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The correct answer is 1878.

• Vernacular press act was passed in 1878.

Key Points

• The Vernacular Press Act, 1878 came to be known as the Gagging Act as it discriminated between the English and the Vernacular Press.
• Vernacular Press Act, in British India, the law enacted in 1878 to curtail the freedom of the Indian-language (i.e., non-English) press.
• Lord Lytton passed the Vernacular Press Act 1878.
•  He also passed the Arms Act 1878 that prohibited Indians from carrying weapons of any kind without licenses.

Additional Information

• Indian National Awakening was the prime motive of vernacular newspapers.
• The law was repealed in 1881 by Lytton’s successor, Lord Ripon.
• Provisions of the Vernacular Press Act, 1878 include :
  • The publisher had to deposit the security and in case of infringement of the provision of the act the security could be forfeited.
  • If the offence reoccurred, the press equipment could be seized.

The correct answer is 14 years.

• Under Section-3 of the "Children and Adolescent Labor (Prohibition and Regulation) Act", it a cognizable offence for a child of 14 years to work in any type of hazardous area or non-risk area.

Key Points

• Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986
  • As per the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, a "Child" is defined as any person below the age of 14, and the CLPR Act prohibits employment of a Child in any employment including as domestic help.
  • The act was amended in 2016 ("CLPR Act").

​Additional Information

• Importance of the act
  • In 2011, the national census of India found the total number of child labourers, aged [5–14], to be at 10.1 million, out of the total of 259.64 million children in that age group.
  • The child labour problem is not unique to India; worldwide, about 217 million children work, many full-time.

The correct answer is Femur.

Key Points

• The largest bone in the human body is the femur, the thighbone.
• It is the largest, longest, and strongest bone in the human body.
• The femur runs from the keen to the hip.
• The Femur or thigh bone is the largest and heaviest bone in the human body.
• At the proximal end of the Femur, there is a rounded prominence which is called the Head of the Femur.
• The femur runs from the keen to the hip.
• It carries all the upper body weight.
• The other parts of the leg are the tibia, femur, fibula, and keep cap also known as patella.

Additional Information

• The human skeleton is made up of 206 bones, including bones of the
  • Skull:  including the jaw bone (mandible, maxilla)
  • Spine: cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, sacrum and tailbone (coccyx)
  • Chest: ribs and breastbone (sternum)
  • Arms: the shoulder blade (scapula), collar bone (clavicle), radius, humerus and ulna
  • Hands: wrist bones (carpals), metacarpals and phalanges
  • Pelvis: hip bones
  • Legs: the thigh bone (femur), the kneecap (patella), shin bone (tibia) and fibula
  • Feet: tarsals, metatarsals, and phalanges.

1^st letter: Decrease by - 1

O - 1→ N – 1 → M - 1 → L – 1 → K

2^nd letter: increase by + 2

L + 2 → N + 2→ P + 2 → R + 2 → T

3^rd letter: Decrease by - 1

T - 1→ S – 1 → R - 1 → Q – 1 → P