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Thiruvananthapuram, capital of Kerala has topped in city governance ranking of the Annual Survey of India’s City Systems (ASICS) 2016 conducted by Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy. This year it was the fourth edition the annual survey which had evaluated 21 major cities from the 18 states. It highlighted inadequacies in urban governance that could affect public service delivery and quality of life.

The motif of Hampi with Chariot is printed on the reverse of New Rs. 50 currency note in India.

Archetypes were models of people, behaviors, or personalities. They were inborn tendencies that play a role in influencing human behavior.

For example: A hero, an innocent, the villain, the mentor, etc...

1. The mentor is a common archetype in literature. The mentor is usually old, and this person often has some kind of magical abilities or a much greater breadth of knowledge than others possess.

2. Characters representing the innocent archetype are often women or children. These character archetypes are pure in every way.

3. The villain wants to stop the hero archetype from achieving his or her goal. The villain is often evil, though there is often a reason—however warped that reason may be—why villains are so bad. Villains often want nothing more than to control and have power over everyone and everything around them.

The scientific study of rocks is called petrology, which is an essential component of geology.

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an unmanned, remotely operated tank which has three variants - surveillance, mine detection and reconnaissance in areas with nuclear and bio threats. It is called Muntra. 

Any object rolls when there is no friction. So, Sliding to Rolling is correct.

AIDS: The term means Acquired Immunity Deficiency Synodrome. The virus attacks the T cells of the (white corpuscle type) blood and destroys them.