A political party is an organization that mobilizes people intending to win political power.  Examples: BJP, Congress, CPI, etc.

A political party faces various challenges like lack of internal democracy, dynamic succession, money, and muscle power. 

• Lack of internal democracy:

1. The concentration of power in the hands of a few ministers which gives rise to internal conflicts. 

• The dynamic succession:

1. In many parties, the top positions are held by the members of a particular family.
2. This is against merit-based democracy.

• The money and muscle power:

1. Democracy gives rise to the political competition which aims to capture power and form government.
2. Many ways are adopted to win elections.
3. It allows the business influencers to influence the decision of the party for the victory of a particular government. 
4. The criminalization of politics is also a result of money and muscle power.

Ideological issues are also an issue that impacts public choices.

Sannathi:

• ​Sannathi was a small village on the banks of the river Bhima in Chittapur taluk of Kalaburagi.
• ​Sannathi is an important Buddhist site in Kalaburagi district excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
• A sculpture-portrait of Emperor Ashoka — the only available image of the Mauryan emperor was found here.
• Ashokan edicts were written in Prakrit language and Brahmi script has been found here.
• A magnificent Maha Stupa, which had been referred to as Adholoka Maha-Chaitya (The Great Stupa of the Netherworlds) in the inscriptions has been discovered here.

A political party is a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in a democracy. Therefore, statement 1 is correct.

The opposition party plays the role of critic for the government which is the true essence of any democracy. 

Air Force Sports Control Board was conferred with ‘Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2020’ for the outstanding contribution in helping sportsperson to excel in their respective disciplines. Therefore, statement 1 is not correct.

It is located a hundred kilometres from Ajanta and has thirty-two Buddhist, Brahmanical and Jain caves.

The heterodox sects first set the trend of creating this model of temples.

Later, orthodox sects adopted it as a medium of disseminating religious ideologies.

These temples were linked to Ajivikas, Jainism, Buddhism, and Brahmanism.

A tribal lockdown ritual has staged a comeback in Arunachal Pradesh, the State geographically closest to China’s Hubei province where the COVID-19 outbreak began.

Arunachal Pradesh’s West Siang district ceremonially entered the Arr-Rinam phase on March 26, 2020.

Arr-Rinam is the Galo equivalent of lockdown imposed by consensus for 48 hours whenever an epidemic strikes.

The federal division of power is among the governments at different levels like a national government for the country, state governments, and regional governments. Therefore, statement 1 is not correct.

Horizontal distribution of power is shared among different organs of government such as the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary. Therefore, statement 2 is not correct.

Bering Strait links the Arctic Ocean with the Bering Sea and separates the continents of Asia and North America at their closest point.

Located between Alaska and Russia, the Bering Strait is the only marine gateway between the icy Arctic and the Pacific Ocean.

This strait separates the United States and Russia by 58 miles (85 km), with a water depth that measures 100–165 feet, (30–50 meters). So, statement 1 is correct.

The International Date Line in the mid-Pacific curves from the normal 180-degree meridian at the Bering Strait, Fiji, Tonga and other islands to prevent confusion of day and date in some of the island groups that are cut through by the meridian. Therefore, statement 2 is correct.

The Union Cabinet has approved the launching of "Mission Karmayogi"- National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB). NPCSCB has been designed to lay the foundations for capacity building for Civil Servants so that they remain entrenched in Indian Culture and sensibilities and remain connected, with their roots, while they learn from the best institutions and practices across the world. Therefore, statement 1 is correct.

A Public Human Resources Council comprising of select Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, eminent public HR practitioners, thinkers, global thought leaders and Public Service functionaries under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister will serve as the apex body for providing strategic direction to the task of Civil Services Reform and capacity building. Therefore, statement 2 is correct.

The data for Accidental Deaths and Suicides released by the National Crime Records Bureau, NCRB shows that India is doing better than the global rate.

The rate of road accident deaths per thousand vehicles in India is 61, while the global rate as per the WHO Report is 64.

• Road accidents form 92.2 per cent of the total traffic accidents and have consistently declined. This may be attributed to better implementation of laws such as the Motor Vehicles Act, MVA. Therefore, statement 1 is correct.
• In the national capital, Delhi, deaths in cases of road accidents have seen a major decline from 1,734 to 1,508. Therefore, statement 2 is correct.