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The correct answer is 1950.

Key Points

• The Constitution of India had a firm inclusion of the need for ‘Economic and Social Planning. After independence, the stage was set for the formal launching of planning in the country.
• For economic planning for the whole economy at the national level, the requirement of a permanent expert body was felt.
• Thus, in March 1950 the  Planning Commission (PC) was set up.
• The PC was set up by a Cabinet Resolution.
• Few important points about the Planning Commission are:  
• It was an extra-constitutional (i.e., non-constitutional) body which was a non-statutory body too.
• It was a type of an advisory body to the Government of India.
• PC was a  ‘think tank’ for economic development.
• Its ex-officio chairman was the Prime Minister, it also had a provision of a Deputy Chairman.
• The function of the DC was to co-ordinate the work of the commission.
• It had no cap on the number of members, as many area experts are required by the particular proposed period of planning.
• Autonomous body entitled to form their own views on important issues and place them before the governments. PC worked closely with both the central and state governments.
• The ‘demand for grants’ for PC was included in the budget demand for the Cabinet Secretariat.
• On January 1, 2015,  the important era in the economic history ended when the Planning commission was abolished by the government and in place of it a newly created body—the NITI Aayog was established.

The correct answer is 1526.

• The first battle of Panipat was fought in 1526.

Key Points

• The First Battle of Panipat (21 April 1526) fought near a small village of Panipat Haryana.
• The battle was fought between the invading forces of Zahir-ud-din Babur and Lodi Empire during the rule of Ibrahim Lodi.
• The Mughal forces of Babur, the ruler of Kabulistan, defeated ruling army of Ibrahim Lodi, Sultan of Delhi.
• Babur’s tactics of Tulughma and Araba that led him to victory.

Additional Information

• Tulughma: it means dividing the whole army into various units, viz. the Left, the Right and the Centre.
• Araba: The centre forward division was then provided with carts which were placed in rows facing the enemy and tied to each other with animal
• The Second Battle of Panipat was fought between the forces of Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya and  the army of Akbar, on November 5, 1556
• The Third Battle of Panipat took place on 14 January 1761, at Panipat between the Maratha Empire and the King of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Durrani.

The correct answer is Odisha**.**

• An imaginary line is called a tropic of cancer.
• The tropic of cancer does not pass through Odisha**.**

Key Points

• It makes an angle of 23.50 degrees.
• At the north of the equator, there is the tropic of cancer.
• It passes through the middle of the country.
• Through 17 countries, the tropic of cancer passes.
• In India, the tropic of cancer passes through the 8 states.
• The states are- Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, and Mizoram.
• Through Mahi River, the River crosses twice.

Additional Information 

• The Tropic of Capricorn is located below the equator.
• Subtropics is on the north of the tropic.
• The North temperate zone has also located north of the tropic.

The correct answer is option 4, i.e Gujarat.

• Jamshedpur, a city in Jharkhand, is situated on the banks of the river Subarnarekha.
• The city is known to have founded by Jamshedji Tata, the founder of the Tata Group.
• Subarnarekha rivers flows through Odisha, West Bengal, and Jharkhand.

The correct answer is Dinesh Kumar Khara.

• Dinesh Kumar Khara has been appointed as the new Chairman of State Bank of India.
• He replaced Rajnish Kumar who was appointed to the position in 2017.
• Khara will be serving as the chairman for the next 3 years.

Dinesh Kumar Khara:

• Dinesh Kumar was born on August 1, 1964, in New Delhi.
• He joined SBI as Probationary Officer in the year 1984.
• Dinesh Kumar has promoted as the Chairman of SBI from the post of Managing Director.
• He was appointed as the MD of SBI in 2016 for a period of 3 years and was given 2 years extension in 2019.
• He significantly contributed to the merger of five associate banks of SBI and Bhartiya Mahila Bank in 2017.

The correct answer is option 3) i.e. Uttarakhand.

• Valley of Flowers National Park is located near Badrinath, in the Garhwal Region of Uttarakhand.
• It was declared as a National park in 1982, and it was declared as a World Heritage Site on July 14, 2005 by UNESCO.
• Animals like Asiatic black deer, snow leopard, musk deer, red fox, brown bear, and blue sheep are found here.
• Nanda Devi National Park and Valley of Flowers National Park together preserve a transition zone between the eastern and western Himalayan flora, the Zanskar Mountains, and the Great Himalayas.

The correct answer is Santoor.

• Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma plays the Santoor.
• Recently, it was announced that he will be conferred upon with the annual Sangeet Martand Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award. This was announced by the Sursagar Society of Dilli Gharana. Society has been felicitating stalwarts of Indian classical music and dance with the award since 1986. The award aims to recognize their contribution towards enriching the art.

The correct answer is option 3, i.e. India.

In terms of area, India is the seventh-largest country in the world. The total area of the country is 3,287,263 square km.

• India lies entirely in Northern hemisphere. It extends between latitudes 8⁰4’ and 37⁰6’ north and longitudes 68⁰7’ and 97⁰25’ east.
• It measures 3,214 km from north to south between extreme latitudes and 2,933 km from east to west between extreme longitudes.
• The length of the total coastline including mainland, Lakshadweep Island and Andaman and the Nicobar Islands is 7516.6 km.
• India shares common borders with Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

The correct answer is Myanmar.

Key Points

• Aung San Suu Kyi's party the National League for Democracy has won the election in Myanmar (Burma).
• The National League for Democracy (NLD) is a liberal democratic political party in Myanmar (Burma). It became the country's ruling party after a landslide victory in the 2015 general election but was overthrown in the military in early 2021.
• In May 1990, the government of Myanmar held free multiparty elections for the first time in almost 30 years, and the National League for Democracy (NLD), the party of Aung San Suu Kyi, won earning 392 out of a total 492 seats. However, the ruling military junta refused to recognize the result.
• On 21 May 2021, the junta's Union Election Committee announced plans to permanently dissolve the National League for Democracy.

Additional Information

• Aung San Suu Kyi was born on 19 June 1945 in Yangon Burma. She is a human rights activist.
• Nobel Peace Prize for 1991 was given to Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar (Burma) for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights.
• The National League for Democracy (NLD) was formed in 1990 and was ended when the military again took control of the country in a coup.
• The party advocates a non-violent movement towards multi-party democracy in Myanmar, which was under military rule from 1962 to 2011. The party also claims to support human rights (including broad-based freedom of speech), the rule of law, and national reconciliation.