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The correct answer is Longewala.

Key Points

• The world's largest national flag, made of Khadi fabric, was put on display to celebrate Army Day on 15 January 2022.
• It was displayed at Longewala along the India-Pakistan border.
• The flag measures 225 feet long and 150 feet wide, and weighs approximately 1,400 kilograms. It was made using 4,500 meters of hand-spun, hand-woven Khadi cotton bunting.
• The Ashok Chakra in the flag has a diameter of 30 feet.
• The flag was made by 70 Khadi artisans from across India. It took them 49 days to complete the flag.
• The flag was displayed at Longewala to commemorate the victory of the Indian Army in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War.
• Longewala is a strategically important location in the Thar Desert, and it was the site of a fierce battle between Indian and Pakistani forces during the war.
• The display of the world's largest national flag was a symbol of India's national pride and its commitment to defending its borders.

The correct answer is 9.5 per cent.

Key Points

• The fiscal deficit in BE (Budget Estimates) 2021-2022 is estimated to be 6.8% of GDP.
• Fiscal Deficit is the difference between the total income of the government (total taxes and non-debt capital receipts) and its total expenditure.
• The fiscal deficit in RE (Revised Estimates) 2020-21 is pegged at 9.5% of GDP - funded through Government borrowings, multilateral borrowings, Small Saving Funds, and short term borrowings.
• Gross borrowing from the market for the next year to be around 12 lakh crore.
• Plan to continue on the path of fiscal consolidation, achieving a fiscal deficit level below 4.5% of GDP by 2025-2026 with a fairly steady decline over the period
• It will be achieved by increasing the buoyancy of tax revenue through improved compliance, and secondly, by increased receipts from monetization of assets, including Public Sector Enterprises and land
• Deviation Statement under Sections 4(5) and 7(3) (b) of the FRBM Act tabled necessitated by this year‟s unforeseen and unprecedented circumstances
• Amendment to FRBM Act proposed to achieve targeted Fiscal Deficit levels
• The Contingency Fund of India is to be augmented from Rs. 500 crore to Rs. 30,000 crore through Finance Bill.

The correct answer is Polo.

Key Points

• Polo
• Polo, game played on horseback between two teams of four players each of who uses mallets with long, flexible handles to drive a wooden ball down a grass field and between two goalposts.
• It is the oldest of equestrian sports.
• A game of Central Asian origin, polo was first played in Persia (Iran) at dates given from the 6^th century BC to the 1^st century AD.
• Polo was at first a training game for cavalry units, usually the king’s guard or other elite troops.
• To the warlike tribesmen, who played it with as many as 100 to aside, it was a miniature battle.
• In time polo became a Persian national sport played extensively by the nobility.
• Women, as well as men, played the game, as indicated by references to the queen and her ladies engaging King Khosrow II Parvīz and his courtiers in the 6^th century AD.​

Additional Information

The correct answer is Vempati Chinna Satyam.

Key Points

• Vempati Chinna Satyam started the Kuchipudi Art Academy at Madras (now Chennai) in 1963.
• Vempati Chinna Satyam:
• Born on October 25, 1929, in Kuchipudi village in Krishna district.
• The Kuchipudi dance originated in the same place.
• Chinna Satyam strove to popularise the unique dance form across the world.
• He began dancing at the age of six.
• Over a period of two decades received training from famous teachers such as Tadepalli Perrayya Sastry, Vedantam Lakshminarayana Sastry, and later from his elder brother Vempati Pedda Satyam.
• He founded Kuchipudi Art Academy in Chennai, in 1963.
• He trained hundreds of students at the Kuchipudi Art Academy in Chennai.
• Branches of this academy were later established in cities such as Visakhapatnam, Mumbai, and Calcutta in India and several cities in the USA.
• His students include veteran actors and dancers like Hemamalini, Rekha, Vyjayanthimala Bali, and Manju Bhargavi of 'Shankarabaranam's fame.
• He also gave performances in over 60 countries.

The correct answer is Haryana.

