The correct answer is Pu

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The correct answer is Both I and II.

Key Points

Western Ghats:

• There are different local names of Western Ghats: Sahyadri in Maharashtra Nilgiri hills in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Anaimalai Hills and Cardamom hills in Kerala.
• The Western Ghats is an elevated and continuous range of mountains.
• The average elevation of Western Ghats is about 1,500 m.
•  Western Ghat is the origin of various Peninsular rivers.at
• The Western Ghats is a mountain range that runs parallel to the West Coast of the Indian Peninsula.
• The Western Ghats runs through the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.
• The height of the Western Ghats progressively increases from north to south.
• The highest peaks include the Anai Mudi (2,695 metre) and the Doda Betta (2,637 meters).
• The Western Ghats is one of the eight biological hot spots of the world.

Eastern Ghats:

• Eastern Ghat is discontinuous and low-height mountain ranges
•  Rivers like Krishna, Kaveri, Mahanadi, Godavari erode the Eastern Ghats.
• Javadi Hills, Palconda range, Nallamala hills, Mahendragiri hills make some of the important mountainous hills of Eastern Ghats.

The correct answer is Oxalic Acid.

Key Points

• Tomato is a natural source of Oxalic acid.
• Oxalic Acid is most likely to be found in Spinach.
• Oxalic acid is an organic compound found in many plants.
• Moderately high contents of oxalic acid were recorded in all varieties of tea leaves.
• Oxalic acid, also called ethanedioic acid, a colorless, crystalline, toxic organic compound belonging to the family of carboxylic acids.

Additional Information

The Correct Answer is State Human Rights Commission.

Key Points

• The Protection of Human Rights Act of 1993 provides for the creation of the State Human Rights Commission at the state level.
• It is a non-constitutional body.
• The State Human Rights Commission is a multi-member body consisting of a chairperson and two members.
• The chairperson should be a retired Chief Justice or a Judge of a High Court and members should be a serving or retired judge of a High Court or a District Judge in the state with a minimum of seven years experience as District Judge and a person having knowledge or practical experience with respect to human rights.

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Finance Commission

• Article 280 of the Constitution of India provides for a Finance Commission as a quasi-judicial body. 
• The Finance Commission is a constitutional body formed by the President of India to give suggestions on center-state financial relations.
•  The 15th Finance Commission is Chaired by Mr N. K. Singh.

 Election Commission

• The Election Commission is a permanent and independent body established by the Constitution of India directly to ensure free and fair elections in the country.
• Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the power of superintendence, direction, and control of elections to parliament, state legislatures, the office of president of India, and the office of vice-president of India shall be vested in the election commission.

The correct answer is Press Information Bureau

In News

• The central government has officially notified the establishment of a fact-checking unit (FCU) under the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Key Points

• The Ministry, in consultation with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), vide Gazette Notification S.O.1491(E) dated 20.03.2024 notified the fact check unit (FCU) under the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the MIB as the fact-checking unit of the central government under rule 3(1)(b)(v) of the of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules 2021).
• This FCU will operate under the recently amended Information Technology Rules and will be responsible for monitoring content on social media related to government affairs.
• The notification follows a recent decision by the Bombay High Court to reject an interim plea by comedian Kunal Kamra, who sought a stay on the establishment of FCUs until the court's ruling on the legality of the new rule.
• The court's decision emphasized the absence of any grave and irreparable loss from allowing the FCU's establishment, citing the larger public interest.
• The FCU's mandate includes identifying and flagging fake, false, or misleading online content concerning government business to social media intermediaries.

The correct answer is  "Vaccines Work For All"

In News

• The theme for National Vaccination Day 2024 is  "Vaccines Work For All"

Key Points

• The administration of the first oral polio vaccine in 1995 was a landmark event in India's history, marking the beginning of a concerted effort to combat infectious diseases through vaccination.
• National Vaccination Day is observed annually on March 16 to raise awareness about the importance of vaccination. It commemorates the historic administration of the first oral polio vaccine in India in 1995.
• Vaccination is recognized as a powerful tool to prevent serious diseases and is supported by international organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO).

The correct answer is ​Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

• The Constitution of India provides joint sittings of both the Houses to break in the case of a deadlock between the two houses of parliament.
• The joint sitting of the Parliament is called by the President and is presided over by the Speaker or, in his absence, by the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha or in his absence the Deputy-Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
• If any of the above officers are not present then any other member of the Parliament can preside by consensus of both the House.

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• Article 108 of the Indian Constitution of India provides for Joint sitting of both Houses.
  •  Joint sitting of both Houses in certain cases
    (1) If after a Bill has been passed by one House and transmitted to the other House
    • the Bill is rejected by the other House; or
    • the Houses have finally disagreed as to the amendments to be made in the Bill; or
    • more than six months elapse from the date of the reception of the Bill by the other House without the Bill being passed by it the President may, unless the Bill has lapsed by reason of a dissolution of the House of the People, notify to the Houses by message if they are sitting or by public notification if they are not sitting, his intention to summon them to meet in a joint sitting for the purpose of deliberating and voting on the Bill: Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to a Money Bill
• The time of sitting, the duration, and adjournment of the joint sitting is determined by the Speaker.
• The quorum to constitute a joint sitting shall be one tenth of the total number of members of the Houses.
• Om Birla is the new Lok Sabha Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha as on February 2021.

The correct answer is NHRC.

Key Points

• The National Human Rights Commission of India is a Statutory public body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993.
• It was given a statutory basis by the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993.

Additional Information

• CAG or Comptroller and Auditor General of India is a Constitutional body. 
• CAG is also known as the watchdog of Public Purse.
• Finance Commission is the Constitutional Body. 
• Finance Commission comes under Article 280.
• Union Public Service Commission is a Constitutional Body, it is also known as the watchdog of Merit System.
• Union Public Service Commission comes under Article 315 - 323.

The correct answer is Civil Disobedience.

Key Points

• The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was associated with the civil disobedience movement of India.
  • The agreement was signed by Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin.
  • The pact was signed on 5th March 1931.
  • Arranged before the second round table conference in London.
  • As per Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Gandhiji discontinued the Civil Disobedience movement and agreed to attend the second round table conference.
• Proposed conditions of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact are:
  1. Participation by the Indian National Congress in the Second Round Table Conference.
  2. Removal of the tax on salt.
  3. Withdrawal of all ordinances imposing curbs on the activities of the Indian National Congress issued by the Government of India.
  4. Discontinuation of Salt March.
• Non-Co-operation movement was the first mass political movement led by Gandhiji.
  • Started in 1920.
  • Main goal: The attainment of Swaraj.
• Rowlatt Act was passed on 6th February 1919.
  • Gandhiji called this act as 'The Black Act'.
  • Lord Chelmsford was the British viceroy during the Rowlatt Act.
• Quit India resolution was passed on 8th August 1942.
  • The failure of the Crips mission was the immediate cause of the Quit India movement.
  • "Quit India" was the famous slogan raised during this movement.

The correct answer is Kathak.

Key Points

• Shovana Narayan:
  • Shovana Narayan is a famous Indian Kathak dancer. Hence, Option 3 is correct.
  • She has been awarded the Padma Shri and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Dance.
  • Her guru is Birju Maharaj.
• The most Prominent dancers of Kathak are Birju Maharaj, Sitara Devi, Shambhu Maharaj, Damayanti Joshi, Shovana Narayan, Uma Sharma, Shobha Koser.

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