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The correct answer is 'Varanasi'.

Key Points

• Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia, on December 1, launched Digi Yatra from the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi for three airports in the country, namely New Delhi, Varanasi and Bengaluru.
• Digi Yatra is conceived to achieve contactless, seamless processing of passengers at airports based on Facial Recognition Technology (FRT).
• With Digi Yatra, India will now stand in the ranks of world class airports like Heathrow in London and Atlanta in United States of America.
• Digi Yatra in the first phase, will be launched at 7 airports. However, it has been initially launched at 3 airports i.e., Delhi, Bengaluru and Varanasi today, to be followed by 4 airports namely Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, and Vijayawada by March 2023.
• Later it would be implemented across various airports in the country.
• The service is presently being launched for domestic flights passengers only.

Additional Information

• The Digi Yatra project conceived by Digi Yatra Foundation under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, envisages a traveller today pass through various check points at the airports through a paperless and contactless processing using facial features to establish her identity which could be linked to the boarding pass.
• To use this facility, one-time registration on Digi Yatra app is required using Aadhar based validation and a self-image capture.
• There is no central storage of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Passenger’s ID and travel credentials are stored in a secure wallet in the passenger’s smartphone itself.
• The uploaded data will utilise blockchain technology and all the data will be purged from the servers within 24 hours of use.

The correct answer is West Bengal.

Key Points

• Sikkim connects with only one state of the country.
• The sole state of India that connects to Sikkim is West Bengal while other borders of Sikkim connect with countries like Nepal in the West, Bhutan in the East, and China in the north.
• The state is best known for its biodiversity and is the second smallest state in India.

Important Points

• About Sikkim:
• Capital: Gangtok
• Chief Minister: Prem Singh Tamang
• Governor: Ganga Prasad
• Lok Sabha seats: 1
• Rajya Sabha seats: 1

The correct answer is 'Unique Identification Authority of India'.

Key Points

• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Headquarter in New Delhi has won the prestigious GRIHA Exemplary Performance Award 2022, a top national level Green Building Award.
• GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) is a national rating system for green buildings in India.
• UIDAI HQ has been declared a winner among the existing highest rated building category.
• UIDAI believes and promotes the idea of recycle and reuse to reduce carbon footprint. It has been harnessing solar power to meet a portion of its energy consumption.
• It is recycling and reusing water and has been adhering to sustainable waste management practices. The eco friendliness of the building also offers a congenial working environment to the staff.
• In 2021, UIDAI HQ building was adjudged the runners up.

Additional Information

• Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique identity number that can be obtained voluntarily by the citizens of India and resident foreign nationals who have spent over 182 days in twelve months immediately preceding the date of application for enrolment, based on their biometric and demographic data.
• The data is collected by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), a statutory authority established in January 2009 by the Government of India, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, following the provisions of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, benefits and services) Act, 2016.
• Aadhaar is the world's largest biometric ID system.

The correct answer is Balaji Bajirao.

Key Points

• Balaji Bajirao 
• Shrimant Peshwa Balajirao Bhat (8 December 1720 – 23 June 1761), also known as Nana Saheb, was the 8^th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire in India.
• He was appointed as Peshwa in 1740 upon the death of his illustrious father, the Peshwa Bajirao I.
• He was appointed as Peshwa by Shahuji.
• His nominated successor, Ramraja, was imprisoned by the Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao at Satara.
• In this condition, the power of the Maratha empire was passed into the hands of Peshwa by the Sangola Agreement in 1750.
• By Sangola agreement in 1750, the Peshwa manage to administer the wealth in the name of Chhatrapati.
• By the Sangola Agreement of 1750, the Maratha king became a 'do nothing king' and the Mayor of Palace, and the Peshwa emerged as the real and the effective head of the Maratha Confederacy. Hence option 1 is correct.

• Svetambara and Digambara are two sects of the Jain community.
• Svetambara Jains are “those who wear white” and is one of the two important sects of Jainism.
• Svetambaras unlike Digambaras do not believe in renunciation of clothes for attaining liberation.
• They also believe that anybody can attain liberation(including women).
• Digamabara Jains are those to whom “space is the garment” and do not wear anything.
• The Digambara Jains worship completely nude idols of tirthankaras (omniscient beings) and siddha (liberated souls). The tirthankara is represented either seated in yoga posture or standing in the Kayotsarga posture.
• They believe that liberation can only be attained through male body and nudity is necessary to break the bondage of illusory world.
• Extra:-
• Jainsim has 24 teerthankaras (those who have conquered the illusory world and cycles of birth and death and those who lead others towards liberation)
• Rishabnath was the first Jain teerthankar and the founder of Jainism.
• Mahavira was the last and 24^th Jain teerthankar.
• Five main vows of Jainism:-
• ahiṃsā (non-violence), satya (truth), asteya (not stealing), brahmacharya (celibacy or chastity or sexual continence), and aparigraha (non-attachment)

The correct answer is 1905.

Key Points

• The Partition of Bengal was announced on 19 July 1905 by the then Viceroy Lord Curzon.
• And was implemented on 16 October 1905
• However, in 1911 it was withdrawn by Lord Hardinge.
• The stated reason was to ease the administration.
• But the actual reason was to weaken the growing nationalism in Bengal and break the unity.
• As per Curzon, after the partition, the two provinces would be Bengal (including modern West Bengal, Odisha, and Bihar) and Eastern Bengal and Assam.
• Annulment of Bengal:
• The partition of Bengal was annulled in 1911 by Lord Hardinge.
• The capital of British India was moved to Delhi from Calcutta in 1911.
• Despite the annulment, the partition already succeeded in making a communal divide between Muslims and Hindus of Bengal.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Emi Martinez.

Key Points

• Emi Martinez was awarded the Golden Glove Award.
• Enzo Fernandez was awarded the Young Player Award.
• Kylian Mbappe was awarded the Golden Boot award at the FIFA World Cup 2022.
• The 2022 FIFA World Cup: 
• It took place in Qatar.
• It was the first World Cup ever to be held in the Arab world.
• It was the second World Cup held entirely in Asia after the 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan.
• The tournament was won by Argentina.
• ​Argentina defeated France by 4-2.
• Lionel Messi was awarded the ​Golden Ball Award.
• At the end of the world cup 2022 he had 7 goals and 3 assists.
• Lionel Messi also became the first man to win two Golden Ball Awards as he had bagged the honour in 2014 when Argentina lost the final to Germany.

The correct answer is Electronic.

• "NEFT" stands for National Electronic Funds Transfer.
• It is an online payment system that can be used by individuals and organizations to transfer funds.
• Individuals who do not have bank accounts can deposit the money at NEFT enabled branches to avail this facility by providing their basic details.

India has many crops that have different cropping seasons divided into three - rabi, kharif and zaidi.

Important Points

• Rabi crops are sown in the winter months of October through December.
• They are harvested from April to June.
• Wheat, barley, peas, gram and mustard are all key rabi crops.
• Though these crops are farmed all across India, states in the north and northwestern sections of the country, such as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh are crucial for wheat and other rabi crop production

Hence rabi crops are sown from October to December.

The correct answer is EV-Yatra portal.

Key Points

• On the occasion of National Energy Conservation Day (December 14), President Draupadi Murmu launched the EV Yatra portal and mobile application with an aim to make India’s EV plans more functional and promote e-mobility in the country.
• The event took place in Delhi under the chairmanship of Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE).

Additional Information

• The EV Yatra app provides electric vehicle customers with their nearest charging station information and in-vehicle navigation.
• With the help of this app, they can easily reach your nearest e-vehicle charging station.
• The EV Yatra mobile application has been developed by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE).