★ Which dynasty of South India

Indian Polity and Indian National claimed that its ancestors had
Constitution Movement ruled at Ayodhya ?
—Chalukyas of Kalyani
★ Who was the Chairman of the ★ Which great Indian revolu- ★ Who is the author of the book
Committee on Fundamental tionary leader wrote “The ‘Padshahnama’ ?
Rights and Minorities of the Philosophy of The Bomb” ? —Abdul Hamid Lahori
Constituent Assembly ? —Bhagawati Charan Vohra
—Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ★ Which Chola ruler assumed the
★ Parallel government in different title of ‘Gangaikonda’ ?
★ Which article of the Indian Con- parts of India was a significant —Rajendra I
stitution deals with the pro- feature of the
visions with respect to an inter- ★ During the reign of Sultan
—Quit India Movement
state council ? Alauddin Khalji, a superinten-
★ Indian National Army had three dent of the market was known as
—Article 263
fighting brigades named after —Shahna-i-Mandi
★ Article 1 of the Indian Constitu- great Indian leaders
tion describes India as a ★ Who is the author of the book on
—Subhash, Gandhi and Nehru the Vijayanagar empire named
—Union of States
★ Which British Prime Minister ‘A Forgotten Empire’ ?
★ Telangana emerged as the new made a declaration on March 15, —Sewell
State of India on June 2, 2014. It 1946 that British Cabinet Mission
★ Krishna Deva Raya was a great
was the outcome of would visit India ?
ruler of Vijayanagar empire of
—15th Lok Sabha —Lord Attlee
—The Tuluva Dynasty
★ In which session was Surendra-
★ The ideals of liberty, equality ★ In Shivaji’s Ashtapradhan,
nath Banerjee’s National Con-
and fraternity in the Preamble foreign minister was known as
ference merged with the Indian
of the Indian Constitution are National Congress ? —Dabir (Sumant)
inspired from the —Calcutta Session, 1886 ★ Who was the leader of the Kol
—French Constitution ★ In which session of the INC were revolt in 1831-32 ?
★ Which article of the Indian the resolutions of Fundamental —Buddhu Bhagat
Constitution ensures the equality Rights and the National Eco-
of opportunity in matters of nomic Programme passed ? ★ Which British Governor-General
public employment to all —Karachi Session, 1931 was credited with ending the
Indians ? ★ Which National Movement was problem of Pindaris ?
—Article 16 ended with the Chauri-Chaura —Lord Hastings
★ At present, how many funda- event ?
mental duties are there in the —Non-Cooperation Movement Economic Affairs
Indian Constitution ? ★ Who called Mahatma Gandhi as of India
‘Mahatma’ for the first time ?
—Eleven
—Rabindranath Tagore
★ The normal term of Lok Sabha ★ Who has become the new chair-
★ ‘Gita Rahasya’ was written by man of the State Bank of India ?
can be extended by an Act of Lokmanya Tilak during his
Parliament itself during Emer- —Rajnish Kumar
imprisonment in
gency for a period upto ★ Who is the chairman of a task
—Mandalay Jail
—One year at a time ★ ‘Ghadar’ newspaper was force on ‘Public Credit Registry
★ The Council of Ministers has no published from for India’ formed by RBI ?
option but to resign if it loses the —San Francisco (USA) —Y.M. Deosthalee
confidence of ★ What is India’s rank on the 2017
—The Lok Sabha History and Culture Global Hunger Index ?
