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Given:

BIHAR

Concept used:

n! = n × (n-1) × (n-2) × (n-3) × ….× 3 × 2 × 1

Calculation:

The number of ways in which the word BIHAR can be rearranged = 5!

⇒ 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1

⇒ 120

Since one such arrangement i.e. BIHAR (itself) is given, the number of ways in which the word BIHAR can be rearranged = 120 - 1

⇒ 119

∴ The number of ways in which the word BIHAR can be rearranged is 119.

The correct answer is Alloy.

Key Points

• A mixture of two metals is called alloy.
• Alloy is a homogenous mixture of two or more metals.
• The resulting alloy has different and improved properties from the constituent metals.
• Alloys can either be solid solutions of metallic elements in which all the individual grains/crystals of the metals are of the same composition, or they can be mixtures of metallic phases featuring at least two different solutions, resulting in microstructures containing different types of crystals inside the alloy.
• Examples are babbait alloy, bell metal, steel etc.

Additional Information Metalloid

• Metalloids can be defined as chemical elements whose physical and chemical properties lies in between the metal and non-metal categories.
• For examle -Boron, germanium, silicon, antimony, arsenic, tellurium and pollanium are the seven most widely recognized metalloids.
• It can be noted that all seven of these elements can be found on the regular periodic table in a diagonal region of the p-block which extends from boron (which is placed on the upper left) to astatine (which is placed on the lower right).

Given:

The average temperature on Monday and Tuesday is 25 °C, the average temperature on Wednesday and Thursday is 27°C, the average temperature on Friday and Saturday is 24°C and the average temperature on Sunday is 24 °C.

Concept used:

Total = Average × Number of entities

Calculation:

According to the question,

Mon + Tue = 25 × 2

⇒ Mon + Tue = 50

Wed + Thu = 27 × 2

⇒ Wed + Thu = 54

Fri + Sat = 24 × 2

⇒ Fri + Sat = 48

Sun = 24

Now, the average temperature of the whole week = (50 + 54 + 48 + 24)/7

⇒ 25.142°C ≈ 25.1°C

∴ The average temperature for the whole week is 25.1°C.

The correct answer is Jawaharlal Nehru.

Key Points 

• The Discovery of India was written by the Indian Independence leader, Jawaharlal Nehru during his incarceration in 1942–1945 at Ahmednagar fort in the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra by British colonial authorities before the independence of India.
• The book was written in 1944 but published in 1946.

Additional Information

The correct answer is A. O. Hume.

Key Points

• The Indian National Congress was formed in 1885 by A.O. Hume, an Englishman, and a retired civil servant.
• Indian National Congress was established in 1885.
• The first session of INC was held at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskriti College in Bombay.
• It was presided over by Womesh Chandra Banerjee of Bengal and attended by 72 delegates.
• Important leaders during the foundation were Dadabhai Naoroji, Badruddin Tyabji, Anand Mohan Bose, R.C.Dutt, Ferozshah Mehta, G.K.Gokhale, G. Subramaniyam Aiyyar, Dinshaw Vacha, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Madan Mohan Malviya.
• Lord Dufferin was the Viceroy of India from 1884 - 1888.
• Important events during his viceroyalty include:
• 3^rd Burmese War, 1885 - In this war upper and lower Burma were annexed.
• Establishment of the Indian National Congress in 1885
• A.O. Hume proposed the famous Saftey Valve Theory regarding the formation of congress.
• According to the biography of A. O. Hume published by William Wedderburn a civil servant, wrote that in 1878, Hume had come across seven volumes of secret reports at Simla which showed that there had been seething discontent among the lower classes and a conspiracy to overthrow British rule by force.

The correct answer is 51A.

