The correct answer is Iltutmish.

Key Points

• Iltutmish organized his trusted nobles into a group of forty known as Turkan-i-Chahalgani.
  • Turkan-i-Chahalgani. was a council of 40 Turkic and non-Turkish slaves who administered the Delhi Sultanate according to the wishes of Iltutmish.
  • It was the first regular ministerial body in the history of the Indian subcontinent.
  • The council was established to assist the emperor in the exercise of his administrative and political authority.

Additional Information

• Iltutmish was regarded by several historians as the real founder and consolidator of the Slave Dynasty and the Delhi Sultanate.
  • He was the third of the Mamluk kings who ruled the erstwhile Ghurid territories in North India.
  • In the late 1190s, Ghurid slave-commander Qutb al-Din Aibak bought it in Delhi.
  • He presented a silver tanka and a copper jital.
  • He established the iqtadari system: the division of the empire into iqtas, which were assigned to nobles and officials in exchange for salary.

The correct answer is Slave Dynasty.

Key Points

• Razia Sultan was the first and the only woman ruler of the Delhi Sultanate.
• She belonged to the Slave Dynasty.
• She was the daughter of Iltutmish (1210-1236) and she ruled from 1236-1240 A.D.
• The Chronology of the Delhi Sultanate is

The correct answer is Speed.

Key Points

• The speed of an object is the amount of the change of its position; thus, it is a scalar quantity.
• The average speed of an object in an interval of time is the distance travelled by an object measured by the length of the interval; the instantaneous speed is the limit of the average speed as the period of the time interval reaches zero.
• Speed has the dimension of the distance separated by time.
• The SI unit of speed is meter per second.

Important Points

• The pressure is the force applied perpendicular to the surface of the target per unit area over which the force is distributed.
• Motion is a mechanism in which an object has shifted its location over time.
  • Motion is mathematically defined in terms of displacement, space, direction, acceleration, speed, and time.
• Acceleration is the rate of change in the velocity of an object with respect to time.
  • Accelerations are vector quantities (in that they are of magnitude and direction).

The correct answer is green.

Key Points

• Barium Nitrate Ba(NO₃)₂ is an Oxidizer used to produce green colour in fireworks and fountains.
• This compound is also used in the production process of Barium Oxide in the vacuum tube industry.
• Barium is also used in medicine and oil and gas production.
• It is an inorganic compound that occurs with other elements like sulfur, oxygen, etc.
• Barium is found at 0.0425% on the earth’s crust, and 13 μg/L in seawater.
• It is a non-combustible compound but enhances the burning of combustible elements.
• The melting point of barium nitrate is 592 degrees Celcius.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Ghaghra.

Key Points

• Ghaghra is a tributary of the river Ganga.
• The River Ganges Tributaries:
  • Left: Gomti, Ghaghara, Gandak, Burhi Gandak, Koshi, Mahananda, Ramganga, Garra.
  • Right: Yamuna, Sone, Punpun, Falgu, Chandan, Ajoy, Damodar, Rupnarayan, Tamsa (also called Tons).
• The Yamuna is the main and the longest (1,376 kilometres) right bank tributary of the river Ganga.
• Rises from Yamunotri glacier near the Banderpoonch peak of the higher Himalayas.
• Ghaghara River is the second-longest tributary of Ganga by length.

The correct answer is Tin.

Important Points

• Silicon, Germanium, Arsenic are metalloids.
• Tin is a metal.

Key Points

The basic difference between Metals, Non-metals, and Metalloids.

The correct answer is  Madhya Pradesh.

Key Points

• The Sanchi Stupa is located in Sanchi Town, which is part of the Raisen District in the state of Madhya Pradesh,
• This UNESCO World Heritage Site is renowned for its Great Stupa, which is one of the oldest stone structures in India.
• The stupa was originally commissioned by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka the Great in the 3rd century BCE and is an important monument of Indian architecture
• Its nucleus was a simple hemispherical brick structure built over the relics of the Buddha
• The Sanchi Stupa is also depicted on the reverse side of the Indian currency note of ₹200, signifying its importance to Indian cultural heritage

Additional Information

• Other Important Stupas

The Correct Answer is Option 3 i.e India.

• India:
  • It shares a border with seven countries, namely China, Pakistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
  • India shares the longest border with Bangladesh.
  • It is the largest democracy in the world, the representative with the most number of votes gets the power.
  • New Delhi is the capital of India.
  • Droupadi Murmu is the current President of India and Narendra Modi is the current PM of India.
• Sweden:
  • It is a country in Europe.
  • Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy.
  • Stockholm is the capital of Sweden.
  • Ulf Kristersson is the current PM of Sweden.
• Iceland:
  • It is an Island country in Europe.
  • Iceland is a constitutional republic with a multi-party system and is considered as the worlds' oldest parliamentary democracy.
  • Reykjavik is the capital of Iceland.
  • Guoni Thorlacius Johannesson is the current President of Iceland.
• Norway:
  • It is located in Northwestern Europe.
  • It is a constitutional monarchy.
  • Jonas Gahr Støre is the current Prime Minister of Norway.
  • Oslo is the capital city of Norway.

The correct answer is Finance Secretary.

• Finance Secretary's signature is on the one rupee note.

Key Points

• Under Section 22 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, RBI has the sole right to issue currency notes of various denominations except one rupee note.
• The One Rupee note is issued by the Ministry of Finance and it bears the signatures of the Finance Secretary.
• While other notes bear the signature of Governor RBI.

Additional Information

• T. V. Somanathan is a 1987 batch Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
  • He is presently the Finance Secretary of India.
• Shaktikanta Das is the current Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
• The current Finance Minister of India is Nirmala Sitharaman.
• The current Prime Minister is Narendra Modi.

The correct answer is Boat Racing.

Key Points

• Vallam kali
  • It is a Kerala-based traditional boat race. It is a type of canoe racing in which paddled war canoes are used.
  • It is primarily held in the springtime during the Onam harvest festival.
  • The Nehru Trophy Boat Race is a prominent Vallam kali event held annually at Alappuzha, Kerala, India, in the Punnamada Lake (Vembanad, also known as Punnamada is the longest lake in India, as well as the largest lake in the state of Kerala).
  • The winning boat at the Nehru Trophy takes home ₹5 lakh.
  • The main event is the Chundan Vallam race (a snake boat' that is roughly 30-35 metres (100-120 ft) long and has 64 or 128 paddlers onboard).
  • As a result, the snake boat race is also known as Vallam Kali and is a popular tourist attraction.

Additional Information

• Haryana is known as a traditional powerhouse in sports like kho-kho, judo, kabaddi, boxing, and wrestling.
• List of a few well known traditional games of the Indian states:
  • Regional Indian martial arts
    • Lathi khela from Bengal
    • Huyen langlon from Manipur
    • Kalari from Kerala
    • Gatka from Panjab region
    • Silambam from Tamil Nadu.