http://www.sopa.org/statistics/soybean-production-by-state/

https://www.census2011.co.in/scheduled-tribes.php

Correct Answer is Alexander Cunningham, which was not included in the options.

The Buddhist texts state that Pushyamitra cruelly persecuted the Buddhists.

Sher Shah Suri, the medieval ruler of the Sur Empire, is credited with rebuilding the road in the 16th century. He laid out the road, which was referred to as Shah-Rah-e-Azam (The Great Road).
The Mughals later extended the road further east to Chittagong and west to Kabul and referred to the road as Sadak-e-Azam.

It was re –designed when the Mughal Rule took over in the 15th Century. The Mughal ruler called Sultan Sikander Lodi founded it in 1504.

Philip Curve: The Phillips curve is an economic concept developed by A. W. Phillips stating that inflation and unemployment have a stable and inverse relationship.

Lorenz Curve: The Lorenz curve is a graphical representation of income inequality or wealth inequality developed by American economist Max Lorenz in 1905.

Marshall Curve: An extension of Marshall’s theory of the price elasticity of demand to foreign trade. In the long term, consumers will adjust to the new prices.

Lafer Curve: The Laffer Curve is a theory developed by supply-side economist Arthur Laffer to show the relationship between tax rates and the amount of tax revenue collected by governments.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Tax-Rebate-Under-Section-88/articleshow/42254293.cms

Economic Survey is the flagship annual document of the Ministry of finance. It gives a detailed account of the various sectors of the economy and overall economic scenario of the country in the past years and provides an outline for the year ahead. Increasingly it has also become a forum for analysis and research on the economy, and hence also a source of policy ideas.

India’s first Economic Survey was presented in the year 1950-51. Up to 1964, it was presented along with the Union Budget. From 1964 0nwards, it has been delinked from the Budget.

The pH scale measures how acidic or basic a substance is. It ranges from 0 to 14. If a pH is lower than 7 it indicates the solution is an acid. If it is above 7 it is a base or Alkaline. If a pH is a 7 it is neutral.

Refer Law of Refraction.

http://electricalacademia.com/electrical-comparisons/difference-between-ac-generator-and-dc-generator/

According to Article 108:If there has been a deadlock between the Houses regarding a Bill but the LS is somehow dissolved, the Bill lapses.

But if the President has already notified the intention to summon a joint sitting and the LS is dissolved before the joint sitting has actually taken place, the Bill doesn’t lapse and the joint sitting takes place anyway.

14 were initially included in the Constitution. Subsequently, Sindhi was added in 1967; Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were added in 1992; and Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santali were added in 2003

Speaker has unquestionable powers to decide if a Bill is a Money Bill or not. It cannot be questioned in any court.

Legislative power of the President:
1. Summoning, Prorogation, Dissolution
2. The Opening Address
3. The Right to Address and to send Messages
4. Nominating Members to the Houses
5. Laying Reports, etc., before Parliament
6. Previous sanction to legislation (for certain bills)
7. Assent to legislation and Veto, etc.

Article 26. Freedom to manage religious affairs.-

Subject to public order, morality and health, every religious denomination or any section thereof shall have the right-

(a) to establish and maintain institutions for religious and charitable purposes;

(b) to manage its own affairs in matters of religion;

(c) to own and acquire movable and immovable property; and

(d) to administer such property in accordance with law.

Article 326 of Constitution of India deals with Elections to the House of the People and to the Legislative Assemblies of States to be on the basis of adult suffrage.

Article 14 of the Constitution of India provides for equality before the law or equal protection within the territory of India.

The South Asian Football Federation Championship or SAFF Championship. It is the main association football competition of the men’s national football teams governed by the South Asian Football Federation.

India climbed one spot to 130 out of 189 countries in HDI 2018. India’s HDI value incased from 0.427 to 0.640, an increase of nearly 50 percent – and an indicator of the country’s remarkable achievement in lifting millions of people out of poverty.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/justice-surya-kant-appointed-chief-justice-of-himachal-pradesh-high-court-5385406/

It was first launched in Nellore (Andhra Pradesh). It was launched from Nagpur in Maharashtra. The Scheme aims at providing physical aids and assisted-living devices for senior citizens belonging to Below Poverty Line (BPL) category.

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), soil-dwelling bacterium that naturally produces a toxin that is fatal to certain herbivorous insects. Bt is also the source of the genes used to genetically modify a number of food crops so that they produce the toxin on their own to deter various insect pests.

The difference between baking soda and washing soda is water and carbon dioxide. Baking soda’s chemical makeup is NaHCO3 whereas Washing soda’s chemical makeup is Na2CO3.

A geostationary satellite is an earth-orbiting satellite, placed at an altitude of approximately 35,800 kilometers (22,300 miles) directly over the equator, that revolves in the same direction the earth rotates (west to east).

Geostationary orbits fall in the same category as geosynchronous orbits, but it’s parked over the equator. While the geostationary orbit lies on the same plane as the equator, the geosynchronous satellites has a different inclination.

Apurva literally means ‘not existing previously’.

The word ‘apurva’ is a technical term employed by the Purva-mīmāmsā system of philosophy which advocates the performance of all the prescribed Vedic rituals as the only means of obtaining the summum-bonum of life.

Vinaya Patrika (Letter of petition) is a devotional poem composed by the 16th-century Indian poet, Goswami Tulsidas, containing hymns to different Hindu deities especially to Lord Rama in extreme humility (Vinaya).

