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The correct answer is Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Key Points

• Good Governance Day is observed every year on 25 December.
• On this day nation celebrates the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
• Good Governance Day was established in 2014 to honor Prime Minister Vajpayee by fostering awareness among the Indian people of accountability in government.

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee

• Atal Bihari Vajpayee served as the Prime Minister of India three times.

• His first term was for only 13 days in 1996.

• He served his second term for a period of thirteen months from March 1998 to April 1999.

• And for the full term from 1999 to 2004.

• His first entry into parliament was in 1962 through the Rajya Sabha.

• He was elected to the Lok Sabha seven times.

• He was conferred the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award.

• The world's longest tunnel at Rohtang located on the Leh-Manali highway was named as Atal Tunnel recently.

Concept:

Acids are basically categorized in Organic and inorganic acids.

• Organic acids: All the sour things that we use in our daily life is organic acids. Ex- lemon, apple, vinegar etc.
• Inorganic acids: The acids used in laboratories which are basically very strong acids are inorganic in nature. Ex- Hydrochloric acid (HCl), Sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) etc.

Explanation:

Various types of acids are naturally occurring in the substance.

The correct answer is option 2, i.e. Lactic acid.

Few naturally occurring acids are -

The correct answer is option 1, i.e. Battery.

• Shalimar Gardens located in Lahore, Pakistan, was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.
• It was built in the year 1641-42 and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• Monuments like the Taj Mahal, the Jama Masjid, the Red Fort, etc. were also built by Shah Jahan.

The correct answer is SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India).

Key Points

• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), was initially constituted on April 12, 1988.
• SEBI is the regulatory body for dealing with all matters related to the development and regulation of the securities market in India.
• SEBI is situated in Mumbai with its regional offices at Kolkata, Delhi, and Chennai.
• SEBI is managed by six members:
• one chairman (nominated by Central Government), two members (officers of central ministries), one member (from RBI), and the remaining two members are nominated by Central Government.
• SEBI’s primary functions include protecting investor interests, promoting and regulating the Indian securities markets.
• All financial intermediaries permitted by their respective regulators to participate in the Indian securities markets are governed by SEBI regulations.

Important Points

The correct answer is Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Key Points

• Former West Bengal governor & National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected the 14^th Vice President of India on 6 August 2022.
• Mr Dhankhar defeated the Opposition’s candidate, Ms Margaret Alva, by a margin of 346 votes.
• He will succeed M Venkaiah Naidu.
• Mr Dhankhar will take the oath of office on 11 August 2022.

Additional Information

• Recent Appointments:
• Fintech startup BharatPe has appointed Nalin Negi, the former chief financial officer of credit card issuer SBI Card, as its CFO.
• Ashishkumar Chauhan has assumed charge as MD and CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
• YES Bank has announced the appointment of Rama Subramaniam Gandhi as an additional independent director of the bank for a period of five years.

• In traffic signals, it is important that the signal remains visible from a far distance.
• And red light scatters least which enables us to see the signal from a far distance.
• According to Rayleigh's scattering, electromagnetic radiation (light) is scattered by particles of radius less than 1/10^th the wavelength ($\lambda$) of radiation.

$\text{Scattering intensity} \propto \frac{1}{\lambda^4}$

• This implies that the more the wavelength of radiation, the less it will be scattered. Since red light has the longest wavelength, it gets scattered the least and travels more distance, and the intensity of the light is not reduced due to scattering, therefore, it is used in danger signals so that they can be seen from a distance.

The correct answer is Rs. 5000.

• The amount of cash incentive provided to pregnant women and lactating mothers under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana – PMMVY is Rs. 5000.

Key Points

• Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana – PMMV
• It is also partial compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentives so that the woman can take adequate rest before and after the delivery of the first living child.
• The cash incentive provided would lead to improved health-seeking behaviour amongst the Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers (PW&LM).
• Under it cash incentive of Rs. 5,000 is provided to pregnant women and lactating mothers.
• Introduced in 2017.
• It is under the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
• It is a conditional cash transfer scheme.
• Pregnant women of 19 years of age or above for the first live birth are the main target base.

The correct answer is Shiwaliks.

Key Points

• Shivalik
• Also known as the outer Himalayas, they are known by different names in different places. For example, they are called Jammu hills in Jammu, Dudhwa ranges in Uttarakhand, Darjeeling hills in West Bengal, etc.
• The Shiwalik is the southernmost range of the Himalayas. Hence, option 1 is correct.
• River Teesta cuts across Shivalik ranges in Sikkim.
• Beyond Sikkim, Shivalik ranges merge with the lesser Himalayas, also known as Outer Himalayas.
• Shivalik range Located between the Great Plains and Lesser Himalayas.
• The altitude varies from 600 to 1500 meters.
• Runs for a distance of 2,400 km from the Potwar Plateau to the Brahmaputra valley.
• The southern slopes of the Shivalik range are steep while the northern slopes are gentle.
• The width of the Shiwaliks varies from 50 km in Himachal Pradesh to less than 15 km in Arunachal Pradesh.
• They are an almost unbroken chain of low hills except for a gap of 80-90 km which is occupied by the valley of the Tista River and Raidak River.
• Shiwalik range from North-East India up to Nepal are covered with thick forests but the forest cover decreases towards west from Nepal (The quantum of rainfall decreases from east to west in Shiwaliks and Ganga Plains).
• The southern slopes of the Shiwalik range in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh are almost devoid of forest cover. These slopes are highly dissected by seasonal streams called **Chaos.**​

The correct answer is Assam.

Key Points

• This museum was established in 2012 for preservation of coal related artifacts of the last 120 years.
• Coal mining was started in 1881 in Margherita region in Upper Assam by the British-owned Assam Railways and Trading Company (AR&TC).
• This heritage museum depicts the history of coal mining in the north east region.
• It also depicts the procedures of mining along with refinery processes