Explanation

• Option d is the correct answer. The recent inaugural Sunrise Festival was held in Arunachal Pradesh.
• The five-day festival took place in Dong Valley, Anjaw district, the easternmost inhabited place in India that receives the country's first rays of the sun every day.
• It is the first-ever New Year festival in Arunachal Pradesh (2026) built around the unique experience of witnessing India's earliest sunrise.

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• Research on asteroid Bennu by NASA shows it contains life’s basic components, supporting the idea that asteroids supplied the ingredients for Earth’s first life.
• Bennu is a small, carbon-rich andnear-Earth asteroid that passes relatively close to Earth about every 6 years.
• Originally named 1999 RQ36, the asteroid was renamed Bennu in 2013 by a nine-year-old contest winner, Michael Puzio, who drew inspiration from an ancient Egyptian god.
• Bennu is very small and about 0.5 km (one-third of a mile) wide at its equator.

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• Option a is the correct answer – Cellulitis is a common bacterial skin infection and it is caused by Streptococcus & staphylococcus bacteria.
• Usually, it is not contagious (not spread between people), except in rare cases of open wounds and skin-to-skin contact with an infected person’s open wound.
• It can affect the tissues beneath the skin, the face, arms, hands and fingers. It usually affects the legs, feet and toes and also affects just one side of the body.
• A person with skin wounds, compromised immune systems, poor skin hygiene, occupational exposure (field jobs, manual labour), diabetes mellitus and smoking.

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Explanation

• Statement 1 is incorrect – Draksharamam temple in Andhra Pradesh. It is known as the Lord Bhimeswara Swami Temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva.
• It is located at East Godavari District, near the Godavari River, accessible from Kakinada and Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.
• Statement 2 is incorrect – The Bhimeswara temple, one of the five powerful temples of Lord Shiva (Pancharama shrines).
• It is also known as Dakshina Kasi Kshetram (Southern Varanasi). It was built by the Eastern Chalukyan King Bhima (892–902 A.D.).

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Explanation

• Option c is the correct answer.
• The Southern Ocean Carbon Anomaly describes the recent, unexpected finding that the Southern Ocean continues to absorb significant amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2).
• It is defying earlier climate models that predicted weakening carbon sink capacity due to stronger winds and increased deep-water upwelling.