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Romanticism was an artistic, literary, musical, cultural, (1)/ and intellectual movement that originated in (2)/ Europe to the end of the 18th century. (3)/ No error (4)
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The evolutionary history of penguins (1)/ is well-researched and represents a showcase of (2)/ evolution biogeography. (3)/ No error (4)
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Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 07.08.2024


1. FACTION (NOUN): (कलह): infighting
Synonyms: dissension, dissent
Antonyms: harmony
Example Sentence:The council is increasingly split by faction.


2. UTTERLY (ADVERB): (पूर्णता से): completely
Synonyms: totally, absolutely
Antonyms: partly
Example Sentence:He looked utterly ridiculous.


3. CLAMOUR (NOUN): (कोलाहल): din
Synonyms: racket, uproar
Antonyms: silence
Example Sentence:The questions rose to a clamour.


4. DISPERSE (VERB): (बिखेर देना): scatter
Synonyms: disseminate distribute
Antonyms: gather
Example Sentence:Storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes.


5. DESPOTIC (ADJECTIVE): (तानाशाही): autocratic
Synonyms: dictatorial, totalitarian
Antonyms: democratic
Example Sentence:Obeying no law, despotic authority was arbitrary, and its animating spirit was fear.


6. CALAMITY (NOUN): (आपदा): disaster
Synonyms: catastrophe, tragedy
Antonyms: godsend
Example Sentence:Emergency measures may be necessary in order to avert a calamity.


7. MENACE (VERB): (ख़तरे में डालना): threaten
Synonyms: jeopardize, imperil
Antonyms: friendly, auspicious
Example Sentence:Africa's elephants are still menaced by poaching.


8. TORMENT (NOUN): (व्यथा): agony
Synonyms: suffering, torture
Antonyms: pleasure
Example Sentence:Their deaths have left both families in torment.


9. DETRIMENT (NOUN): (क्षति): harm
Synonyms: damage, injury
Antonyms: benefit, good
Example Sentence:He sits up very late to the detriment of his health.


10. OBFUSCATE (VERB): (अस्पष्ट करना): obscure
Synonyms: confuse, blur
Antonyms: clarify
Example Sentence:She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the main issue.
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07 August 2024 Current Affairs

➼ President 'Draupadi Murmu' addressed the Parliament of Fiji on 06 August. 
राष्ट्रपति ‘द्रौपदी मुर्मु’ ने 06 अगस्त को फिजी की संसद को संबोधित किया हैं।

➼ Deakin University and University of Wollongong of Australia have established their campuses in GIFT City, Gujarat. 
ऑस्‍ट्रेलिया के ‘डेकिन विश्वविद्यालय’ और ‘वोलोंगगोंग विश्वविद्यालय’ ने गुजरात की गिफ्ट सिटी में अपने कैंपस स्‍थापित किये हैं।

➼ India will host its first multinational air exercise 'Tarang Shakti 2024' at Sular, Tamil Nadu from August 06.
भारत 06 अगस्त से तमिलनाडु के सुलार में अपने पहले बहुराष्ट्रीय हवाई अभ्यास ‘तरंग शक्ति 2024’ की मेजबानी करेगा।

➼ The ten-day pilgrimage of Shri Baba Budha Amarnath will begin from August 07 in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. 
जम्‍मू-कश्‍मीर के पुंछ जिले में श्री बाबा बूढा अमरनाथ की दस दिन की यात्रा 07 अगस्त से शुरू होगी।

➼ According to the Central Government, ' 345 ancient artefacts' have been brought back  from foreign countries since 2014 .
केंद्र सरकार के अनुसार विदेशों से 2014 के बाद से अब तक ‘345 प्राचीन कलाकृतियां’ वापस लाई गई हैं।

➼ Former England cricketer ' Graham Thorpe' has passed away at the age of 55.
इंग्लैंड के पूर्व क्रिकेटर ‘ग्राहम थोर्प (Graham Thorpe) का 55 वर्ष की आयु में निधन हो गया है।

➼ The Central Government has declared  Adichunchanagiri in Karnataka and Chulanur in Kerala as ' Peacock Sanctuary' .
केंद्र सरकार ने कर्नाटक के आदिचुंचनगिरी और केरल के चूलान्‍नूर को ‘मोर अभयारण्य’ घोषित किया है।

➼ The first women mountaineering team of BSF has left from Delhi to climb Mount Mukut Purva in   Uttarakhand .
BSF की पहली महिला पर्वतारोहण टीम ‘उत्तराखंड’ के माउंट मुकुट पूर्व पर चढ़ाई के लिए दिल्ली से रवाना हुई हैं।

➼ The National Commission for Women inaugurated the ' Digital Shakti Centre'under the Digital Shakti Abhiyan for women on 05 August in New Delhi.
राष्ट्रीय महिला आयोग ने 05 अगस्त को नई दिल्ली में महिलाओं के लिए डिजिटल शक्ति अभियान के अंतर्गत ‘डिजिटल शक्ति केंद्र’ का उद्घाटन किया है।

➼ Avinash Sable has qualified for the men's 3,000m steeplechase final in athletics  at the Paris Olympics .
पेरिस ओलंपिक में ‘अविनाश साबले’ ने एथलेटिक्स में पुरुषों की तीन हजार मीटर स्टीपलचेज फाइनल के लिए क्वालीफाई किया है।
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Vinesh Phogat disqualified from Olympic wrestling final after being overweight 🥹💔

