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The correct answer is 1942.

Key Points

• Quit India Movement
• On 8^th August 1942, Mahatma Gandhi gave a clarion call to end British rule and launched the Quit India Movement at the session of the All-India Congress Committee in Mumbai.
• Gandhiji gave the call “Do or Die” in his speech delivered at the Gowalia Tank Maidan, now popularly known as August Kranti Maidan.
• Aruna Asaf Ali popularly known as the 'Grand Old Lady' of the Independence Movement is known for hoisting the Indian flag at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Mumbai during the Quit India Movement.
• The slogan ‘Quit India’ was coined by Yusuf Meherally.
• Meherally had also coined the slogan “Simon Go Back”.

Additional Information

• On 10^th August 1940 – August Offer was announced by Lord Linlithgow viceroy to get the support of Indians in the Second World War.
• On 11^th March 1942 Prime Minister Win still Churchill announced sending a mission under the chairmanship of Sir Stafford Cripps to find out the solution of constitutional deadlock and problems of Indians.
• With the failure of the Cripps Mission, the Quit India movement was started in 1942 by the Indian leaders, and the resolution of Quit India was drafted by Gandhi Ji. Gandhi Ji gave a call for Do or Die.
• In 1942 - Indian National Army was founded by Captain Mohan Singh and Niranjan Gill in Singapore. S. C Bose took over its command of 2^nd headquarters in Singapore and Rangoon.
• On 21^st October 1943 – Azad Hind Government was set up in Singapore under S.C Bose. There was a women regiment known as Rani Jhansi.
• In 1945, the Second World War was ended.
• In 1945 – Shimla Conference or Wavell Plan was proposed by Lord Wavell to solve the political deadlock.
• In 1946, Cabinet Mission Plan was announced by PM Clement Attlee.
• On 2^nd September 1946 - The interim Government was set up under J.L Nehru.
• In March 1947 – Lord Mountbatten was sent to India with an aim to find a way to transfer power. Also known as Plan Balkan.
• On 3^rd June Independence of India Act, 1947 was passed by which powers were transferred to two Dominion States India and Pakistan.

The correct answer is Madan Mohan Malviya.

Key Points

• Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya
• He Born on 25^th December 1861, in Allahabad (now Prayagraj) in Uttar Pradesh, Malviya played a key role in the Indian independence struggle against British rule.
• He founded the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in 1916. Hence, Option 2 is correct.
• He was given the title of ‘Mahamana’ by Rabindranath Tagore and the second President of India, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan gave him the status of a ‘Karmayogi’.
• Devnagri was introduced in the British-Indian courts because of Malviya’s efforts with the British government.
• He helped establish the Hindu Mahasabha (“Great Society of Hindus”) in 1906, which brought diverse local Hindu nationalist movements together.
• Malaviya’s consciousness toward the public led to the launch of his Hindi-language weekly, the Abhyudaya (1907); the Leader of Allahabad, an English-language daily (1909); and the Hindi monthly the Maryada (1910).
• He died on 12^th November 1946, at the age of 84.
• In 2014, he was posthumously conferred with Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award.

Additional Information

• Lala Lajpat Rai
• He was an Indian independence activist.
• He played a pivotal role in the Indian Independence movement.
• He was popularly known as Punjab Kesari.
• He was one of the three members of the Lal Bal Pal triumvirate.
• Subhas Chandra Bose
• He was an Indian nationalist whose defiant patriotism made him a hero in India, but whose attempt during World War II to rid India of British rule with the help of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan left a troubled legacy.
• Marco Polo
• He was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who traveled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.

The correct answer is Maulana Azad.

Key Points

• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
• He was originally named Muhiyuddin Ahmad, was born on 11^th November 1888 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
• Maulana Azad was a brilliant debater, as indicated by his name - “Abul Kalam” which means “Lord of Dialogues”.
• He was a proponent of Hindu Muslim unity, opposed to Partition. In 1912, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started a weekly journal in Urdu called Al-Hilal which played an important role in forging Hindu-Muslim unity after the bad blood created between the two communities in the aftermath of Morley-Minto reforms.
• The government regarded Al- Hilal as a propagator of secessionist views and banned it in 1914.
• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad supported the Non-Cooperation Movement started by Gandhiji and entered Indian National Congress in 1920.
• In 1923, he was elected as the president of the Indian National Congress. He again became the president of Congress in 1940 and remained in the post till 1946.
• In the field of education, Maulana Azad had been an uncompromising exponent of universalism, a truly liberal and humanitarian educational system.
• Azad’s ideal was a fusion of the Eastern and Western concepts of man, to create a fully integrated personality. Whereas the Eastern concept dwelt on spiritual excellence and individual salvation, the Western concept laid stress on worldly achievements and social progress.
• His Works: Basic Concept of Quran, Ghubar-eKhatir, Dars-e-Wafa, India Wins Freedom, etc. Hence, Option 1 is correct.
• In 1947, he became the first education minister of free India and remained at this post till his death in 1958. In his tenure, he did tremendous work for the uplift of the country. Following are some of them:
• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was posthumously awarded India's highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna in 1992.

