Famous musician Shakoor Khan was associated with Sarangi.

Ustad Shakoor Khan (1905-1975) was one of the outstanding sarangi players of the twentieth century. He was firmly identified with the Kirana Gharana, being the nephew and student of Ustad Abdul Waheed Khan. 

Slums form an integral part of the phenomenon called urbanization. The word is defined by the Census of India. Notified slums: All specified areas in a town or city notified as 'Slum' by State/Local Government and Union Territory (UT) Administration under any Act including a 'Slum Act'.

In 2011, 65.5 million or 22.5% population lived in slums which are distributed among 2613 towns/cities. The distribution of slum towns across the states and union territories is not uniform in India.

The 'Self-Reliance' objective was set in Fourth Five Year Plan.

The concept of Five Year Planning was borrowed from the Soviet Union (Now Russia).

India launched its First Five Year Plan in 1951.

The population of India as per 2011 census was 1,210,854,977.

According to the provisional results of the 2011 national census, Maharashtra is the second most populous state in India with a population of 112,374,333 of which males and females are 58,243,056 and 54,131,277 respectively. Therefore, statement (A) is incorrect.

According to the provisional results of the 2011 national census, Maharashtra is the richest state in India and second most populous state in India with a population of 112,374,333 (9.28% of India's population) of which male and female are 58,243,056 and 54,131,277, respectively. Therefore, statement (B) is correct.

One-horned rhinoceros is found in the following states West Bengal and Assam. They are found in the Indian subcontinent. The one-horned rhinoceros (Indian rhinoceros) are the largest of the rhino species. They are mainly found in Assam, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh. 

There are 2,640 rhinoceros in four protected areas in Assam.  

1. Pabitora Wildlife Reserve
2. Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park
3. Kaziranga National Park
4. Manas National Park.

90% are found in Kaziranga National Park.

It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

• The National Rhino Conservation Strategy was launched in the year 2019 for the conservation of big-horned rhinos.
• Indian Rhino Vision 2020 was launched in 2005, it is an ambitious effort to attain a wild population of at least 3,000 greater one-horned rhinos spread over seven protected areas in the Indian state of Assam by the year 2020.

Sultanpur - Haryana

Nawabganj - Uttar Pradesh

Kulik - West Bengal

Attiveri - Karnataka.

In November 2022, India held “Indo-German Week of the Young Researchers 2022 program” with Germany.

The Indo-German Week of the Young Researchers 2022 was jointly organised by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) India, and German Research Foundation (DFG).

30 promising young researchers from India and Germany discussed and interact closely on contemporary matters in chemical sciences. The main goal of the conclave is to promote collaboration among early and mid-career researchers and scientists.

Corbett is in Uttarakhand and number 4 indicate the Uttarakhand.

Kanha is in Madhya Pradesh and number 2 indicate the Madhya Pradesh.

Neora valley is in West Bengal and number 3 indicate that location.

Betla is in Jharkhand.

If the dice is resting on the 3 dots, then the opposite number of dots will be on top.

In this 2 dice system, 2 dots, 6 dots, and 4 dots cannot be opposite to 3 dots because there are on adjacent sides. So, there are two possibilities 1 or 5.

Verghese Kurien is considered the father of the white revolution in India.

• The White Revolution, known as Operation Flood, was launched in 1970.
• It was an initiative by India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and was the world's biggest dairy development programme.
• It transformed India from a milk deficient nation into the world's largest milk producer.