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The correct answer is the Reserve Bank of India.

Key Points

• The Monetary Policy Report is issued by the Monetary Policy Committee of RBI.
• The main aim of monetary policy is to maintain price stability while keeping in mind the objective of growth as price stability is a fundamental precondition for sustainable economic growth.
• The MPC decides the policy interest rate required to achieve the inflation target.
• Reserve Bank of India: 
• It is India's central bank and regulatory body under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance Government of India.
• It is responsible for the issue and supply of the Indian rupee and the regulation of the Indian banking system.
• HQ: Mumbai
• Governor: Sanjay Malhotra.

 Additional Information

• State Bank of India (as of Jan 2022)
• State Bank of India is an Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services statutory body.
• SBI is the 43^rd largest bank in the world and ranked 236^th in the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations of 2019.
• HQ: Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Chairman: Dinesh Kumar Khara
• Finance Commission (as of Jan 2022)
• The Finance Commission is a Constitutionally mandated body that is at the centre of fiscal federalism.
• Article 280 of the Constitution of India provides for a Finance Commission as a quasi-judicial body.
• It is constituted by the President of India every fifth year or at such an earlier time as he considers necessary.
• N.K. Singh is the chairman of the 15^th Finance Commission of India.
• Dr. Arvind Panagariya is the Chairman of the 16ᵗʰ Finance Commission of India.

The correct answer is Sikkim.

Key Points

• Climate Vulnerable Index
• Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Bihar are most vulnerable to extreme climate events such as floods, droughts and cyclones in India.
• While 27 Indian states and union territories are vulnerable to extreme climate events, 463 districts out of 640 are vulnerable to extreme weather events.
• More than 80 per cent of Indians live in districts vulnerable to climate risks i.e 17 of 20 people in India are vulnerable to climate risks out of which every five Indians live in areas that are extremely vulnerable.
• Northeastern states are more vulnerable to floods.
• According to Germanwatch's 2020 findings, India is the seventh-most vulnerable country with respect to climate extremes.
• Sikkim, with an index score of 0.42 was relatively less vulnerable.
• On a scale ranging 0-1, 1 indicating the highest possible level of vulnerability, at the top of the scale were Assam with a score of 0.72 and Mizoram at 0.71.

The correct answer is April 18.

 Key Points

• World Heritage Day
• World Heritage Day is celebrated every year on 18 April.
• Its aim is to preserve the human heritage and to recognize all the efforts of relevant organizations.
• The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) in 1982 announced, 18 April as the World Heritage Day.
• It was approved by the General Assembly of UNESCO in 1983, with an aim of enhancing awareness about the importance of cultural heritage, monuments and conserving them.
• World Heritage Day 2021 theme is "Complex Pasts: Diverse Futures”.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Article 124.

 Key Points

• Article 124
• Article 124 is related to the establishment and Constitution of the Supreme Court.
• There shall be a Supreme Court of India consisting of a Chief Justice of India and, until Parliament by law prescribes a larger number, of not more than seven other Judges.
• Article 124 (4)
• It deals with the "Removal of a Judge of the Supreme Court" and prescribes the manner of procedure be followed for removing a Judge of the Supreme Court from his office.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Ethiopia.

 Key Points

• The unit currency of Ethiopia is known as the Birr.
• It is known as 'dollar' in English before 1976.
• Ethiopia
• Capital- Addis Ababa
• Currency- Birr
• President- Taye Atske Selassie
• Prime Minister- Abiy Ahmed

 Additional Information

The correct answer is 'to drink'.

Key Points

• When we use two verbs one after another, we use 'to' between them. The verb followed by 'to' should be V1.
• Ex: They came to study. (study is the first form; i.e. V1)
• Drank, Drunk are V2 and V3 respectively for root form 'Drink'. Therefore, 'to drank' and 'to drunk' are incorrect.
• 'to drink' is the right option.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 2).

Complete sentence: One day a thirsty lamb went to drink water from a stream.

The correct answer is 'aren't I'.

Key Points

• In grammar, a question tag is a very short clause at the end of a statement which changes the statement into a question. For example, in 'She said half price, didn't she?', the words 'didn't she' are a question tag.
• For an affirmative sentence, we use negative question tag and vice-versa.
• Question tag for a statement which has 'am' as a helping verb is 'aren't I?' or 'are I ?'.
• The given sentence is an affirmative one, therefore, 'aren't I' is the correct phrase to complete it.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 4).

Complete sentence: I am only a student, aren't I?

The correct answer is 'We must eat to live'.

Key Points

• A simple sentence is a sentence that contains a single independent clause.
• Ex: I saw her the day before yesterday.
• A compound sentence contains at least two independent clauses, often joined by conjunctions.
• Ex: Dr. Watson explained his theory, and Sherlock Holmes listened quietly.
• In the given sentence, there are two independent clauses joined by conjunction 'or'.
• Now let's discuss the marked option:
• There is a single independent clause: We must eat to live.
• The marked sentence retains the meaning of the original sentence.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 1).

Additional Information

• Let's discuss the other option:
• We must eat for we cannot live:
• We must eat and we cannot live are two clauses.
• We must eat to living:
• 'to living' is grammatically incorrect.
• We must eat so that we can live
• We must eat and so that we can live are two clauses.

The correct answer is 'orthodox'.

Key Points

• Heretical means 'opposite to or against the official or popular opinion, or showing no respect for the official opinion'.
• Ex: He did not reveal his heretical views on the drug war until after he was reelected.
• Marked option 'orthodox' means '(of beliefs, ideas, or activities) considered traditional, normal, and acceptable by most people'.
• Ex: We would prefer a more orthodox approach/solution to the problem.
• It's clear that 'Heretical' and 'Orthodox' are opposite in meaning.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 1).

Additional Information

• Doubtful:  unlikely to happen or to be successful
• Impious: showing no respect, especially for God or religion
• Amusing: entertaining and funny

The correct answer is 'Sahil suggested Sameer to take rest if he was tired and offered to do his work'.

Key Points

• There are two statements in reported speech; one is a suggestion and the other one is an offer.
• Take rest if you are tired: suggestion
• I will do your work: offer
• To change it into indirect form, the below steps should be followed:
• 'Said to' is changed into suggested etc. according to the context.
• Inverted commas (") are removed.
• Then, it is followed by 'to + V1 (to + take rest)'.
• Additional clause 'if you are tired' is changed into 'if he was tired'.
• The second statement is connected using connector 'and' and using verb 'offered' followed by 'to + V1'.
• A full stop (.) concludes the sentences.
• On following the above steps, we get the required Indirect form:
• Sahil suggested Sameer to take rest if he was tired and offered to do his work.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 4).