Zakir Hussain is famous player of Tabla.

• The Tabla comprises of two drums,

a) The drum that is kept on the right hand is called "dayan"

b) while the left-hand drum is known as "bayan"

• The right hand drum "dayan" can itself make 12 different types of sounds.

• Other famous players of Tabla are- Ustad Alla Rakha, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee Ghosh, Pandit Nayan Ghosh, Ustad Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa, Pandit Kishen Maharaj, Ustad Tari Khan, and Pandit Kumar Bose.

● Uttar Pradesh has the maximum number of seats in the Rajya Sabha.

● There are 231 seats of rajya sabha in the Uttar Pradesh state.

● The first sitting Rajya Sabha held it on 13 May 1952 and it is the upper house of Parliament.

● Kerala was the state in which the first case of Coronavirus was reported.

● The patient is a student studying in China's Wuhan University. This case was reported on 30 January 2020 in Thrissur, Kerala.

● The stars show a multitude of colours including red, orange, yellow, white and blue. These colours of stars depend upon their surface temperature.

● Star colour - Approximate temperature

Blue - 25,000K

White - 10,000K

Yellow - 6000K

Orange - 4000K

Red - 3000K

● Delhi Metro has not signed MoU for Waste to Energy plant in Delhi

● Indian Oil, NTPC Ltd and South Delhi Municipal Corporation have signed MoU for Waste to Energy plant in Delhi on 30 June 2020.

● Gasification Technology will be used in the Waste to Energy Plant that will have the capacity to process 17500 tons of RDF-Refuse Derived Fuel per annum.

● The dwarf seahorse is the world’s slowest fish which swims about 0.01 mph, making it the slowest fish in the world.

● They are found in shallow tropical temperate waters throughout the world.

● Lightning is caused due to electric discharge.

● A single stroke of lightning can heat the air around it to 30,000°C.

● Lightning is an electrical discharge caused by imbalances between storm clouds and the ground, or within the clouds themselves.

Sanjeeva Reddy has never become Vice President of Country.

• Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy was sixth President of country and also was the youngest president of country.

• BD Jatti served as 5^th Vice President of India from 1974 to 1979.

• VV Giri served as 3^rd Vice President of India from 1967 to 1969.

• KR Narayan served as 9^th Vice President of India from 1987 to 1992.

• Relative Humidity is generally measured in %.

• Relative Humidity is defined as ratio of amount of water vapour exactly present in the air to the maximum amount the air can hold at specific temperature and volume.

• Absolute Humidity is total weight of moisture per volume of air at a definite temp.

• Specific Humidity is mass of water vapour contained in one kg of air.

• The types of humidity and it’s measuring units are as follow-

1) Relative Humidity-%

2) Specific Humidity-gm/kg

3) Absolute Humidity-gm/m3

Parliamentary Questions are of three types-

1) Starred Questions: A Starred Question is one to which a member desires an oral answer from the Minister in the House; these questions follow supplementary questions by members.

2) Unstarred Questions: An Unstarred Question is one to which written answer is desired by the member and no supplementary question can be asked thereon.

3) Short Notice Questions: A member may give a notice of question on a matter of public importance and of urgent character for oral answer at a notice less than 10 days prescribed as the minimum period of notice for asking a question in ordinary course.