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The Correct Answer is Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).

In News

• Cricket retained, MMA to debut at Asian Games 2026.

Key Points

• Cricket is retained for the Asian Games 2026.
• Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) will debut at the 2026 Asian Games.
• The 2026 Asian Games will be held in Aichi and Nagoya, Japan.
• Dates: September 19 to October 4, 2026.
• Cricket first appeared in the Asian Games in Guangzhou 2010.
• It was also played in Incheon 2014, but those matches had no international status.
• At the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, cricket matches were given international status by the ICC.
• 2026 will mark the fourth appearance of cricket in the Asian Games.

The Correct Answer is Celebrating V.V. Kumar @ 90.

In News

• A trip down memory lane: Celebrating V.V. Kumar @ 90.

Key Points

• Former Indian leg-spinner V.V. Kumar was honoured in Chennai on his 90^th birthday.
• A book titled “Celebrating V.V. Kumar @ 90” was released to mark the occasion.
• The book includes articles by former cricketers and eminent personalities.
• The book was released by C.D. Gopinath, the only surviving member of India’s first Test win (1952 vs England).
• V.V. Kumar is known for taking 5 wickets on debut and had a short but impactful Test career.

The correct answer is 1949.

• Bihar Institute of Technology was established in Sindri in 1949.

Key Points

• It was established as College of Mechanical and electrical engineering in 1949 at Patna but after 1 year it was shifted to Sindri on 17^th November 1950.
• After the partition of Bihar and Jharkhand, the Bihar Institute of Technology was renamed as Birsa Institute of Technology but soon decided to be referred to only as BIT Sindri.
• The institute is managed administratively by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of Ranchi.
• Some other technical institutes in Jharkhand are the Indian School of Mines established in 1926 recognized as IIT in 2016 and the National Institute of Technology (NIT) established In 1960.
• There is not a single institute in India comparable to the University of Oxford (No 1 in 2016), California Institute of Technology (No 2 in 2016).

The Correct answer is To uphold and protect the harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India.

Key Points

• The 42^nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1976 added the Fundamental Duties to the Indian Constitution.
• It aimed to emphasize the responsibilities of citizens in addition to their rights.
• The Fundamental Duties are enshrined in Article 51A of the Indian Constitution.
• The duty “To uphold and protect the harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India” is one of the duties included to promote unity and integrity among citizens.
• This duty emphasizes the importance of fostering a sense of national integration and communal harmony.

 Additional Information

• To work for the country
• This option is not a specific Fundamental Duty listed in the Indian Constitution.
• Amend the Constitution and its ideals
• Amending the Constitution is a power vested in the Parliament, not a Fundamental Duty of citizens.
• To safeguard private property
• Protecting private property is not explicitly mentioned as a Fundamental Duty in the Constitution.

The correct answer is the French Constitution

Key Points

• The Republic feature of the Indian Constitution was borrowed from the French Constitution:
• The ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity in the Indian Constitution's Preamble are from the French Constitution.
• These ideals emerged during the French Revolution.
• Democratic principles
• The Indian Constitution's emphasis on democratic principles, republicanism, and the sovereignty of the people can be traced back to the French Constitution.

Additional Information

• The Indian Constitution has also borrowed features from other countries, including:
• South African Constitution:
• The procedure for amending the Constitution and the election of members of Rajya Sabha
• Japanese Constitution:
• The procedure established by law
• Australian Constitution:
• The concurrent list, freedom of trade, commerce, and intercourse, and joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament
• Canadian Constitution:
• Federation with a strong center, vesting of residuary powers in the center, the appointment of state governors by the center, and advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
• Irish Constitution:
• The Directive Principles of State Policy, nomination of members to Rajya Sabha, and the method of election of the president
• Weimar Constitution of Germany:
• The suspension of fundamental rights during emergencies

The Correct Answer is Sonbhadra.

In News

• Salkhan Fossils Park makes it to UNESCO’s tentative list of World Heritage Sites.

