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The project initiator or sponsor should be at a level that is appropriate to funding the project. They will either create the project charter or delegate that duty to the project manager.

Projects are authorized by someone external to the project such as a sponsor, PMO or portfolio steering committee.

A procedure or method called Checks and Balances stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

• In the United States, there are three branches of government: The Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.

• Each has its own responsibilities and at the same time they work together to make the country run smoothly and to assure that the rights of citizens are not ignored or disallowed.

• There is a clear separation of powers between them.

• Checks and Balances limit the power within each branch.

• Each branch can stop and/or override processes within other branches in manners that are outlined in federal laws, regulations, and the constitution.

• This way, their powers are balanced because the branches of government have the responsibility to check each other.

Seven of Indian states have bicameralism. Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh are those with bicameralism legislature in India.

Hence, Tamil Nadu is the only one which is not having bicameral legislature in India among the given states.

• Two Indian companies, Tata SteelBSE and Wipro have been named in the list of world’s most ethical companies by American think tank Ethisphere Institute.

• Ethisphere honors those companies who recognize their role in society to influence and drive positive change in the business community and organizations around the world.

• In 2017, 124 honorees were spanning five continents, 19 countries, and 52 industry sectors.

• Wipro is one of the two information technology companies named in the list, the other being Xerox Corporation.

In chemistry, a metal is an element that readily forms positive ions (cations) and has metallic bonds. Metals are opaque, lustrous elements that are good conductors of heat and electricity. Most metals are malleable and ductile and are, in general, denser than the other elemental substances.

Examples of metals are aluminium, copper, iron, tin, gold, lead, silver, titanium, uranium, and zinc.

Here Se - Selenium is an element but is not a metal, S - Sulphur is not a metal and I - Iodine is also not a metal.

Hence, Zn - Zinc is the only metal in the given options.

Padmalaya Nanda from Odisha will represent India at the 2017 Little Miss Universe beauty pageant competition, which is scheduled to be held in Georgia, United States from May 31. She will compete against 15 other contestants from around the world for the title of Little Miss Universe. Beside this, she will also lead India in the 2017 Little Miss World contest in Greece.