Additional Information

• Important Books list
• Hind Swaraj’ by Mahatma Gandhi
• Why I am an Atheist’ by Bhagat Singh
• Gitanjali’ by Rabindranath Tagore
• The Golden Threshold’ by Sarojini Naidu
• ‘India Divided’ by Rajendra Prasad
• ​‘The Discovery of India’ by Jawaharlal Nehru
• Unhappy India by Lala Lajpat Rai
• ​‘Annihilation of Caste by BR Ambedkar​

The correct answer is April 1.

Key Points

• Indian Financial Year
• In India, this 1 year period starts from 1^st April and ends on 31^st March. Hence, Option 2 is correct.
• This period in which the income is earned is known as the Financial Year or Fiscal Year.
• The income tax returns are filed and taxes for a company are usually paid in the next year after the end of the Financial Year.
• This next year in which the income is assessed to tax is called the Assessment Year.
• So in case, the accounts are being prepared for the year starting 1^st April 2013 and ending on 31^st March 2014, this period would be called Financial Year 2013-14.
• And this income would be assessed to tax in the next year and this period would be called Assessment Year 2014-15.
• The due date for filing income tax returns for a financial year is 31^st July/30^th Sept of the Assessment Year.
• Therefore if the income tax returns are being filed for the financial year 2013-14, the due date for filing the income tax returns would be 31^st July 2014/30^th Sept 2014 as the case may be.
• In simple terms, Financial Year is the year in which the income is earned and the assessment year is the year in which the income is assessed to tax and all taxes are paid & tax returns filed.
• The income tax rules and slab rates which are applied for the assessment year 2014-15 would be the same as the rules for the financial year 2013-14 and so on.
• The financial year is usually denoted as F/Y and the assessment year is denoted as A/Y.
• As the financial year is the year that is previous to the assessment year, the financial year is sometimes also called the Previous Year for Income Tax purposes.

Additional Information

• Important Dates

The correct answer is 1024 bytes.

Key Points

• The smallest unit of measurement used for measuring data is a bit.
• A single bit can have a value of either zero(0) or one(1).
• It may contain a binary value (such as True/False or On/Off or 1/0) and nothing more.
• Therefore, a byte, or eight bits, is used as the fundamental unit of measurement for data storage.
• Computer storage and memory are often measured in megabytes (MB) and gigabytes (GB).
• A medium-sized novel contains about 1 MB of information.
• A bit is a binary digit, the smallest increment of data on a computer.
• A bit can hold only one of two values: 0 or 1, corresponding to the electrical values of off or on, respectively.
• Because bits are so small, you rarely work with information one bit at a time.
• Bits are usually assembled into a group of eight to form a byte.
• A byte contains enough information to store a single ASCII character, like "h".
• A kilobyte (KB) is 1,024 bytes, not one thousand bytes as might be expected, because computers use binary (base two) math, instead of a decimal (base ten) system. Hence, Option 2 is correct.
• Computer storage and memory are often measured in megabytes (MB) and gigabytes (GB).
• A medium-sized novel contains about 1 MB of information.
• 1 MB is 1,024 kilobytes, or 1,048,576 (1024x1024) bytes, not one million bytes.

Additional Information

• The smallest piece of data is the bit. The data will be transformed to its binary form.
• 1 byte = 8 bits
• 1 kilobyte (KB) = 1024 bytes
• 1 megabyte (MB) = 1024 kilobytes
• 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1024 megabytes
• 1 terabyte (TB) = 1024 gigabytes
• 1 petabyte (PB) = 1024 terabytes

The correct answer is Steel.

Key Points

• Sound travels fastest through Steel.
• Sound travels faster in Steel than any other liquid.
• In steel, the density and elastic properties are more than other given mediums.
• Steel is a rigid material and it experiences smaller deformations, hence it is having large elastic properties.
• The density is also higher for steel.
• Both of these properties have a great impact on the speed of the sound.