★ The members of the Constituent of India —100th rank
Assembly were elected ★ What is India’s rank on the
—Indirectly by the Provincial ★ Who was the author of the Global Passport Power Rank-
Assemblies Prayaga Prasasti ? —Harisena 2017 ? —75th rank

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★ What is India’s rank on the ★ The Indian state leading in coffee
World Bank’s Ease of Doing Science & Technology production is
Business Index-2018 ? —Karnataka
—100th rank ★ Bifocal lens can be used as a ★ World Milk Day is observed on
★ The payment of foreign trade is remedy of —Presbyopia —June 1
related with ★ Which noble gas is used in ★ Hard varieties of wheat are
—Balance of Payment airport landing lights and in light richer in —Gluten
★ Which Bank is the latest entry in houses ? —Krypton
★ Short duration crops are mainly
RBI’s ‘Too Big to Fail Lenders ★ Colour vision in human eyes is suitable for
List’ ? the function of photoreceptor
—Dry farming
—HDFC Bank cells named —Cone cells
★ ‘Chicks’, ‘Coorgs’ and ‘Margo-
★ The first credit Information Com- ★ Rutherford’s alpha-particle scat- gipes’ are major varieties of
pany in India was tering experiment was responsi-
ble for the discovery of —Coffee
—CIBIL
★ ‘International Day of Coope- —Proton
Environment,
ratives’ is observed on ★ ‘Sleeping sickness’ is a parasitic
—July 7 disease of humans and other
Biodiversity, Climate
★ ‘UDAY Yojana’ is associated animals. It is caused by
Change and Calamities
with —Trypano soma
★ The term ‘brown air’ is used for
—‘Energy Distribution’ ★ Dengue causes high fever, rashes —Industrial smog
and reduces the number of a
Geography particular type of blood cells. ★ Organisation related to ‘Red
(India and the World) Those blood cells are Data Book’ or ‘Red List’ is
—Platelets —I.U.C.N.
★ Pamban is an island situated ★ Radon is —an inert gas ★ Which plant is referred to as the
between ‘pollution indicator’ ?
★ The phenomenon of radioactivity
—India and Sri Lanka —Lichen
was discovered by
★ The equatorial forests in the
—Henri Becquerel ★ ‘Centre for Marine Living
Amazon basin are also known as Resources and Ecology’ is
—Selvas ★ The main thinking part of the
located in —Kochi
brain is —Forebrain
★ Which kinds of rocks are also ★ World Wetlands Day is observed
known as ‘primary rocks’ ? ★ The bond which is present
on —February 2
between water molecules is
—Igneous rocks ★ Who is the first special envoy of
—Covalent bond
★ The lines joining equal depths in the UN for the oceans ?
oceans are called —Peter Thomson
—Isobath Agriculture
★ Where is the headquarters of the
★ Antilles current and Carribean International Union for Con-
current are two branches of the ★ Saline or alkaline soil is also servation of Nature (IUCN)
oceanic current named known as —Chopan located ?
—North equatorial current ★ Sabarmati, Taichung Native, —Gland (Switzerland)
★ Which current mainly helps in Hansa are the high yielding
★ Who is the author of the book
the formation of the Sargasso varieties of —Rice
‘Evolution of Climate’ ?
sea ? ★ Winter temperature between —C.E.P. Broeks
—Antilles current 10°C to 15°C and the summer
★ Who is the author of the book
★ The ‘Great Indian Desert’ is in temperature between 21°C to
the rain shadow area of ‘Climate and Evolution’ ?
25°C with rainless days and
—The Bay of Bengal Current bright sunshine are the ideal —W.D. Mathew
★ ‘Talcher’ is the famous coal field conditions for the cultivation of ★ The ‘Great Barrier Reef’ is
of —Odisha located in —Pacific Ocean
—Wheat
★ Banihal Pass connects Srinagar ★ More than 80 per cent area of the
with rubber plantation is concentrated Communication
—Jammu in India in —Kerala
★ Sunderban Delta is formed by ★ Sugarcane is one of the impor- ★ When signs are organized into
the rivers tant cash crops in India. It is systems, they will become
—Ganga and Brahmaputra grown to obtain —Sucrose —Codes

PD/January/2018/115 “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

★ No new information is available ★ Sensitive period pertaining to ★ What is the national game of
in language development is China ?
