Which is the largest fresh water lake of India?

Explanation: 'Republic' is a State in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives. It has an elected head of state rather than a monarch.

Explanation: Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston was a British statesman who served twice as a Prime Minister in the mid-19th century. Palmerston dominated British foreign policy during the period 1830 to 1865 when Britain was at the height of its imperial power. He held office almost continuously from 1807 until his death in 1865.

Explanation: Stars are huge celestial bodies made mostly of hydrogen and helium. Heat and light energy produced by the stars are due to the fusion reaction of hydrogen atoms.

Explanation: On August 20, 1828, the first assembly of the Brahmo Sabha was held at Kolkata (Calcutta). This Sabha was convened by religious reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy for his family and friends settled there. Brahmo Samaj is the monotheistic reformist movement of the Hindu religion that appeared during the Bengal Renaissance.

Explanation: The steady-state theory was first proposed by Sir James Jeans in the 1920s, but it was reformulated by Fred Hoyle, Thomas Gold, and Hermann Bondi in 1948.

Explanation: The charter Act of 1853 abolished East India Company's Monopoly of Indian trade. Under the government of India Act 1858, the British parliament took the responsibility for ruling India directly.