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The correct answer is Gandhiji.

Key Points

• Mahatama Gandhi was the founder of Navjivan newspaper.
• It was published by The Associated Journals Ltd which started publishing the Navjivan daily on 1 November 1947.
• The newspaper's main goal was to accelerate the development of a democratic, liberal & modern India.
• Mahatma Gandhi edited several newspapers including Harijan in Gujarati, in Hindi and in the English language, Indian Opinion and Young India, in English and Navajivan in Gujarati and Hindi.

The correct answer is NLMK.

Logic Followed:

The correct answer is Singhbhum District.

Key Points

• Notuburu is a town in West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.
• The place is rich in iron ore hematite.
• The major produce of this mine is iron ore (including blue dust).
• The mines are run by the Tata Steel and most of the residents of this town are employed by this company.

The correct answer is elected by an electoral college constituted by members of the two Houses of the Parliament.

Key Points

• Article 63 states that there shall be a Vice-President of India.
• The Vice-President shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Council of States.
• Article 66 deals with the election of vice-president.
• The Vice-President shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of the members of both Houses of Parliament in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote and the voting at such election shall be by secret ballot.
• The Vice-President shall not be a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State, and if a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State be elected Vice-President, he shall be deemed to have vacated his seat in that House on the date on which he enters upon his office as Vice-President.
• No person shall be eligible for election as Vice-President unless he –
• is a citizen on India;
• has completed the age of thirty-five years; and
• is qualified for election as a member of the Council of States.

The correct answer is current.

Explanation

• A transformer is a device that converts the alternating current voltage at its greater voltage input to the lower voltage at its outcome without affecting the frequency.

• The step-down transformer transforms high voltage to low voltage, but the power provided remains constant.

• Since, P=V×IP=V×I

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• If V decreases, I increases.

The correct answer is Jane Campion.

Key Points

• Jane Campion has won this year's best director Oscar for the Western drama The Power of the Dog.
• She is now the third director who is a woman to win an Oscar.
• The other two are Kathryn Bigelow (in 2010 for The Hurt Locker) and Chloé Zhao (in 2021 for Nomadland).

The correct answer is Namita Gokhale.

Key Points

• Namita Gokhale won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 in English for her novel ‘Things to Leave Behind’.
• Published in 2016, in 'Things To Leave Behind' Gokhale explores the themes of British colonialism, caste and creed.

Additional Information

• The Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2021 were awarded for 22 Indian languages.
• Megha Majumdar won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2021 for her debut book 'A Burning', published in 2020.
• Anita Vachharajani won the Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 in the English language for her children's book 'Amrita Sher-gil: Rebel With A Paintbrush'.

The correct answer is 200 days.

Key Points

Given:

Number of men = 4000

Number of days = 190

Men left after 30 days = 800

Concept used:

M1×D1=M2×D2

Calculation:

Let  D2 be x days.

M1 = 4000

D1 = 190 − 30 = 160

M2 = 4000 − 800 = 3200

⇒4000 × 160 = 3200 × x

⇒x = 200days

The correct answer is 25.

Key Points

• A quorum is the minimum number of members required to be present before a meeting is allowed to begin.
• The quorum of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha is one-tenth of the total membership of each house.
• The total membership of the Rajya Sabha is 245, therefore, the presence of 25 members is the quorum sufficient to constitute its meeting.
• In case of Lok Sabha the presence of 50 members of Lok Sabha is required for quorum.

The correct answer is ₹ 2,400.

Given:

Selling price = ₹ 2,280.

Loss = 5%

Formula used:

$CP = {100SP /(100 - loss)}$

Calculation:

Let cost price be CP.

Therefore,

$CP = {100 * 2280/ (100 - 5)}$ = 2400

Hence, cost price is Rs. 2400₹ 2400