The first Official Language Commission was appointed in 1955 under the chairmanship of B.G. Kher and it recommended that a rigid dateline for change over of language should not be prescribed. This recommendation was accepted.

The Official Language of the Indian Union is Hindi in Devanagari script {Art. 343}.

• Coorg is also known as "Scotland of India".

• Coorg is an administrative district in Karnataka.

• It is filled with emerald green landscapes and acres of plantation.

• It was the British Planter community who had affectionately coined the term 'The Scotland of India' for Coorg.

• It is a mountainous and regulative district.

• It is commonly known as the land of cardamom, colonels, coffee and Cauvery.

Mr. Rajiv Kumar is the Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog. The NITI Aayog is a policy think tank of the Government of India, which was established with the aim to achieve Sustainable Development Goals and to enhance cooperative federalism by fostering the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottom-up approach.

Fruit is a seed bearing structure in plants that is formed from ovary after flowering

After zygote is grown, ovary begins to develop into a fruit and ovules begin to form seeds

• Prime Minister of India acts as Chairman of Inter-State Council.

• The Article 263 of the Constitution provides for the establishment of an Inter-State Council.

• The Inter-State Council is a non-permanent constitutional body.

• The body was formed by a Presidential Order dated 28^th May 1990 on recommendation of Sarkaria Commission.

• Chief Ministers of all states and UTs (having legislative Assembly) are its members.

• Six Union ministers of cabinet rank nominated by the Prime Minister are also its members.

There are 14 biosphere reserves in India. These are the protected areas of land/ or coastal environment, wherein tribal people are an integral component of the system. The main functions of biosphere reserves are-
(a) Conservation
(b) Development
(c) Scientific research, monitoring and education.
Hot spots are the richest and the most threatened reservoirs of plant and animal life on earth.
In many cultures, vast tracts (an area of land, especially a large one) of forest were set aside (countryside), and all the trees and wildlife within were considered to be holy and given total protection out of religious importance. These are known as Sacred groves.
Wildlife Sanctuaries are tracts of land where animals are protected from all types of exploitation and habitat disturbance.

• At birth, a human has about 300 bones and many bones that will automatocally fuse together
• The process of changing cartilage to bone is called ossification, and begins before birth and continues into a person’s 20s.
• Ossification occurs when capillaries bring blood to bone-forming cells called osteoblasts. The osteoblasts then begin producing compact bone, covering the cartilage and eventually replacing it.

King Cobra is the only snake which makes nest.
• The king cobra can lay upto 40 eggs at a time.
• It is also known as Hamadryad.
• It emits venoms through fangs.

Neonates should receive the BCG vaccine before they leave the hospital, or as soon as possible following discharge from hospital.

If the baby or child missed vaccination at birth, they can be vaccinated anytime up to five years of age. If older than six months of age, a pre-vaccine Mantoux test is required to detect if the baby or child is already infected with TB.

Chromosome is a thread like structure found in the nucleus of a cell. Chromosome was named by Waldeyer in 1888, which transmits coded information from one generation to other.
A Bead like structure found on chromosome is called gene. Genes are made up of DNA which is the carrier of genetic information from generation to generation.