—Phatic communication —Early childhood period —Table Tennis
★ An informal type of discourse ★ According to Lev Vygotsky, the ★ Which Tennis Grand Slam
that does not cover any func- primary cause of cognitive deve- Tournament is played on
tional topics of conversation or lopment is ‘Flushing Meadows’ ?
any transactions that need to be —Social interaction —US Open
addressed is referred to as ★ According to Jean Piaget, which ★ FIFA Football World Cup is
—Phatic communication is necessary for learning
scheduled to be organized in
★ In communication, social mean- —Active exploration of the 2018 in
ings are part of environment by the teacher
—Russia
—Interpretation ★ In a progressive classroom set-
★ Which Indian Cricketer is popu-
★ Jacobson’s Model of Communi- up, the teacher facilitates learn-
larly known as ‘Haryana
cation has constituent factors ing by providing an environment Hurricane’ ?
numbering —Six that
—Kapil Dev
★ When codes shape collective —Promotes discovery
perceptions, they are termed ★ ‘Theory of multiple intelligence’
—Ideological codes was proposed by Miscellany
★ In communication research, the —Howard Gardner
chi-square statistic is also ★ According to National Curri- ★ Who became the new Director-
referred to as —Crosstabs culum Framework, 2005, the role General of UNESCO ?
★ In analog mass communication, of a teacher has to be —Audrey Azoulay of France
contents are linear and —Facilitative ★ World Day of Social Justice is
—Static ★ A teacher can enhance effective observed on
★ When codes govern signs and learning in his elementary class- —February 20
when assembled together, they room by ★ Name the winner of the 2017
become —Texts
—Connecting the content to the Nobel Peace Prize
★ Who has identified four types lives of the students —The International Campaign to
of grapevine channels ‘Single Abolish Nuclear Weapons
strand’, ‘Gossip’, ‘Probability’ (ICAN)
‘Cluster’ in an organisation ? Sports and Games
★ The Coalition Years : 1996-2012 is
—Keith Davis
a book written by
★ Which team emerged champion
of the FIFA Under-17 Football —Former President of India
Education and Child Pranab Mukherjee
World Cup-2017 ? —England
Psychology ★ ‘Chong’, ‘Khaiva’ and ‘Nuralim’
★ The Salt Lake Stadium where the
are forms of folk dances of
final of the FIFA U-17 World
★ The most effective method to —Nagaland
Cup-2017 organized, is located in
encourage conceptual develop-
ment in students is —Kolkata ★ ‘Pannalal Ghosh’, ‘Hari Prasad
★ Which team won the Asia Cup Chaurasia’ and B. Kunjamani are
—Give students multiple examples
Hockey (Men’s) Title-2017 ? famous exponents of —Flute
and encourage them to use
reasoning —India ★ ‘Binary language’ consists of
★ Primary how many digits ? —2
school children will ★ Who emerged champion of the
learn most effectively in an 2017 Formula One Champion- ★ ‘Major’ in the Indian Army is
atmosphere ship equivalent to the rank of
—where there emotional needs are —Mercedes’ driver Lewis —Squadron Leader in the Indian
met and they feel that they are Hamilton Air Force
valued ★ The headquarters of the World
★ ‘Max Verstappen’, ‘Daniel
★ Individualized learning is a Ricciardo’ and ‘Valtteri Bottas’ Intellectual Property Organisa-
method of teaching in which are famous sportspersons of tion (WIPO) is located in
content, instructional technology, —Formula One Race —Geneva
and pace of learning are based ★ ‘Deuce’, ‘Smash’, ‘Chip Shot’, ★ ‘Kyodo’ is the news agency of
upon ‘Love’ etc. are terms associated
—Japan
—the abilities and interest of with the game of
each other P.Darpan
—Lawn Tennis

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 Important Concepts in News
ART AND CULTURE for any crop to enrich the soil and is over 90 per cent carbon and emits 5
also increase the greenery in the to 10 per cent more carbon dioxide
Aikido plants and crops. First application (CO2) than coal on a per-unit-of-
within one week from the date of energy basis when it is burned. As
The Japanese martial art of
harvest: or within one week from petcoke has a higher energy content,
Aikido is a comprehensive system of
sowing the crop. This application has petcoke emits between 30 and 80 per
throwing, joint-locking, striking and
to be applied in wet soil. The next cent more CO2 than coal per unit of
pinning techniques, coupled with
application is required by watching weight.