Key Points

• In Article 51A prescribed the Fundamental duties to the citizens.
• The 42^nd Amendment of the constitution of India enacted in 1976, laid down the Fundamental Duties of Indian citizens to the nation.
• In 1976 Swaran Singh committee recommended Fundamental duties to be added in the Constitution
• In article 51A of the Indian Constitution clearly specified the duty of citizens to protect the environment.
• Article 51A contains 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 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 endeavour and achievement
11. who is a parent or guardian to provide opportunities for education to his child or, as the case may be, ward between the age of six and fourteen years.

Additional Information

• Article 24 – Prohibition of employment of children in factories, etc.
• Article 24 says that “No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment.”
• DPSP has been borrowed from the Irish constitution.
• It is incorporated in part IV of the constitution from articles 36 to 51.
• Article 41 states about -
• Right to work, to education and to public assistance in certain cases.
• The State shall, within the limits of its economic capacity and development, make effective provision for securing the right to work, to education and to public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement, and in other cases of undeserved want.

The correct answer is USA.

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• Recently, India signed the COMCASA treaty with USA.
• COMCASA is one of the three foundation agreements that need to be signed by a country with the United States to share high-end encrypted communication and satellite data.
• This agreement permits Indian military to function on high-end secured and encrypted communication equipment that are installed on American platforms obtained by Indian Armed Forces.
• These platforms include C-130 J, C-17, P-8I aircraft, and Apache and Chinook helicopters.
• This facilitates greater interoperability between forces and military hardware of the two countries, and also possibly with other countries that operate on US-origin platforms.

Given:

In an office of 50 employees, 20 employees only drink orange juice, 10 employees drink only cantaloupe juice, and 5 employees drink neither orange nor cantaloupe juice.

Calculation:

Number of employees who drink both or any of the two juices

⇒ 50 - 5 = 45

Now, the number of employees who drink both juices = 45 - 20 - 10

⇒ 15

∴ 15 employees drink both juices.

The correct answer is Lok Adalat.

Key Points

• The matter can be settled out of court amicably with Lok Adalat.
• Lok Adalat is one of the alternative dispute redressal mechanisms, it is a forum where disputes/cases pending in the court of law or at pre-litigation stage are settled/ compromised amicably.
• Lok Adalats have been given statutory status under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.
• Under the said Act, the award (decision) made by the Lok Adalats is deemed to be a decree of a civil court and is final and binding on all parties and no appeal against such an award lies before any court of law.
• If the parties are not satisfied with the award of the Lok Adalat though there is no provision for an appeal against such an award, but they are free to initiate litigation by approaching the court of appropriate jurisdiction by filing a case by following the required procedure, in exercise of their right to litigate.

Additional Information​​Gram Nyayalaya

• To provide access to justice to the citizen at their door steps, the Central Government has enacted the Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008.
• It provides for establishment of Gram Nyayalayas at intermediate panchayat level.
• The State Governments are responsible for establishing Gram Nyayalayas in consultation with the respective High Courts.
• .As per information made available by State Governments / High Courts**, 476 Gram Nyayalayas have been notified so far by 15 States**

The correct answer is Godavari.

Key Points

• Godavari
• It is also known as Dakshin Ganga (the Ganges of the South) and Vridha Ganga.​
• It rises in the Nashik district of Maharashtra and discharges its water into the Bay of Bengal i.e It flows from west to east direction.
• It flows through Maharashtra(49%), Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and (Yannam Puducherry)
• Its tributary rivers are Purna, Wardha, Pranhita, Manjra,  Wainganga and  Penang.
• Famous cities on the banks of river Godavari are Nashik, Trimbakeshwar, Nanded, Chennur etc.

Additional Information

• Cauvery(Kaveri)
• The Kaveri rises in the Brahmagiri hills of Karnataka.
• Its length is 800km.
• Krishna
• It is the third-longest river in India and the second-largest east-flowing Penisular river.
• Its total length is 1401km.
• Damodar river :-
• Damodar River flows through Jharkhand and West Bengal.
• It is known as the Sorrow of Bengal because of it brings floods in the plains of West Bengal.
• The Damodar valley is rich in coal, It is considered as the prime center of coking coal in the country.