Current Affairs & General Knowledge Test - 14

Famous Cave temples of Elephanta are ascribed to Rashtrakoots.

The caves of Ellora Elephanta were built by the Rashtrakuta rulers. They have been built by cutting the walls of high basalt steep rock walls. There are about 34 caves which are located 30 km away from the district in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state, These are declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

The Rashtrakuta contributions to art and architectural heritage of the Deccan are reflected in the splendid rock-cut cave temples at Ellora and Elephanta, areas also occupied by Jain monks, located in present-day Maharashtra. The Ellora site was originally part of a complex of 34 Buddhist caves probably created in the first half of the 6th century whose structural details show Pandyan influence.

Both longitude and latitude are angles measured with the center of the earth as an origin. Longitude is an angle from the prime meridian, measured to the east (longitudes to the west are negative). Latitudes measure an angle up from the equator (latitudes to the south are negative).

• The line joining the north and south pole is called Prime Meridian. 
• A (geographic) meridian (or line of longitude) is half of an imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface.
• It is a coordinate line terminated by the North Pole and the South Pole, connecting points of equal longitude, as measured in angular degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian.

Permanent Settlement was introduced by Lord Cornwallis. Permanent Settlement is also known as Permanent Settlement of Bengal. It was an agreement between Bengali Landlords and East India Company to fix revenues to be raised from the agriculture activity and from other productivity in the country.

In this case, the sound travels to the reflecting surface and comes back from thereafter it is heard.

So, if the distance till the reflecting surface is d, then the distance traveled for the sound to be heard is 2d.

Therefore, the formula which would be relevant is

Baba Farid was a Sufi saint of the Chishti Order. His original name was Hazrat Fariduddin Ganjshakar. He is recognized as the first major Sufi poet of the Punjabi Language. Some parts of the poems of Baba Farid have been included in the Guru Granth Sahib.

Operation Maitri was the name given for the rescue operations conducted by the Indian Government during Nepal Earthquake Tragedy.

Operation Maitri (Operation Amity) was a rescue and relief operation in Nepal by the government of India and the Indian armed forces in the aftermath of the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. The Indian government responded within a few minutes of the quake. It started on 26 April 2015 and also involved Nepali ex-servicemen from India's Gurkha Regiments for interface for guidance, relief and rescue.

India’s first virtual science lab for children under the ‘CSIR Jigyasa’ programme was launched recently, by the Union Minister of State for Science & Technology, Jitendra Singh.

CSIR has partnered with IIT Bombay to develop a virtual lab platform under the ‘CSIR Jigyasa’ programme, which enables classroom learning with laboratory research for school students. The target audience for the virtual lab is students of classes 6-12.

Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo has won the 'Player of the Century' award at the Globe Soccer Awards.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola won the Coach of the Century award. Spanish giants Real Madrid won the Club of the Century award during the event.

Francois Bernier was physician to Prince Dara Shikoh.

• The Mughal Prince, Dara Shikoh is undoubtedly one of the most tragic figures in Indian history. 
• Dara Shikoh was the eldest son and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
• Dara was designated with the title Padshahzada-i-Buzurg Martaba (Prince of High Rank) and was favored as a successor by his father and his older sister, Princess Jahanara Begum.
• In the war of succession which ensued after Shah Jahan's illness in 1657, Dara was defeated by his younger brother Prince Muhiuddin.
• He was executed in 1659 on Aurangzeb's orders in a bitter struggle for the imperial throne.
• Dara Shikoh was appointed as a military commander at an early age, receiving an appointment as commander of 12,000-foot and 6,000 horse in October 1633.
• On 10 September 1642, Shah Jahan formally confirmed Dara Shikoh as his heir, granting him the title of Shahzada-e-Buland Iqbal and promoting him to the command of 20,000-foot and 20,000 horse.

The Preamble of the Constitution of India mentions JUSTICE (social, economic and political) whereas the word Religious Justice is not present in the Preamble.