, where that machine was, and who were the people doing all these things. So they talked to themselves, that night they may attack their house with search warrent.

Satish had a very good skill in painting. He did his painting with devoted and dedicated interest. He got much pleasure in painting. One day though Satish knew his father was not pleased with his painting pastime, he was immersed and busy in painting. By seeing all these, his father’s attitude was completely changed and he was agree to continue, and encouraged him a lot.

The correct answer is Director General of Police.

• In India, the Director-General of Police (DGP) is the highest-ranking police officer in an Indian State or Union Territory. 
  • DGP typically heads the state or UT police force, who in case, are also called State Police Chief.
  • DGP is appointed by the Cabinet from the Indian Police Service and they hold a three-star rank.

• Hierarchy of  Police officers
  • Director-General of Police (DGP)
  • Additional Director General of Police (ADGP)
  • Inspector-General of Police (IGP)
  • Deputy Inspector General of Police
  • Senior Superintendent of Police
  • Superintendent of Police (SP)
  • Additional Superintendent of Police
  • Assistant SP (IPS) or Deputy SP (HPS)
  • Inspector of Police
  • Sub-Inspector of Police (SI)
  • Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police (ASI)
  • Head Constable
  • Constable
  • SPOs

The Correct Answer is Jalandhar.

• The center of newspapers of Punjab is Jalandhar.
• Daily Ajit: the largest circulated Punjabi newspaper, published from Jalandhar, India.
• Sadhu Singh Hamdard is the founder of this newspaper.
• 'Punjab di Aawaz' is the tagline of this newspaper.
• Jagbani: This Punjabi newspaper is published by the Punjab Kesari Group of Jalandhar.

Correct option is B) a / some 

The sentence in the text suggests that the author was involved more in the theoritical research than in its application to the warcraft was in the 3rd para, i.e., “I did not give much thought to how it connects with the real life”.

The poem had two similes. They are

• In solitary confinement as complete as any gaol, and 
• with the tea cups circling round me like the planets round the sun.

Really the police officer was not expected this type of March. They might thought that there was shouts, slogans and people will violate. To control the situation they might use their lotty etc. So he came to students and asked about this. There was less work for them.

Besides zeal and determination, hard work, perseverance, one track mind, the character of taking any risk, regular practice etc. these are all necessary to achieve success.

The man says he owned the earth, is it correct? The man would exploit her making muddy holes and the lights of the parking vehicles. The farmer ploughs the land. The children would come and dance on the land. The soldiers come with guns and put the fence and makes the land to suffocate and many more harmful things.

1. Rajan slowly settled down in his retired life. His pension plus what his wife brought from the household work she did, helped them to meet their requirements. Life was easy until one Sunday his granddaughter Madhu came crying. The clay doll in her hand had broken into two. Rajan pacified her and promised to mend it. This small repair work became the founding stone of a very prosperous venture into making clay dolls which earned him great respect.

2. Games and sports help in recreation. Soccer, cricket, lawn tennis or wrestling are eagerly watched by millions of fans all over the world. It helps one get a temporary relief from the tensions of a day. The dedication displayed by all players in the field indicates the mental and spiritual development of the players.

1. are listening 

2. is crying 

3. am swimming 

4. is waiting 

5. is, watching 

6. is, helping 

7. is not cooking the 

8. is not singing 

9. is not doing 

10. is, working 

11. are playing 

12. are not swimming

During his training at the IMA, He changed gentle to dedicated soldier. Perhaps Hanifuddin knew that his life was so short and he needed to repeatedly remind himself of his mission. Though he came from a family of musicians, he decided to changed the lives, so he joined the army or choosed this mission to serve our nation.

(i)1. cuts 

2. binds 

3. fascinates 

4. stands 

5. sings

(ii) 1. blows 

2. rises 

3. seems 

4. falls 

5. chirps

Father wanted Swami to sleep alone in the office-room to prove courage is everything. According to Swami, age and strength was more important in adventurous tasks, But in Swami’s father’s view, the strength and age were not so important, courage is all. To prove Swami had also courage, he should sleep alone in the office-room.

lived, made, was raining, requested.

The elephant got busy with other ministers to appoint the Commission of Enquiry. They chose (choose) Mr. Fox as the Chairman. But the Commission had (has) no one from the man’s side. So, the man protested, (protest) and asked (ask) to include one from his side.

1. have been serving 

2. have caused 

3. has become 

4. has transformed 

5. have developed

1. One day I saw a boy who was crying I called him but he did not respond me.

2. Rama was standing, in front of the school. The teacher saw  him and questioned him.

3. She covered herself with a shawl since a fierce wind was blowing.

According to that pará we can understand that the real happiness depends upon the surrounding which we live. The Nature gives warm breeze, forest, trees, flowers, fruits etc., The land gives good crops if the rivers flow. The birds song, rabbits dancing gives pleasure the people can lead their life happily. If the people get what they want, then they will feel happy.

Nicola and Jacopo struggle hard to save money. One night they are (are/is) sitting on the stone pavement. When the narrator speaks (speak/speaks) to them, he learns that they have(has/have) specific plans.

Captain Anthony was not considered a rich slaveholder. He owned (own) only thirty slaves and two or three farms. His farms and slaves were (be) under the care of an overseer. Mr Plummer was (be) an overseer. He was always armed (arm) with a cow skin and a cudgel.

It grew out of a game. Babar Ali and his friends used to play school-school with him as a teacher. While they played, his friends would end up learning arithmetic and this was what led him to open his own institution, for his friends and other children like them in his own village.

Hana got nervous and scared when she saw a messenger at the door in official uniform. Her hands went weak and she could not draw her breath. She thought that the servants must have told about the American POW and the man had come to arrest Dr. Sadao.

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grew, had not seen, enjoyed, ended.

The narrator slept all day and woke up at four in the evening. He did so to save the expense of drinking tea or eating the noon meal. He came out and entered a crowded restaurant.