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The correct answer is Woodhead Commission.

• The British government in 1944 appointed the Famine Inquiry Commission, also known as the Woodhead Commission to investigate the Bengal famine of 1943.
• It was chaired by Sir John Woodhead.
• The hearings were held in camera.
• It submitted its report in 1945.
• The report controversially blamed natural causes, rather than the British government for the disaster.

• The 1943 famine of Bengal occurred in the province of Bengal, and modern-day Bangladesh.
• Over 2.1 to 3 million people died.
• The policies of land grab, and the invasion of Japan in 1942, were responsible for the disaster.
• The British government also denied providing medical aid to the victims.

The correct answer is 1, 2 and 3.

• The Sarkaria Commission was set up in 1983 under the chairmanship of RS Sarkaria.
• It gave its final report in 1987.
• It made 247 recommendations related to Central state relations that were against over-centralisation or under centralisation. 

Sarkaria Commission Recommendations:

• Centre should consult state while making law on Concurrent list. Hence, Statement 1 is correct.
• Chief Minister should be consulted in the Governor’s appointment. Hence, Statement 3 is correct.
• Net proceeds of the Corporation tax must be shared with states.
• Governor should have fixed tenure. He cannot dismiss the Council of ministers when it commands a majority.
• Commission of enquiry against state ministers can only be set up after Parliament’s demand.
• Surcharge on Income tax should not be levied by Centre except for a specific purpose.
• Commissioner for linguistic minorities should be activated.
• A permanent Inter-State Council under A-263 should be instituted. Hence, Statement 2 is correct.
• When President withhold his assent on state bills then the reason should be communicated.
• The centre should have powers to deploy armed forces even without the consent of the states however state should be consulted.

• Indian currency notes are printed in Nashik, Maharastra.
• The two mills at Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh and Mysore, Karnataka design, produce and supply the paper on which currency is printed to printing presses.
• Once the banknote paper has been embedded with security features, these are sent to the four printing presses and they add additional security features of optically variable ink.
• Two of the currency note printing presses are owned by the Government of India and two are owned by the Reserve Bank, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, the Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Ltd.
• The government-owned presses are at Nashik (Western India) and Dewas (Central India).
• The other two presses are at Mysore (Southern India) and Salboni (Eastern India).
• Coins are minted in four mints owned by the Government of India.
• The mints are located at Mumbai, Hyderabad, Calcutta, and Noida.
• The number of currency notes which are to be printed for each denomination is decided on the basis of projections for GDP growth rate, inflation, and electronic transactions. This data is called by 19 regional offices of the RBI.

Feminist historiography 

Points: • restructure of history from perspective of women.

• Simone do Beauvoir, helped in establishing the fundamentals of feminism. 

• emphasis not only on inclusion of women but also on rethinking of male dominated perspective. 

• after 1990, women were portrayed as an independent social class.

Marco Polo 

Points: • Italian traveller 

• introduced Asia and especially China to Europe. 

• stayed in China for 17 years. introduced natural beauty, social life, cultural life, trade in China to world. 

• dialogue between Europe and Asia began.

The correct answer is ​Manmohan Singh.

• Sanjay Baru is the author of the book named "The Accidental Prime Minister: the making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh”.
• The book traverses the journey of Dr Manmohan Singh, the former Prime Minister of India in office. 
• He is a political commentator and policy analyst, currently serving as Secretary-General of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
• Sanjay Baru also the author of the book "1991: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Made History".

The correct answer is Bengaluru.

• Bengaluru is the first city in India to have its own logo.
• The final logo was red and white in colour, sans serif, and conveyed a sense of fluidity, boldness, and vigour through the font.
• Bankers-turned-designers Rushi Patel and M Venkateswara Rao, proprietors of Nammur, a creative design start-up, created the rolling font.
• The letters 'Be' and 'U' in the logo have been emphasized in red.
• This is the logo's fundamental topic and concept. It is a mix of English and Kannada, reflecting the city's multicultural nature.
• The hybrid typography of two languages demonstrates that India's Silicon Valley is a metropolis with a worldwide as well as local culture and way of life.
• Bengaluru is the first Indian city to have a logo, joining the ranks of other leading cities around the world that already have logos.
• Berlin, London, Venice, Prague, Montreal, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Stockholm, Amsterdam, and, of course, New York City are just a few examples.

The tradition of Chitrakathi 

Points: • tradition of narrating stories from Ramayana or Mahabharata with the help of wooden puppets and paintings. 

• this tradition belong to Thakar community in Kudal near Konkan.

• pictures drawn on paper and painted in natural colours. 

• 30 to 50 pictures to complete narration of single story.

• The government and artists are trying to preserve the tradition which is on the verge of extinction.

The correct answer is Gowri Ramnarayan.

