• Alluri Sitarama Raju was associated with the Rampa Rebellion 1922-1924.

• Tirupur Kumaran was the founder of the Desa Bandhu Youth Association.

• Parbati Giri was also known as Mother Teresa of Western Orissa.

• Kaneganti Hanumanthu was associated with the Palnadu Rebellion.

• Mandapa: It is the entrance to the temple which may be a portico or a hall, which is generally designed to house many worshippers.

• Sanctum Sanctorum: It is also known as Garbhagriha or the womb-house. It is a small room, a cubicle in shape, which houses the principal deity of the temple.

• Vahana: It is the mount or vehicle of the main deity and was placed just before the sanctum sanctorum.

• Shikhara: It is a mountain-like spire in which the shapes varied from pyramidal to curvilinear depending upon the area of development.

Earthquake waves get recorded in seismographs located at far off location. However, there exist some specific area where the waves are not reported, such a zone is called the “shadow zone”.

Sustainable agriculture is farming in sustainable ways meeting society's present food and textile needs, without compromising the ability for current or future generations to meet their needs. It can be based on an understanding of ecosystem services. Use of synthetically produced fertilizers to suppress biological activity in the soil is not a feature of “sustainable agriculture”

The Constitution provides Election Commission of India (article 324) with the power of direction, superintendence, and control of elections to parliament, state legislatures, the office of president of India and the office of vice-president of India.

Hence, Option D is correct.

Financial Intelligence Unit – The Government of India set up FIU-IND in 2004 as the central national agency responsible for receiving, processing, analyzing and disseminating information relating to suspect financial transactions. FIU-IND is an independent body reporting directly to the Economic Intelligence Council (EIC) headed by the finance minister.

The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) is a statutory corporate fraud investigating agency in India. Initially, it was set up by a resolution adopted by the Government of India on 2 July 2003 and carried out investigations within the existing legal framework under sections 235 to 247 of the erstwhile Companies Act, 1956.

The Directorate of Enforcement is a law enforcement agency and economic intelligence agency responsible for enforcing economic laws and fighting economic crime in India. It is part of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.

Hence, option C is correct.

The correct match is:

Janssen               -           Johnson and Johnson (USA)
Covovax              -           Novavax (USA)
Sputnik V            -           Gamaleya Institute (Russia)
CoronaVac         -            SinoVac Biotech (China)

Hence, option C is correct.

Acid rain leaches aluminum from the soil. Acid rain also removes minerals and nutrients from the soil that trees need to grow. At high elevations, acidic fog and clouds might strip nutrients from trees' foliage, leaving them with brown or dead leaves and needles.