● An ordinary magnet does not attract Bronze.

● Bronze is an alloy of Copper and Tin.

● The First Anglo-Sikh War was fought between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company between 1845 and 1846.

● It resulted in partial subjugation of the Sikh kingdom and cession of Jammu and Kashmir as a separate princely state under British suzerainty.

● The second Anglo-Sikh war was fought between 1848 and 1849.

● This war led to the complete control of Punjab by the British.

• The title Kaisar-i-Hind was coined in 1876 by the orientalist G.W. Leitner.

• Mahatma Gandhi was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind in 1915 by The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst for his contribution to ambulance services in South Africa.

• George VI was the last ruler to bear it.

● LINUX is an example of an Operating System.

● It was created in the year 1991 by a Finnish student Linus Torvalds.

● Tux the Penguin is the Mascot of LINUX

● Tejas is the name of an Indian Light Combat Aircraft.

● It is an Indian , single-engine, fourth-generation, multirole light fighter plane.

● It is designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy.

● It entered into service with the Indian Air Force in July 2016.

The motion of Thanks is passed on two occasions-

1. The first session after each general election

2. The first session of every fiscal year

• In this motion, the President of the country outlines the policies and achievements of government in his speech.

• After his speech, motion is put to vote, it must be passed otherwise it amounts to the defeat of the government.

Joint meeting can not be held in case of Money bill.

The features of Money bill are as follow-

• It can be placed in Lok Sabha only

• Speaker decides weather a bill is a money bill or not

• Rajya Sabha must return the bill within 14 days to LS with or without recommendations

• It is placed with prior permission of President

• It can be introduced by only a minister

● Mathura Refinery was the 6th refinery of Indian Oil commissioned in 1982 with a capacity of 6.0 MMTPA to meet the demand of petroleum products in the north western region of India.

● It is the largest commercial oil company in the country.

● Indian Oil Corporation was founded on 30 June 1959 and Its headquarters are in New Delhi.

● Blackbuck is the state animal of Andhra Pradesh.

● Rose-ringed parakeet is the state bird of Andhra Pradesh.

● Neem is the state tree and Jasmine is the state flower.

● Amaravati is the new capital of Andhra Pradesh.

• The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping.

• It was established on 17th March 1948.

• The IMO was established following agreement at a UN conference held in Geneva in 1948.

• Its first meeting was held in 1959.

• It is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.