1. Preparation of confectionery itemsManufacture of bionic ears
2. Automotive industry
3. Reconstructive surgeries
4. Data processing technologies

1. The definition of “Critical Wildlife Habitat” is incorporated in the Forest Rights Act,2006.
2. For the first time in india ,Baigas have been given Habitat Rights.
3. Union Ministry of Environment,Forest and Climate Change officially decides and declares Habitat Rights for Primitive and Vulnerable Tribal Groups in any port of india.

1. The Barren Island volcano is an active volcano located in the Indian territory.
2. Barren Island lies about 140 km east of Great Nicobar.
3. The last time the Barren Island volcano erupted was in 1991 and it has remained inactive since then.

1. The first democratically elected communist party government formed in a State in India.
2. India's then largest bank, 'Imperial Bank of India', was renamed 'State Bank of India'.
3. Air India was nationalized and became the national carrier.
4. Goa became a part of independent India.

1.  In the first lok Sabha, the single largest party in the opposition was the Swatantra Party.
2.  In the Lok Sabha, a “Leader of the Opposition” was recognised for the first time in 1969.
3.  In the Lok Sabha, if a party does not have a minimum of 75 members, its leadercannot be recognised as the Leader of the Opposition.

1. It is introduced as a part of the Income Tax Act.
2. Non-resident entities that offer advertisement services in India can claim a tax credit in their home country under the “Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements”.

1. Aadhaar card can be used as a proof of citizenship or domicile.
2. Once issued, Aadhar number cannot be deactivated or omitted by the Issuing Authority.

1. The quantity of imported edible oil is more than the domestic production of edible oils in the last five years.
2. The Government does not impose any customs duty on all the imported edible oils as a special case

1. The families coming under the category of ‘below poverty line (BPL), only are eligible to receive subsidised food grains.
2. The eldest woman in a household, of age 18 years or above, shall be the head of the household for the purpose of issuance of a ration card.
3. Pregnant women and lactating mothers are entitled to a ‘take-home ration’ of 1600 calories per day during pregnancy and for six months thereafter.

1. Avoiding the moon culture practices
2. Adopting minimum tillage
3. Avoiding the cultivation of plantation crops
4. Using crop residues to cover soil surface
5. Adopting spatial and temporal crop sequencing/crop rotations

1. BHIM appa allows the user to transfer money to anyone with a UPI-enabled bank account.
2. While a chip-pin debit card has four factors of authentication, BHIM app has only two factors of authentication.

1. The territories called ‘Santhal Paraganas’ were created.
2. It became illegal for a Santhal to transfer land to a non-Santhal

1. A high content of organic matter in soil drastically reduces its water holding capacity.
2. Soil does not play any role in the sulphur cycle.
3. Irrigation over a period of time can contribute to the salinization of some agricultural lands.

1. Cereal grains hulled
2. Chicken eggs cooked
3. Fish processed and canned
4. Newspapers containing advertising material

1. Limitation of powers
2. Equality before law
3. People’s responsibility to the Government
4. Liberty and evil rights

1. It can be integrated into any electronic device.
2. Online authentication using iris is possible.

1. The Parliament of India can place a particular law in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India.
2. The Validity of the law placed in the Ninth Schedule cannot be examined by any court and no judgement can be made on it

1. The Reserve Bank of India manages and services Government of India Securities but not any State government Securities.
2. Treasury bills are issued by the Government of India and there are no treasury bills issued by the State Governments.
3. Treasury bills offer are issued at a discount from the par value.

1. The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 replaced the Preventon of Food Adulteration Act, 1954.
2. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India(FSSAI) is under the charge of Director General of Health Services in the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

1. Birds
2. Dust blowing
3. Rain
4. Wind blowing

1. Mobile phone operations
2. Banking operations
3. Controlling the power grids

1. Most of the Tyagaraja Kritia are devotional songs in praise of Lord Krishna.
2. Tyagaraja creation several new rages.
3. Annamacharya and Tyagaraja are contemporaries
4. Annamacharya Kirtanas are devotional songs in praise of eshwars.

1. Most of the world's coral reefs are in tropical waters.
2. More than one-third of the world's coral reefs are located in the territories of Australia,Indonesia and Philippines.
3. Coral reefs host far more number of animal phyla than those hosted by tropical rainforests.

1. Rajasthan has the highest percentage share of agricultural households among its rural households.
2. Out of the total agricultural households in the country, a little over 60 percent belong to OBCs.
3. In Kerala, a little over 60 percent of agricultural households reported to have received maximum income from sources other than agricultural activities.

1. India is the third largest in the world in the manufacture of silicon wafers used in photovoltaic units.
2. The solar power tariffs are determined by the Solar Energy Corporation of India.

1. Light is affected by gravity.
2. The Universe is constantly expanding.
3. Matter warps its surrounding space-time.

1. The NGT has been established by an Act whereas the CPCB has been created by an executive order of the Government.
2. The NGT provides environmental justice and helps reduce the burden of litigation in the higher courts whereas the CPCB promotes cleanliness of streams and wells, and aims to improve the quality of air in the country.

1. Formation of India’s own Internet companies like China did.
2. Establish a policy framework to encourage overseas multinational corporations that collect Big Data to build their large data centres within our national geographical boundaries.
3. Connect many of our villages to the Internet and bring Wi-Fi to many of our schools, public places and major tourist centres.

