Not much is known of the early history of Lakshadeep but the Islands are supposed to have been inhabited first by Amini, Andrott, Kavaratti and Agatti.

Probably independent till 16th century, the Islands were driven to seek the assistance of Raja of Chirakal to help them avert establishment of Portuguese domination. This enabled him to establish his authority and, later, the Islands were transferred in jaggeer to Ali Raja, head of Moplah community in Cannanore, who later became an independent ruler himself. The Arakkal rule was not popular and in 1787, Tipu Sultan acceded to the petitions of the Northern Islands to annex these Islands. After the fall of Tipu Sultan, the Islands were passed to East India Company but continued to be ruled de facto by the rulers of Cannanore till their ultimate annexation by the British in the early 20th century.

Coconut is the only major crop with a production of 60 million nuts per year.

Lakshadweep coconut is branded as an organic product. In India, Lakshadweep stands first in coconut production and productivity per hectare is 20,600 and average yield per palm per year is 82 coconuts.

The Lakshadweep coconuts are the highest oil content nuts in the world (82 per cent). Therefore the answer is option D.

Sinauli is an archaeological site located in Barot tehsil, Baghpat district, western Uttar Pradesh, India. The site is famous for its Bronze Age solid disk wheel "chariots", the first ones to be recovered in archaeological excavation in South Asia.

Challekare,: In karnataka, artificial lunar site created here to test the sensors of Chandrayaan-2. On January 6, 2020, the ISRO proposed 2,700 crores of infrastructure plan to construct Human Space Flight Infrastructure Centre. The facility is to be set up at Challakere, Chitradurga district of Karnataka and is expected to become operational in three years. This Centre is to be located in the NH-4 Bengaluru-Pune Highway.

The new location is ideal for launching smaller satellites. India's second spaceport for launching small satellites would be located in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi district.

• Tripura and Meghalaya shares border with only Bangladesh. Hence, 1 and 4 are incorrect.

• Mizoram shares border with Bangladesh and Myanmar. Hence 2 is correct.

• Arunachal Pradesh shares border with China and Myanmar. Hence, 3 is correct.

• Sikkim Shares border with Nepal, China and Bhutan. Hence, 5 is correct.

Source: Yojana, July, Pg 29

Sonbhadra is the second-largest district by area of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the only district in India which borders four states, namely Madhya Pradesh to the west, Chhattisgarh to the south, Jharkhand in the south-east and Bihar to the north-east.

Hence, option A is correct.