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The correct answer is 05.

• 3 districts of Uttarakhand, Pithoragarh, Champawat, and Udhamsingh Nagar, share their border with Nepal.
• 3 districts Pithoragarh, Chamoli, and Uttarkashi share the international border of Tibet (China).
• Pithoragarh shares a border with both Nepal and Tibet.

Key Points

Uttarakhand

• The total Area of the state of Uttarakhand is 53,483 km² which is about 1.69% of the total area of the country.
• 86.07% of the total area of the state (46035 km²) is mountainous and 13.93% of the area (7448 sq km) is plain.
• Uttarakhand has Nepal in the east, Himachal Pradesh in the west, Himalayas and Tibet in the north, and Uttar Pradesh in the south.
• 3 districts of Uttarakhand, Pithoragarh, Champawat, and Udhamsingh Nagar, share their border with Nepal.
• And 3 districts Pithoragarh, Chamoli, and Uttarkashi share the international border of Tibet (China).
• 5 districts Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital, Dehradun, Pauri Garhwal, and Haridwar share the Uttar Pradesh border,

           and 2 districts Dehradun and Uttarkashi touch the border of Himachal Pradesh.

• Pithoragarh, the easternmost district of Uttarakhand state, Western District Dehradun, The northern district is Uttarkashi

         and the southern district is Udham Singh Nagar.

• The border of the Pauri district touches 7 districts of the state, Which include Nainital, Almora, Chamoli, Rudraprayag,

          Tehri, Dehradun, and Haridwar.

• Pithoragarh is the district with the longest international border.​

The correct answer is Pauri Garhwal and Almora

Key Points

• Pauri Garhwal(-1.41 %) and Almora districts(-1.28 %) recorded negative population growth during 2001-2011 as per the Census of India, 2011.
• The rank of Uttarakhand in India in terms of population density as per the census 2011 is 26^th.
• The population density of Uttarakhand as per the Census 2011 is 189/ km2 (490/sq mi).

Population density

• It is the number of people per unit of area, usually quoted per square kilometre or square mile.
• The population density of Uttarakhand as per the Census 2001 was 159/km2.
• The population density (Acc to 2011) of India state that the density in 2011 has been increased from a figure of 324 to that of 382 per square kilometre.
• Population density increased at the rate of 17.54 from 2001 to 2011 in India.

The correct answer is Source region of Tons river.

Key Points

​Govind National Park

• It is located in the Uttarkashi district of the state of Uttarakhand. The park lies in the higher reaches of the Garhwal Himalayas.
• The park was established as a Wildlife Sanctuary in the year of 1955. It was declared as a National Park in the year of 1990.
• Fauna includes the Snow Leopard, Brown Bear, Musk Deer, Western Tragopan, etc.
• Within the park is the Har-ki-dun valley which is a known spot for trekking, while the Ruinsara high-altitude lake is also popular as a tourist destination.
• The park creates an upper water catchment of River Tons.
• Tons river is a significant tributary of Yamuna River and reaches the upper stretches of Garhwal.

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The correct answer is Roorkee.

Key Points

• State Infrastructure & Industrial Development Corporation Uttarakhand Ltd., SIDCUL:
• It is a Government of Uttarakhand Enterprise.
• It is located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
• It was organized as a Limited Company in the year 2002.
• The primary objective of SIDCUL is to provide overall industrial development of the state by developing the necessary infrastructure and industries in the state of Uttarakhand directly or through special purpose vehicles, investments assisted companies, etc.

Selaqui, Sitarganj, and Haridwar are related where as Roorkee is not related.

The correct answer is Sub-Tropical Forests.

Key Points

Sub-Tropical Forests

• These forests are found only around Mount Abu.
• These dense forests are green throughout the year.
• The area of ​​these forests is only 0.4 per cent.
• Mango, Dhak, Jamun, Siris, Amberrati, Bell and Khair trees are found in these forests.

Additional Information

Cool Temperate Forest & Woodland:

• Includes temperate deciduous forest and woodland, temperate needle-leaved forest and woodland,

          and temperate rainforest. These forests are dominated by broad-leaved or needle-leaved tree growth forms.

Subalpine forests

• Subalpine forests are disturbance driven, with a mean disturbance return interval of 150 to 350 years.
• Although fire is the most important form of natural disturbance in these forests, wind, insects, disease,

           ungulate browsing, avalanches, landslides, extreme weather, and volcanism also play a role.

