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The correct answer is 35 years.

• Article 58 of the Constitution sets the principal qualifications to eligibility for President of India.
• The current President of India is Honourable Droupadi Murmu.
• The Term of a President is of 5 years.

Agriculture and allied activities provide the highest employment in the Indian economy.

Important Points

• In India, Agriculture employs 50%-60% of the population.
• Agriculture is included in the primary sector.
• It creates employment for most of the Indian population because despite employing the majority of the workforce, the agricultural region's extremely low GDP contribution is caused by its low productivity. As a result, even a large group of workers is unable to achieve an extremely high level of farm output that would add to GDP.

Additional Information

• The eight-core sectors of the Indian economy are:
• Electricity
• Steel
• Refinery products
• Crude oil
• Coal
• Cement
• Natural gas
• Fertilizers
• All the workers in these divisions can be grouped into three major sectors for the sake of simplicity:
• the primary sector, which includes divisions (1) and (2)
• the secondary sector, which includes divisions (3), (4), and (5); and
• the service sector, which includes divisions (6), (7), and (8).
• Only 24% of the workers are employed in the secondary industry.
• About 31% of workers work in the service industry.

The correct answer is ​Purnima of Magha month.

• Baneshwar Fair:
• The biggest tribal fair is held at Baneshwar at the confluence of Mahi, Som and Jhakham, which are believed to be holy rivers of the region.
• A number of tribals from Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan gather to immerse the mortal remains of the dead.
• They worship, sing and dance on Magh Purnima, sometime in the month of February, which is considered to be a holy period in this region.
• It starts in Magh Shukla Gyaras and Magh Krishna Panchami (the peak period of this fair is Magh Purnima).

Additional Information

The correct answer is Gujarat.

Key Points

• Somnath is a magnificent temple situated in Sagar Kant of Saurashtra in Gujarat state.
• One of the 12 holy Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva is in Jyotirlinga here in Somnath. It is also mentioned in Rigveda.
• In 649 AD, King Maitre of Vallabhini built a second temple in place of the temple and renovated it. In 725, the old ruler of Sindh took his army and attacked the temple and destroyed the temple.
• Pratishtha King Nag Bhatt II constructed the temple for the third time in 815 using a red stone (sandstone).
• In 1026, Mahmud Ghazni looted the precious jewels and property of Somnath temple.
• During 1026-1042 Solanki Raja Bhimdev built the fourth temple of Bhoj and Anhilwad Patan, Parmar King of Malwa. In **1706, Mughal ruler Aurangzeb again demolished the temple.**​

Additional Information

     Famous temples

• Karnataka- Virupaksha Temple and Vitthala Temple at Hampi, Gomateshwara Temple at Shravanbela Gola (Rural).
• Madhya Pradesh-SanchiStupa at Raisen, Khajuraho Temple at Khajuraho, Mahakaleshwar at Ujjain, Omkareshwar temple at Khandwa.
• Maharashtra- ShirdiSai Baba Temple at Shirdi, Siddivinayak Temple at Mumbai.

NABARD(National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) was established in 1982.

• It is an Apex Financial Institution for Growth in India.
• It was formed to enforce the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act 1981 on 12 July 1982 on the recommendations of the B.Sivaramman Committee, (by Parliament Act 61, 1981).
• It is the India's Agriculture and Rural Development Specialized Bank.
• The headquarters is situated in Mumbai.

• Munshi Premchand was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindi-Urdu literature.
• Godan is a Hindi novel by Munshi Premchand, translated into English as The Gift of a Cow.
• It was first published in 1936 and is considered one of the greatest Hindi novels of modern Indian literature
• The real name of Munshi Premchand was - 

Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava.

The correct answer is 1784

Key Points:

• ​Pitt's India act of 1784 was passed to separate the commercial and political functions of the Company.
• Pitt’s India act of 1784 created a new body named the Board of control which manages the political affairs.
• Commercial affairs were managed by the Court of Directors.
• By this act, the British government was given supreme control over the company's affairs and its administration in India.
• The governor general council's strength was reduced to 3 members. One of the 3 would be Commander in chief of the British Crown's army in India.
• The Governor-General was given the right of veto.
• The Presidencies of Madras and Bombay became subordinate to the Bengal presidency
• Calcutta became the capital of British India till 1911.

The correct answer is option 3.

In News

• BUDGET 2023-24: Finance minister announced the MISHTI initiative.

Key PointsMISHTI:

• The MISHTI**, 'Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes**,' comes after India joined the Mangrove Alliance for Climate launched during the 27^th Conference of Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Egypt in November 2022.
• Building on India’s success in afforestation, Finance Minister announced that ‘MISHTI’ will be taken up for mangrove plantation along the coastline and on salt pan lands, wherever feasible, through convergence between MGNREGS, CAMPA Fund and other sources. Hence option 3 is correct.
• In India, the total mangrove cover is 4,992 square kilometres, according to the 2021 Forest Survey Report (FSR).
• The country lost 40 per cent of its mangrove cover during the last century.
• Kerala, for instance, lost 95 per cent of its mangroves in the last three decades.
• This decline has been attributed to the conversion of the habitat to agriculture, aquaculture, tourism and urban development.

The correct answer is 4.

• The Indian Railways is ranked 4^th among the world's largest railways.

Key Points

• Indian Railways:
• Indian Railway Board was established in March 1905.
• Indian Railway was nationalised in 1951.
• Railways have been divided into 18^th zones.
• Southern Coast Railway was the 18^th zone.
• The first Indian railway line in India was operated for public traffic in 1853 between Mumbai and Thane over a distance of 34 km.
• Ashwini Vaishnaw is the current Minister of Railways. (As per Jan 2022)
• The first electric train ran in India with the inauguration of services between Bombay VT and Kurla Harbour on 3^rd Feb 1925 on ex-GIP Railway system.
• It is ranked 4^th among the world's largest railways.

The answer is Bangladesh.

Key Points

• The 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup will be hosted by Bangladesh.
• The tournament is scheduled to take place between September and October 2024.
• This will be the second time that Bangladesh has hosted the ICC Women's T20 World Cup, having previously done so in 2014.

Mistake Points

• The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 will be played in the West Indies and USA from 1-29 June 2024.

Additional Information 

• The ICC Women's T20 World Cup is an international championship of Twenty20 International cricket for women.
• It is organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the governing body of international cricket.
• The inaugural tournament took place in England in 2009, coinciding with the men's T20 World Cup.
• The tournament was initially held every two years, but from 2020 onwards, it is held every year except for the years when the Women's Cricket World Cup (50-over format) is scheduled.
• The format of the tournament usually involves a round-robin group stage followed by knockout stages, leading to a final match to determine the world champion.
• Australia has been the most successful team in the tournament's history, with multiple championship titles to their name.
• The ICC Women's T20 World Cup is a major global event in women's cricket and plays a significant role in promoting and developing women's cricket worldwide.
• It provides an international platform for female cricketers and has substantially increased the visibility and popularity of women's cricket.