The correct answer is B. Sivaraman Committee.

Key Points

• NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development)
• History​
  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) at the insistence of the Government of India, constituted a Committee to Review the Arrangements For Institutional Credit for Agriculture and Rural Development (CRAFICARD)
  • The Committee was formed on 30 March 1979, under the Chairmanship of Shri B. Sivaraman, a former member of Planning Commission, Government of India.
  • NABARD came into existence on 12 July 1982 by transferring the agricultural credit functions of RBI and refinance functions of the then Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation (ARDC).
  • It was dedicated to the service of the nation by the late Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi on 05 November 1982.

Additional Information

• NABARD
  • Establishment: Statutory body established in 1982 under National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act, 1981.
  • Headquarters: Mumbai, India
  • Chairman: Shaji K V

The correct answer is disguised unemployment.

Important Points

• The type of unemployment in the agricultural sector of India where more people are employed than required is known as disguised unemployment.
  • It is a common form of unemployment in rural areas.
  • Disguised unemployment will occur when more people are engaged in a job than required.
  • A study conducted in the late 1950s reported that one-third of agriculture workers in India as disguisedly unemployed
• Unemployment is the situation where a person is searching for a job but not able to get one.

Additional Information

• Seasonal unemployment is the unemployment that occurs during a certain season of the year.
  • Unemployment of the farmers during non-crop season is an example of seasonal unemployment.
• Structural unemployment is unemployment that arises due to the change in the structure of the economy.

The correct answer is Phool Dei.

Key Points

• Phool Dei festival is the harvest festival celebrated in Uttarakhand.
• ​​Phool Dei is an auspicious folk festival celebrated to welcome the spring season.
• The festival is celebrated on the first day of the Hindu month, Chaitra.
• During this festival young girls gather together and go to every house in their village/towns with plates full of rice, jaggery, coconut, green leaves, and flowers and sing their folk songs.

Additional Information

• A pudding made from jaggery is the key dish of the festival.
• This festival showcases the inner connection between the communities living in the hills

The correct answer is Odissi.

Key Points

• Sharmila Biswas is an accomplished Odissi dancer in addition to being a Kathak and Manipuri dancer.
• She started learning Odissi dance in the late 1970s under the guidance of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, a renowned exponent of the dance form.
• She went on to become one of his foremost disciples and performed with his troupe, Srjan, for many years.
• She has also choreographed and performed her own Odissi productions, such as "Sita Haran," "Sufi and the Mystic," and "Abhimanyu Vadh."
• She has performed Odissi extensively in India and abroad, including at the World Dance Festival in Germany and the Festival of India in the USSR.
• She has received several awards and honours for her contributions to Odissi dance, including the Odisha State Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the Nritya Choodamani award.
  • Padma Shri, 2011.
  • Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 2005.
  • National Nritya Shiromani Award, 1994.
  • Nandita Kripalini Award, 1992.
  • Kalidas Samman, 2008.
  • Nritya Choodamani, 2000.
• She has also been honoured with the title of "Jewel of India" by the Rotary Club of India in recognition of her contributions to Indian classical dance.​

Additional Information

The correct answer is Article 17.

Key Points

Article 17- Abolition of Untouchability:

• Untouchability is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden.
• In fact, the enforcement of any disability arising out of untouchability shall be an offense punishable in accordance with the law.
• Abolition of untouchability has been included among the fundamental rights under article17.
• In fact, this is one of the few fundamental rights which is available against individuals.
• To make an untouchability law further strong, parliament passed an Untouchability (offenses) Act in 1955.
• However, this act was further amended and also renamed in the year of 1976 as Protection of the Civil Rights Act, 1955.

Additional Information

Other important articles:

The correct answer is Rajasthan.

Key Points

• Sabarmati river originates from the Aravalli hills in Kotdi tehsil of Udaipur district of Rajasthan.
• Sabarmati river flows through Dungarpur, Pali, Sirohi, and falls in Bay of Khambhat through Sabarkantha district of Gujarat.
• Gandhinagar (Capital of Gujarat) is situated on the bank of this river.
• Tributaries of Sabarmati river are Wakal, Hathmati, Mazam, Wetrak, and Sei.
  • (i) Sei – Padrn village of Udaipur is its origin and joins Sabarmati in Gujarat.
  • (ii) Wakal – Gogunda hills in Udaipur joins Sabarmati in Gujarat.
  • (iii) Wetrak – Joyri village in Dungarpur is its origin point and joins Sabarmati in Gujarat.

The correct answer is Mahapurusha Sankaradeva.

Key Points

• Sattriya dance
  • Satriya Nritya is the classical dance form of Assam which represents the Satriya culture, the basis of the religious and cultural fabric of Assam.
    • It is a dance-drama performance art with origins in the Krishna-centered Vaishnavism monasteries of Assam and attributed to the 15th-century Bhakti movement scholar and saint Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev.
    • Dance historian Dr. Sunil Kothari has recently been bestowed with the Madhabdev Award by the Government of Assam for popularising Sattriya dance.
    • Sattriya was given the status of classical dance in the year 2000 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Grey.

• Grey colour is associated with the revolution in fertilisers.

Key Points

Agriculture Revolutions in India and their respective Colours:

The correct answer is Sarangi.

Key Points

• Ustad Sultan Khan was an Indian Sarangi player.
• A sarangi is a bowed stringed instrument with a skin-covered resonator.
• Ustad Sultan Khan was also a classical vocalist belonging to Sikar Gharana.
• He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2010.

Additional Information

The correct answer is C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru.

Important Points

• C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the Swaraj Party within the Congress to argue for a return to council politics.
  • Swaraj Party was founded in 1923.
  • Swaraj party demanded framing the constitution for India.
  • The first session of the swaraj party was held at Allahabad.
  • Swaraj party secured an absolute majority in the central legislative assembly election held in 1923 with more than 40 seats.
  • C. R Das was the first president of the Swaraj Party.
  • Motilal Nehru was the first secretary of the Swaraj Party.
  • Swaraj party lost its influence after the death of C R Das in 1925.

Additional Information

• Lala Lajpat Rai is the founder of Punjab National Bank.
• Mahatma Gandhi is the founder of Harijan Sevak Sangh.
• B.R. Ambedkar is the founder of Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha.
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak is known as the 'father of the Indian unrest'.
• The Objective Resolution was a set of principles and ideas that Jawaharlal Nehru proposed in 1946, and which later became the basis for the Preamble of the Constitution of India.