Key Points

• Salkhan Fossils Park, in Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh), is now on UNESCO’s tentative World Heritage list.
• Location: Near Salkhan village, ~15 km from Robertsganj.
• It’s one of the oldest fossil sites in the world.
• A key step: Signing of MoU (June 26, 2024) between:
• UP Eco-Tourism Development Board
• Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow
• The institute’s studies confirmed the presence of:
• 1.4 billion-year-old stromatolites
• Algae fossils — some of the earliest known evidence of life on Earth
• These findings played a crucial role in the UNESCO nomination.

The correct answer is Anemometer.

Key Points

• The anemometer was invented by Italian architect and author Leon Battista Alberti in the year 1450.
• Anemometers are used to measure wind speed and direction.
• The term "anemometer" is derived from the Greek word "anemos," which means wind.
• Anemometers are essential tools in meteorology and are commonly used in weather stations, airports, and on ships.

Additional Information

• Transmissometer
• A transmissometer is an instrument used to measure the extinction coefficient (the loss of light intensity due to scattering and absorption) in the atmosphere.
• It is commonly used to determine visibility in meteorology and oceanography.
• Dropsonde
• A dropsonde is a weather reconnaissance device that is dropped from an aircraft to measure atmospheric conditions as it falls to the ground.
• It is equipped with sensors to measure temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind speed and direction.
• Ceiling Projector
• A ceiling projector is an optical device used in meteorology to measure the height of the cloud base above the ground.
• It projects a beam of light onto the clouds, and the height is determined by measuring the angle of the beam reflection.

The correct answer is Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Urvak Pariyojana

In News 

• The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers has announced that it has been decided to implement One Nation One Fertiliser by introducing a “Single Brand for Fertilisers and Logo” under the fertiliser subsidy scheme named “Pradhanmantri Bhartiya Jan Urvarak Pariyojna”.

Key Points

• Under the One Nation One Fertiliser (ONOF) Scheme, companies are allowed to display their name, brand, logo and other relevant product information only on one-third space of their bags.
• On the remaining two-thirds space, the “Bharat” brand and Pradhanmantri Bharatiya Jan Urvarak Pariyojana logo will have to be shown.
• The single brand name for UREA, Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP), Muriate of potash (MOP) and Nitrogen Phosphorus Potassium(NPK) etc. would be BHARAT UREA, BHARAT DAP, BHARAT MOP and BHARAT NPK etc. respectively for all Fertiliser Companies, State Trading Entities (STEs) and Fertiliser Marketing Entities (FMEs).
• This scheme applies to both public & private sector companies.
• It will bring about uniformity in fertiliser brands across the country

The correct answer is 2015.

Key Points100 Smart Cities Mission:

• It was launched on 25 June 2015. Hence statement 2 is correct.
• Smart Cities Mission envisions developing an area within 100 cities in the country as model areas based on an area development plan.
• Each city is to create a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), headed by a full-time CEO, to implement the Smart Cities Mission.
• The Centre and state governments will provide funding to the company, as equal contributions.
• The company has to raise additional funds from the financial market as debt or equity.
• The selection of cities is done in two stages.
• In the first, 100 smart cities were distributed among the states and UTs on the basis of equitable criteria.
• In the second stage, each potential city had prepared its Smart City Proposals, which contained the model chosen (retrofitting or redevelopment or greenfield development or a mix thereof) and additionally include a pan-city dimension.

The correct answer is The working class went on strike in many towns and cities.

• Non-cooperation Movement was conducted from September 1920 to February 1922. It was initiated by Gandhi after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
• People started protesting with Non-Ahimsa and at the same time boycotted British goods.
• After the Chauri-Chaura incident, Gandhi withdrew the movement.
• The Khilafat Movement was essentially a movement to express Muslim support for the Caliph of Turkey against the allied powers particularly Britain.
• The Muslims were especially upset about the future of the Islamic places of worship after the allied powers had partitioned the Turkish Empire.
• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Dr. M.A. Ansari and the Ali brothers were the prominent leaders of the movement.
• Gandhiji supported the Khilafat movement to unite Hindu and the Muslims.
• By the mid-1920s, the Khilafat leaders joined hands with Gandhi's Non-Cooperation Movement.
• In both the movements the working class went on strike in many towns and cities.