- Lord Ripon
- Lord Dalhousie
- Lord Bentick
- Lord Curzon
The Gobindobhog rice has recently got Geographical Indication (GI) status. This type of rice is primarily grown in which state?
- Karnataka
- West Bengal
- Manipur
- Nagaland
Explanation:
Gobindobhog rice from Burdwan district of West Bengal has recently got the Geographical Indication (GI) status. As a result of getting the GI tag, rice from other regions or rice of other varieties cannot be branded as ‘Gobindobhog’. Hence, the marketability of the rice would be strengthened, for the local, national and international markets. The region of Burdwan (now divided into the districts of east and west Burdwan) is known as the rice bowl of Bengal. This variety of rice is primarily cultivated in east Burdwan district – in the southern basin of the Damodar river in the Raina 1, Raina 2 and Khandaghosh blocks. The south Damodar belt has been the traditional area of Gobindobhog rice cultivation. The rice has several advantages. It is cultivated late and therefore not much affected by rains. It is less prone to pests as well. The productivity per area is high and farmers get better prices for Gobindobhog rice.
- FreeCharge
- Amazon
- Paytm
- Clear trip
Explanation:
Paytm will become the first e-commerce company to take membership of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) in April 2017. The move is significant because advertising violations by e-commerce companies, which are big spenders on television, print and digital media, have been on the rise in recent years. This move comes after the six complaints which are filed against the errant advertisers under the e-commerce majors PAYTM, Amazon, Clear trip, Magic bricks, free charge and Pepper fry for making false and misleading claims on November 2016.
- Jayant
- Jayadeva
- Jayasimha
- Jayachandra
- Dr. Mohammad Ali Ansari
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- S. Srinivasa lyengar
- Subhas Chandra Bose
- Pedology
- Ecology
- Biology
- Zoology
Explanation:
‘Ecology is defined as the scientific study of the relationship of living organisms with each other and with their environment.’ It has been derived from two Greek words, ‘oikos’, meaning home or estate and ‘logos’ meaning study.
Ecology not only deals with the study of the relationship of individual organisms with their environment, but also with the study of populations, communities, ecosystems, biomes, and biosphere as a whole
- Non-cooperation Movement
- Salt Movement
- Quit India Movement
- Indigo Movement
- Parsvanatha
- Rishabha
- Mahavira
- Manisubrata
- Mutsaddi
- Mir-i-Bahar
- Tahvildar
- Mushrif
Explanation:
Administration under Akbar: The Mir-i-Bahar was incharge of customs and boats and ferry taxes, and port duties in coastal towns.
- Vinita Sayal
- Rajeshwari Dyal
- Padmalaya Nanda
- Nandita Das
Explanation:
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.