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The correct answer is Palanativecra Charitra.

Additional Information

Amukta Malyada

• Amuktamalyada is a Telugu epic poem composed by Krishnadevaraya, the Vijayanagara Emperor in the early 16^th century.
• Amuktamalyada translates to one who offered the garland after wearing it themselves.
• Amuktamalyada describes the story of the wedding of the Hindu Lord Ranganayaka an avatar of Vishnu and Goda Devi also known as Andal the Tamil Alvar poet and daughter of Periyalvar, at Srirangam.

Important Points

Telangana

• Foundation Day: 2^nd June 2014 (carved out from Andhra Pradesh on this date and became the 29^th state of the Republic of India).
• Capital: Hyderabad.
• Chief Minister: Anumula Revanth Reddy, (December 2024)
• Governor: Jishnu Dev Varma (December 2024)
• State Animal: Jinka Deer.
• State Bird: Indian Roller.
• State Tree: Jammi.
• State Flower: Tangedu.
• Hyderabad and Secunderabad are known as the 'Twin Cities of Telangana'.
• Ramgundam is known as the 'Energy City of India'.
• Indian Air Force Academy and National Police Academy are in Hyderabad.
• Ramoji Film City is the largest film studio is in Hyderabad.
• Hyderabad is known as the City of Luck and Hi-Tech City.
• India's first e-Court is situated in Hyderabad.
• Golconda fort and Warrangal Fort are situated in Telangana.
• Telangana is the first Indian state to start Gender education at Degree Level.

The Correct answer is A-iii, B-i, C-iv, D-ii.

Key Points

• Dommarata:
• Dommarata is a historic folk dance, involving both men and women who perform dance together as a group.
• Women dance in rhythm with special steps, while men balance wooden sticks made of Bamboo or other wood forms, on their shoulder.
• Other men slowly climb the wooden sticks and balance themselves, in tune with the rhythm.
• This dance is prevalent in Andhra Pradesh.
• ​Yakshagana:
• One of the most important folk theatres of Karnataka and Kasaragod .yakhaganam has carved a unique niche for these two places in the cultural map of India.
• The name Yakshagana suggests the music of celestial beings.
• Yakshagana is a musical dance drama. Singing and drumming merge with dancing, and words with gestural interpretation and players clad in costumes of striking colour and contours are parts of the dance form.
• In Yakshagana music and speech go hand in hand and both could reach a good distance without our modern sound system.
• ​Kati Papalu:
• It means cremation ground keepers.
• Religious art form prevalent in Telangana.
• The  Kati  Kaparlu or  Kati  Papalu earn their livelihood by performing jugglery in the villages and collecting toll at the cremation grounds when the dead bodies are brought for cremation.
• When the bodies are brought to the cremation ground/graveyard they play musical instruments while dancing,  and eulogising the departed soul and demand the toll.
• ​Kolattam:
• This is a stick dance and a very popular dance in Andhra Pradesh.
• The dance form was originated in the Seventh century.
• This dance form has various names, in various regions of India. In Andhra Pradesh, this dance called as KolKollannalu, Kolattam and Kolannalu.
• In the early days, the dance was performed by women only, gradually the changes occurred in this dance and now the dance was performed by both male and female.
• The dance is the combination of rhythmic movements, songs, and music.
• The dance is performed by 8 to 40 artists as a group and every two artists grouped as a pair.
• Each one holds the two sticks and moves the sticks according to their leader movements. ​

The correct answer is A-iv, B-i, C-ii, D-iii.

Key Points

• Nilagiri Patrika
• It was edited by Shabnaveesu Venkatarama Narasimha rao.
• It was published for 5 years.
• In the beginning, it was printed at the Vijnana Pracharini printing press of Inugurty. Hanumakonda in 1925.
• Hitabodhini
• The first Telugu independent full-fledged magazine published in the Telangana region was the 'Hitabodhini'.
• It was edited by Srinivas Sharma.
• It published articles on patriotism, health, social reforms, and some other subjects.
• Andhra Abhyudayam was edited by Kokala Seetharama Sharma.
• The Rayyat was edited by KV Ranga Reddy and Mandumula NarsingRao.

The correct answer is Baindlas.

Key Points

• Jamidika is a stringed and percussion instrument made of wood and metal.
• This rare instrument is found in Andhra Pradesh.
• In the Jamidika, the string inside is plucked to play a sequence of jatis-bols.
• Off and on, the player also taps the wall of the instrument on the inside.
• This instrument is used as an accompaniment in the recital of Telugu ballads like Valaraju Katha - the story of a Yadava king.

The correct answer is Bhavanakurthy.

Key Points

• Dhulikatta 
• The Buddhist Mahastupa or the great stupa and vihar in Dhulikatta village, Pedapalli district were established at the end of the 2^nd century BC, which is more than 2000 years ago.
• The village is only 25 kilometers away from Karimnagar city, Telangana.
• According to many historians, the description of this fortified town which is situated on the banks of a river that has been conceptualized by the Greek emissary Megasthenes matches with that of this town.
• The remains and ruins of this ancient stupa that has been built on an elevated place are still discernible.
• Nelakondapalli
• It is a town and a Mandal headquarters in Khammam district, Telangana.
• It is a historic site, which includes a mud fortification wall that covers 100 acres.
• Excavations by archaeologists have unearthed the foundations of viharas, cisterns, wells, one Maha Stupa, terracotta idols, a bronze idol of Lord Buddha, and a miniature stupa carved in limestone, and other historic materials from the 3^rd and 4^th centuries.
• Phanigiri 
• It is a Buddhist site in Suryapet District, Telangana.
• The excavations conducted here have yielded a Maha Stupa, a stone pillared congregation hall, three Viharas, two Apsidal Chaityagruhas, Sculptured panels including Jataka stories, Brahmi label inscriptions belonging to Satavahana and Ikshavaku dynasties, coins belonging to Mahatalavarasa, Satavahana, and Ikshavaku Kings besides early historic cultural materials dateable to 1^st Century B.C. to 3^rd Century A.D.

