Polity·Parliament
What is the difference between adjournment and prorogation?
Answer: Adjournment: within a session. Prorogation: ends the session.
Adjournment is by Speaker (Lok Sabha). Prorogation is by President. Dissolution ends the House.
Archive · 29 December 2025
One from Polity, one from History, one from Current Affairs. Deterministic selection for this date — same 3 cards every time.
Answer: Adjournment: within a session. Prorogation: ends the session.
Adjournment is by Speaker (Lok Sabha). Prorogation is by President. Dissolution ends the House.
Answer: 13 April 1919 — General Dyer ordered firing on unarmed crowd in Amritsar.
Crowd gathered on Baisakhi day; 379 officially killed (thousands injured); Dyer later commended by British.
Answer: D Gukesh — won at 18 years, 195 days (December 2024).
Gukesh also won Khel Ratna 2025 and was FIDE World No. 3 in March 2025.
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