The correct answer is Vembanad.

Key Points

• Vembanad Lake is also known as Vembanad Kayal, Vembanad Kol, Punnamada Lake and Kochi Lake (in Kochi).
• This is the largest lake in Kerala and the longest lake in India.
• This lake is Spanned in several districts of Kerala and covers a territory of more than 2033.02 km2.
• The lake has its source in four rivers, Meenachil, Achankovil, Pampa and Manimala.
• It is separated from the Arabian Sea by a narrow barrier island and is a popular backwater stretch in Kerala. 
• The Government of India has identified the Vembanad wetland under the National Wetlands Conservation Programme.
• Vallam Kali (i.e Nehru Trophy Boat Race) is a Snake Boat Race held every year in the month of August in Vembanad Lake.

Additional Information

• Chilika Lakeis a brackish water lagoon, spread over thePuri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha state.
• Kolleru Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in India located in state of Andhra Pradesh and forms the largest shallow freshwater lake in Asia.
• Loktak Lake is lake in Manipur.  

The correct answer is Kumargupta I.

Key Points

Kumargupta I (415-455 AD)

• He was also known as Shakraditya and Mahendraditya.
• He established Nalanda university.
• Hunas disturbed peace and prosperity at the end of his reign.

Additional Information

Samudragupta(335-375 AD)

• He is called Indian Napolean by  V A Smith.
• He was also known as 'Kaviraj' and 'Vikramanka'

Shri Gupta(275-300 AD)

• He was the founder of Gupta dynasty
• He got the title of 'Maharaja

Chandragupta I​(320-335 AD)

• He started the Gupta era
• He assumed the title of 'Maharajadhiraja'
• He married Lichhavi princess Kumaradevi

The correct answer is Gol Gumbaz.

Key Points

• Gol Gumbaz, the tomb of Adil Shah, is situated in Karnataka.
• It is situated in Bijapur, Karnataka.
• It was built by Mohammad Adil Shah and is the largest masonry dome in the world. 

• Adil Shahis of Bijapur (1490 AD-1686 AD)
  • It was founded by Yusuf Adil Shah.
  • It was annexed by Aurangzeb.
  • Mohammed Adil Shah was the seventh ruler of Bijapur.
  • The greatest ruler of the kingdom was Ibrahim Adil Shah.
  • He introduced Dakini in place of the Persian language.

Additional Information

• The Charminar ("Four Minarets"), constructed in 1591, is a monument and mosque located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
• Qutub Minar in Delhi is a 72.5 meters high world heritage site. It was constructed in 1199 by Qutab-ud-din Aibak and later completed by his successor Iltutmish.
• Bara Imambara complex is located in Lucknow, built by Asaf-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh in 1784.

The correct answer is Arunachal Pradesh.

Key Points

• One of the most well-known folk dance styles performed by the Monpa Tribe of Tawang is Aji Lamu.
• In essence, it is the Ramayana of the Hindus in Tibetan.
• The major protagonists in this dance drama are five.
• The main character is Nyapa, and the antagonist is Nyao.
• Some other most popular folk dances of Arunachal Pradesh are Roppi, Hurkani, Ponung, Lion and Peacock dance, Hurkani, Buiya, Chalo, Rekham Pada, Popir and Wancho.

Additional Information

The Chambal River is the tributary of Yamuna River.

• It rises in the Vindhyachal range South of Mhow, the western state of Madhya Pradesh.
• It flows from the north into a southeastern state of Rajasthan.
• It ends on the confluence of five rivers which includes the Chambal, Kwari, Yamuna, Sind, Pahuj, at Pachnada near Bhareh in Uttar Pradesh, at the border of Bhind and Etawah districts.

Untouchable is a novel by Mulk Raj Anand published in 1935. The novel established Anand as one of India's leading English authors.

The correct answer is 2020-21.