• Dark Horse and Other Plays is an anthology of six plays by Gowri that were created between 2004 and 2017.
• Each of these pieces was also directed by the playwright for JustUs Repertory and presented around India, notably at Bharatrang Mahotsav, the National School of Drama's international theatre festival.
• Shanta Gokhale, Mahesh Elkunchwar, Ananda Lal, Thiruppur Krishnan, and Seetha Ravi are among the writers who have presented each drama in the book.
• Gowri Ramnarayan is unquestionably the greatest option for translating Sunda's remarkable biography of Kalki, the leading Tamil novelist of the twentieth century, Ponniyin Pudalvar.
• Kalki's oldest granddaughter, Ramnarayan, is a critically regarded biographer.

(a) 2. The secondary colours are yellow, blue and red

(b) 3. Darkness and lightness of colour is called Tone

(c) 1. Unity, harmony, balance and rhythm are principles of art

(d) 3. A Pyramid has five sides

(e) 3. Blue stands for ‘B’ in VIBGYOR

Correct option is: (C) 1992

A candidate is to write a critical note on the following compoelionac arrangement of the following 

(a) Saint kabir & Raidas

(b) Krishna lifting mount goverdhan

(c) Chand biwi playing polo

(b) Gol Konda Sub School 

(a) Children 

(c) Water colors 

It emerged from Persian miniature painting (itself partly of Chinese origin) and developed in the court of the Mughal Empire of the 16th to 18th centuries.

(i) in, on;

(ii) to;

(iii) for;

(iv) about, into;

(v) up;

(vi) at, in;

(vii) under, at, for;

(viii) for;

(ix) to, on;

(x) to.

Correct option (A) San Jose state university

Explanation:

In 2005, the Son Jose state university installed a 20 foot high sculpture represented the protest by Tommie Smith and John Carlos.

When 3, 3-dimethylbutan-2-ol is heated with conc. H₂SO₄ the major product obtained is 2, 3-dimethyl but-2-ene 

2-methylpropan-1-ol   is a tertiary alcohol

CH₃CH₂OH ,CH₃COCH_3,(CH₃)₂ CHOH compound(s), on being warmed with iodine solution and NaOH, will give iodoform.

Answer (a) Both the statements are true and Statement-I is the correct explanation of Statement-I.

1. Structures: 

(A) Glucose 

(B) Amino acid (Glycine) 

(C) Fatty acid 

(D) Glycerol 

2. 1 glycerol + 3 fatty acid Triglyceride

• Glucose – Glycoside – Carbohydrate 
• Amino acids – Peptide – Protein 
• Nucleotide – Phosphor diester – Nucleic acid

1. Haem is the prosthetic group of enzyme peroxidase. 

2. NADP and NAD contain the Vitamin Niacin. 

3. Zinc present in carboxy peptidase.

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Glucose → Lactose → Oligosaccharides → Starch

Triglycerides are formed from a single molecule of glycerol, combined with three fatty acids on each of the OH groups, and make up most of fats digested by humans. Easter bonds from between each fatty acid and the glycerol molecule. 

General structure of a triglyceride Chemical formula:

RCOO-CH₂ CH(-OOCR)CH₂ -OOCR, where R, R’, and R” are longer alkyl chains.

The three fatty acids RCOOH, RCOOH and RCOOH can be all different, all the same, or only two the same. Chain lengths of the fatty acids in naturally occurring triglycerides can be of varying lengths, but 16, 18 and 20 carbons are the most common. 

Natural fatty acids found in plants and animals are typically composed only of even numbers of carbon atoms due to the way they are biosynthesized from acetyl CoA. Bacteria, however, possess the ability to synthesis odd – and branched – chain fatty acids. Consequently, ruminant animal fat contains odd numbered fatty acids, such as 15, due to the action of bacteria in the rumen.

A – Hydrogen bond 

B – Glycosidic bond 

C – Ester bond

1. Nucleic acid 

2. Polysaccharide 

3. Cytosine 

4. Starch

(c)  to  buy 

Amino acids:

Amino acids are primary metabolites. All others are secondary metabolites.

1. Therapeutic Agents:

• Contraceptive pills: 

As they are hormones so they are made up of protein. 

• Nutritional Supplements: Many brands are available as protein supplements. 

Example: Protinex. 

2. Other Uses: Chicken cubes are used in making soups and dishes.

(a) (A) Secondary structure 

(B) Tertiary structure

(b) Hemoglobin

1. Lecithin 

2. Palmitic acid 

3. Adenosine 

4. Adenylic acid

(1)  Emasculation

Tizanidine (Zanaflex)

It is used in patients with predominantly upper motor neuron involvement.

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

1. Some protein functions as enzymes. 

2. Some protein functions as Hormones. 

3. Some protein fight infectious organisms. 

4. Some protein transport nutrients across the cell membrane.

Zwitterionic form

Silicon is not, found in living organisms.

(a) Fructose

Methane compound

(d) Zwitter ionic form

(a) Cytoplasm