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The correct answer is (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV).

Key Points

• Under Article 268(1) in the Constitution Of India, stamp duties and such duties of excise on medicinal and toilet preparations as are mentioned in the Union List shall be levied by the Government of India but shall be collected:
• a) in the case where such duties are leviable within any Union territory, by the Government of India, and
• b) in other cases, by the States within which such duties are respectively leviable.
• Under Article 269(1) of the Constitution Of India, Duties on succession to property other than agricultural land shall be levied and collected by the Government of India but shall be assigned to the States.
• Under Article 270 of the Constitution Of India, Taxes on income other than agricultural income shall be levied and collected by the Government of India and distributed between the Union and the States.
• Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act, 1955 is an act to provide for the levy and collection of duties of excise on medicinal and toilet preparations containing alcohol, (narcotic drug or narcotic).
• Article 270: All taxes and duties referred to in the Union List, except the duties and taxes referred to in articles 268 and 269, respectively, a surcharge on taxes and duties referred to in Article 271 and any cess levied for specific purposes under any law made by Parliament shall be levied and collected by the Government of India and shall be distributed between the Union and the States in the manner provided in clause (2).
• (2) Such percentage, as may be prescribed, of the net proceeds of any such tax or duty in any financial year shall not form part of the Consolidated Fund of India, but shall be assigned to the States within which that tax or duty is leviable in that year, and shall be distributed among those States in such manner and form such time as may be prescribed in the manner provided in clause (3).
• (3) In this article, “Prescribed” means -
• (i) until a Fin  ance Commission has been constituted, prescribed by the President by order, and
• (ii)after a Finance Commission has been constituted, prescribed by the President by order after considering the recommendations of the Finance Commission.’]  ​

The correct answer is Delhi.

Key Points

• The Delhi government has launched a booklet on the life and teachings of Dr BR Ambedkar for students of class 6-8 in all the Delhi government schools.
• It was launched in the year 2019 by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
• The booklet was launched on Ambedkar's 63^rd death anniversary.
• The Social Welfare department of the Delhi government prepared the booklet with the help of three scholars and experts from Delhi University — Mani Sagar, Shashi Rani, and N Sukumar.
• It is a three-part booklet.
• While the first part of the booklet, ‘Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar: A Short Biography’, for Class 6 explores the life and education of Ambedkar and his social reforms, contributions to women empowerment and framing the Constitution of India, the second part for Class 7 details his contributions to social justice, and gender justice.
• The third part of the booklet for Class 8 elucidates Ambedkar’s body of work for Parliamentary democracy and government.

The correct answer is Valley glacier.

Key Points

• Kame Terraces:
• It is the landform associated with meltwater from glaciers.
• Fluvioglacial landforms are those that are created by the work of meltwater streams in front of an often retreating glacier.
• Fluvioglacial landforms include meltwater channels, kames, eskers, braided streams and outwash plains.
• They are composed of sands and gravel but form along the sides of the glacier valley rather than at its snout.
• They are produced when a meltwater stream deposits its sediments between the ice mass and the valley sides.
• Niche glaciers represent the early stages of glacier development.
• Alpine glaciers, also known as mountain glaciers form on the crests and slopes of mountains and travel through valleys.
• Plucking is type of glacial erosion that is formed when melt water from a glacier freezes around lumps of cracked and broken rock.

The correct answer is B and C only.

Key Points

• The Nayanars and Alvars were the Tamil poet-saints.
• The Nayanars were devotees of Shiva while the Alvars were the devotees of Vishnu.
• Nayanars and Alvars played a crucial role in propagating the Bhakti Movement in Southern India.
• They are 12 Alvars and 63 Nayanars in all.
• The Nayanars were a group of 63 saints who lived during the 6^th to 8^th centuries CE.
• Nayanars composed devotional hymns in honour of the Hindu god Shiva.
• Nayanars collective devotional poetry is known as the Thirumurai, also known as the Tamil Veda.
• Nayanar Saints:
• ​Tiru Neelakanta
• Meiporul
• Viralminda
• Amaraneedi
• Eripatha
• Yenathinathar

The correct answer is Sethuraman Panchanathan.

Key Points

• National Science Foundation (NSF):
• It is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defence."
• NSF is the only federal agency whose mission includes support for all fields of fundamental science and engineering, except for medical sciences.
• Sethuraman Panchanathan is the current director of NSF, as of June 2021.
• NSF is vital because we support basic research and people to create knowledge that transforms the future. This type of support:
• Is a primary driver of the U.S. economy.
• Enhances the nation's security.
• Advances knowledge to sustain global leadership.

The correct answer is Only C is true.

Key Points

• Corporation tax:
• Corporation Tax or Corporate Tax is a direct tax levied on the net income or profit of a corporate entity from their business, foreign or domestic.
• The rate at which the tax is imposed as per the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is known as the Corporate Tax Rate.
• The Corporate Tax rate is based on a slab rate system depending on the type of corporate entity and the different revenues earned by each of the corporate entities
• It is a tax levied on the income of corporate firms and corporations.
• Companies, both private and public which are registered in India under the Companies Act 1956, are liable to pay corporate tax. Hence, Statements C is true and A is not true.
• A Hindu Undivided Family is taxed on the same slab rates that are applicable to an individual income tax assessee. Hence, statement B is not true.
• Hindu Undivided Family ('HUF') is treated as a 'person' under section 2(31)​ of the Income-tax Act, 1961.

The correct answer is ETRSS-1.

Key Points

• ETRSS-1 (Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite):
• A Chinese Long March 4B rocket hoisted the first Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite (ETRSS-1) aloft from the Taiyuan space base in northern China on 20 December 2019.
• The satellite was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), in collaboration with 21 Ethiopian scientists, trained on the project as part of the technology-transfer agreement between Beijing and the Ethiopian Space Science Technology Institute (ESSTI).
• It is an Earth Observation Satellite.
• It is operated by the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute in Addis Ababa.
• It will provide data on changes in climate and weather-related phenomena.

The correct answer is Naleds.

Key Points

• A layer of freezing/frozen water on the top of a river, ice, or land is termed as Naleds.
• A sheet-like mass of layered ice that forms from successive flows of groundwater during freezing temperatures is termed as Naleds.
• A snow line is a boundary between a snow-covered surface and a snow-free surface.
• Cirque:
• Cirque is a type of glacial erosional landform.
• They are mountain valley heads that have been shaped into deep hollows by the erosional activity of small glaciers

The correct answer is A, C, and D.

Key Points

• Punch Marked Coins:
• They are the earliest coins available in India, which are largely in silver, with few in copper as well. Hence, statements A and D are correct.
• They were called punch-marked coins because of their manufacturing techniques.
• They are found in various shapes, sizes, and weights.
• They were marked with symbols, representing animals, hills, trees, and human figures, issued by royal authority.
• Symbols can be found on one or both sides of these coins. Hence, statement C is correct.
• The first coins in India may have been minted around the 6^th century BCE by the Mahajanapadas of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
• Several hoards of punch-marked coins have been reported from across. the country, including south India. Hence, statement B is not correct.

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The correct answer is Ecuador.

Key Points

• Ecuador declared the State of Emergency in 2019 after Oil Spills in waters off Galapagos Islands.
• The emergency has been declared to contain the environmental impact of a fuel spill in the Galapagos Islands.
• The accident occurred in San Cristóbal Island, on Sunday, December 23, 2019.
• The crane that was trying to carry a container into the barge toppled and fell onto the barge which was destabilized and overturned leading to the oil spillage.
• The Galapagos archipelago, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the most fragile ecosystems on the planet.