Ancient City of Kaushambi

• Kaushambi was the capital of Chedi-vatsa janapada, one of the prominent janapadas into which the Indo-Aryan people were divided.

• According to the Paramatthajyotika, the commentary on the Suttanipata, Kaushambi was the hermitage of the sage Kosamba, after whom it came to be known by that name.

• During Buddha’s time Kaushambi was one of the six most important and prosperous towns.

• Kaushambi was a nerve center of ancient Indian communications as the principal routes from north to south and east to west met at the city.

• It was a terminus of river traffic and an important emporium of Madhyadesa.

• The city retained its importance at least up to the sixth century A.D.,as it was visited by the Chinese pilgrims Fa-Hien and Yuan-Chwang.

• The remains of 2500 yr old brick-made fort has been found at Kaushambi.

What language spoken in Lakshadweep?

 

Language of Minicoy, Lakshadweep

·       The main language spoken in Lakshadweep is officially considered a dialect of Malayalam but sounds more like Tamil.

·       The language spoken in Maliku is very different. It is an Indo-European language called Divehi-bas, which is written in a script called Thaana-akuru. This language is spoken by the Maldive islanders to the south. It is the national and official language of the Maldives.

Nobel Prize Winner List for 2023: Important for UPSC/SSC/Rly etc Exams

Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 2023

- Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman 

for “discoveries concerning nucleoside base modification that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19”.

Nobel Prize for Physics, 2023 

- (i) Pierre Agostini, (ii) Ferenc Krausz, and (iii) Anne L’Huillier 

for “experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electro dynamics in matter”.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 

- Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov for “the discovery and development of quantum dots”.

Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 

- Jon Fosse, 

"for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable"

Nobel Peace Prize,  2023

- Narges Mohammadi of Iran 

“for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all”

Nobel Prize in Economics, 2023 i.e. the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 

- Claudia Goldin, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

“for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes”

Which Gas is filled in Aeroplane's Tyre?

(A) Oxygen     (B) Helium

(C) Nitrogen    (D) Radon

Answer: click here

 Who among the following fixes the date of election of the speaker of the Lok Sabha?

(A) The President of India

(B) The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

(C) The Secretary General of Lok Sabha

(D) The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha 

[This Question has been asked in UPSC CAPF(ACs) Examination, 2021]

 

Answer: Right Answer is Option (A) i.e. ThePresident of India.

 

Explanation : As per Rule 7(1) of Rules of Procedures and Conduct of Business of Lok Sabha, the election of a Speaker shall be held on such date as the President may fix, and the Secretary General shall send to every member notice of this date

All about Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme: PM-KISAN YOJANA

 

• Scheme type- Central Sector Scheme 

• Launch Date- 24th Feb, 2019.

• The Scheme is implemented by D/o Agriculture and Farmer Welfare.

• Aim:- Providing financial assistance to cultivable landholding farmer families to enable them to take care of agriculture and allied related expenses as well as domestic needs.

• Benefit: An amount of Rs. 6000/- is transferred annually in three equal installments of Rs.2000/- directly into the Aadhaar seeded bank accounts of the farmers through DBT.
• Target Group:- The scheme is applicable only for landholding farmers.  

• The responsibility to identify the beneficiaries and upload their correct and verified data on PM-KISAN portal lies with the respective State/UT Government. 

• These data go through various levels of verification and validation including Aadhaar/PFMS/Income Tax database and after verification and validation, the benefit of the Scheme is passed on to eligible beneficiaries. 

• The number of farmers whose land details are seeded on the PM-KISAN Portal is more than 9.53 crore(As on Apr 8, 2023). 

 

 Who was the first Comptroller and Auditor General of India?

(A) Shri Anil Kumar Chanda

(B) Shri S. Rangnathan

(C) Shri Girish Chandra Murmu

(D) Shri V. Narahari Rao

Answer: (D) Shri V. Narahari Rao from 1948 to 1954.

 Who was the first Comptroller and Auditor General of India?

(A) Shri Anil Kumar Chanda

(B) Shri S. Rangnathan

(C) Shri Girish Chandra Murmu

(D) Shri V. Narahari

Answer: Click here

Who among the following fixes the date of election of the speaker of the Lok Sabha?

Who among the following fixes the date of election of the speaker of the Lok Sabha?

(A) The President of India

(B) The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

(C) The Secretary General of Lok Sabha

(D) The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha 

[This Question has been asked in UPSC CAPF(ACs) Examination, 2021]

 

Answer: click here

 

Who among the following warned his colleagues that the Constituent Assembly was British made and was working the British should like to be worked out?

(A) Somnath Lahiri

(B) B. R. Ambedkar

(C) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

(D) B.N. Rau

[This Question has been asked in UPSC CAPF(ACs) Examination, 2021]

Answer: Right answer is Option (A) : Somnath Lahiri.

Explanation:

Shri Somnath Lahiri, a Communist member, in the debate on RESOLUTION RE. AIMS AND OBJECTSof Constituent Assembly on 19^th Dec, 1946 , had said: 

..............Well, the Interim Government has not brought peace nor freedom to our ,country. Similarly, whether the Congress is inside this British-made. Constituent Assembly and the Muslim League is out or whether, the Congress and the Muslim League are both inside this British-made Constituent Assembly and working the British plans as the British should like it to be worked out, then also the same thing will follow, viz., the quarrelling that is there to-day in the country, will only get more intensified inside this Assembly also. That is all and nothing else Therefore, Sir, I am not sorry that the League is not here but I am only sorry that the Congress also has not gone out leaving the plan to stew in its own juice...........