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Q.3: After the Maharashtra government increased an indirect tax on goods and services for the second time in the fiscal year, the people were extremely distraught. Citizens had already been facing the heat of an inflationary trend and this increase meant that they would struggle to make both ends meet.

Many experts felt that the state government should have cut costs to fill the gap in revenue shortfalls because burdening the citizens like this was unethical as well as undemocratic. To aptly capture the essence of the state of mind of the citizens of Maharashtra, many dailies quipped a punny title which is a play on a Hindi phrase.

ID the phrase.

Q.4. A certain song was originally written for the Pakistani pop-star Nazia Hassan. However, on being offered the gig, she refused on account of it offending her Pakistani fan base. Eventually, it was recorded by another singer, and the song went on topping charts across Asia.

Which song is being spoken about?

The album became the first non-film album to break unit sales records In India. And, the singer won the Billboard Viewers Choice award for musical excellence. She is aptly called the Queen of this genre.

Who is the singer?

Q.5: The Dimasas are a tribe in Nagaland and the adjoining areas of Assam. From about 17th century onwards, there are records of them calling themselves as Heramba Kingdom. The word occurs frequently in coins, inscriptions and other chronicles. As per their tradition, they claim to be the descendants of ________, a figure from Mahabharat.

The natives believe these ruins to be the chess pieces which ________ and his father used to play with.

Who do the Dimasa trace their ancestry to?


Q.6: While her name might give the impression that she was named after the body part of hers that was later disfigured, the term actually means 'one with the winnowing nails'.

A certain city in Western India derives its name from the disfigured part because it is believed that this area was the site of said mutilation.

The etymological roots of which Indian city are being described here?

Q.7: This is the pictorial depiction of the chief idol at a temple in Tamil Nadu.

Who is this temple dedicated to, the only shrine where he is worshipped in a full human form?



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