Key Points

• Haryana has India's lowest sex ratio, a number of 877 females to 1000 males.
• Puducherry and Kerala where there are more women than men.
• Kerala has India's highest sex ratio and the figure shows a number of 1084 females to 1000 males.

Additional Information  Census 2011 highlights: 

• India’s population growth rate is 17.64 percent in the decade 2001-11,
• The slowest rate of growth this past century, as per data put out by the registrar-general of the census.
• India’s population in 2011 is estimated to be 1.21 billion, comprising 624 million males and 587 million females.
• While the gender imbalance in the population remains.
• India’s female population grew by 18.12% over the past decade against 17.19% for males.
• India’s literacy rate has gone up from 64.83% in 2001 to 74.04% in 2011.
• Literates constitute 74 percent of the total population aged seven and above.
• The sex ratio, that is the number of females per 1,000 males, has improved to 940 from 933 a decade ago.
• The child sex ratio is 914, the lowest since independence.

The correct answer is Second.

Key Points

• According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), India is the second-largest producer of wheat in the world.
• In 2022, India produced an estimated 109.59 million tonnes of wheat, accounting for 10.9% of global wheat production.
• China is the world's largest wheat producer, with an estimated production of 137.92 million tonnes in 2022.
• India's wheat production is concentrated in the northern and western parts of the country, with the states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana being the major producers.
• Wheat is a staple food in India, and it is consumed by people of all social and economic classes.
• India is also a major exporter of wheat, and it exports wheat to a number of countries in Asia and Africa.

The correct answer is Harmonium.

Key Points 

• Borkar made a name for himself as an accomplished harmonium player and was conferred with the Padma Shri award in 2016.
• He was also a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
• Borkar was known for both solo performances as well as his unique style of accompanying Indian classical singers.
• Pandit Tulsidas Borkar had been diagnosed with tuberculosis and was treated in Mumbai's Nanavati Hospital.
• But, due to old age, his body didn't respond well to the treatment.
• He died at the age of 83 on 29 September 2018 at 10:20 A.M. in Mumbai.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Rajasthan.

Key Points

• Rajasthan is the largest state in terms of the area followed by Madhya Pradesh &  Maharashtra at second and third places respectively.
• The total area covered by the state of Rajasthan is 342239 Km2 which is the largest area covered by any state in India and it accounts for 10.41% of the total country's area.
• On the contrary, Goa is the smallest state in India in terms of area as it covers only 3,702 Km2 area which is 0.11% of the geographical area of the country.
• The largest state in terms of the population is Uttar Pradesh as there was approximately 20Cr population according to the 2011 Census.
• The smallest state in terms of the population is Sikkim with a handful population of only 6.11 Lakhs people.

Additional Information

• The smallest state in India area wise - Goa.
• The largest state in India by population - Uttar Pradesh.
• The smallest state in India by population - Sikkim.
• Biggest district in India (Area wise) - Kachchh (Gujarat).

The correct answer is RK Singh.

Key Points

• The fourth General Assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) will be held virtually from October 18 to 21, 2021.
• It will be presided over by the Union Minister for Power, New & Renewable Energy, and the President of the ISA Assembly Raj Kumar Singh.
• The General Assembly is the apex decision-making body of ISA, in which each member country is represented.

Additional Information

• About International Solar Alliance:
• The International Solar Alliance is an alliance of more than 120 countries that come either completely or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
• The primary objective is to collectively work for efficient exploitation of solar energy to reduce dependence on fossil-based fuels.
• Its headquarters is in India.

The correct answer is 1 November 1858.

Key Points

• Queen Victoria's Proclamation of 1 November 1858 declared that thereafter India would be governed by and in the name of the British Monarch through a Secretary of State.
• The East India Company's rule in India came to an end.
• The Act of 1858 was known as the Act for the better Government of India.
• The Act of 1858 was given royal assent on 2^nd August 1858 but was commenced on 1^st November 1858.​

Additional Information

• The act of 1858 was related to the power transfer from the East India Company to the British crown.
• The act abolished the dual government of the Pitts India act.
• The act also abolished the doctrine of lapse.
• The secretary of state for India was Lord Stanely and the first Governor general and viceroy of India was Lord canning.