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Who among the following is the Chairman of the Fourteenth Finance Commission?

A) C. Rangarajan	B) Vijay Kelkar
C) Y. V. Reddy	D) Rakesh Mohan

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Y. V. Reddy

Explanation:

The 14th Finance Commission was constituted in January 2014. Commissions chairman was former RBI governor Y V Reddy and its members were Sushma Nath, M. Govinda Rao, Abhijit Sen, Sudipto Mundle.

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Statement I :The Poona Pact provided for 151 reserved seats for the scheduled castes to be elected by a joint, not separate, electorate.

Statement II :Dr. B. R. Ambedkar withdrew from active politics for almost a decade when the Communal Award was revoked.

A) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I	B) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false	D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Explanation:

The Poona Pact was an agreement between Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi which was signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune, India, which asserted that there will be a single Hindu electorate, with scheduled castes having seats reserved within it,So the representation of these classes was based on the standards of joint electorates and reserved seats. The Communal Award was made by the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald on 16 August 1932 which allowed separate electorates in India, and it was supported by Ambedkar.

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Where was Guru Nanak Dev (the originator of Sikh religion) born?

A) Amritsar	B) Anandpur Sahib
C) Talwandi	D) Patna Sahib

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Talwandi

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The Union Government on 22 May 2016 appointed whom as the new Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory (UT) of Pondicherry

A) Kiran Bedi	B) Kalyan Singh
C) Ram Naik	D) Mukul Sangma

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kiran Bedi

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Terminal velocity ________.

A) first increases before decreasing	B) is constant
C) first decreases before increasing	D) always keeps on increasing

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) is constant

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The velocity of light in vacuum is

A) 3 x 108 m/s	B) 2 x 108 m/s
C) 3 x 107 m/s	D) 3 x 106 m/s

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 3 x 108 m/s

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One of the largest salt deserts in the world, the 'Ram of Kutch' is primarily located in which state of India?

A) Madhya Pradesh	B) Gujarat
C) Telangana	D) Assam

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gujarat

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Earth-worms belongs to the phylum

A) Protozoa	B) Cnidaria
C) Annelida	D) Mollusca

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