She was found 100 gram overweight during weigh-in ahead of the women's 50kg final in Paris.
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Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Absorbed
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Her room looks very m͟e͟s͟s͟y͟.
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Bitter and violent attack in words
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Treatment by means of exercise and massage.
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We were grateful for a book they gave us.
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Can we go visit a Statue of Liberty on our trip to the United States?
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BATTLES

Dashrajya war

• Ten kings was between Sudas
Won- Raja sudas

• Parushni (Ravi) river
• seventh mandala of the Rigveda
Battle of the Hydaspes

• Alexander the Great and Porus
• Won- Alexander
• Jhelum river
• 326 (BC)


Kalinga war

• Chedi dynasty vs Ashoka
• won - Ashoka
• 261 BC
• 13th(inscription)


Battle of NARMADA RIVER

Pulakeshin II (609 - 642 AD) Chalukya Dynasty


Pulakeshin II vs Harshvardhan
• Won - Pulakeshin II
• title Daskshinapatheshwara
• Narmada river
• Aihole Records
• 618AD
Battle with
Pullalur
• Pulakeshin II vs Mahendravarman I
• Won- Pulakeshin II

•Battle of Vatapi (642)
• Pulakesin II Vs Narasimhavarman I.
• Won -Narasimhavarman I
• title of Vatapikonda.


Battle of Peshawar(1001)

• Mahmud of Ghazni vs Jayapala
• Won - Mahmud Ghazni
• Somnath temple in Gujarat in 1025 AD, which was the sixteenth attack on India


First Battle of Tarain(1191)

• Prithviraj Chauhan and Mohammad Ghori
• won - Prithviraj Chauhan


Second Battle of Tarain(1192)

• Prithviraj Chauhan and Mohammed Ghori
• Won - Mohammed Ghori


First Battle of Panipat(21 April 1526 CE)

• Babur and Ibrahim Lodi

• Panipat, Haryana

• WON - Babur


Battle of Khanwa(16 March 1527)

• Babur and Rana Sanga

• Khanwa, Rajasthan

• Won - Babur


Battle of Chanderi(20 January 1528)

• Rajputs and Mughals
• WON- Mughals


Battle of Ghaghra (6 May. 1529)

• Mughal forces under Babur against the Sultanate of Bengal under Sultan Nusrat Shah.
• Ghaghara River, Bihar
• Won - Babur


Battle of Chausa( 1539)

• Sher Shah and Humayun

• Chausa, Buxar, Bihar

• Won - Shershah
Battle of Kannauj(1540)

• Sher Shah Suri and Humayun

• Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh

• WOn - Shershah


The Battle of Bilgram (1540)

• Humayun and Sher Shah Suri.
•Won - Sher Shah Suri


Second Battle of Panipat(1556)

• Akbar and Hemu
• won- Akbar



Battle of Talikota(1565)

• Vijaynagar Empire and Deccan Sultanates
• won - Deccan Sultanates


Battle of Haldighati(1576)

• Maharana Pratap of Mewar and Akbar's forces led by Man Singh I

• Won - Akbar


Battle of Pratapgad (1659)

• Shivaji vs Afzal Khan.
• Won - shivaji


The Battle of Karnal (1739)

• Nadir Shah and Muhammad Shah.
• Nader Shah


The Battle of Colachel (Kulachal) (1741)

• Travancore and the Dutch
• Won - Travancore


Battle of Swally(1612)

• Portuguese vs Britishers
• Won - Britishers


First Carnatic war(1746-1748)

• French and Britishers
• Austrian War of Succession.
• Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle.


The Second Carnatic War (1749 -1754)

Third Carnatic War (1757-1763)

Battle of Wandiwash:

The decisive battle of the Third Carnatic War was won by the English 1760 at Wandiwash .


Battle of Plassey (1757)

• Britishers vs Siraj-ud-Daulah, the last Nawab of Bengal

•won - Britishers (Lead by Clive)
Third Battle of Panipat (1761)

• Maratha Empire and Ahmad Shah Durrani
• Won - Ahmad Shah Durrani


Battle of Buxar (1764)

• Britishers vs Mir Qasim Shuja-ud- Daulah and Shah Alam II.
• Won - Britishers


Treaty of Allahabad, 1765

• In 1765, two Treaties were concluded by Robert Clive at Allahabad with Nawab Shuja-ud-Daulah and Emperor Shah Alam II.
• 1765, Robert Clive formed a dual government in Bengal until 1772. Diwani and Nizamat. Diwani means the corporation was granted the right to raise revenue, and Nizamat means that nawab was given administrative powers.


First Anglo- Mysore War(1767-69)

• Hyder Ali defeated the British.
• end with the Treaty of Madras.


Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780-1784)

• Treaty of Mangalore
• Warren Hastings


Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790 – 1792),

•The third Anglo- Mysore War was fought between Tipu Sultan and the then Governor-General of Bengal Lord Cornwallis.

• the Treaty of Seringapatam

Fourth Anglo-Mysore War 1798-99

• British and Tipu Sultan to recoup their losses.

•Lord Wellesley (established the Subsidiary Alliance system 1798)

Battle of Kharda also called the Battle of Khurla 1795

• Nizam vs Maratha
• Maratha Won


First Anglo-Maratha War (1775 - 1782)

• Maratha vs Britishers
• Maratha victory Treaty of Salbai
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Today's Word

cajole
कˈजोल्‌

Meaning :-

to persuade a person to do something or give something by being very nice to him/her
ख़ुशामद से या उपहार देकर किसी से अपनी बात मनवाना

Synonyms:-

blandish, coax, soft-soap, wheedle

Example :-

He cajoled me into agreeing to do the work.
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