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.

1. Which plane mirror is used to make periscope?

2. An optical instrument used to see through an object that is occluded from the direct line of sight is called a periscope.

3. A periscope consists of two plane mirrors placed at an angle of 45°.

4. When light falls on one of the mirrors then after reflection from the first mirror it falls on the second mirror which further reflects it and falls on the eye of the observer.

रजनी कोठारी कहा कि "समाज की कोई भी संरचना पूर्णतः समाप्त नहीं होती है, बल्कि उसका स्वरूप बदल जाता है।"

P Udayakumar has taken charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of National Small Industries Corporation Limited.

Has the Central Government issued a gazette notification regarding extending the tenure of the Defense Secretary, Home Secretary, Secretary of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) by 2 years?