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The three age system- Stone, Bronze and Iron from the collection of Copenhagen museum was coined by Christian Jurgensen Thomsen.

According to the excavated evidence, the domestication of animals began in the Mesolithic period. The earliest pieces of evidence of domestication of animals in India have been found at Adamgarh (Narmadapuram, M.P.) and Bagor (Bhilwara, Rajasthan).

Damdama is a Mesolithic site in Pratapgarh district Uttar Pradesh. In Damdama, 41 human graves were found. Out of these graves, 5 are double burial. One triple burial grave is also found here. A grave with four human skeletons has been found at Sarai Nahar Rai.

Grains were fi rst ever produced in Neolithic Age. It was the time when people were introduced to agriculture. Koldihwa and Mehrgarh were the two Neolithic archaealogical sites from where clear pieces of evidence of rice and wheat have been found.

The rock shelters of Bhimbetka are located in Raisen (M.P.). UNESCO has included the shell pictures of Bhimbetka in the list of its world heritage site. These caves exhibit the earliest traces of human life on the Indian subcontinent and include the pictures of an elephant, sambhar, deer, etc. There are 500 pictures in approx. 700 rock shelters.

The latitude that passes through Sikkim also passes through Rajasthan.

The length of days in northern hemisphere, start increasing after the sun is moving north of equator. On 21 June (summer solstice) the sun is directly overhead and north pole is tilted towards the sun and therefore the northern hemisphere has days ranging from just over 12 hours around to 24 hours in Arctic Circle. Delhi is the most appropriate answer as it is the most northerly given option.

The Indian Standard Time Meridian 82 E passes through Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and  Andhra Pradesh. It does not pass through Telangana also .

The four extreme points of India are : Southernmost Point - Indira Point (6o 4' N latitudes) is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil. It is the location of the southernmost point of India’s territory. On the mainland, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu (8o 4' N latitudes) is the southern most point.
Northernmost Point - Near Siachen Glacier, at Indira Col Ladakh.
Westernmost point - Guhar Moti or Guhar Mota (Gujarat).
Easternmost Point - Kibithu (Arunachal Pradesh).
Thus the correct answer is option (c).

The Indian Council Act, 1892 increased the functioning of the Legislative Councils. The councils were given the power of discussing the Budget and addressing questions to the executive.

Dyarchy has been derived from the Greek word 'di-arche' which means double rule. In the context of Indian history, the principle of Dyarchy refers to the division of legislation subjects into central and provincial categories. The provincial subjects were further divided into 'reserved' and 'transferred' categories. Comparatively important subjects (reserved subjects) such as police, jail, justice, fi nance and irrigation were to be administered by the governor and his executive council without being responsible to the legislative council. Subject of lesser importance (transferred subjects) such as education, agriculture, local self government etc. were to be administered by the governor with the aid of ministers responsible to the legislative council.

 The Government of India Act, 1919 was passed by the British Parliament. The Act embodied the reforms recommended in the report of the Secretary of State for India, Edwin Montagu, and the Viceroy Lord Chelmsford. This Act provided for the introduction of a dual form of Government at provinces known as Dyarchy. The Subjects of administration were divided into two categories - Reserved and Transferred. As far as the question of a separate electoral system for Muslims is concerned, the provision had already been made by the Act of 1909. The Government of India Act, 1919 continued this provision and also extended it for Sikhs, Europeans, Indian-Christians, and Anglo-Indians.

Section 87 was one of the most important sections of the Charter Act, 1833. It stated that no person of India or the Crown would be debarred from any place, post or service subject to the Company on the ground of religion, place of birth, descent or colour or any of them. Subsequently section 87 of the Act, 1833 laid down the foundation for the participation of Indians in the administration during the political movement.

Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha temporarily chaired the fi rst meeting of the Constituent Assembly which was held on 9 December, 1946. The Constituent Assembly elected Dr. Rajendra Prasad as permanent Chairman on 11 December 1946. Dr. Rajendra Prasad’s name was proposed by J.B. Kripalani.

Electric power is the rate, per unit time, at which electrical energy is transferred by an electric circuit. The SI unit of electric power is watt. Ampere is the unit of electric current, volt is the unit of electrical potential and coulomb is the unit of electric charge in the SI system.

Light-year is a unit of astronomical distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year, which is 9.46 × 1015 metres.

Pascal is the unit of pressure or stress in the International System of Units (SI). Dyne is the unit of force in CGS system. Clearly, option (d) is not correctly matched.

Light year is not a unit of measuring time, but a unit of measuring distance. The remaining pairs are correctly matched.

The smaller units of measuring mass are Milligram, Microgram, Pikogram and Femtogram.
1 Pikogram = 10-12 gram

1 Milligram = 10-3 gram
1 Microgram =10-6 gram

1 Nanogram =10-9 gram
1 Femtogram = 10-15 gram

First financial stability report was released in 2010. It is published by IMF twice a year.

Narasimham Committee for Financial Sector Reforms (1991) has suggested reduction in SLR, CRR and priority sector financing reducing it from 40% to 10%. Most of the suggestion of the committee were not implemented

Corporation tax is a direct tax levied, collected and appropriated by the Union or the central government. No part of this tax can be assigned to the states.

The full convertibility of the Indian currency means that the rupee is freely exchangeable into other international currencies and vice versa. Also, this would mean that international investors can buy and sell Indian assets at will. After 1994, the rupee has been partially convertible which means that the currency is changed freely into foreign currency for business and trade expenses. But it cannot be converted freely for acquiring overseas assets. Experts feel full convertibility of rupee would facilitate growth and higher foreign investments.

Progressive Tax is a process in which as the income of a person increases, rate of income tax on the income also goes up. Regressive Expenditure is a process in which government spending decreases with the increase in income of people and government tends to spend more on poor in comparison to rich people.