Also called Lokayata (Sanskrit: “Worldly Ones”), a philosophical Indian school of materialists who rejected the notion of an afterworld, karma, liberation (moksha), the authority of the sacred scriptures, the Vedas, and the immortality of the self. Of the recognized means of knowledge (pramana), the Charvaka recognized only direct perception (anubhava).

It is important for its analysis of logic and epistemology. The major contribution of the Nyaya system is its working out in profound detail the means of knowledge known as inference (anumana).

The doctrine that all judgments are conditional, holding good only in certain conditions, circumstances, or senses, expressed by the word syāt (Sanskrit: “may be”). The ways of looking at a thing (called naya) are infinite in number.

An international day for yoga was declared unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his UN address suggested the date of 21 June, as it is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and shares a special significance in many parts of the world.

Built by Shri Laxman Dev Rai, its an artistic blend of religious and erotic sculptures, the ‘Khajuraho of Chattisgarh’, was built in the 11th century AD.

http://bharatdiscovery.org/india/%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B9

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He was a writer during Kalchuri Kingdom at Ratanpur. His popular creations are Twarikh-e-Haihayvanshiy, Gita Madhav, Vikram Vilas, Ratna Pariksha, Narmadakantak, Dohavali, Ratnapur Itihas, etc.

1. Vithal Dinkar: 1790-96, European visitor Mr Blunt visited during his time
2. Keshav Govind: 1797-1801, European visitor Kolbrook visited during his time
3. Bikaji Gopal: Subsidiary Alliance between Britisha and Maratha during his time
4. Mahipatrao Dinkar: 1787-90, European visitor Forester visited during his time

A. Tretanath Tiwari 1. Malkapur
B. Raghunandan Pd. Singhrol 2. Durg
C. Amar Singh Sahgal 3. Bilaspur
D. Pt. Ravishankar Shukla 4. Durg

Gandhi visited Chhattisagarh during 20-21 Dec, 1920 accompanied by Maulana Shaukat Ali. He was invited by Pt Sundarlal Sharma during Calcutta Session to participate in Kandel Satyagraha.

Jajalladev of Kalchuri Kingdom founded Jajallapur (presently Janjgir).

https://www.patrika.com/jagdalpur-news/jagdalpur-dussehra-is-celebrated-75-days-here-would-not-ravan-dahan-1414454/

Ganga Dussehra, also known as Gangavataran, is a Hindu festival celebrating the avatarana (descent) of the Ganges. It is believed by Hindus that the holy river Ganges descended from heaven to earth on this day.

Ganga Dussehra takes place on Dashami (10th day) of the waxing moon (Shukla Paksha) of the Hindu calendar month Jyeshtha. The festival celebration lasts ten days, including the nine days preceding this holy day.

https://www.gaonconnection.com/desh/ram-nami-mela-chhattisgarh-ramnami-community-story-in-hindi-43224

https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/chhattisgarh-gsdp-estimated-to-grow-by-6-65-pc-in-2017-18-118020901629_1.html

Primitive Tribes in CG: Abujhmaria, Baiga, Birhor, Pahari Korwa, Kamar

Kishore Sahu was born in Rajnandgaon, appeared in 22 films between 1937 and 1980. He directed 20 films between 1942 and 1974.

Manoj Verma of Raipur was honored with the first Kishore Sahu Award 2018 for his remarkable contributions to Chhattisgarh Cinema.

Sadri (Nagpuri) is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Northern Chhattisgarh and Odisha.

Bhatri, spoken by Bhatra Tribe, is an independent language which is considered an extension of Chhattisgarhi and Haldi language, which also has a strong influence on Oriya language. Most of the Bhatra Nat concentrates on the stories of Mahabharata, Ramayana and mythical narrative.

The Kawars trace their origin from the Kauravas of the Mahabharata, who were defeated by the Pandavas at the great battle of Hastinapur. They say that only two pregnant women survived and fled to the hills of Central India, where they took refuge in the houses of a Rawat (grazier) and a Dhobi (washerman) respectively, and the boy and girl children who were born to them became the ancestors of the Kawar tribe.

They derive their name from Paik, a foot-soldier, and formerly followed this occupation, being employed in the armies of the Haihaivansi Rajas of Ratanpur. They still worship a two-edged sword, known as the Jhagra Khand, or ‘Sword of Strife,’ on the day of Dasahra.

https://www.dailypioneer.com/2015/state-editions/madhwa-tendubhata-thermal-power-project-goes-on-stream.html

The country’s first tribal tourism circuit was today inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Tourism K J Alphons in Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh.

http://www.newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=352827

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/chhattisgarh-assembly-elections-2018-13-women-elected-as-mlas-1961225

Rashi Shrimal from Raipur scored 99.9 percentile to top in Chhattisgarh.

Elections are held for the remaining term only.

Sugar Factories in CG:
Bhoramdev Cooperative Sugar Factory: Ramhepur (Kabirdham)
Danteswari Maiyya Govt Sugar Factory: Karkabhata (Balod)
Maa Mahamaya Govt Sugar Factory: Kerta (Surguja)

Chief Justice of High Court or in his absence senior most Judge of that court administers the oath to the Governor.

https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/railways/katghora-dongargar-line-cabinet-approves-indian-railways-new-broad-gauge-electrified-line-in-chhattisgarh/1328151/