training in traditional Japanese
the crop towards the greenery and it Furnace Oil and Pet Coke are
weapons such as the sword, staff and
can be applied whenever the greenery used by cement factories, dyeing
knife. Founded by Morihei Ueshiba
is less in the plants/crops. This is units, paper mills, brick kilns and
early in the twentieth century
produced from Cow Dung, Cow ceramics manufacturers. Furnace oil
following his own extensive study of
Urine, Jagerry and pulses. The nitro- has 15,000- 23,000 ppm sulphur and
various armed and unarmed martial
gen requirement of the soil will be Petcoke 69,000-74,000 ppm sulphur.
systems, Aikido represents a potent
enriched. Jeevamrutham mixed with They emit sulphur oxide and nitro-
distillation of centuries of Japanese
micro organisms, when it is applied gen oxide, which form particulate
martial knowledge. It is one of the
in soil, it slowly dissolves in soil and matter, tiny particles that can pene-
most widely practiced budo, or
releases micro organisms. trate deep into the lungs.
martial way, in the world.
Bommala Koluvu The Environmental Planning The Supreme Court on October
& Coordination Organisation 24, 2017 asked three states(Rajasthan,
Bommala Koluvu is a doll and Haryana and Uttar Pradesh) to ban
(EPCO)
figurine display festival celebrated two cheap but highly polluting
during the festival of Navratri in The Environmental Planning & industrial fuels Furnace Oil and Pet
Southern India. It is customary in the Coordination Organisation (EPCO) Coke.
states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, was established by the Housing and
Andhra Pradesh. Environment Department of the SCIENCE AND
Dasara in south India is synony- Government of Madhya Pradesh in TECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS
mous with ‘Bommala Koluvu,’ the 1981 and presently under the Urban
arrangement of idols and dolls in the Development and Environment Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate
form of step-like horizontal arrays. Department of the Government of (PETN)
It’s not just about the deities from the Madhya Pradesh. Its foundation
Hindu pantheon, but the ‘Bommala stone was laid by Smt. Indira Gandhi, Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, or
Koluvu’ thematically represents in the 50 acre ‘Paryavaran Parisar’. PETN, is a highly explosive organic
social events such as marriage, village Over the years, EPCO has steadily compound belonging to the same
shandy, public gathering etc. grown to become the State’s premier chemical family as nitroglycerin and
organization in the field of environ- nitrocellulose. It is a sensitive com-
Tillana ment related matters. It has worked pound and is easily detonated by an
A Tillana or thillana is a rhythmic closely with the State Government on appropriate mechanical shock and is
piece in Carnatic music that is various projects; yet it has established one of the most powerful explosive
generally performed at the end of a its own identity as an autonomous
materials known.
concert and widely used in classical organization. It is a think-tank for
Indian dance performances. A Tillana environmental matters, but is also PETN was first prepared and
uses tala-like phrases in the pallavi project oriented. patented in 1894 by the explosives
and anupallavi, and lyrics in the manufacturer Rheinisch-Westfalische
Furnace Oil and Pet Coke Sprengstoff in Germany. It was intro-
charanam. Some have theorized that
it is based on the Hindustani tarana. Furnace oil is a dark viscous duced as a commercial explosive after
residual fuel obtained by blending World War I.
ENVIRONMENT AND mainly heavier components from The deadly explosive is valued in
POLLUTION crude distillation unit, short residue both military and civilian applica-
and clarified oil from fluidized tions for its shattering force and
Jeevamrutam catalytic cracker unit. efficiency. Mixed with the extremely
Jeevamrutham is an organic Pet coke is a final carbon-rich powerful compound RDX in an
input for agriculture. This is used solid material that is derived from oil appropriate solvent, PETN forms a
instead of DAP and Urea which are refining, and is one type of the group plastic explosive mixture known as
chemical inputs. This can be applied of fuels referred to as cokes. Petcoke Semtex. PETN is a valued weapon in

PD/January/2018/117 “Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.”