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The correct answer is Sri Lanka.

Key Points

• The construction of the Hambantota Port going on in the Sri Lanka.
• The Hambantota Port, also known as the Magampura Mahinda Rajapaksa Port, is a maritime inland port located in Hambantota, Sri Lanka.
• It is constructed by the Sri Lankan Port Authority and mostly funded by EXIM bank of China.
• The construction of the port has serious strategic implications for India.
• The construction of the Hambantota Port began on 15 January 2008.
• Chinese companies, Sinohydro Corporation and China Harbour Engineering Company were involved in the first phase of the construction which cost an estimated $360 million, excluding$76.5 million for the bunker terminal.
• The Chinese government provided 85% of the funding while the Sri Lanka Ports Authority provided the remaining funding.

The logic followed here is:

So, 10 will complete the series.

Hence, the correct answer is "10".

The correct answer is Amman.

Key Points

• Amman is the capital and largest city of Jordan.
• It is the residence of the king and the seat of government.
• The city is built on rolling hills at the eastern boundary of the Ajlun Mountains, on the small, partly perennial Wadi Amman and its tributaries.
• Amman city is frequently mentioned in the Bible.
• Irbid is a city in Jordon.

Additional Information 

Given:

The sum of the present ages of father and son is 60 years.

Five years ago, the age of the father was four times that of the son.

Calculation:

Let the present of the father and son be P and Q respectively.

According to the question,

P + Q = 60

⇒ P = 60 - Q      ....(1)

(P - 5) = 4 × (Q - 5)

⇒ 60 - Q - 5 = 4Q - 20 (From 1)

⇒ 5Q = 55 + 20

⇒ Q = 75/5

⇒ Q = 15

∴ The present age of the son is 15 years.

The correct answer is Jainism.

Key Points

• Jain order has been divided into two major sects: Digambara and Svetambara.
• Bhadrabahu founded the Digambara sect of Jainism while Sthulabhadra was the founder of the Svetambara.
• The division occurred mainly due to famine in Magadha which compelled a group led by Bhadrabahu to move to South India.
• Digambara monks belong to the lineage of Acharya Vishakha and Svetambara monks follow the tradition of Acharya Sthulabhadra.
• The Sanskrit word Digambara means "sky-clad", referring to their traditional monastic practice of neither possessing nor wearing any clothes while the Svetambara wears white cloths.

Additional Information Buddhism

• Gautama Buddha was the founder of Buddhism.
• The Buddha belonged to a small gana known as the Sakya gana, and was a kshatriya.
• When he was a young man, he left the comforts of his home in search of knowledge.
• He wandered for several years, meeting and holding discussions with other thinkers.
• He finally decided to find his own path to realisation, and meditated for days on end under a peepal tree at Bodh Gaya in Bihar, where he attained enlightenment.

Zoroastrians

• Zoroastrians religion was revealed by their supreme God, called Ahura Mazda, or 'Wise Lord', to a priest called Zarathustra.
• He is held to be the founder of the religion, and his followers were known as Zartoshtis or Zoroastrians.

The correct answer is Leo Tolstoy.

Key Points

• War and Peace is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.
• It was published in 1869.
• It is also called by many scholars as to the "epic of Veer Ras".
• It was translated into Hindi by Rudra Narayan Aggarwal in Allahabad.

Additional Information 

The correct answer is Mosquito.

Key Points

• Dengue is caused by the Dengue virus and mosquito-borne viral disease.
• The dengue virus is transmitted by female mosquitoes called – Aedes aegypti.
• These dengue mosquitos are found everywhere (Both inside and outside the house) and generally bite during the daytime.
• These mosquitos are found to be at the peak of their activeness at dawn and dusk.
• The symptoms of the disease can develop only after 6 to 10 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito.​

Additional Information

The correct answer is New Development Bank.

Key Points

• New Development Bank  is the name of the bank established by BRICS countries.
• The New Development Bank (NDB) was established in 2015 by BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
• The Bank’s membership is open to members of the United Nations.
• During the sixth BRICS Summit in Fortaleza (2014), the leaders signed the Agreement establishing the New Development Bank (NDB).
• In the Fortaleza Declaration, the leaders stressed that the NDB will strengthen cooperation among BRICS and will supplement the efforts of multilateral and regional financial institutions for global development.

Additional Information

Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank

• The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank whose mission is financing the Infrastructure for Tomorrow—infrastructure with sustainability at its core.
• It began operations in Beijing in January 2016.
• It has 105 approved Members representing approximately 79 percent of the global population and 65 percent of global GDP.
• In 2018, AIIB was granted Permanent Observer status in the deliberations of both the United Nations General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council.

Asian Development Bank

• ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.
• Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.
• ADB maximizes the development impact of its assistance by facilitating policy dialogues, providing advisory services, and mobilizing financial resources through cofinancing operations that tap official, commercial, and export credit sources.

The correct answer is Drinking Water.

Key Points

• Potable water is known as Drinking Water.
• Potable water is also known as drinking water and comes from surface water and groundwater sources..
• Potable water is defined as water that is suitable for human consumption (i.e., water that can be used for drinking or cooking).
• Drinkable water means it is free of unpleasant odors, tastes and colors, and is within reasonable limits of temperature.

Additional Information Packaged Water

• Packaged drinking water is water from any source, which has been treated and disinfected, a process that could involve filtration, UV or ozone treatment or reverse osmosis (RO) and then packaged in bottles or pouches, either plastic or glass, for our consumption.

Mineral Water

• Mineral water are watet that naturally or artificially infused with mineral salts or gases (such as carbon dioxide).
• Mineral water is also known as spring water because it comes from natural springs, which are places where moving underground water comes out of an opening in the land's surface.
• Mineral water can also be made artificially by adding salts to distilled water or aerating it with carbon dioxide to create more carbonation.
• However, mineral water is naturally carbonated to varying degrees.

The logic followed here is:

Blackboards are used in the Class, and Class is the part of the School.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 3".