Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Basketball.

Key Points

• Rajasthan is a state in northern India.
• Its capital is Jaipur.
• The state covers an area of 342,239 square kilometres (132,139 sq mi) or 10.4 per cent of the total geographical area of India.
• It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh-largest by population.
• Rajasthan comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert (also known as the "Great Indian Desert").

• Basketball is the official Game of Rajasthan State.

Additional Information 

• Other state symbols of Rajasthan-
  • Rohida (Tecomella undulate) is the official state Flower of Rajasthan.
  • Godawan or Great Indian Bustard is the official state bird of Rajasthan.
  • Khejri (Prosopis Cineraria) is the official tree of Rajasthan State.
  • Ghoomar is the official dance of Rajasthan State.

The correct answer is Uttar Pradesh.

• According to the 2011 census, Uttar Pradesh has the highest population growth rate.

Key Points

• A census is a procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. 
• This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing census.
• The decennial Census of India has been conducted 15 times, as of 2011.
• First synchronised census in India took place in 1881.
• Since 1901, it has been taking place every decade.

Additional Information

• The 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration.
• As per the home ministry notification dated March 28, 2019, declaring the government's intent to conduct Census 2021, the house listing phase was to take place from April 1 to September 30, 2020.
• Population enumeration was to be done from February 9 to 28, 2021.

The correct answer is Bori Bunder.

Key Points

• The Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) was a predecessor of the Central Railway whose headquarters was at the Bori Bunder in Bombay (later, the Victoria Terminus and presently the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus).
• The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company was incorporated on 1 August 1849 by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company Act 1849 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 
• On 21 August 1847, it entered into a formal contract with the East India Company for the construction and operation of a railway line, 56 km long, to form part of a trunk line connecting Bombay with Khandesh and Berar and generally with the other presidencies of India.
• On 1 July 1925 its management was taken over by the Government.
• On 5 November 1951, it was incorporated into the Central Railway.

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Concept-

• When the functioning of one or more organs or systems of the body is adversely affected, characterized by various signs and symptoms, we say that we are not healthy, i.e., we have a disease.
• Diseases can be broadly grouped into infectious and non-infectious.
• Diseases that are easily transmitted from one person to another, are called infectious diseases.
• Infectious diseases are very common and every one of us suffers from these at some time or other. Some of the infectious diseases like AIDS are fatal.
• Non-infectious disease cancer is the major cause of death.

Important Points

• Hepatitis B is a liver disease that is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV).
• The virus is known to interfere with the functions of the liver and cause pathological damage.
• It can be both acute or chronic disease.
• HBV is spread by contact with the blood or body fluids of an infected person.

Explanation-

• Human beings have been abusing the water bodies around the world by disposing of them all kinds of waste.
• We tend to believe that water can wash away everything not taking cognizance of the fact that the water bodies are our lifeline as well as that of all other living organisms.
• Sewage from our homes as well as from hospitals is likely to contain many undesirable pathogenic microorganisms.
• Its disposal into the water without proper treatment may cause an outbreak of serious diseases, such as dysentery, typhoid, jaundice, cholera, etc.

Therefore Hepatitis-B is not a contaminated water disease.

Mistake Points

• Jaundice and Hepatitis B are not the same.
• Hepatitis B is a disease, while jaundice is a symptom.
• Jaundice symptom can be caused by many different reasons and Hepatitis B is just one of them. It can also be caused due to contaminated water.

Additional Information

Jaundice

• Jaundice can spread through contaminated water.
• It is a disease caused due to the accumulation of bilirubin in the blood and blood tissues.
• The disease causes yellowish discoloration of the skin, eyes, and other mucous membranes. 
• It is common in newborn babies because the newborn’s liver is not fully developed.
• Symptoms of Jaundice are fever, abdominal pain, weight loss, drowsiness, vomiting, etc.

Cholera

• Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease that can kill within hours if left untreated.
• It is caused due to the consumption of contaminated food or water.
• The provision of safe water and sanitation is critical to control the transmission of cholera and other waterborne diseases.
• It is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholera.
• People may feel pain in their abdomen, nausea, vomiting, or watery Diarrhoea.
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The correct answer is In 1829.

• In order to prevent the practice of Sati, in 1829 it was first banned under the "Bengal Sati Regulation".

Key Points

• The Bengal Sati Regulation
  • ​The Bengal Sati Regulation was passed on December 4, 1829, here is all you should definitely know about the practice of Sati.
  • The Bengal Sati Regulation which banned the Sati practice in all jurisdictions of British India was passed on December 4, 1829, by the then Governor-General Lord William Bentinck.

Additional Information

• About Sati practice
  • Sati was a historical Hindu practice, in which a widow sacrifices herself by sitting atop her deceased husband's funeral pyre.
  • The extent to which sati was practised in history is not known with clarity.
  • However, during the early modern Mughal period, it was notably associated with the elite Hindu Rajput clan.