Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is In 1829.

• In order to prevent the practice of Sati, in 1829 it was first banned under the "Bengal Sati Regulation".

Key Points

• The Bengal Sati Regulation
  • ​The Bengal Sati Regulation was passed on December 4, 1829, here is all you should definitely know about the practice of Sati.
  • The Bengal Sati Regulation which banned the Sati practice in all jurisdictions of British India was passed on December 4, 1829, by the then Governor-General Lord William Bentinck.

Additional Information

• About Sati practice
  • Sati was a historical Hindu practice, in which a widow sacrifices herself by sitting atop her deceased husband's funeral pyre.
  • The extent to which sati was practised in history is not known with clarity.
  • However, during the early modern Mughal period, it was notably associated with the elite Hindu Rajput clan.

Given series: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, 65, 82, _________

The logic is:

2 + 3 = 5

5 + 5 = 10

10 + 7 = 17

17 + 9 = 26

26 + 11 = 37

37 + 13 = 50

50 + 15 = 65

65 + 17 = 82

82 + 19 = 101

Bleaching powder:

• Calcium hypochlorite is known as bleaching powder.​
• It is a pale yellowish powder having a strong smell of chlorine.
• It is soluble in cold water.
• Bleaching powder reacts with dilute acids to produce chlorine.
• When bleaching powder is treated with an excess of a dilute, all the chlorine present in it is liberated.
• It is used in bleaching clothes in the laundry due to its oxidizing property.

Formula- CaOCl₂ 

Additional Information

• Washing powder: The chemical name of washing soda is Sodium carbonate Decahydrate and the chemical formulae is Na_2​CO3​.10H_2​O.
• Baking powder: Sodium hydrogen carbonate is the chemical term for the baking powder with chemical formulae NaHCO₃.
• Soda ash: Anhydrous Sodium carbonate is known as Soda ash with chemical formulae Na₂CO₃.

The correct answer is Camel.

Key Points

• The state animal of Rajasthan is Camel.
• Camel was adopted as the state animal of Rajasthan to control the decreasing number of camels in the state. 
• It was adopted in 2014 by the Rajasthan state government.

Additional Information

• State Bird: Great Indian Bustard.
• State Animal (Wildlife) - Chinkara
• State Flower: Rohida.
• Chinkara is also the official animal of Rajasthan.
• National Park: Sariska National Park, Ranthambore National Park, Desert National Park, and Keoladeo Ghana National Park.
• Geographical indication: Kota Doria, Kathputlis, Blue pottery, Molela, clay work, Sanganeri Hand Block Printing, Phulkari, Bikaneri Bhujia, Bagru hand block print, Thewa artwork, Makrana marble.

The correct answer is 7 years.

Key Points

• Dowry death is considered death from the time of marriage for 7 years.

Important Points

• A dowry case ideally should be filed within 7 years of marriage for a dowry claim to be won in court.
  • Dowry deaths are deaths of married women who are murdered or driven to suicide by continuous harassment and torture by their husbands and in-laws over a dispute about their dowry, making the women's homes the most dangerous place for them to be.
  • The Indian criminal laws were comprehensively amended to include dowry as a punishable offense.
  • Section 304B was added to the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ("IPC"), which made dowry death a specific offense punishable with a minimum sentence of imprisonment for 7 years and maximum imprisonment for life.
  • It provided that if the death of a woman is caused by burns or bodily injury or occurs in suspicious circumstances within 7 years of her marriage, and there's evidence to show that before her death, she was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or his relative regarding the demand for dowry, then the husband or the relative shall be deemed to have caused her death.