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The correct answer is Chaitra-Vaisakha.

Key Points

• Indian Calendar:-
• It is also known as the "Saka calendar" or "Saka Samvat," which serves official and legislative purposes and is used alongside the Gregorian calendar.
• This calendar was introduced by the Calendar Committee in 1957, chaired by Meghnad Saha.
• The Saka calendar begins with the vernal (Spring) equinox of 78 Common Era (CE), designates its era as Saka Era, and counts years in that era.
• Chaitra is the first month of the year, and Phalguna is the last, aligning with the solar agricultural cycles.
• Vasanta Season falls in Chaitra-Vaisakha.

Additional Information

• The months of the Indian National Calendar (Saka Samvat) are as follows:
• Chaitra (March 22 to April 21)
• Vaishakha (April 21 to May 22)
• Jyaistha (May 22 to June 22)
• Ashadha (June 22 to July 23)
• Shravana (July 23 to August 23)
• Bhadra (August 23 to September 23)
• Ashwin (September 23 to October 23)
• Kartika (October 23 to November 22)
• Agrahayana (November 22 to December 22)
• Pausha (December 22 to January 21)
• Magha (January 21 to February 20)
• Phalguna (February 20 to March 21)

The correct answer is Total product starts increase at diminishing rate.

Key Points

• It states that when the quantity of one factor of production is increased, while keeping all other factors constant, it will result in the decline of the marginal product of that factor.
• Law of variable proportion is also known as the Law of Proportionality. When the variable factor becomes more, it can lead to negative value of the marginal product.
• When variable factor is increased while keeping all other factors constant, the total product will increase initially at an increasing rate, next it will be increasing at a diminishing rate and eventually there will be decline in the rate of production.

Important Points

• In the case of the law of variable proportions, the point of inflexion is where Total Product stops increasing at the increasing rate and starts increasing at the decreasing rate.
• The point ‘C’ where the total product stops rising at a diminishing rate is called the point of inflexion. The average product, however, will continue to rise even after the point of inflexion, as marginal product (though falling) exceeds its average product.

The correct answer is ​May 2021.

Key Points

• Cyclone Tauktae
• It was the first cyclonic storm of 2021 that emerged from the Arabian Sea.
• It hit southern Gujarat on 17 May 2021 and was classified as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS).
• It is a tropical cyclone, It has been named by Myanmar.
• It means 'gecko', a highly vocal lizard, in the Burmese language.

The correct answer is Circular path.

Key Points

The correct answer is 11.

Important Points

• The total number of Fundamental Duties provided by Article 51A of the Constitution of India is 11.
• Part IVA of the Indian Constitution deals with Fundamental Duties.
• There are 11 Fundamental duties.

Article 51A: Fundamental duties:

1. To abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the National Flag and the National Anthem.
2. To cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our national struggle for freedom.
3. To uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity, and integrity of India.
4. To defend the country and render national service when called upon to do so.
5. To promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India transcending religious, linguistic, and regional or sectional diversities; to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women.
6. To value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture.
7. To protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers, and wildlife, and to have compassion for living creatures.
8. To develop the scientific temper, humanism, and the spirit of inquiry and reform.
9. To safeguard public property and to abjure violence.
10. To strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual and collective activity so that the nation constantly rises to higher levels of endeavor and achievement.
11. To provide opportunities for education by the parent the guardian, to his child, or a ward between the age of 6-14 years as the case may be.

Here the correct answer is Ziauddin Barani.

• The book 'Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi' was written by Ziauddin Barani.

Key Points

• Tarikh-i Firoz Shahi is a book on Indo-Persian historiography during the Delhi Sultanate period in India.
• It was written by Ziauddin Barani.
• Ziauddin Barani was a Muslim political thinker who lived during the reign of Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Firuz Shah Tughlaq.
• The book covers the data from the reign of Ghiyas ud din Balban to the first six years of the reign of Firoz Shah Tughluq.
• The book was completed in 1357 CE.
• Notable works of are Ziauddin Barani:
• Fatwa-i-Jahandari.
• Salvat-i-Kabir.
• Tarikh-i-Barmaki.
• Sana-i-Muhammadi.
• Lubbatul Tarikh.
• Inayat Nama-i-llahi.
• Maasir Saadat.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Alauddin Khilji.

Key Points.

• The title Sikandar-i-Sani (Alexander the Second) was adopted by Alauddin, whose original name was Ali Gurshap, and Delhi was declared as Dar-ul-Khilafa (Caliphate's Seat).
• Using the title Sikander Sani, Khalji minted coins.
• Though Sani is 'Second' in Arabic. In appreciation of his military achievement, the coin legend (Sikander - e - Sani) translates to 'The Second Alexander'.

Important Points

• Alauddin Khilji was the most powerful emperor of the Khilji dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate on the subcontinent of India.
• The ninth sultan of Delhi's Mamluk dynasty was Ghiyas ud din Balban. Ghiyas ud Din was the Wazir of Nasiruddin Mahmud, the last Shamsi sultan.
• Between 1489 and 1517, Sikandar Lodi was the Sultan of Delhi. After the death of his father, Bahlul Lodi, in July 1489, he became the next ruler of the Lodi dynasty.
• Shams ud-Din Iltutmish was the third of the Mamluk kings who ruled the former Ghurid territories in northern India. He was Delhi's first Muslim sovereign to rule, and is thus considered the powerful founder of the Sultanate of Delhi.

The correct answer is 4.25%.

Key Points

• On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at its meeting on December 8, 2021 decided to:
• keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 4.0 per cent.
• The reverse repo rate under the LAF remains unchanged at 3.35 per cent.
• The marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 4.25 per cent.
• The MPC also decided to continue with the accommodative stance as long as

necessary to revive and sustain growth on a durable basis and continue to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, while ensuring that inflation remains within the target going forward.

The correct answer is Loktak.

Key Points

• Keibul Lamjao National Park is located in Manipur.
• It is World's only 'floating' sanctuary.
• Famous for:
• Sangai: Endemic and endangered subspecies of brow-antlered deer.
• Phumdis: Floating islands.
• Nearby lake: Loktak lake.

Important Points

• Keibul Lamjao National Park:
• The Keibul Lamjao National Park is a national park in the Bishnupur district of the state of Manipur.
• The only floating national park of its kind in the world, Keibul Lamjao National Park is a singular wetland ecosystem located on Loktak Lake.
• The Keibul Lamjao, the only floating national park in the world, is home to the last of the brow-antlered deer (Rucervus eldii eldii), one of the most endangered deer in the world.
• The rare sangai or dancing deer can be spotted here with relative ease.
• Besides, you can also see hog deer, wild boar, large Indian civet, jungle cat and otter, along with several migratory birds, which arrive here between the months of November and March as well as waterfowls.
• The national park is characterized by many floating decomposed plant materials locally called phumdis.
• To preserve the natural refuge of the endangered Manipur Eld's deer or brow-antlered deer (Cervus eldi eldi), or sangai also called the dancing deer, listed as an endangered species by IUCN, the park which was initially declared to be a sanctuary in 1966, was subsequently declared to be a national park in 1977 through a gazette notification.

The correct answer is British constitution.

Key Points

• Sources of the Constitution