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The correct answer is Kaji Nazrul Islam.

Key Points

• Kazi Nazrul Islam was a Bengali poet, musician, activist, and philosopher.
• His innovative Bengali poetry is what is most renowned about him.
• He is also referred to as the Rebel Poet or Bidrohi Kobi.
• As seen in several of his writings, he fiercely rebelled against the dehumanisation of mankind through slavery, prejudice, and custom.
• He is honoured in India as the national poet of Bangladesh, according to official recognition.
• A biweekly Bangla newspaper called Dhumketu is edited by Kazi Nazir Islam.
• His pen name was Dhumketu.
• The newspaper served as the voice of radicals in the modern era.

Additional Information

• He is credited by academics with initiating Bengal's Muslim community's cultural revival.
• He was responsible for "liberating" Bengali literature and poetry from its medieval influence.
• Kazi Nazrul Islam assisted in establishing a new interaction between his people and modern life by building a bridge between traditional Islam and modern sensibility.
• Nazrul became a respected journalist in Kolkata (then Calcutta).
• Through his lyrical works, such as "Bidrohi" ("The Rebel") and "Bhangar Gaan" ("The Song of Destruction") as well as his periodical "Dhumketu,"("The Comet") he denounced the British Raj and encouraged revolution.
• Nazrul composed "Rajbandir Jabanbandi" ("Deposition of a Political Prisoner") when he was incarcerated, sharpening his condemnation of imperialism.
• Nazrul examined the lives of India's oppressed masses while denouncing religious fanaticism among Muslims.
• He stayed involved in political campaigns as well as literary, artistic, and musical organisations.

The correct answer is South America.

Key Points

• There are many names for grasslands.
• They go by the name "prairies" in the Midwest of the United States.
• They are referred to as pampas in South America.
• African grasslands are referred to as savannas, while the grasslands of central Eurasia are known as steppes.
• They all have grasses as their primary vegetation type by nature.
• Grasslands are found in areas with regular rainfall that is insufficient to sustain the development of forests but not insufficient enough to result in desertification.

Important Points

• The Pampas, also known as the Pampa and Spanish La Pampa, are large plains in central Argentina that stretch westward from the Atlantic coast to the Andean foothills and are bordered by Patagonia (north) and the Gran Chaco (south).
• The word for "flat surface" in Quechua is where the name originates.
• The Pampas gradually descend in a northwest-to-southeast direction.
• The majority of the area looks to be totally flat, with the exception of a few sierras in the northwest and south.
• The term "Pampas" is also used to describe a number of smaller plains in other parts of South America, including the desert in northern Chile.

Additional Information

• In actuality, meadows frequently exist between deserts and woods.
• Grasslands make up between 20 and 40 per cent of the world's geographical area, depending on how they are characterised.
• Except for Antarctica, they are found on all continents and are often open and flat, making them susceptible to pressure from human populations.
• Agriculture, overgrazing, invasive species, illegal hunting, climate change, and overgrazing are some of the threats to natural grasslands and the fauna that inhabits them.

The correct answer is Deepika Padukone.

Key Points

• Deepika Padukone, a well-known Bollywood star, was presented with the Crystal Award during the World Economic Forum's 50^th Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
• She received the honour in appreciation of her work raising awareness of the value of mental health.
• The actor received the honour from Hilde Schwab, co-founder, and chairwoman of the World Arts Forum of the World Economic Forum.
• The "Live Love Laugh" charity, run by Deepika Padukone, promotes awareness campaigns in Indian schools.
• Additionally, it provides funding for free medical education and mental health services.

Additional Information

• Deepika Padukone, artist Theaster Gates, choreographer Jin Xing, and artist Lynette Wallworth are among the Crystal Awards 2020 recipients.
• Hilde Schwab, the chairwoman and co-founder of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, gave out the awards. The Crystal Awards are given to outstanding artists in recognition of their enduring contributions to society.
• The recipients of the 2020 Crystal Award are bridge-builders who have worked to encourage interpersonal relationships, promote reflection on the human condition, and offer long-term perspectives on the world.