Key Points

• Swachh Bharat Mission:
  • The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is aimed to accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put the focus on sanitation all over India.
  • The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2nd October 2014.
  • Under the mission, all villages, Gram Panchayats, Districts, States and Union Territories in India declared themselves "open-defecation free" (ODF) by 2 October 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, by constructing over 100 million toilets in rural India. 
• Second Phase:
  • The government has launched Swachh Bharat Mission Phase 2 with a focus on plastic waste management, biodegradable solid waste management, grey water management, and faecal sludge management.
  • The mission is aimed at progressing towards target 6.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals Number 6 established by the United Nations in 2015.

Important Points

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi nominated the name of Pune industrialist Adar Poonawalla, as an ambassador for the Swachh Bharat mission, who comes in recognition of his major initiative towards a cleaner and greener Pune.

The Correct Answer is Pawan Singh: Amethi.

In News

• Lok Sabha 2024 Election.

Key Points

• Former cricketer Yusuf Pathan has been fielded by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) from the Baharampur constituency in West Bengal, a Congress stronghold currently held by its Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
• Indian athlete Devendra Jhajharia, who has been named by the BJP as a candidate from the Churu Lok Sabha constituency in Rajasthan. Jhajharia is an Indian Paralympic javelin thrower competing in F46 events. He is the first Indian Paralympics player to win two gold medals at the Paralympics.
• The Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday expelled Bhojpuri singer Pawan Singh for contesting the Lok Sabha elections 2024 against the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)'s official candidate as an Independent candidate from the Karakat seat.
• Dinesh Lal Yadav alias Nirahua, who is also a Bhojpuri film actor, has been made BJP candidate from Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency.

The Correct Answer is Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.

Key Points

• First Nobel prize in physics was awarded to Wilhelm Rontgen in 1901 for his discovery of X rays.
• November 8 is observed annually as World Radiography Day to commemorate the discovery of X-rays, on November 8, 1895, by German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen.
• The objective behind World Radiography Day is to raise public awareness of radiographic imaging and therapy.
• The first World Radiography Day was celebrated in 2012.
• It was celebrated by Radiological Society of North America, European Society of Radiology and American College of Radiology.
• Earlier to this, the European Day of Radiology was celebrated on February 10, 2011.
• This coincided with the death anniversary of Wilhelm Rontgen.
• Rontgen died in February 10, 1923.

Additional Information

• World Radiography Day in India:
• In India, the World Radiography Day is celebrated by the Radiographers Association of Madhya Pradesh.
• It is being observed since 1996.
• World Radiography Day 2021:
• In 2021, the World Radiography Day was celebrated under the following theme: Interventional Radiology – Active care for the patient.

The correct answer is neither exports nor imports take place.

Key Points

• Closed economy:
  • A closed economy is one that has no trading activity with outside economies.
  • The closed economy is therefore entirely self-sufficient, which means no imports come into the country and no exports leave the country.
  • The goal of a closed economy is to provide domestic consumers with everything they need from within the country's borders.
  • The need for raw materials produced elsewhere that play a vital role as inputs to final goods makes closed economies inefficient.
  • A government may close off a specific industry from international competition through the use of quotas, subsidies, and tariffs.
  • In reality, there are no nations that have economies that are completely closed.

Important Points

• Why There Are No Real Closed Economies? 
  • Maintaining a closed economy is difficult in modern society because raw materials, such as crude oil, play a vital role as inputs to final goods.
  • Many countries do not have raw materials naturally and are forced to import these resources.
  • Closed economies are counterintuitive to modern, liberal economic theory, which promotes the opening of domestic markets to international markets to capitalize on comparative advantages and trade.

Additional Information

• Example of a Closed Economy:
  • In practice, there are no completely closed economies.
  • Brazil imports the least amount of goods—when measured as a portion of the gross domestic product (GDP)—in the world and is the world's most closed economy.
  • Brazilian companies face challenges in terms of competitiveness, including exchange rate appreciation and defensive trade policies.
  • In Brazil, only the largest and most efficient companies with significant economies of scale can overcome barriers to export.