1. Early Buddhist literature is generally composed of the canonical text.

2. The Buddhist schools classify their canonical literature as only the Pitakas.

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1. The large-scale exploitation of ground water is done with the help of tube-wells.

2. The demand for ground water started increasing with the advent of the Green Revolution.

3. The total replenish-able ground water reserves are highest in the hilly tracts of Sikkim, Nagaland and Tripura.
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1. India and Sri Lanka have a Free Trade Agreement.

2. India has emerged as the highest exporter to Sri Lanka as on May 2014.

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1. The main goal is to create mandatory limitations and exceptions for the benefit of the blind and visually impaired.

2. India has ratified the treaty.

3. The treaty came into force from July 2014.

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1. BIMSTEC has seven members: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

2. BIMSTEC provides a link between South Asia and South East Asia by way of economic cooperation and linkages in identified areas of cooperation.

3. BIMSTEC was rechristened as BIMSTEC in the year 2014.

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1. It is an association governed by Swiss law, founded in 1904 and based in Zurich.

2. FIFA has been engaging with its stakeholders and other institutions to find sensible ways of addressing environmental impacts linked to its activities.
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1. The WTO deals with the global rules of trade between nations.

2. The goal of the WTO is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business.

3. The WTO, which is a successor body of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, came into being following the Uruguay Round of Negotiations.

4. The WTO distances itself in framing of rules on trade in intellectual property rights.

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1. When marginal revenue is positive, total revenue increases with increase in output.

2. When marginal revenue is zero, total revenue is maximum.

3. When marginal revenue becomes negative, total revenue falls with increase in output.

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1. The World Bank was established in 1946, which is headquartered in New York.

2. The World Bank Group has set for itself the goal to end extreme poverty from the world by 2030.

3. The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. It is not a bank in the ordinary sense but a unique partnership to reduce poverty and support development.

4. The World Bank Group comprises five institutions managed by their member countries in order to promote shared prosperity by fostering the income growth of the bottom 40% for every country.

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1. Indravati

2. Dudhwa

3. Bandipur

4. Similipal

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1. Ensure regulatory autonomy, effectiveness, and accountability.

2. Insulate utilities from State Government interference.

3. Scrap the Electricity Act 2003.

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1. The IMF is a United Nations specialized agency.

2. The IMF was founded at the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944 to secure international monetary cooperation.

3. The objective of the IMF is to stabilize currency exchange rates, and to expand international liquidity (access to hard currencies).

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1. It offers free enhanced satellite navigation signals over India, ten times more precise than GPS.

2. It was developed jointly by ISRO and NASA.

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List–I (Training Institute) | List–II (Location)
A. National Academy of Direct Taxes | 2. Nagpur
B. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy | 4. Ghaziabad
C. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy | 1. Hyderabad
D. Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy | 3. Dehradun

1. Job Charnock arrived in Sutanati in August 1690 and laid the foundation of Calcutta which later became the heart of the British Indian Empire.

2. The French East India Company built a fort near the Fort William in Calcutta.

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1. India has the world's largest cropped area.

2. Cropping pattern is dominated by cereal crop.

3. The average size of an Indian farm holding is too small for several agricultural operations.

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1. SAFTA is a trade liberalisation programme among the South-Eastern countries of Asia.

2. According to SAFTA, the ministerial Council shall meet at least once every year or more often as and when considered necessary by the Contracting States.

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1. In June 2014, the World Heritage Committee inscribed the Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (GHNPCA) on the World Heritage List based on UNESCO guidelines.

2. The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) is located in Sikkim.

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1. Article 40 of the Indian Constitution provides for the State to organize village panchayats and endow them with powers to function as units of self-government.

2. The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments inserted Part IX and IXA respectively in the Constitution.

3. The provisions in Parts IX and IXA are more or less parallel and analogous.

4. The 73rd Amendment is applicable to all states irrespective of the population size.

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1. The length of day and night is more or less equal over the year.

2. The Earth's rotational velocity is maximum at the Equator.

3. The Coriolis force is zero at the Equator.

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1. BIMSTEC has seven members: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

2. BIMSTEC provides a link between South Asia and South East Asia by way of economic cooperation and linkages in identified areas of cooperation.

3. BIMSTEC was rechristened as BIMSTEC in the year 2014.
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1. Indian economy was transformed into a colonial economy in the 19th century whose structure was determined by Britain's fast developing industrial economy.

2. The influx of cheap Indian products into England gave a great blow to English textile industries.

3. The 19th century saw the collapse of the traditional Indian village economy and fresh economic alignment along commercial lines.

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1. Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland.