Important Points

• Sound Wave:
• It is a longitudinal mechanical wave.
• The longitudinal mechanical waves which lie in the range of 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz are called audible or sound waves.
• The longitudinal mechanical waves having frequencies less than 20 Hz are called infrasonic.
• These are produced by earthquakes, volcanic, eruptions, Ocean waves, elephants, and whales.
• The velocity of sound waves in the air is 330 m/s.
• The velocity of sound waves in steel is 5920 m/s.

Additional Information

• Speed of Sound:
• In a medium, the speed of sound basically depends upon the elasticity and density of the medium.
• When sound enters from one medium to another medium, its speed and wavelength change but the frequency remains unchanged.
• In a medium, the speed of sound is independent of frequency.
• Speed of sound is maximum in solids and minimum in gases.
• The speed of sound is more in humid air than in dry air because the density of humid air is less than the density of dry air.
• The unit of loudness is the decibel (dB).
• Effect of pressure on the speed of sound:
• The speed of sound is independent of pressure.
• Effect of temperature on the speed of sound: 
• The speed of sound increases with the increase in the temperature of the medium.

The correct answer is Nuclear Fusion.

Key Points

• Nuclear fusion
• It is the nuclear reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei are combined to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles.
• Sun and other stars generate light and heat by nuclear fusion.
• A hydrogen bomb is an immensely powerful bomb whose destructive power comes from the rapid release of energy during the nuclear fusion of isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium), using an atom bomb as a trigger.
• The principle behind the hydrogen bomb is based on uncontrollable nuclear fusion. Hence, Option 3 is correct.
• A nuclear bomb based on the fission of uranium is placed at the core of the hydrogen bomb.
• So hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of Nuclear Fusion Reaction.
• A hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of nuclear fusion.

Important Points

• ​Nuclear fusion
• It is the process where the nuclei of two light atoms combine to form a new nucleus.
• A hydrogen bomb is considered to be 1,000 times more powerful than an atomic bomb.
• Hydrogen bombs cause a bigger explosion.
• As shock waves, blasts, heat, and radiation all have a larger reach than an atomic bomb.

Additional Information

• A nuclear explosion
• It is an explosion that occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from a high-speed nuclear reaction.
• Atmospheric nuclear explosions are associated with mushroom clouds, although mushroom clouds can occur with large chemical explosions.
• A chain reaction
• It refers to a process in which neutrons released in fission produce additional fission in at least one further nucleus.
• If each neutron releases two more neutrons, then the number of fissions doubles each generation.

The correct answer is Abbottabad.

Key Points

• Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden
• He was the founder of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda.
• Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States, along with numerous other mass-casualty attacks worldwide.
• Laden was a Saudi Arabian, a member of the wealthy bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite.
• Bin Laden was on the American Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) lists of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and Most Wanted Terrorists for his involvement in the 1998 US embassy bombings.
• From 2001 to 2011, bin Laden was a major target of the War on Terror, as the FBI placed a $25 million bounty on him in their search for him.
• On May 2, 2011, bin Laden was shot and killed inside a private residential compound in Abbottabad during a covert operation conducted by members of the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group and Central Intelligence Agency SAD/SOG operators on the orders of then US President Barack Obama.
• Operation Neptune Spear, 2011, was a precision strike operation executed by the United States Navy Seals in which the long sought after Osama Bin Laden was eliminated under cover of darkness in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Hence, Option 4 is correct.
• The operation, code-named Operation Neptune Spear, was carried out in a CIA-led operation with Joint Special Operations Command, commonly known as JSOC.
• The raid was intended to take 40 minutes.
• The time between the team's entry in and exit from the compound was 38 minutes.

Important Points

• Abbottabad
• It is the capital city of Abbottabad District in the Hazara region of eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
• It is the 40^th largest city in Pakistan and the fourth largest in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population.
• Peshawar
• It is the capital of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and its largest city.
• It is the sixth-largest city in Pakistan and the largest Pashtun-majority city in the country.
• Islamabad
• It is the capital city of Pakistan and is administered by the Pakistani federal government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory.
• It is the ninth-largest city in Pakistan, while the larger Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area is the country's third-largest with a population of about 4.1 million people.
• Lahore
• It is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and is the country's 2^nd largest city after Karachi, as well as the 26^th largest city in the world.
• Lahore is one of Pakistan's wealthiest cities with an estimated GDP of $84 billion as of 2019.