1. Charter Act of 1813
2. General Committee of Public Instruction, 1823
3. Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy

1. Australia
2. Canada
3. China
4. India
5. Japan
6. USA

1. Individuals of a country to accumulate more capital
2. Increasing the knowledge,skill levels and capacities of the people of the country
3. Accumulation of tangible wealth
4. Accumulation of intangible wealth

1. Hard and waxy leaves
2. Tiny leaves
3. Thorns instead of leaves

1. It will have access to the latest and most efficient nuclear technologies.
2. It automatically becomes a member of “The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)”.

1. The Earth’s magnetic field has reversed every few hundred thousand years.
2. When the Earth was created more than 4000 million years ago,there was 54% oxygen and no carbon dioxide.
3. When living organisms originated,they modified the early atmosphere of the Earth.

            Tradition                                             State1. Chapchar kut festival                       -       Mizoram
2. Khongjom Parba ballad                   -       Manipur
3. Thang- Ta dance                              -       Sikkim

1. In India, State Governments do not have the power to auction non-coal mines.
2. Andra Pradesh and Jharkhand do not have gold mines.
3. Rajasthan has iron ore mines.

1. The value of the vote of each MLA varies from State to State.
2. The value of the vote of MPs of the Lok Sabha is more than the value of the vote of MPs of the Rajya Sabha.

1. White marble was used in making Buland Darwaza and Khankah at Fatehpur Sikri.
2. Red sandstone and marble were used in making Bara Imambara and Rumi Darwaza at Lucknow.

1. GM mustard has the genes of a soil bacterium that give the plant the property of pest-resistance to a wide variety of pests.
2. GM mustard has the genes that allow the plant cross-pollination and hybridization.
3. GM mustard has been developed jointly by the IARI and Punjab Agricultural University.

1. Capital infusion into public sector banks by the Government of India has steadily increased in the last decade.
2. To put the public sector banks in order, the merger of associate banks with the parent State Bank of the India has been affected.

1. 1. Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) is the amount that banks have to maintain in the form of their own funds to offset any loss that banks incur if the account-holders fail to repay dues.
   2. CAR is decided by each individual bank.

1. PSLVs launch the satellites useful for Earth resources monitoring whereas GSLVs are designed mainly to launch communication satellites.
2. Satellites launched by PSLV appear to remain permanently fixed in the same position in the sky, as viewed from a particular location on Earth.
3. GSLV Mk III is a four-staged launch vehicle with the first and third stages using solid rocket motors; and the second and fourth stages using liquid rocket engines.

1. ‘The National Programme for organic production ‘(NPOP) is operated under the guidelines and directions of the Union Ministry of Rural Development.
2. ‘The Agricultural and Processed Food Product Export Development Authority’ (APEDA) functions as the Secretariat for the implementation of NPOP.
3. Sikkim has become India’s first fully organic State.

1. The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly shall vacate his/her office if he/she ceases to be a member of the Assembly
2. Whenever the Legislative Assembly is dissolved, the speaker shall vacte his/her office immediately.

1. It is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
2. It, among other things, will also impart training in soft skills, entrepreneurship, financial and digital literacy.
3. It aims to align the competencies of the unregulated workforce of the country to the National Skill Qualification Framework.

1. GACSA is an outcome of the Climate Summit held in Paris in 2015.
2. Membership of GACSA does not create any binding obligations.
3. India was instrumental in the creation of GACSA.

1. Puthukkuli shawls           -Tamil Nadu
2. Sujni embroidery             -Maharashtra
3. Uppada Jamdani saris    -Karnataka

1. As per the Right to Education (RTE) Act, to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in a State, a person would be required to possess the minimum qualification laid down by the concerned State Council of Teacher Education.
2. As per the RTE Act, for teaching primary classes, a candidate is required to pass a Teacher Eligibility Test conducted in accordance with the National Council of Teacher Education guidelines.
3. In India, more than 90% of teacher education institutions are directly under State Governments.

1. Areca nut
2. Barley
3. Coffee
4. Finger millet
5. Groundnut
6. Sesamum
7. Turmeric

1.  Grants-in-Aid system was introduced.
2.  Establishment of universities was recommended.
3.  English as a medium of instruction at all levels of education was recommended.

1. Aral Sea
2. Black Sea
3. Lake Baikal

1. The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Review Committee Report has recommended a debt to GDP ratio of 60% for the general (combined) government by 2023, comprising 40% for the Central Government and 20% for the State Governments.
2. The Central Government has domestic liabilities of 21% of GDP as compared to that o f49% of GDP of the State Governments.
3. As per the Constitution of India, it is mandatory for a State to take the Central Government’s consent for raising any loan if the former owes any outstanding liabilities to the latter.

1. Sanskrit College at Benaras                       - William Jones
2. Calcutta Madarsa                                       - Warren Hastings
3. Fort William College                                   - Arthur Wellesley

1. No Criminal proceedings shall be instituted against the Governor of a State in any court during his term of office.
2. The emulations and allowances of the Governor of a State shall not be diminished during his term of office.

1. IRNSS has three satellites in geostationary and four satellite in geosynchronous orbits.
2. IRNSS covers entire India and about 5500 sq. km beyond its borders.
3. India will have its own satellite navigation system with full global coverage by the middle of 2019.

1. Decreased salinity in the river
2. Pollution of groundwater
3. Lowering of the water-table

1. Catalonia                                            - Spain
2. Crimea                                               - Hungary
3. Mindanao                                           - Philippines
4. Oromia                                               - Nigeria

1. Belle II Experiment                                     - Artificial Intelligence
2. Blockchain technology                               - Digital / Cryptocurrency
3. CRISPR 0 Cas9                                            - Particle Physics