Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is 5.

Key Points

• Livestock census is conducted in India every 5 years. 
• So far, 20 livestock censuses have been conducted.
• For the first time, livestock data were collected online in the 20^th Livestock Census.
• Advance technology has been adopted to collect data through tablet computers.

Additional Information

• The first livestock census was conducted in 1951.
• West Bengal has the highest population of livestock in India.
• The total population of Goat is 64.6 million.
• The total population of livestock in India is 535.8 million.

The correct answer is On 6th April 1919.

• The non-violent protest day of Rowlatt Act was celebrated on 6th April 1919. 

Key Points

• ​Rowlatt Act (1919):
  • In 1919 a Sedition Committee headed by justice Rowlatt led to the Rowlatt Act. This act authorised the government to imprison any person without trial and conviction by the Court of Law for 2 years. The law also enabled the government to suspend the right of Habeas Corpus which had been the foundation of civil liberties in Britain.
• Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (13th April 1919 AD):
  • The arrest of Dr Saifuddin Kitchlu and Dr Satyapal on 10th April 1919 AD, under the Rowlatt Act in connection with Satyagraha caused serious unrest in Punjab.
  • A public meeting was held on 13th April 1919 AD in a park called Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. As soon as the meeting started, General Reginald Dyer ordered the indiscriminate heavy firing. The crowd of people had no way out to escape. As a result, hundreds of men, women and children were killed and more than 1,200 people wounded.
  • Due to this massacre, R.N. Tagore returned ‘Knighthood’ and Shankaran Nair resigned from the Executive Council of Viceroy.

Total number of people = 45

Position of A from the behind = 26^th

Position of A from the front = Total number of people – A’s position from the behind + 1

= 45 – 26 + 1

= 20^th

The correct answer is Brahmi.​

• The Edicts of Ashoka are in total 33 inscriptions written on the Pillars, boulders, and cave walls of the Mauryan Period, during the reign of the Emperor Ashok that are dispersed throughout the Indian Sub-continent covering India, Pakistan, and Nepal.
  • Inscriptions found in the eastern parts of the Mauryan empire are written using the Brahmi script in Magadhi language.
  • While in the western parts of the empire, the script used is Kharoshti, written in Prakrit. To add to the variety, one extract in the Edict 13 is written in Greek and Aramaic.
• A notable thing in these inscriptions is, that Ashoka refers to himself in many of these inscriptions as “Devampiyaa” which means “Beloved of the Gods” and “King Piyadassi.”
• The world came to know of these details of the Mauryan empire and Ashoka when the edicts and inscriptions were decoded by British Archaeologist James Princep. 

Key Points

• These edicts have mentioned that Buddhism as a religion had reached as far as the Mediterranean under the Ashokan reign.
• Many Buddhist monuments had been created in the wide-spread area.
• In these edicts, Buddhism and the Buddha are also mentioned.
• But primarily these edicts focus more on social and moral precepts rather than the religious practices (or the philosophical dimension) of Buddhism during Ashoka’s reign.

Energy is a phenomenon which is transferred from one object to another in the form of heat, as a result, it performs work. When the energy is transferred from one object to another, it changes its form and this phenomenon is called conservation of energy. The following types of energy are discussed below:

• Solar Energy: It is the energy that is derived from the sun. When solar cells are exposed to the sun, it converts solar energy in electrical energy. Important facts related to the solar energy:
  • India ranks 5^th globally in the installed Solar Energy.
  • India has about 34.5 GW installed solar capacity at present.
  • Ndia targes 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022.
• Chemical Energy: It is the energy that is released when a chemical reaction takes place. Its applications are in the creation of energy in our body, photosynthesis, electric cells.
• Nuclear Energy: This energy is either produced by nuclear fusion or nuclear fission. Nuclear fusion is a process when two nuclei are combined to release energy while nuclear fission is a process in which a single nucleus breaks into two parts to release energy.
• Magnetic Energy: Energy caused by the production of the magnetic field is called magnetic energy. This energy is used in making electrical bells, electric motors and generators.

Hence, we conclude that solar energy causes solar energy to transform electrical energy.