The correct answer is National Counter Terrorism Centre.

Key Points

• National Counting Terrorism Centre
• After the 26/11 attacks, Government felt the need to set up a separate body to deal with terrorism.
• NCTC will derive its powers from the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act(UAPA), 1967.
• NCTC stands for National Counter Terrorism Centre. Hence, Option 4 is correct.
• The basic idea is to prevent confusion regarding intelligence inputs and also ensure that none of the police forces from the states enter into a blame game regarding intelligence sharing as one got to see during the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai.
• The standing council of the NCTC will consist of anti-terror agencies in states.
• The body will have 3 divisions dealing with collection and dissemination of intelligence, analysis and operations.
• The NCTC has been designed on the lines of the American NCTC and UK’s “Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre”.
• Former Home Minister P. Chidambaram and former National Security Adviser (NSA) M.K. Narayanan visited the USA in 2009 to study the working of the American NCTC.
• It will have the power to conduct searches and arrests in any part of India.
• It will collect, collate and disseminate data on terrorism.
• It will also maintain a database on terrorists and their associates including their families.
• In short, NCTC will serve as a single and effective point of control and coordination of all counter-terrorism measures.

Additional Information

• It has the power to conduct searches and arrests in any part of India.
• The NCTC, to be located within the Intelligence Bureau, will carry out counter-terror operations and collect, collate and disseminate data on terrorism.
• The agency will also maintain a database on terrorists and their associates including their families.
• The NCTC will also formulate a response to terror threats. It is meant to serve as a single and effective point of control and coordination of all counter-terrorism measures.
• It will also have the mandate to carry out anti-terror operations, if any, through, or in conjunction with, the State police.

The correct answer is Central Bureau Of Investigation.

Key Points

• Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
• It is the premier investigating police agency in India.
• It functions under the superintendence of the Deptt. of Personnel, Ministry of Personnel, Pension & Public Grievances, Government of India - which falls under the prime minister’s office.
• However for investigations of offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, its superintendence vests with the Central Vigilance Commission.
• It is also the nodal police agency in India which coordinates investigation on behalf of Interpol Member countries.
• Its conviction rate is as high as 65 to 70% and it is comparable to the best investigation agencies in the world.
• Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
• It is the premier investigating police agency in India.
• It functions under the superintendence of the Deptt. of Personnel, Ministry of Personnel, Pension & Public Grievances, Government of India - which falls under the prime minister’s office.
• However for investigations of offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, its superintendence vests with the Central Vigilance Commission.
• It is also the nodal police agency in India which coordinates investigation on behalf of Interpol Member countries.
• Its conviction rate is as high as 65 to 70% and it is comparable to the best investigation agencies in the world.
• During the period of World War II, a Special Police Establishment (SPE) was constituted in 1941 in the Department of War of the British India to enquire into allegations of bribery and corruption in the war related procurements.
• Later on it was formalized as an agency of the Government of India to investigate into allegations of corruption in various wings of the Government of India by enacting the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946.
• CBI derives power to investigate from the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946.
• In 1963, the CBI was established by the Government of India with a view to investigate serious crimes related to defence of India, corruption in high places, serious fraud, cheating and embezzlement and social crime, particularly of hoarding, black-marketing and profiteering in essential commodities, having all-India and inter-state ramifications.
• With the passage of time, CBI started investig
• The CBI is headed by a Director, an IPS officer with a rank of Director General of Police.
• The director is selected by a high-profile committee constituted under The Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946 as amended through The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, and has a two-year term.
• The Appointment Committee consists of:
• Prime Minister – Chairperson
• Leader of Opposition of Loksabha or the Leader of the single largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha, if the former is not present due to lack of mandated strength in the Lok Sabha – member
• Chief Justice of India or a Supreme Court Judge recommended by the Chief Justice – member

Additional Information

• Into allegations of bribery and corruption in the war related procurements.
• Later on it was formalized as an agency of the Government of India to investigate into allegations of corruption in various wings of the Government of India by enacting the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946.
• CBI derives power to investigate from the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946.
• The Appointment Committee consists of:
• Prime Minister – Chairperson
• Leader of Opposition of Loksabha or the Leader of the single largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha, if the former is not present due to lack of mandated strength in the Lok Sabha – member
• Chief Justice of India or a Supreme Court Judge recommended by the Chief Justice – member