2. It has a presidential system with unitary form of government.

3. Malawi's economy is highly dependent on agriculture and majority of the population is rural.
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1. Engineers India Ltd

2. Coal India Ltd

3. India Trade Promotion Organization

4. National Buildings Construction Corporation

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1. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was created and founded during the collapse of the colonial system and the independence struggles of the peoples of Africa, Asia, Latin America and other regions of the world and at the height of the Cold War.

2. The First Summit of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries was convened by the leaders of India, Indonesia, Egypt, Syria and Yugoslavia at Belgrade on September 1–6, 1961.

3. During the early days of the Movement, its actions were a key factor in the decolonization process, which led later to the attainment of freedom by many countries and to the founding of several new sovereign States.

4. The fundamental principle of the movement is to maintain equal distance from both the superpowers by joining the military alliances of both the blocs.

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1. The report states that three out of ten people in India are poor.

2. The report endorsed the Tendulkar committee suggestion on determining poverty line in India.
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1. The colonial economy in Vietnam was primarily based on rice cultivation and rubber plantations.

2. All the rubber plantations in Vietnam were owned and controlled by a small Vietnamese elite.

3. Indentured Vietnamese labour was widely used in the rubber plantations.

4. Indentured labourers worked on the basis of contracts that did not specify any rights of labourers but gave immense power to the employers.

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1. It is largely practised in North-Eastern Indian states.

2. It is referred to as 'slash and burn' technique.

3. In it, the fertility of soil is exhausted in a few years.

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1. If increase in demand and supply are of equal magnitude, the price will remain unchanged, but the equilibrium quantity will increase.

2. If increase in demand is of greater magnitude than increase in supply, both equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity will increase.

3. If increase in supply is of greater magnitude than increase in demand, equilibrium price will fall but equilibrium quantity will increase.

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1. It is an association governed by Swiss law, founded in 1904 and based in Zurich.

2. FIFA has been engaging with its stakeholders and other institutions to find sensible ways of addressing environmental impacts linked to its activities.

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1. India and Sri Lanka have a Free Trade Agreement.

2. India has emerged as the highest exporter to Sri Lanka as on May 2014.
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1. Arunachal Pradesh

2. Nagaland

3. Sikkim

4. Meghalaya

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1. Due to population pressure, more people are living in flood-prone areas.

2. Increased frequency and magnitude of landslides and soil erosion in the upper catchments.

3. Increase in the amount and intensity of rainfall in the north-western part of India.

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1. The SAARC Secretariat is located at Kathmandu.

2. The Secretariat is headed by the Secretary General, who is appointed by the Council of Ministers from Member States in alphabetical order for a three year term.

3. The Secretary General is assisted by eight Directors on deputation from the Member States.
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1. A person having blood group 'A' can donate blood to persons having blood group 'A' and blood group 'AB'.

2. A person having blood group 'AB' can donate blood to persons having blood groups 'A', 'B', 'AB' or 'O'.

3. A person with blood group 'O' can donate blood to persons having any blood group.

4. A person with blood group 'O' can receive blood from the person of any of the blood groups.

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1. This is the first of its kind bill in Europe which specifically addresses slavery and trafficking in the 21st century.

2. The Bill fixes the maximum sentence available for the most serious offenders up to 14 years.

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1. Indian Coast Guard

2. Assam Rifles

3. Directorate General of Resettlement

1. Established in 1997, it is the leading global airline network with the highest number of member airlines, daily flights, destinations, and countries served.

2. Air India has recently joined the Star Alliance in a bid to garner more revenue.

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1. Coronary artery supplies blood to heart muscles.

2. Pulmonary vein supplies blood to lungs.

3. Hepatic artery supplies blood to kidneys.

4. Renal vein supplies blood to kidneys.

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1. World Vitiligo Day is observed on 25th June every year.

2. Vitiligo is a progressive skin disease.

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1. Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland.

2. It has presidential system with unitary form of government.

3. Malawi's economy is highly dependent on agriculture and majority of the population is rural.

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1. Absolute cost difference

2. Comparative cost difference

3. Opportunity cost

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1. The SAARC Secretariat is located at Kathmandu.

2. The Secretariat is headed by the Secretary General, who is appointed by the Council of Ministers from Member States in alphabetical order for a three year term.

3. The Secretary General is assisted by eight Directors on deputation from the Member States.

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1. The report states that three out of ten people in India are poor.

2. The report endorsed the Tendulkar committee suggestion on determining poverty line in India.

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1. The State Election Commissioner is appointed by the Governor.

2. The Commission can also prepare electoral rolls for Panchayat elections.

3. The Commissioner cannot be removed before tenure completion.

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1. The Project was launched in June 2014 by the Ministry of External Affairs.

2. At the macro level, the project aims to reconnect and re-establish communications between countries of the Indian Ocean world, leading to an enhanced understanding of cultural values; at the micro level, it focuses on understanding national cultures in their regional maritime milieu.

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