The correct answer is Bakrid - Id-ul Ajah.

Key Points

• Bakrid is known as Id-ul-Zuha.
• Id-ul-Zuha (Bakr-Id), is a festival of great rejoice, special prayers, and exchange of greetings and gifts mark this festival of Muslims.
• Id-ul-Zuha, the festival of sacrifice is celebrated with traditional fervor and gaiety in India and the world.
• It is called Id-ul-Adha in Arabic and Bakr-Id in the Indian subcontinent, because of the tradition of sacrificing a goat or 'bakr' in Urdu.

Additional Information

• Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramzan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, and is celebrated during the first three days of Shawwal, the 10^th month of the Islamic calendar
• Muharram is celebrated as the advent of the Islamic New Year by participating Muslims around the globe. It is regarded as a pious and important festival by the community.
• Shab-e-Miraj or The Night of Ascent is one of the most celebrated dates of the Islamic calendar.

The correct answer is A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3.

Key Points

• Aasara Pension
• ‘Aasara’ pension scheme is meant to protect the most vulnerable sections of society in particular the old and infirm, people with HIV-AIDS, widows, incapacitated weavers, and toddy tappers, who have lost their means of livelihood with growing age, in order to support their day to day minimum needs requiring to lead a life of dignity and social security.
• The pension scheme was started on 8 November 2014 by the Chief Minister of Telangana, Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao in Kothur in Mahboobnagar district.
• The government is spending ₹5,500 crores every year on the scheme.
• From 2020-21 the government is providing an Aasara pension of Rs. 2,016 to senior citizens, widows, beedi workers, filaria victims, single women, handloom weavers, toddy tappers and AIDS victims, and Rs. 3,016 for disabled pensions.
• Haritha Haram
• It is a flagship programme of the Telangana Government envisages increasing the present 24% tree cover in the State to 33% of the total geographical area of the State.
• It was launched on 3 July 2015.
• The thrust areas to achieve the above are two-fold; one, initiatives in notified forest areas, and the other, initiatives in areas outside the notified forest areas.
• Kanti Velugu
• The Programme launched on 15^th August 2018.
• The Telangana Government has embarked on a Noble Project of achieving “avoidable blindness-free” status by conducting a Comprehensive and Universal Eye Screening for the entire population of the State.
• Mission Bhagiratha
• It is a project for safe drinking water for every village and city household in Telangana State.
• It aims to provide piped water to 2.32 crore people in 20 lakh households in urban and 60 lakhs in rural areas of Telangana.
• It was launched on 6 August 2016.

The correct answer is Only A is correct

Key Points

• Telangana State Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Special Development Fund (Planning, Allocation, and Utilization of Financial Resources) Act, 2017
• The Act is aimed to ensure accelerated development of SCs and STs with emphasis on achieving equality, focussing on economic, educational, and human development along with security and social dignity, and promoting equity among SCs and STs.
• For schemes exclusively benefitting Scheduled Tribe individuals or Scheduled Tribe households, 100% of scheme cost shall be allocated and accounted for under Scheduled Tribes Special Development Fund. Hence the statement A is correct.
• Land distribution Scheme
• Another significant welfare scheme of the government that provides 3 acres of agricultural land to landless SC women, along with the provision for the creation of irrigation facilities, land development, and other agricultural inputs for their sustained livelihood. Hence the statement B is incorrect.
• It was launched in 2015.
• The government distributed 2,524 acres of land to 959 Dalits spending Rs 94 crore in the first year.

Additional Information

• Telangana became the 29^th state of India.
• Telangana was separated from the state of Andhra Pradesh on 2 June 2014.
• The capital of Telangana is Hyderabad.

The correct answer is A and B only.

Key Points

• Digital Telangana Program was launched in Telangana on 1^st July 2015.
• The main objectives of the programme are:
• The digital literacy program, under which one member of each household will be taught to become digitally literate
• School computer literacy program: To teach every child from Class 6 onwards the basics of computers
• Expansion of Mee-Seva services
• Converting as many Mee-Seva services as possible on the mobile platform and make mobile governance a reality in Digital Telangana
• Identifying technology solutions for all government agencies to provide better services to the citizens
• The government of Telangana in the last 6 months has been working on making the vision of Digital Telangana a reality by providing
• 4G services in major cities
• enabling WiFi facilities at Tank Bund, Necklace Road, Charminar, Public Gardens, Railway Station, etc
• expanding Mee-Seva services and working towards the goal of One-Stop-Shop (OSS) kiosks at each Gram Panchayat

Given: 

(A) : The fine rice scheme was launched by the Telangana government in 2015 → True

(R) : It benefitted 32.7 lakh students so far → True (The given fact is true but it nowhere shows the reason for implementing the scheme)

Therefore, Both (A) and (R) true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

Hence, Option 2 is correct.