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Logic followed:

3 × 2+2=8

6× 2+2=14

Similarly,

a× 2+2=20

⇒ 2a=18

⇒ a = 9

Hence, 9 is the correct answer.

The correct answer is Judiciary.

Key PointsThe body which acts as the protector of Fundamental Rights is the Judiciary. The Judiciary protects the Fundamental Rights of the citizens from being exploited.

Under the Indian Constitution, the judiciary is considered as the guardian of fundamental rights.

• Article 32 takes care of Remedies for enforcement of fundamental rights conferred on a citizen of India by the supreme court.
• Article 226- States about the Power of the high court to issue certain writs.

Additional Information The six Fundamental Rights given in the Constitution of India are:

• Right to Equality
• Right to Freedom
• Right against Exploitation
• Right to Freedom of Religion
• Right to Constitutional Remedies
• Cultural and Educational Rights

The correct answer is Yamuna, Son and Damodar

Key Points Ganga has tributaries on both banks. It is the largest river system in India.

• Major left-bank tributaries of River Ganga: Ramganga,Gomti , Ghaghara , Gandak and Kosi.
• Major right–bank tributaries of River Ganga: the Yamuna, Son, Punpun, and Damodar.

Additional Information Ganga River

• River Ganga is the longest river in India and flows for around 1,569 miles (2,525 km) from the Himalayan Mountains to the Bay of Bengal.
• The river has the second greatest water discharge in the world, and its basin is the most heavily populated in the world with over 400 million people living in the basin.
• The Ganga originates as Bhagirathi from the Gangotri glacier in Uttar Kashi District of Uttarakhand at an elevation of 7,010 m.
• Alaknanda River joins Bhagirathi at Devaprayag.
• From Devapryag the river is called as Ganga.

The correct answer is Second Five-Year Plan

Key Points

• Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Calcutta was an Indian statistician was instrumental in formulating India's strategy for industrialization in the Second Five-Year Plan (1956–61).
• Mahalanobis Plan was India’s second five-year plan (1956-61) proposed by Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.
• This plan gave priority to investment goods, as they were crucial for the further economic growth of India.
• The plan explores the allocation of investment between the different sectors of the economy.

Additional Information Five Year Plan

• Economic planning in India began after the country's independence in 1950 when it was thought important for the country's economic growth and development.
• This was carried out through the Planning Commission (1951-2014) and the NITI Aayog's (2015-2017) Five-Year Plans, which were established, implemented, and monitored.
• Under the socialist influence of first Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, the idea of five-year economic planning was borrowed from the Soviet Union.

Given fractions are

34=0.7534=0.75

56=0.83356=0.833

Now,

23=0.6723=0.67

12=0.512=0.5

45=0.845=0.8

910=0.9910=0.9

Since, 0.75 < 0.8 < 0.83.

Hence, 4545

is the correct answer.

The correct answer is Bisthi

Key Points

• The villagers in the ancient period were subjected to forced labor called “vishti” for serving the royal army and officials.
• In the Gupta period, Vishti or forced labor became a source of income for the state and was looked upon as a sort of taxation paid by the people.
• Vishti was forced labour in lieu of tax and therefore not entitled to weekly wages.
• Anyone can be sent as the forced labourer, not particularly from the eldest son of the labourer.
• Most of the inscriptions refers to Vishti as more prevalent in the Madhya Pradesh and Kathiawar regions of the Gupta Empire.

The correct answer is Bhagwati Charan Vohra.

Key Points

• Bhagwati Charan Vohra was the author of the famous article titled The Philosophy of Bomb.
• Born on 4^th July 1904 to Rai Bahadur Shiv Charan Vohra and his wife, Bhagwati Charan was a brilliant and articulate man whose contribution to the Indian freedom struggle is forgotten by most Indians.
• In 1921, Vohra quit his college and joined the Satyagraha movement.
• However, after the movement was called off, he resumed his studies at the National College, Lahore, and acquired a B.A. degree.
• Revolutionary freedom fighter Bhagwati Charan Vohra died on May 28, 1930, as a result of an explosion while testing a bomb.

Additional Information

• Vohra was a voracious reader and a great writer as well. He was appointed the Propaganda Secretary of the Naujawan Bharat Sabha. He, along with Bhagat Singh prepared the manifesto of that organization.
• They were also part of the Hindustan Socialist Republic Association (HSRA). Vohra also authored the manifesto of the HSRA.
• He was against caste-based divisions in society and worked for the poor as per his socialist beliefs. He also promoted Hindu-Muslim unity.
• On 23^rd December 1929, Vohra and his associates plotted and executed a plan to assassinate the Viceroy Lord Irwin by hurling a bomb at a train in which Lord Irwin was travelling. The Viceroy escaped unhurt.
• In response to this, Vohra, along with Azad, authored an article ‘The philosophy of the bomb’ in which he explains the viewpoint of the radicals.
• The last paragraph of the article said, “There is no crime that Britain has not committed in India."

The correct answer is Iron

Key Points

• Haemoglobin is a metal complex.
• The heme group of haemoglobin contains iron as the central metal atom.
• This heme group is responsible for the binding and release of the oxygen atoms.
• Thus, the metal present in hemoglobin is iron(Fe).

Important Points

• Haemoglobin (Hb) is a type of globular protein present in red blood cells (RBCs), which transports oxygen in our body through blood. It is a tetrameric protein and contains the heme prosthetic group attached to each subunit.
• It is a respiratory pigment and helps in transporting oxygen as oxyhaemoglobin from the lungs to different parts of the body. Some amount of carbon dioxide is also transported back via haemoglobin as carbaminohaemoglobin.
• The standard abbreviation for Haemoglobin is “Hb”.

The correct answer is Viktor Orban

Key Points

• Viktor Orban was re-elected as the Prime Minister of Hungary for the fourth time.
• He won the 4^th term by a huge margin more than what was predicted in the pre-election polls.

Additional Information

Hungary

• Hungary is located in Central Europe and is bordered by Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Austria.
• The capital of the country is Budapest and it is also the country’s largest city.

The correct answer is VTT.

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