• “Our nation is a like a tree of which the original trunk is swarajya and the branches are swadeshi and boycott” – Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

• “There is no dream, and if there is, there is only one to see my children struggling for the same and for which I am expected to be finished” – Ashfaqullah Khan.

• “Bombs and pistols do not make a revolution. The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting-stone of ideas” - Bhagat Singh.

• “One individual may die; but that idea will after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives” – Subhas Chandra Bose.

Initially, the Aryans lived in the land known as “Sapta Sindhu” (Land of the Seven Rivers). These seven rivers were: Sindhu (Indus), Vipash (Beas), Vitasta (Jhelum), Parushni (Ravi), Asikni (Chenab), Shutudri (Satluj) and Saraswati.

The Jaina texts were written in Prakrit and were eventually compiled in sixth century AD at Vallabhi in Gujarat. They are called Angas and contain the philosophical concepts of the Jainas.

Kandla is a port in Gujarat. Marmagao is a port located in Goa. Mangalore is located in Karnataka, just north of Kerala. Cochin is the largest port in Kerala.

• Oaths and ratification has been described in third schedule of Indian Constitution.

• Here format of oaths taken or every knowledge by ministers of Union or States, Judges of Supreme court and High Courts, Comptroller and Auditor General of India and Members of Parliament is given.

• President takes oath under article 60, Vice-President under article 69 and Governor takes under article 159.

Those questions asked in parliament and whose answers can be given orally. They are called starred question. Supplementary questions can be asked along with starred questions and questions whose answers can be given in written form are called non-starred questions.

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is an agency of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Hence, option A is correct.

NDMA-The primary purpose of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is to coordinate response to the natural or man-made disaster and to facilitate capacity-building in disaster resiliency and crisis response.

NDMA was established through the Disaster Management Act, enacted by the Government of India on 23 December, 2005.

The Prime Minister is the ex-officio chairperson of the NDMA.

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) allows a country with an emission-reduction or emission-limitation commitment under the Kyoto Protocol (Annex B Party) to implement an emission-reduction project in developing countries. It is the first global, environmental investment and credit scheme of its kind, providing standardized emissions offset instrument, CERs. Such projects can earn saleable certified emission reduction (CER) credits, each equivalent to one tonne of CO2, which can be counted towards meeting Kyoto targets. It was adopted under the KYOTO protocol.

If a body travels in a straight line and covers an equal amount of distance in an equal interval of time, then it is said to have uniform motion. In simple words, a body is said to have uniform acceleration if the rate of change of its velocity remains constant. Unlike, the uniform acceleration, the body is said to have a non-uniform motion when the velocity of a body changes by unequal amounts in equal intervals of time. The rate of change of its velocity changes at different points of time during its movement.

● Beriberi is caused by deficiency of Vitamin B1.

● There are two types of the disease

1) Wet beriberi

2) Dry beriberi

● Wet beriberi affects the cardiovascular system and Dry beriberi affects the nervous system.