Solution: Article 75(3) of the Constitution states that the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha. It means that all the Ministers are collectively answerable to the Lok Sabha for the policies and decisions of the government, even though a decision taken may pertain to a single ministry.

Solution: The Constitution of India is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world, containing 444 articles in 25 parts, 12 schedules.

Solution: Unity and Discipline is the motto of NCC; “Be Prepared” is the motto of Scouts. ‘With humanity, towards peace’: Red Cross; ‘Carry for the environment’: Green Peace.

Solution: Israel is at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, bounded by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan and the West Bank to the east, and Egypt and the Gaza strip to the southwest. The Dead Sea separates Jordan from Israel. It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River.

Solution: Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney lifting 110 kg in the Snatch and 130 kg in the Clean and Jerk for a total of 240 kg, which made her the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal. She is a recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India’s highest sporting honour for the year 1995-1996.

Solution: The East India Association was founded by DadabhaiNaoroji in 1866, in collaboration with Indians and retired British officials in London. It superseded the London Indian Society and was a platform for discussing matters and ideas about India, and to provide representation for Indians to the Government.

Solution: Alexander Grahm Bell is most well known for inventing the telephone. He came to the U.S as a teacher of the deaf, and conceived the idea of “electronic speech” while visiting his hearing-impaired mother in Canada. This led him to invent the microphone and later the “electrical speech machine”— his name for the first telephone.

Solution: The Justice G. T. Nanavati commission was established by the Indian Government in 2000 to investigate the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The commission submitted its final report in February 2005 detailing accusations and evidence against senior members of the Delhi wing of the then ruling Congress Party, including Jagdish Tytler, Sajjan Kumar and H. K. L. Bhagat

Solution: Calcium is one of the most important elements in the diet because it is a structural component of bones, teeth, and soft tissues and is essential in many of the body’s metabolic processes. It accounts for 1 to 2 percent of adult body weight, 99 percent of which is stored in bones and teeth.

Solution: Bandipur National Park, a tiger reserve under Project Tiger, is a national park located in Karnataka. Together with the adjoining Nagarhole National Park, Mudumalai National Park and Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, it is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.