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The correct answer is 74.04%.

Key Points

• Census 2011
• It was the 15^th Census of India and the 7^th Census of Independent India.
• Census 2011 Commissioner: C. Chandramouli
• Slogan: Our Census, Our Future
• No. of districts: 640
• No. of towns: 7933
• No.of villages: 640930
• The total population of India as per the Census 2011 is 1210.19 million of which 623.7 million were males and 586.46 million were females.
• Sex Ratio: 940 Females/1000 Males
• Child Sex Ratio: 919( Rural- 923, Urban- 905)
• The density of Population: 382 Person/Km2
• Literacy Rate: 74.04% of the total population( males: 82.14% and females: 65.46%)
• Population Growth Rate during the decade: 17.7%

The correct answer is Rutherford.

Key Points

• Proton
• Protons are positively charged particles that are present in the nucleus of an atom.
• Mass of Proton: 1.673 x 10^-27 kg
• Charge on a Proton: +1.602 x 10^-19 C
• Rutherford
• He is known as the father of nuclear physics.
• He discovered Proton in which he proved that the nucleus of the hydrogen atom is present in the nuclei of all other atoms in the year 1917.
• He is also known for the discovery of alpha and beta radioactivity, discovery of the atomic nuclei.
• He was awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1908).

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The correct answer is 9 - 3 - 1934.

Key Points

• Harijan, which means Hari Ka Jan, the man of God, was given by Gandhi Ji in 1933 to Dalit and all other depressed classes after Puna Pact.
• Gandhi Ji decided for an untouchable prevention movement, he was always against untouchability.
• In 1933 he started a movement against it.
• He started traveling all over India from Wardha Ashram to fight against untouchability and for a social demand of socioeconomic and political support to Dalits by fellow Indians and the Government.
• His movement was known as Harijan Yatra which was a long journey that takes 9 months.
• In connection with Harijan upliftment work, Mahatma Gandhi visited Hyderabad on 9 March 1934.

Additional Information

• Mahatma Gandhi
• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist.
• He was known as the Father of the Nation and commonly called Bapu.
• His birthday on 2 October is commemorated in India as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday.
• He was a prolific writer. One of Gandhi's publications Hind Swaraj published in Gujrati in 1909.
• He was the leader of various movements (Satyagraha, Champaran Movement, Kheda Movement, Quit India Movement).

The correct answer is Hyderabad.

Key Points

• International Kuchipudi Dance Festival
• International Kuchipudi Dance Festival is an event that took place between 26 May 2012 and 27 May 2012 in Hyderabad.
• Kuchipudi
• It is one of the eight major Indian classical dances.
• It originated in a village named Kuchipudi in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
• Kuchipudi is a dance-drama performance, with its roots in the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text of Natya Shastra.

The correct answer is 6,40,930.

Key Points 

• Census 2011
• It was the 15^th Census of India and the 7^th Census of Independent India.
• Census 2011 Commissioner: C. Chandramouli
• Slogan: Our Census, Our Future
• No. of districts: 640
• No. of towns: 7933
• No.of villages: 640930
• The total population of India as per the Census 2011 is 1210.19 million of which 623.7 million were males and 586.46 million were females.
• Sex Ratio: 940 Females/1000 Males
• Child Sex Ratio: 919( Rural- 923, Urban- 905)
• The density of Population: 382 Person/Km2
• Literacy Rate: 74.04% of the total population( males: 82.14% and females: 65.46%)
• Population Growth Rate during the decade: 17.7%

The correct answer is 24.

Key Points

• Caratage is the measurement of the purity of gold alloyed with other metals.
• 24 Carat is pure gold with no other metals.
• Lower caratages contain less gold; 18-carat gold contains 75% gold and 25% other metals, often copper or silver.
• Gold
• It is a soft, yellow-colored lustrous metal.
• Its atomic number is 79 and its mass number is 197.
• It occurs in nature in free element( native) form or in alluvial deposits or in the form of ores.

The correct answer is Nitrous Oxide.

Key Points

• Nitrous Oxide
• It is a colorless gas with the formula N₂O.
• It is also called laughing gas because its inhalation produces excessive laughter.
• It is used as anesthesia in surgical operations, dental surgery, etc.
• It is 300 times more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

Additional Information

• Nitrogen Pentoxide
• It is the anhydride form of nitric acid.
• It is an unstable and mildly explosive chemical of no current commercial value.
• It is used as a robust oxidizer in high fuel rockets.
• Nitrogen
• It was discovered by D Rutherford in 1722.
• Its atomic number is 7 and its mass number is 14.
• Nitrogen comprises 78% by volume of the atmosphere.
• Nitric Oxide
• It is a colorless gas with the formula NO.
• It is one of the principal oxides of nitrogen.

The correct answer is Alfred Nobel.

Key Points

• Dynamite
• It is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents, and stabilizers.
• It was invented by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel.
• It rapidly gained wide-scale use as a more powerful alternative to black powder.
• It is mainly used in the mining, quarrying, construction, and demolition industries.
• Alfred Nobel
• He was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist.
• He held 355 different patents, dynamite being the most famous.
• He set aside a bulk of his estate to establish the Nobel Prizes to honor men and women for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and for working toward peace.

The correct answer is 1938.

Key Points

• Hyderabad State Congress
• It was a political party in the princely state of Hyderabad.
• It was formed in 1938.
• It opposed the autocratic rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad and the militancy of the Razakars.
• It sought civil rights, representative democracy, and the union of Hyderabad with the Republic of India.
• The Hyderabad State Congress began actively campaigning for the state of Hyderabad to join the Union of India upon independence, which the Nizam was resisting.
• The State Congress called for 7 August 1947 to be observed as "Join Indian Union" Day.

The correct answer is 940.

Key Points

• Census 2011
• It was the 15^th Census of India and the 7^th Census of Independent India.
• Census 2011 Commissioner: C. Chandramouli
• Slogan: Our Census, Our Future
• No. of districts: 640
• No. of towns: 7933
• No.of villages: 640930
• The total population of India as per the Census 2011 is 1210.19 million of which 623.7 million were males and 586.46 million were females.
• Sex Ratio: 940 Females/1000 Males
• Child Sex Ratio: 919( Rural- 923, Urban- 905)
• The density of Population: 382 Person/Km2
• Literacy Rate: 74.04% of the total population( males: 82.14% and females: 65.46%)
• Population Growth Rate during the decade: 17.7%