Current Affairs & General Knowledge Test - 8

Sustainable development is the organizing principle for meeting human development goals while simultaneously sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services upon which the economy and society depend. The desired result is a state of society where living conditions and resource use continue to meet human needs without undermining the integrity and stability of the natural system. Sustainable development can be classified as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations.

The study related to the plants being used as vegetable is called Olericulture.

Olericulture is the science of vegetable growing, dealing with the culture of non-woody (herbaceous) plants for food. Olericulture deals with the production, storage, processing and marketing of vegetables. It encompasses crop establishment, including cultivar selection, seedbed preparation and establishment of vegetable crops by seed and transplants.

NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd (NTPC REL) started the commercial supply of electricity from a 37.50 MW segment of its 200 MW Solar PV Project in Sadla, Gujarat.

The treaty of Mangalore was an agreement between British East India Company and Tipu Sultan on 11th March 1784 and it was end to the second Anglo-Mysore war.

Procedural democracy is a democracy in which the people or citizens of the state have less influence than in traditional liberal democracies. This type of democracy is characterized by voters choosing to elect representatives in free elections. 

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the society and state without discrimination or repression.

Clement Atlee was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time of India’s independence.

British India was divided into independent dominions of India and Pakistan by the act of the parliament of the United Kingdom.

The act was named the Indian independence act in 1947.

The royal assent was given to act on 18th July 1947.

For the independence of India, the Mountbatten plan was the last plan.

It was announced by Atlee that, that British India would be provided with full self-government by 30 June 1948.

Atlee also declared that the decision of the date of final transfer, the future of the princely state would be decided.

The Mountbatten plan is also known as the June plan.

Chhattisgarh is the Indian States has no international boundary.

• Other states having no international boundary include Telangana, Haryana, Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh.
• Bihar shares its borders with Nepal.
• Uttarakhand shares its borders with Nepal and China.
• Meghalaya shares its borders with Bangladesh.

Kiran Ankush Jadhav clinches Men’s 50m Rifle 3P title at 67th National Shooting Championship.

The 'Sushasan Padyatra' was organized in Vadnagar, Gujarat, the hometown of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The event, led by Union Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, commemorated Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 100th birth anniversary.

Directive Principles of state policy are fundamental in the governance of the country. Article 37 states the duty of the state to apply these principles in the making of laws. Part IV of the Constitution deals with the Directive principles for the states. These are incorporated to ensure a “Welfare state” and hence considered fundamental in governance.