Given:

Speed of the train= 60 kmph

Train passes a person in 15 sec

Explanation:

Convert 60 kmph to meter per sec

60 × 5 / 18

= 100 / 6

Length of the train = time × speed

= 15 × 100 / 6

= 250 meter

∴ The length of the train is 250 meters.

The correct answer is 6 years.

Key Points

• India uses a bicameral structure for both the national government and the states.
• This system divides the state's legislature into the Legislative Assembly, also known as the Vidhan Sabha, and the Legislative Council, also known as the Vidhan Parishad.
• Article 169 of the Indian Constitution describes its institutional structure.
• An MLC is a person who belongs to a legislative council.
• Legislative Council can be dissolved, although it is a permanent House like the Rajya Sabha.
• The term of office for council members is six years.
• Every two years, one-third of the House members leave office.

Important Points

• The Legislative Assembly must pass a special resolution before the Vidhan Parishad, or Legislative Council can be created or disbanded.
• The Legislative Council is the state's upper chamber, to put it another way.
• The Legislative Assembly chooses one-third of this House's members.
• A municipality or other local authority may elect one-third of the members.
• Graduates elect one-twelfth of the members.
• Teachers elect one-twelfth of the members.
• The Governor recommends about one-sixth of the members.
• The Legislative Council chooses its Chairman, who serves as both Deputy Chairman and presiding officer, from among its members.

In first and third dice, 1 and 4 are common.

First dice is rotated 90⁰ anti-clockwise then we get third dice.

The opposite side of 2 is 6.

∴ Here, if number 2 is in bottom, 'number 6' will be on top on a dice.

Hence, the correct answer is "6".

The correct answer is Manikchand.

Key Points

• The Mughal emperor bestowed the title Jagat Seth on Manikchand in the early eighteenth century (lit. Banker of the World).
• It is given to the family who contributed to Bengal being one of the Mughal empire's richest financial districts.
• The owner of this banking firm was also named Bengal's Treasurer-General by the Emperor.
• It was a befitting ode to this banker's home.
• The Jagat Seth family's entire wealth is thought to have been around Rs. 14 crores at that period.
• But the extraordinary skills displayed by Manikchand,  the company's founder, are what really worry us, not the wealth of this house.

Additional Information

• The owner of this financial firm was also named Treasurer-General of Bengal by the Emperor.
• It was an appropriate homage to this family of bankers, honouring their ascent to the status of a pillar of society.
• Midway through the seventeenth century, Hiranand moved to Bihar in pursuit of better opportunities.
• After his father left the company, Manikchand continued it and expanded it in many ways.

Rashik walks 20 m North. Then he turns right and walks 30 m. Then he turns right and walks 35 m. Then he turns left and walks 15 m. Then he again turns left and walks 15 m.

∴ Here, Rashik is 45m East from his original position.

Hence, the correct answer is "45 m East".

The correct answer is Archery.

Key Points

• Deepika Kumari is a world-class archer from Ram Chatti, a town close to Ranchi in Jharkhand.
• She has made three Olympic appearances and has won a series of medals at World Cups, Asian Championships, the Commonwealth Games, the World Championships, and the Asian Games.
• Deepika Kumari made her first significant international impact at the age of 15, which served as the prelude to her heroic ascent.
• Even better, she tied the women's recurve world record in April 2016, just before the Rio Olympics.
• She competes in the sport of archery and is recently ranked No. 1 in the world.

Important Points

• She furthered her reputation in the sport by winning two gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
• One in the women's individual recurve competition and the other in the women's recurve team competition.
• In 2012, Deepika Kumari achieved her first individual recurve gold medal at the Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkey, by hitting the bullseye.
• This came after winning four silver medals at the World Cup in Ogden the year before.

The mirror image of the given figure is as shown below :

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 3".