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The correct answer is Mizoram.

Key Points

• The largest city in the state, Aizawl is the capital of the state of Mizoram in India.
• Aizawl was officially established on 25 February 1890.

Additional Information

• The capital of Manipur is Imphal. It is the birthplace of polo, the sport, and the birthplace of Ras Lila, a classical dance form.
• Tripura is a hilly state in northeast India, bordered on 3 sides by Bangladesh, and home to a diverse mix of tribal cultures and religious groups.
• Arunachal Pradesh became a full-fledged State on 20^th February 1987. Till 1972, it was known as the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA). It gained the Union Territory status on 20 January 1972 and renamed as Arunachal Pradesh.

The correct answer is Madhya Pradesh.

Key Points

• The Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh came into being in 1955 and forms the core of the Kanha Tiger Reserve, created in 1974 under Project Tiger.
• The Park's landmark achievement is the preservation of the rare hardground Swamp Deer (Barasingha), saving it from near extinction.
• The State animal of Madhya Pradesh - Hard Ground Barasingha
• The lush sal and bamboo forests, grassy meadows, and ravines of Kanha provided inspiration to Rudyard Kipling for his famous novel "Jungle Book".

Important Points

• In 1972, a comprehensive Wildlife Act was enacted, which provides the main legal framework for the conservation and protection of wildlife in India.
• The two main objectives of the Act are
• To provide protection to the endangered species listed in the schedule of the Act.
• To provide legal support to the conservation areas of the country classified as National parks, sanctuaries, and closed areas.
• This Act has been comprehensively amended in 1991, making punishments more stringent, and has also made provisions for the protection of specified plant species and conservation of endangered species of wild animals.
• There are 103 National parks and 535 wildlife sanctuaries in the country.

The correct answer is Copper.

Key Points

• Bronze is an alloy of Copper and tin.
• One of the first alloys made by humans was bronze.
• Bronze is the mixture of the metals tin and copper.

The Correct Answer is Option 4 i.e Ministry of Finance.

• National Development Council: 
• It is the apex body for decision creating and deliberations on development matters in India.
• It is presided over by the Prime Minister.
• Economic Survey of India:
• It is a flagship annual report of the Ministry of Finance.
• The department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of finance presents the survey in parliament every year, just before the union budget.
• It is prepared under the guidance of the Chief Economic Adviser of India.
• The survey is a detailed report of the country's economic performance during the past year.
• It is released every year before the Budget.

• Light year is a unit of distance, which is equal to the distance light travels in one year.
• It is about 951 Trillion kilometres.
• It is mainly used to measure the distance between celestial bodies of very far distances.
• There are approximately 9.4×1015 meters in a light year.
• Parsec is its preferred unit.
• Light travels approximately one foot in a nanosecond.
• A light year contains 0.3066016 parsecs.

• Lothal is a port city in Gujarat, located on the banks of the Bhogava River, a right tributary of the Sabarmati River.
• It had the earliest known dock in the world, used mainly for trade purposes in the Indus Valley Civilization.
• Lothal is situated in the Ahmedabad District in modern Gujarat.
• It is considered a port town according to the Archaeological Survey of India.

The correct answer is Compressed Natural Gas.

Key Points 

• The major component of bio-gas and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is Methane.
• Bio-CNG contains about 92-98 % of methane and only 2-8 % carbon dioxide.
• The high methane content and calorific value combined with the low quantity of moisture, hydrogen sulphide and impurities makes Bio-CNG an ideal fuel for automobiles and power generation.
• Compressed natural gas is a fuel that can be used in place of gasoline, diesel fuel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
• CNG is made by compressing natural gas, which is mainly composed of methane (CH4).

Additional Information 

CONCEPT:

• Magnet: A magnet is an object that has a magnetic field. A magnet attracts or repels other magnets or magnetic materials.
• When two magnets are brought together, the opposite poles will attract one another, but the like poles will repel one another.
• A natural magnet is nothing but an ore of iron that attracts small pieces of iron, nickel, and cobalt towards it.

EXPLANATION:

• Artificial magnets can be either temporary or permanent. Temporary magnets are magnets that aren't usually magnetic but can become magnetic when needed. Magnets that never lose their magnetic pull are said to be permanent magnets.
• Bar magnets, Horseshoe magnets, Cylindrical Magnets & Electromagnets are examples of artificial magnets.
• Electromagnets are temporary and artificial magnets.

Additional Information

• A magnet that naturally occurs in nature is known as a natural magnet. Because they are all permanent magnets, natural magnets never lose their magnetic properties.
• In numerous locations around the world, sand deposits contain natural magnets. Lodestone, commonly known as magnetite, is a substance that makes a strong natural magnet.

The correct answer is Croatia.

Key Points 

• Croatia finished its FIFA World Cup 2022 campaign by beating Morocco 2-1 to take the third place.
• Argentina defeated France 4-2 on penalties to win their third World Cup, after 36 years on 19 December 2022.
• Golden Ball was awarded to Lionel Messi.
• He also got this award in 2014.
• With eight goals, Kylian Mbappe was awarded the Golden boot.
• Enzo Fernandez is awarded the Young Player of the Tournament award.
• While the goalkeeper of the tournament was given to Emiliano Martinez.

Additional Information 

• Other Sports News:
• Indian swimmer Chahat Arora set a national record in the women's 100-metre breaststroke at the FINA World Swimming Championships 2022 in Melbourne, Australia on 14 Dec 2022.
• Men's badminton world number one Viktor Axelsen won the men's singles title after defeating Indonesian ace Anthony Ginting at the season-ending World Tour Finals in Bangkok on 11 December 2022.
• Indian swimmer Siva Sridhar broke the national record in the men’s 200m individual medley heats at the Short Course World Championships in Melbourne on 13 Dec 2022.
• Manu Bhaker bagged a gold medal in the 10-metre pistol junior women's event at the National Shooting Championship in Bhopal.

The correct answer is Dr Jitendra Singh.

Key Points

• Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated north India’s first Industrial Biotech Park at Ghatti, Kathua, Jammu, on 28 May'22.
• The park would act as hub for incubation of new ideas and will act as a robust platform to support the agri-entrepreneurs, startups, progressive farmers, etc.
• It will carry out research on biodiversity, medicinal and aromatic plants of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Additional Information

• Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated India’s ‘First Lavender Festival' in Bhaderwah, J&K, on 26 May 2022.
• The 2 days Lavender Festival 2022 is being conducted under Union Government's Aroma Mission 2.
• The country’s first National Institute of High Altitude Medicine is also being built in Bhaderwah.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the  540 Megawatt (MW) Kwar Hydro Electric Project located on river Chenab, in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.