Option (b) is correct

Explanation:

• The National Curriculum Framework (NCF), in its guidelines, has emphasised that students’ learning should be planned keeping in mind Indian roots and has proposed a five-step learning process, or panchaadi, for children at the preschool or foundational level.
• Panchaadi comprises aditi (introduction of a topic), bodh (conceptual understanding), abhyas (practice), prayog (application) and prasar (expansion).

Option (a) is correct

Explanation:

• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is a statutory body established on April 12, 1992 in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992.
• The basic functions of the SEBI is to protect the interests of investors in securities and to promote and regulate the securities market.
• It became autonomous and given statutory powers by SEBI Act 1992.
• Headquarters: Mumbai
  • The regional offices of SEBI are located in Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Chennai and Delhi.

Option (c) is correct

Explanation:

• Veer Savarkar wrote a book titled ‘The History of the War of Indian Independence’ in which he wrote about the guerilla warfare tricks used in 1857 Sepoy Mutiny.

• He also wrote the book ‘Hindutva: who is hindu?’

Option (d) is correct

Explanation:

• The Kuno River is one of the main tributaries of the Chambal River. 
• It flows through the Kuno National Park from south to north, draining the other rivulets and Tributaries into Chambal River in Morena at MP-Rajasthan border.

Option (a) is correct

Explanation:

• The Finance Bill means the Bill ordinarily introduced each year to give effect to the financial proposals of the Government of India for the following financial year and includes a Bill to give effect to supplementary financial proposals for any period.
• It is a part of the Union Budget, stipulating all the legal amendments required for the changes in taxation proposed by the Finance Minister.

• A money bill or finance bill dealing with taxation cannot be introduced in the Rajya Sabha—it must be introduced only in the Lok Sabha
• Post the Lok Sabha’s approval, the Finance Bill becomes Finance Act.

• All Money Bills are Financial Bills but all Financial Bills are not Money Bills.

Option (a) is correct

Explanation:

• Japan is not a NATO member Country.

• Currently, there are 30 member countries of NATO namely Albania, Bulgaria, Belgium, Croatia, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Türkiye, U.K. & U.S.
• The Group of Twenty (G20) comprises 19 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, United Kingdom and United States) and the European Union.