● Harihar was the first king of Vijay Nagar Empire. He was the founder of Vijaynagar Empire and he ruled from 1336 to 1356. He is also known as Hakka.

● His dynasty is known as Sangama Dynasty, and after him Bukka Raya II became king and he ruled from 1356 to 1377.

● An inscription dated 1346 regarding a grant to the Sringeri matha describes Harihara I as the ruler of "whole country between the eastern and the western seas" .

Gini coefficient measures the inequality in economy.

• The coefficient ranges from zero to one, with zero representing perfect equality and one showing perfect inequality.

• There are many ways to measure it. Two popular ways are those based on pre-tax (or market) income and disposable income.

• Rise in gini coefficient indicates that government policies are not inclusive and may benefit rich instead of poor.

● Mahendra Verman I was a Pallav King who used to write Sanskrit Drama.

● He was a scholar, painter, architect, musician. He was the son of Simhavishnu. During his reign, the Chssalukya king Pulakeshin II attacked the Pallava kingdom.

● Tamil literature flourished under his rule, with the rise in popularity of Tevaram written by Appar and Sambandhar.

● He himself was the author of the play Mattavilasa Prahasana and another play called Bhagavadajjuka.

* Battle of Plassey was fought between East India Company and Nawab of Bengal in 1757, Nawab Sirajuddaulah was from Bengal side and Robert Clive was from british side.

* The battle took on the banks of Hoogly river and the victory of Bengal set a major landmark in the history of Indian history.

* Robert Clive bribed Mir Jafar, the commander-in-chief of the Nawab's army and vowed him the nawabship of Bengal after the battle. Mir jafar was even made nawab of Bengal after war but his role was mere a puppet of company rule.

• In 2004 Lok Sabha elections, EVMs are used in all constituencies.

• In 1999, EVMs were used first time in the general elections of entire state in Goa.

• An EVM consists of two interlinked units-

1. Ballot unit-used by voter uses to exercise his / her vote

2. Control unit=used by the polling officials

• An EVM machine used by ECI can record a maximum of 2000 votes.

• An M2-EVM machine (old) can cater to a maximum of 64 candidates including NOTA.

• However in the case of M3 EVMs (Post 2013), EVMs can cater to a maximum of 384 candidates including NOTA by connecting 24 Balloting Units.

• M3 EVMs are the third generation EVMs.

• M3 EVMS also has added features like Tamper Detection and Self Diagnostics.

● Palk Strait divides India and Sri Lanka.

● It is 40 to 85 miles wide and 85 miles long.

● Duncan Passage is located between South Andaman and Little Andaman.

● The Kailasanathar temple at Kanchipuram was built during the rule of Pallavas.

● It is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva and It is the oldest structure in Kanchipuram.

● It is located on the banks of the Vegavathi River in the state of Tamil Nadu.

● Cadaver refers to A dead human used for anatomy.

● It is a dead human body that is used by medical students, physicians and scientists.

● The various stages of decomposition :

1) Autolysis

2) Bloating

3) Putrefaction

● The commercial and marketing arm of ISRO is Antrix Corporation Limited.

● Antrix Corporation Limited was incorporated as a private limited company owned by the Government of India.

● The vision of ISRO is to "harness space technology for national development”.