1. Every year 20th July is celebrated as World Chess Day all over the world.

2. The game of chess is a very peaceful but entertaining game, which requires a lot of brain power, hence it is also called mind game.

3. 20th July was chosen as Chess Day because the International Chess Federation was established in Paris in 1924 on 20th July.

1. The theme of this plan was “Faster, More Inclusive and Sustainable Growth”.

2. The objective of the scheme was to strengthen infrastructure projects and provide electricity supply to all villages.

3. It aims to eliminate gender and social gaps in school admissions and improve access to higher education.

1. The theme of this plan was “Faster, More Inclusive and Sustainable Growth”.

2. The objective of the scheme was to strengthen infrastructure projects and provide electricity supply to all villages.

3. It aims to eliminate gender and social gaps in school admissions and improve access to higher education.

1. Article 61 of the Indian Constitution provides for impeachment of the President. According to this article, when the President is impeached for violation of the Constitution, the charge shall be preferred by either House of Parliament.

2. The procedure of Article 61 is as follows-

First Stage: A motion to impeach the President is made in either House after not less than fourteen days' notice in writing signed by not less than one-fourth of the total number of members of that House.

Second stage: The motion is passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the total membership of the House.

Third step: The passed motion is sent to the other house.

Fourth stage: The second chamber investigates the allegations.

Five stage: If the other house finds the allegations true, the impeachment motion is passed.

Kathasaritsagar is India's unique contribution to world narrative literature. This is a seminal text of Sanskrit fiction, which was composed by Kashmiri Pandit Somdev Bhatt. 'Kathasaritsagara' is also called 'Brihatkatha' of Gunadhya. It was first written in the Prakrit language. 'Vrihatkatha' is the most influential book on the tradition of Sanskrit literature. Gunadhya is considered as respectable as Valmiki and Vyas.

1. Vishnu Sharma is the author of 'Panchantra' and an Indian scholar.

2. Panchatantra refers to an ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables and was originally written in the Sanskrit language.

3. It was written around 200 BC and is one of the oldest surviving texts.

4. Panchatantra was translated into other languages like Persian, Syriac and Arabic languages.

1. The Planning Commission was called the Economic Cabinet of India by Ashok Chandra.

2. The Planning Commission is a non-constitutional and non-statutory body and is responsible for preparing five-year plans for social and economic development in India.

3. The government replaced the Planning Commission with a new institution NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) on 1 January 2015.

 1. Among these, olive cultivation is studied in olivoculture.

2. Olives originated in the region of Southern Europe near the Mediterranean Sea. Currently, the largest producing countries are in the same region, with Spain, Italy, Morocco, Turkey and Greece being the largest producers.