Temperate forest

• Temperate forest, vegetation type with a more or less continuous canopy of broad-leaved trees.
• Such forests occur between approximately 25° and 50° latitude in both hemispheres.

The correct answer is Six.

• If a Panchayat is dissolved, elections are to be held within six months from the date of dissolution.

Key Points 

Duration of Panchayati Raj

• The Act provides for a five-year term of office to all the levels of the panchayat.
• However, the panchayat can be dissolved before the completion of its term.
• But fresh elections to constitute the new panchayat should be completed before the expiry of its five-year duration.
• In case of dissolution, the election should be within a period of six months from the date of its dissolution.

Additional Information 

• The term Panchayati Raj in India signifies the system of rural local self-government.
• It had been established after the advice of the Balwant Rai Mehta committee, which is established by the Govt. of India in 1957.
• This committee has three-tier panchayat governance such as Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti, and Zila Parishad.
• As a result of this scheme the first Panchayat system introduced in Rajasthan in 1959.

Ashok Mehta committee -1977

• It gives a two-tier governance plan in 1977.
• The two-tier plan was Zila Parishad and Mandal Panchayat.

 73^rd and 74^th Constitutional Amendment,1992

• It brought back the three-tier system again.
• This amendment added a new part to the Constitution, namely, added Part IX titled The Panchayats.
• This amendment adds a Three-tier system of panchayats at the village, intermediate Mandal, and district levels except in States with a population is below 20 lakhs (Article 243B)
• The Panchayat is constituted under Article 243 to 243 (O)

The correct answer is 10^th Schedule.

Key Points

• The Tenth Schedule popularly known as the Anti-Defection Act
• It was included in the Constitution via the 52^nd Amendment Act, 1985 and sets the provisions for disqualification of elected members on the grounds of defection to another political party.
• The anti-defection law was enacted during the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1985. Parliament added it to the constitution in the year 1985.
• According to 91^st CAA, 2003, at least two-thirds of the members of a party have to be in favour of a "merger" for it to have validity in the eyes of the law.
• The Speaker or the Chairman of the respective Legislative house decide on disqualification arising out of defection.

Additional Information

• Disqualification on the ground of defection
• ​if he has voluntarily given up his membership of such a political party.
• if he votes or abstains from voting in such House contrary to any direction issued by the political party to which he belongs.
• Disqualification on the ground of defection is not to apply in case of a merger
• ​A member of a House shall not be disqualified where his original political party merges with another political party.

Let's look at some schedules:

The correct answer is 15.

Key Points 

Public Accounts Committee:

• Public Accounts Committee was founded in 1921 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1919.
• Currently, it has 22 members, out of which 15 are from Lok Sabha and the other 7 members are from Rajya Sabha.
• The Chairman of the committee until 1966-67 belonged to the ruling party.
• However, a convention has developed since 1967 whereby the Chairman of the committee is Elected from the Opposition.
• The tenure of its chairman and members is one year.

Additional Information 

• The Committee on Public Accounts is the oldest Parliamentary Committee.
• The Speaker is empowered to appoint the Chairman of the Committee from amongst its Members.
• The Committee on Public Accounts scrutinizes the Appropriation Accounts of the Government of India and the reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. While doing so,  it is the duty of the Committee to satisfy itself-
• that the money shown in the accounts as having been disbursed were legally available for, and applicable to, the service or purpose to which have been applied or charged.
• that the expenditure conforms to the authority which governs it.
• that every re-appropriation has been made in accordance with the provisions made on this behalf under rules framed by the competent authority.

The correct answer is Lahore Session 1929.

Key Points

• The Purna Swaraj declaration was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on 19 December 1929 in its Lahore session under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru.
• The Declaration was passed due to the breakdown of negotiations between leaders of the freedom movement and the British over the question of dominion status for India.
• In the Calcutta Session of Congress in 1906, Dadabhai Naoroji had placed Swaraj as a national demand.
• It was the first time that the demand for self-government or swaraj, like that of the UK and other colonies, was raised from the platform of the Congress.

The correct answer is 24 January, 1950.

Key Points

• Jana Gana Mana ” is the national anthem of India.
• It was first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress on 27 December 1911.
• “Jana Gana Mana” was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Indian national anthem on 24 January 1950.
• Written in highly Sanskritised (Tatsama) Bengali, it is the first of five stanzas of a Brahmo hymn composed by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
• 27 December 2011 marked the completion of 100 years of Jana Gana Mana since it was sung for the first time.

Additional Information 

• The original poem written by Rabindranath Tagore was translated into Hindi by Abid Ali.